Trading Risk Calculator
See exactly what a trade risks — in dollars and as a share of your account — plus the risk-to-reward ratio and what a losing streak would do to your balance. Built for gold and forex.
Balance after a losing streak (at this risk)
Knowing your risk is step one — enforcing it on every trade is the hard part. ForexGoldEA applies a fixed risk-per-trade, a daily loss limit and a max drawdown ceiling automatically.
Get the EA free →Why risk-per-trade decides everything
Your risk per trade is the single biggest lever on whether an account survives. At 2% risk, a five-trade losing streak costs about 10% — a bad week. At 10% risk, the same streak nearly halves the account and usually breaks the trader's discipline too. The bar chart above shows this compounding effect at your chosen numbers.
The break-even win rate
Risk-to-reward and win rate work together. With a 1:2 ratio you only need to win about 33% of trades to break even — which is why professionals obsess over reward relative to risk rather than trying to win every trade. The calculator shows the break-even win rate for your ratio automatically.