Futures position size calculator
Choose a contract, the most you accept to lose on one trade and your stop in ticks. The calculator gives the number of contracts that stays within that amount. It runs in your browser: nothing is sent anywhere.
Position size
10 contracts
- Stop
- 8 ticks = 2 pts
- Risk per contract
- $10.00
- Total risk
- $100.00
Fees, commissions and slippage are not included, and a stop can fill at a worse price than planned, so a loss can be larger than the result shown. Check contract specifications with your broker. Education only, not financial advice.
Market sessions
Tokyo
Tokyo Stock Exchange
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London
London Stock Exchange
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New York
NYSE and Nasdaq
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CME Globex
Equity index futures
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Regular hours, local time in each city. Holidays and early closes are not shown.
Tick values
A tick is the smallest price move a contract can make. These values come from the CME Group contract specifications, in US dollars per contract.
| Contract | Tick size | Tick value | Point value |
|---|---|---|---|
| ES E-mini S&P 500 | 0.25 | $12.50 | $50.00 |
| MES Micro E-mini S&P 500 | 0.25 | $1.25 | $5.00 |
| NQ E-mini Nasdaq-100 | 0.25 | $5.00 | $20.00 |
| MNQ Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 | 0.25 | $0.50 | $2.00 |
| YM E-mini Dow | 1 | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| MYM Micro E-mini Dow | 1 | $0.50 | $0.50 |
| RTY E-mini Russell 2000 | 0.1 | $5.00 | $50.00 |
| M2K Micro E-mini Russell 2000 | 0.1 | $0.50 | $5.00 |
| CL Crude Oil | 0.01 | $10.00 | $1,000.00 |
| MCL Micro Crude Oil | 0.01 | $1.00 | $100.00 |
| GC Gold | 0.1 | $10.00 | $100.00 |
| MGC Micro Gold | 0.1 | $1.00 | $10.00 |
Micro contracts are one tenth of their standard version. New to these terms? Read the glossary.