Enter your account size, the percentage you’re willing to risk, and your stop distance in points. The calculator returns the position size that keeps your loss inside that limit if the stop is hit.
Usually $1 or $10 — check your contract specs, not another trader’s.
Actual risk at this size: $100.00
Educational tool only — not financial advice. Always confirm point value against your own broker’s contract specifications before placing a trade.
A one-point move on the Dow is always the same market movement, but what it pays you is not. YM futures are fixed at $5 per point per contract and MYM at $0.50, both set by the CME. US30 CFDs have no such standard — the contract size behind “1 lot” is defined by your broker, and the difference between a $1 and a $10 broker is a tenfold difference in risk on an identical trade.
That’s why the CFD option asks for your own point value rather than assuming one. Copying another trader’s lot size without checking their broker’s specs is one of the faster ways to lose an account.
For the full breakdown of point values, the pip-vs-point distinction, and why leverage doesn’t change any of this, read how much a point is worth on US30.