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Bitcoin (BTCUSD) Position Size Calculator

Size Bitcoin trades by risk, not by gut. Enter balance, risk percent, and a dollar stop to get the exact BTCUSD position, including fractional lots. Free.

Position Size
USD
Risk as
%
Stop loss in
pips
Advanced
0.83lots
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recommended position
Risk amount $200.00
Value per pip $10.00
Units / contracts 83,000
Margin required $900.55
Actual risk at this size $199.20
Stop distance 24 pips
indicative price Sizing runs in your browser

Educational tool, not financial advice. Results depend on your broker's contract specs and pricing. Runs in your browser. Nothing you enter is stored. Leverage limits vary by regulator and broker. Confirm your account's limits before trading.

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help_outline How to use this calculator

  1. 1Pick your instrument and account currency.
  2. 2Enter your account balance.
  3. 3Set risk per trade as a percent of the account or a fixed amount.
  4. 4Enter your stop loss in pips, in price, or in dollars.
  5. 5Read the lot size, units, pip value, and margin in the panel.
  6. 6Copy or share the result, or embed the calculator on your own site.

Bitcoin (BTCUSD) Sizing Notes

SpecValue
Contract size1 BTC per lot
Fractional lotsUsually allowed (0.01 BTC and smaller)
$1 price move$1 per lot
Market hours24/7, including weekends
Stop styleDollar distance, not pips

Sizing in Coins, Not Contracts

Because a bitcoin lot is one coin, the math is refreshingly direct: your position in coins is your dollar risk divided by the dollar distance to your stop. Risking $100 with a $2,000 stop means 0.05 BTC. Most brokers accept fractional lots, so you can size precisely rather than being forced up to a whole coin.

Bitcoin volatility is high and it never closes, so a position can move a long way while you sleep or over the weekend. Size smaller than you would on a forex pair for the same account, and let the stop, not a bigger position, do the work of capturing the move.

quiz Frequently Asked Questions

How do I size a Bitcoin trade by risk?expand_more
Decide how many dollars you are willing to lose, then divide that by the dollar distance to your stop. The result is your position in bitcoin. Risking $100 with a $2,000 stop is 0.05 BTC.
What does 0.1 lot mean in BTCUSD?expand_more
For most brokers, 1 lot of BTCUSD is 1 bitcoin, so 0.1 lot is 0.1 BTC. A $1 move in price is then worth $0.10 on that position. Confirm your broker contract size, as a few differ.
Does leverage change my position size?expand_more
No. Leverage changes the margin required to hold the position, not the risk-based size. Your position size comes from your stop distance and risk amount; leverage only affects how much deposit the broker holds.

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