[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"help-en-position-sizing":3},{"title":4,"description":5,"date":6,"section":7,"locale":8,"order":9,"canonicalId":10,"slug":10,"body":11,"alternates":320},"Position sizing","Understand how the app computes the quantity to trade from your risk and the stop-loss.","2026-05-06","trading","en",1,"position-sizing",{"type":12,"value":13,"toc":311},"minimark",[14,17,28,33,36,82,98,102,111,139,142,163,167,182,220,230,234,281,286,290],[15,16,4],"h1",{"id":10},[18,19,20,21,24,25,27],"p",{},"Magic Position automatically computes the quantity to trade so that",[22,23],"br",{},"\neach position respects the risk policy of the account. This guide",[22,26],{},"\nexplains the inputs of the calculation and where they are configured.",[29,30,32],"h2",{"id":31},"the-three-inputs","The three inputs",[18,34,35],{},"Three values feed the calculation:",[37,38,39,64,73],"ol",{},[40,41,42,46,47,49,50,53,54,57,58,60,61,63],"li",{},[43,44,45],"strong",{},"The amount to risk"," — set by the risk policy of the account.",[22,48],{},"\nEither a ",[43,51,52],{},"Fixed amount"," or a ",[43,55,56],{},"Percentage of the balance"," (with",[22,59],{},"\na recalculation frequency: instantly, daily, weekly, monthly, or",[22,62],{},"\nmanual).",[40,65,66,69,70,72],{},[43,67,68],{},"The entry price"," — entered when creating a position (market or",[22,71],{},"\nlimit order).",[40,74,75,78,79,81],{},[43,76,77],{},"The stop-loss price"," — the level at which the position is",[22,80],{},"\nautomatically closed to limit the loss.",[18,83,84,85,91,92,94,95,97],{},"From these three values, the app derives the ",[43,86,87,88,90],{},"distance to the",[22,89],{},"\nstop-loss"," (entry − stop for a buy, or stop − entry for a sell), then",[22,93],{},"\nthe quantity to trade so that the loss at stop equals the risk",[22,96],{},"\namount.",[29,99,101],{"id":100},"configure-the-risk-policy","Configure the risk policy",[18,103,104,105,110],{},"Everything starts on ",[106,107,109],"app-link",{"path":108},"\u002Faccount\u002Frisk","Account risk",".",[18,112,113,114,117,118,120,122,123,126,127,129,132,133,135,110],{},"Pick a ",[43,115,116],{},"Calculation mode"," (Amount or Percentage), a ",[43,119,52],{},[22,121],{},"\nor a ",[43,124,125],{},"Percentage of the balance to risk",", and optionally the",[22,128],{},[43,130,131],{},"Recalculation frequency",". 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