Trading Guides
Practical, no-fluff guides on position sizing, risk/reward, stop losses and profit — written by traders, and built to pair with the calculators. Each one ends with the exact tool to put it into practice.
How to Calculate Trade Profit (Stocks, Crypto & Futures) A clear, worked guide to calculating trade profit and loss — including fees, percentage return, and the difference between long and short positions. Read guide → How to Set a Stop Loss (Without Getting Shaken Out) How to place a stop loss based on structure, volatility or a fixed percentage — and how to size the trade so the stop fits your risk budget. Read guide → How to Size a Position (Risk-Based Position Sizing) A practical guide to position sizing: how to decide how many shares or units to buy based on your account size, risk per trade and stop loss. Read guide → Position Sizing for Swing Traders How swing traders should size positions: accounting for wider stops, overnight gap risk, correlation across open trades, and total portfolio heat. Read guide → What Is a Good Risk-Reward Ratio? What risk-reward ratio should you aim for, how it ties to your win rate, and how to use it to filter trades. With a simple breakeven win-rate table. Read guide →
Ready to run the numbers?
Jump straight into the free calculators.