TradingView Chart Position Size Reference Guide
Read the planned entry and invalidation level from your TradingView chart, then enter those prices with your account balance and risk percentage.
This calculator is for chart-level sizing. It uses the absolute difference between the TradingView entry price and stop or invalidation price, then divides the account cash risk by that chart distance. A $10,000 account risking 1% has $100 of cash risk. If the planned entry is 50.00 and the stop is 47.50, the chart risk is 2.50 per unit and the chart-based size is 40 units.
The calculator is direction neutral. A long setup with entry above the stop and a short setup with entry below the stop both use the same absolute distance. What matters is the amount lost per unit if the chart level is invalidated.
TradingView levels do not define broker execution units. The same chart symbol can map to shares, lots, CFD units, contracts, spread-bet size or another broker-specific model. This page therefore estimates chart-based units only. You must translate the output into the broker order ticket using the symbol specification, contract size, volume step and minimum order size.
Use this page when your workflow starts from a visible chart plan. Use the generic risk-per-unit calculator when you already know the dollar risk per unit. Use the stock calculator for share quantity with an allocation cap, and the futures calculator when the correct model is tick size multiplied by tick value.
The calculator does not account for spread, slippage, commissions, margin, overnight financing, partial fills, unavailable symbols or price differences between TradingView and your broker. Always compare the calculated size with the live order ticket before placing a trade.
These calculators are educational estimates. Spread, slippage, commission, fees and execution delay are excluded unless added manually.
TradingView workflow checklist
- Mark the entry and invalidation price before calculating size.
- Copy exact prices from the chart scale or order panel.
- Confirm whether your broker treats the symbol as shares, lots, CFD units or futures contracts.
- Recalculate if the entry changes after the setup is planned.