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Ladder & risk calculator
Enter your portfolio, leverage and risk profile and see the lot sizes, gaps, margin and stress test PipLadder would plan for you on each pair - before you subscribe.
Your account
The planner sizes every rung to your portfolio, leverage and risk profile.
Between $500 and $10,000,000.
Rung 1 size
0.20 lots
Rung 3 adds +0.20
Gap between rungs
45 pips
uniform
Maximum rungs
8
4.00 lots in total
Close-all target
+10 pips
net of modelled spread
Margin with every rung open
2.3%
$1,137.14
Loss if price runs 585 pips against rung 1
21.8%
$10,915.32
Distance to a 50% drawdown
1078 pips
beyond rung 1, all rungs open
Distance to a 50% stop-out
1933 pips
typical broker stop-out level
Your ladder
Sell NZD/CADPlanned levels. Live signals measure each next rung from your actual previous fill, so real prices can differ by a few pips.
| Rung | Price | Lots | Total lots | Average entry | Close all at | Margin | Loss when next rung hits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.81850 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.81850 | 0.81725 | $56.86 (0.1%) | $64.26 (0.1%) |
| 2 | 0.82300 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.82075 | 0.81950 | $113.71 (0.2%) | $192.77 (0.4%) |
| 3 | 0.82750 | 0.40 | 0.80 | 0.82413 | 0.82287 | $227.43 (0.5%) | $449.81 (0.9%) |
| 4 | 0.83200 | 0.40 | 1.20 | 0.82675 | 0.82550 | $341.14 (0.7%) | $835.36 (1.7%) |
| 5 | 0.83650 | 0.60 | 1.80 | 0.83000 | 0.82875 | $511.71 (1%) | $1,413.68 (2.8%) |
| 6 | 0.84100 | 0.60 | 2.40 | 0.83275 | 0.83150 | $682.28 (1.4%) | $2,184.78 (4.4%) |
| 7 | 0.84550 | 0.80 | 3.20 | 0.83594 | 0.83468 | $909.71 (1.8%) | $3,212.91 (6.4%) |
| 8 | 0.85000 | 0.80 | 4.00 | 0.83875 | 0.83750 | $1,137.14 (2.3%) | $4,498.07 (9%) |
Stress test
What a one-way move against rung 1 would cost if every rung inside the move were filled.
| Move against rung 1 | Price | Rungs open | Lots | Floating loss | Margin level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 pips | 0.82850 | 3 | 0.80 | $249.89 (0.5%) | 21,875% |
| 190 pips | 0.83750 | 5 | 1.80 | $963.87 (1.9%) | 9,583% |
| 390 pips | 0.85750 | 8 | 4.00 | $5,354.85 (10.7%) | 3,926% |
| 580 pips | 0.87650 | 8 | 4.00 | $10,781.09 (21.6%) | 3,449% |
| 780 pips | 0.89650 | 8 | 4.00 | $16,492.93 (33%) | 2,947% |
Illustration only: figures use current USD conversion rates, an assumed spread of 2.5 pips and ignore swaps, commissions and slippage. Trading leveraged forex can lose more than the amounts shown.