ActTrader / Trading calculator
These are the calculators built into the ActTrader platform. Work out pip value, margin, profit and loss, position size and more, on live prices or your own.
Connecting to live prices…
Work out the value of one pip on your position, in your account currency.
The calculators from the ActTrader trading tools, on live prices from the public ActTrader feed. Every field can be changed.
How each calculator works
Ten calculators,
in plain words.
Each one answers a question a trader asks before or during a trade. Pick one above, change the inputs, and the result updates as you type.
Shows the commission on a trade, charged once when you open it and once when you close it.
Formula: contract size × lots × price gives the notional value. Divide by 100,000, multiply by the commission per side, then by two for the round trip, and convert into your account currency.
Shows the margin your broker holds to open a position at a given leverage.
Formula: price × lots × contract size, divided by the leverage, converted from the quote currency into your account currency. At 1:100, one lot of EUR/USD at 1.1000 needs USD 1,100.
Helps you plan how much of a position to close at up to three target prices. It shows the profit at each target, the total, and the return against the risk to your stop loss.
Formula: for each target, (target price − open price) × lots closed × contract size, reversed for a sell. Return to risk is the total profit divided by the loss if the whole position hits the stop.
Turns the previous period’s open, high, low and close into a pivot level with support and resistance around it, using the Classic, Woodie, Camarilla and DeMark methods.
Formula (Classic): pivot = (high + low + close) ÷ 3. Resistance 1 = 2 × pivot − low, support 1 = 2 × pivot − high. The other methods weight the close differently.
Shows the profit or loss on a trade from its open and close prices, its direction and its size.
Formula: (close price − open price) × contract size × lots for a buy, or (open − close) for a sell, converted into your account currency.
Calculates the retracement levels between the high and the low of a move, for an uptrend or a downtrend.
Formula: in an uptrend, level = high − (high − low) × ratio. In a downtrend, level = low + (high − low) × ratio. The ratios are 23.6%, 38.2%, 50%, 61.8% and 78.6%.
Shows what one pip is worth on your position, so you know how much each move in price costs or earns.
Formula: pip size × contract size × lots, converted from the quote currency into your account currency. One lot of EUR/USD is worth USD 10 a pip; one lot of USD/JPY is worth 1,000 yen a pip.
Estimates the overnight financing on a position held for a number of days, for long and short positions. Swap can be a cost or a credit.
Formula: number of days × swap per lot × lots, converted into your account currency. Swap rates are set by your broker, so enter theirs.
Tells you how many lots to trade so that, if your stop loss is hit, you lose only the share of your balance you chose to risk.
Formula: amount at risk = balance × risk percentage. Lots = amount at risk ÷ (distance to the stop × contract size × conversion rate).
Converts an amount from one currency into another at the current exchange rate.
Formula: amount × exchange rate. When there is no direct rate, it uses the inverse pair or a cross through a major currency such as the US dollar.
From the public ActTrader price feed, when it is available. The price fields show “Live” while they follow the feed. Type over any price and the calculator uses yours instead. If the feed is down, every calculator still works with prices you enter.
Yes. They are ported from the trading tools in the ActTrader web platform and use the same inputs and formulas as the tools your clients use when they trade.
Contract sizes, pip sizes, commission, swap rates and leverage are set by each broker, and prices differ slightly between providers. The contract details here are standard values you can change. Check your broker’s contract specifications for exact figures.
On forex, one standard lot is 100,000 units of the base currency. A pip is the fourth decimal place of the price, or the second for pairs quoted in Japanese yen. Metals, indices and crypto use their own contract and pip sizes, shown in the calculator.
Yes. The calculators are part of the trading tools in the ActTrader platform and carry your brand, like the rest of the platform.