NAS100 Position Size & Pip Calculator
Calculator — NAS100
Risk of a stop, by lot size — NAS100
PAIR cheat sheet — NAS100
Key facts — NAS100
- 1 pip = 1.0 (NAS100, indices)
- Standard lot: 1 units of base — pip value ≈ $1.00
- Suggested initial stop: ~60 pips (volatility-based, see note above)
- Sample rate used: 25000.0 — replace with a live quote before trading
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How this NAS100 calculator works
Position size answers one question: how many lots can you hold so that the distance to your stop costs the risk you chose? For NAS100, one 1.00 lot is 1 index contract and a one-point move in price (1) is worth $1.00 per lot. Multiply that by the number of points in your stop and you have the cost of being wrong.
Worked example — NAS100
A $10,000 account risking 1% is risking $100. With a 60-point stop that money covers 60 points, so the size is $100 ÷ (60 × $1.00) ≈ 1.67 lots. At 1:20 that position needs about $2,083 of margin at the sample rate of 25,000 — margin is the entry ticket, not the risk. The stop is the risk.
What moves NAS100
NAS100 routinely moves 150-400 points a day. Stops under ~40 points get noise-stopped often. On most CFD brokers 1.00 lot = $1 per index point; some use $ per 0.1 — confirm your contract sheet. Sample level shown is round by design: size from the live index level.
Why the stop sets the size, not the leverage — NAS100
Raising leverage lets you open a bigger position, which makes the same stop cost more money — it does not make the trade safer or the stop tighter. Size from the chart: find the level that would prove the idea wrong, measure the distance, then let the calculator translate that into lots. If the answer is smaller than your broker's minimum lot, the honest response is to skip the trade, not to widen the stop.
Contract sizes and sample rates follow common CFD specifications; brokers differ, so confirm both on your broker's contract sheet before sizing a live trade.