/size - Risk calculator
/sizeanswers one question: how big can this be? You give it the price you would get in at and the price that says you were wrong. It gives you the notional. It never suggests either number.
What it does
The calculator sizes a position so that being wrong at your invalidation costs exactly the risk budget you configured:
risk budget = capital x risk %
size = risk budget / distance from entry to invalidation
Both inputs are yours. NextScalp does not print entries, stops or targets anywhere in the product, and the calculator is no exception - it is arithmetic on your levels, not a disguised trade idea.
Available on every plan, including Free.
How to use
/size 1.234 1.198
/size SOLUSDT 150.4 148.2
- Two numbers: your entry, then your invalidation (the price that kills the idea). Either order of magnitude works - above or below the entry, the distance is what counts.
- An optional ticker first adds a liquidity check against that pair's 24h volume. Coin
names work too:
/size solana 150.4 148.2. - Capital and per-trade risk come from /settings -> 📐 Position Size. Set them once.
What you see
🧮 Risk Calculator
Your levels, not mine - the bot never picks them for you.
Entry: 150.4
Invalidation: 148.2 (1.46% away)
💵 Capital: $10,000 · Risk 1% = $100
📐 Position size: $6,849
With a ticker, and only when the number is material, one more line appears:
⚠️ That is 2.3% of #SOLUSDT 24h volume - expect slippage on the way in and out.
Below roughly 1% of daily volume the calculator stays quiet: the size is small enough that liquidity is not the thing to worry about.
When it refuses
- No capital or risk stored - you get a button straight into the settings panel. The calculator has nothing to size against until those two numbers exist.
- Entry and invalidation are effectively the same price - the arithmetic would divide by almost nothing and hand you an absurd size. Give the level room.
- Anything that is not a positive price - you get the usage block back.
Notes
- The output is notional - the position's face value, not margin. Leverage is your decision and your exchange's tier table; there is no honest single answer the bot could print for it.
- Capital is never echoed anywhere except this card and the settings panel.
- The calculator does not know what you traded, does not store the query, and does not open anything. It is a pocket calculator with your risk settings in it.
Related
- /settings - where capital and risk % live.
- Understanding an Alert - why alerts carry no size.
