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Trade Return Calculator

What could a winning system compound into?

Set your starting balance, risk per trade, risk:reward and win rate. We'll simulate the trades one-by-one and show your projected end balance, ROI and drawdown — wins, losses and all.

Your Inputs

Adjust the dials — results update instantly.

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Projected end balance after 20 trades
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Return on Investment
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Win / Loss
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Max Drawdown
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Drawdown ($)
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Total Profit
Trade-by-trade breakdown
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Illustrative only. This tool simulates a random sequence of trades using the risk, risk:reward and win rate you enter — it is not a prediction, guarantee, or financial advice. Real win rates and risk:reward vary trade to trade, and a string of losses can occur at any time. Trading involves substantial risk of loss. Your results will differ.

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How to use this calculator

New to trading terms? Start here.

This tool plays out a sequence of trades using the numbers you enter, so you can see how risk, reward and win rate combine over time. Here's how to use it — and what every term means.

1

Enter your numbers

Set your starting balance, how many trades to simulate, how much you risk per trade, your risk:reward target, and your win rate.

2

Watch it play out

The calculator runs each trade one-by-one — winners and losers in a realistic mix — and compounds the result as your balance grows or shrinks.

3

Read your results

See your projected end balance, return, drawdown and a full trade-by-trade breakdown. Change any input to instantly compare scenarios.

What the terms mean
Start balanceInput

The amount of money in your trading account before you place any trades — your starting point. e.g. you begin with $10,000.

Number of tradesInput

How many individual trades the calculator should simulate in a row. More trades means more chances for your edge (or lack of one) to show up. e.g. 20 trades over the next few months.

Risk per tradeInput

The share of your current balance you're willing to lose if a single trade goes against you. Most disciplined traders risk a small, fixed percentage. e.g. 2% of a $10,000 account = $200 at risk per trade.

Risk : Reward (1 : X)Input

How much you aim to win compared to what you risk. A 1:2 ratio means you target $2 of profit for every $1 you risk. e.g. risk $200 to make $400 at 1:2.

Win rateInput

The percentage of your trades that end in a profit. A 60% win rate means 6 out of every 10 trades are winners. e.g. 50% = half your trades win, half lose.

End balanceResult

Your projected account value after all the simulated trades are complete — wins and losses combined.

Return on Investment (ROI)Result

Your total percentage gain or loss over the whole run, relative to your starting balance. e.g. $10,000 → $12,000 is a +20% ROI.

Avg Gain / TradeResult

The average percentage your balance moved on each individual trade — a quick read on your per-trade "edge".

Win / LossResult

How many of the simulated trades were winners versus losers, based on the win rate you set.

Max DrawdownResult

The largest drop from a peak in your balance down to a later low — the worst losing stretch you'd have had to sit through. Shown as a % and a dollar amount. e.g. a −15% drawdown means your account fell 15% from its high point before recovering.

Total ProfitResult

The raw dollar amount gained or lost across the whole simulation (end balance minus start balance).

CompoundingConcept

Because you risk a percentage of your current balance, wins make later trades bigger and losses make them smaller — so gains (and losses) build on themselves over time.