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A Profit Calculator tells you exactly how much you’ll gain or lose on a trade before you place it. It’s your pre-trade sanity check.
What inputs does it need?
- Currency pair — e.g. EUR/USD, GBP/JPY
- Trade direction — Buy (long) or Sell (short)
- Entry price — where you plan to open the trade
- Exit price — your target or stop-loss level
- Lot size — how many lots you’re trading
- Account currency — to convert the result into your currency
What does it calculate?
Profit/Loss = (Exit price − Entry price) × Lot size × Contract size
For a Buy on EUR/USD, entering at 1.0800 and exiting at 1.0850 with 1 standard lot: (1.0850 − 1.0800) × 100,000 = $500 profit
For a Sell, the formula is flipped — profit when price goes down.
Why is it useful?
- You know your exact reward in dollar terms before entering
- Pair it with your stop-loss level to calculate your risk/reward ratio
- Helps you decide if a trade is worth taking — e.g. risking $200 to make $100 is a poor trade
- Works in both directions, so it handles both longs and shorts
Example — risk/reward check:
- Entry: 1.0800, Target: 1.0900, Stop: 1.0750 on 0.5 lots
- Potential profit: $500 — Potential loss: $250 → Risk/reward of 1:2 ✓
How it connects to other calculators: The Profit Calculator pairs naturally with the Lot Size Calculator — once you know how much you want to risk, you use position sizing to figure out the right lot size to make the math work.