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Position Size Calculator: Risk per Trade, Stop Loss, and Shares

Position sizing translates a chosen account-risk budget, an entry price, and a stop price into a maximum number of shares. This calculator also accounts for estimated entry and exit slippage, round-trip fees, a maximum position-value cap, available capital, and a user-defined whole- or fractional-share increment. It supports structurally valid long and short setups, but it does not guarantee that a stop order will execute at the entered stop price. Quick answer A risk-based position size starts with the maximum dollars the trader is willing to lose if the planned exit occurs. Divide that risk budget, after fixed round-trip fees, by the estimated loss per share. Then apply any separate capital or concentration limit and round down to a share increment the broker actually supports. Risk budget = account balance x risk percentage Adjusted risk/share = |entry price - stop price| + entry slippage + exit slippage Risk-sized shares = (risk budget - round-trip fees) / adjusted risk/...
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Dividend Growth Calculator: CAGR, Future Income, and Time to Double

Dividend growth measures how a per-share dividend changed over time, while a future-income projection applies an explicit growth assumption to a current annual dividend. This calculator keeps those two jobs separate: it computes historical dividend CAGR, projects low, base, and high scenarios, estimates annual income for a fixed share count, and calculates the mathematical time to double when growth is positive. Quick answer Dividend CAGR is the constant annual rate that connects a starting annual dividend per share with an ending annual dividend per share over a stated number of years. It summarizes the endpoints; it does not prove that the dividend grew smoothly every year. Historical dividend CAGR = (ending annual dividend / starting annual dividend)^(1 / years) - 1 Future annual dividend/share = current annual dividend/share x (1 + growth rate)^years Years to double = ln(2) / ln(1 + growth rate) Projected dividends are hypothetical. A company or fund can increase, hold,...
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Dividend Yield Calculator: Forward vs. Trailing Yield and Income

Dividend yield compares an annual dividend-per-share amount with the current share price, but the answer changes with the dividend definition. This calculator separates trailing 12-month dividends from a forward annualized regular dividend, removes entered special dividends for an adjusted comparison, estimates cash income, and shows yield on cost without presenting any of those figures as a guaranteed return. Quick answer Dividend yield is an annual dividend amount per share divided by the current share price. A trailing yield normally uses dividends actually paid during the previous 12 months. A forward yield annualizes a current or expected regular payment. They can differ after a dividend change or when the trailing period includes a special dividend. Dividend yield = annual dividends per share / current share price x 100 Estimated annual cash income = shares owned x annual dividends per share A yield is not a promised return. A company or fund can change, suspend, or el...
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