Profit/Loss Calculator
Profit / Loss
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Return (%)
0.00%
This result reflects a trade that's already closed. To plan the size of your next trade based on your balance and risk, use the Position Size Calculator.
Calculate the real outcome of a closed trade in Stocks, Forex, or Crypto: how much you gained or lost in dollars and percentage, based on entry price, exit price, position size, and trade direction (Long or Short).
Profit / Loss
Return (%)
0.00%
The Profit/Loss Calculator measures the real outcome of a trade you've already closed: how much you gained or lost, in dollars and as a percentage. It's the natural complement to the Position Size Calculator: that one is used before you trade, to size your position based on your balance and risk; this one is used after, to measure the actual result of that decision.
For Stocks and Crypto the formula is direct:
P/L = (Exit Price − Entry Price) × Quantity
If the trade was a short, the result's sign flips: in a short position you profit when price falls and lose when it rises — the opposite of a long position.
In Forex, position size is expressed in lots. A standard lot equals 100,000 units of the base currency, so the formula is:
P/L = (Exit Price − Entry Price) × 100,000 × Lots
The result is also translated into pips, the minimum price movement unit (0.0001 for Major pairs), so you can compare it against your original entry and stop loss plan.
Entry and exit price alone don't tell you whether you won or lost — it depends on trade direction. If you bought (Long) and price rose, you gained; if you sold (Short) and price rose, you lost the same amount. That's why the first input this calculator asks for is direction: it sets the sign for everything else.
Percentage return depends only on the price move between entry and exit — it's independent of position size. The dollar result, on the other hand, also depends on how much you risked. A trade with a +2% return could represent $20 or $2,000, depending on position size. Both numbers matter: percentage measures the quality of the decision, dollars measure the real impact on your account.