# Setup Calculator

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### 1. Overview

Tools included:

1. **Position Sizing** → Calculate lot size or contract size based on your risk tolerance.
2. **P/L & Breakeven** → Determine required moves to break even, calculate pip/dollar gains.
3. **Leverage / Margin** → Find required margin or maximum leverage for a given position.
4. **ATR Stop** → Compute Average True Range–based stop-loss levels.
5. **Fibonacci / Algo Zone** → Identify key retracement/extension zones automatically.
6. **Cycle Date** → Calculate cyclical turning points using historical pivots.

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### 2. Position Sizing

> **“Figuring out the right position size based on your risk is a hassle—this tool does it instantly.”**

**Fields:**

* **Account Balance ($):** Your total equity (e.g., 10 000).
* **Risk Per Trade (%):** Slider (0.1 %–5 %).
* **Entry Price:** E.g., 142.50.
* **Stop Price:** E.g., 138.20.
* **Take Profit (optional):** E.g., 150.00 (used to calculate risk/reward).

**How It Works:**

1. Enter your current account balance.
2. Set risk (slider) to the percentage you’re willing to lose (e.g., 1 %).
3. Type in your entry and stop levels.
4. (Optional) Provide a take-profit for instantaneous R/R ratio.
5. Click **Calculate Size**.

**Result:**

* **Position Size** (number of shares/contracts) so that if the stop is hit, you only lose your chosen % of the account.
* **Risk/Reward Ratio** based on TP (if provided).

> 💡 Pro Tip: Always round down position size to the nearest whole contract or standard lot.

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### 3. P/L & Breakeven

> **“Calculate required move in pips or dollars to hit profit targets or breakeven.”**

**Fields:**

* **Entry Price** (e.g., 1.2000)
* **Exit Price** (e.g., 1.2100)
* **Lot/Contract Size** (e.g., 100 000 units or 1 standard lot)
* **Pip Value** (for Forex) or **Contract Size** (for futures/crypto)

**How It Works:**

1. Enter entry and exit prices.
2. Select your lot/contract size.
3. The calculator shows:
   * **P/L** in dollars (or base currency).
   * **Breakeven Price** if you reverse trade at zero profit.

> 💡 Handy for multi-leg spreads and options: find breakeven points quickly.

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### 4. Leverage / Margin

> **“See exactly how much margin you need or what leverage you can pull.”**

**Fields:**

* **Account Balance ($)**
* **Desired Leverage** (dropdown or input, e.g., 10×, 20×)
* **Position Notional** (e.g., $100 000)
* **Margin Type** (Isolated or Cross)

**How It Works:**

1. Enter your account balance.
2. Enter notional size (the total value of the position).
3. Choose your desired leverage multiple.
4. Select margin type.
5. Click **Calculate Margin**.

**Result:**

* **Required Margin** ($) for the chosen leverage.
* **Maximum Leverage** possible based on base margin requirements.

> 💡 Always double-check margin requirements, especially when markets are volatile—some exchanges raise margin rates.

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### 5. ATR Stop

> **“Use ATR (Average True Range) to set dynamic stop-loss levels that adapt to current volatility.”**

**Fields:**

* **Symbol** (e.g., BTC/USD, AAPL)
* **Timeframe** (1 m, 5 m, 1 H, 1 D)
* **ATR Period** (default 14)
* **Multiplier** (e.g., 1.5×, 2×)
* **Current Price** (auto‐fetched if exchange is linked; otherwise, manual)

**How It Works:**

1. Select the symbol and timeframe.
2. Enter ATR period and multiplier.
3. Click **Calculate**.
4. Tool fetches ATR from the last 14 bars (or manual price if not linked).
5. Displays **Stop‐Loss Level** above/below current price.

> 💡 ATR stops adjust to widen during high volatility—avoid being stopped out prematurely.

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### 6. Fibonacci / Algo Zone

> **“Identify key retracement, extension, or algorithmic zones without drawing by hand.”**

**Fields:**

* **Symbol & Timeframe**
* **Swing High Price**
* **Swing Low Price**
* **Retracement Levels** (Default: 38.2 %, 50 %, 61.8 %)
* **Extension Levels** (Default: 127.2 %, 161.8 %)

**How It Works:**

1. Enter your chosen swing high and swing low.
2. (Optional) Adjust Fibonacci levels.
3. Click **Generate Zones**.
4. Visual output:
   * Table of prices at each retracement/extension.
   * Zone shading (if the exchange is linked to draw on chart).

> 💡 Great for algorithmic traders—feed these levels into your scripts directly.

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### 7. Cycle Date

> **“Forecast potential turning points by counting cycles from past pivots.”**

**Fields:**

1. **Symbol & Market**
2. **Historic Pivot Date** (e.g., 2025-01-15)
3. **Cycle Length** (days, e.g., 90 days)
4. **Offset** (optional, e.g., ± 2 days)

**How It Works:**

1. Select symbol/timeframe.
2. Input the last known pivot date.
3. Enter cycle length (common: 30 , 60 , 90 days—choose based on your strategy).
4. (Optional) Add an offset for tolerance (± 2 days).
5. Click **Compute**.
6. Result: a list of future dates where cycles may turn.

> 💡 Use with historical pattern analysis—overlay cycle dates on your chart to see if price indeed turned around then.

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