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North Crest Group

THE CALCULATION DESK

Size before you click.

One trade. Four lenses — Size, Risk, Margin, P / L. Live mid-rates, R-multiples, and the math you'd write in your own journal.

MISA Regulated72% of retail accounts lose money trading CFDs. Trade only with capital you can afford to lose.

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EUR/USD1.08420
0.00%
Baseline
Intraday momentum
Position size
0.838.30$/pip
Stop$250· −30p+60p ·+$498Target
Entry 1.084201 : 1.99
Risk$250.00
R : R1 : 1.99
Margin$3,00012.0%
Pip value$8.30
Cost$4.98Crest
Show derivation
Risk = Account × Risk% = $25,000 × 1.00%= $250.00
Lots = Risk ÷ (Stop × Pip $) = $250.00 ÷ (30p × $10.00)= 0.83 lots
Margin = (Lots × 100,000 × 1.08420) ÷ 30= $2,999.62
Rates · --:-- UTC·Indicative only — fills may differ.Mandatory disclosure — 74–89% of retail CFD accounts lose money (ESMA 2018). Sizing math is the controllable variable.

THE COMPARATOR

Cost on EUR/USD.

Pinned tradeEUR/USD · 1.00% risk · $250.00 on a 30-pip stop · 0.83 lots
Standard
$9.960.04R
Baseline cost
Pro
$9.130.04R
Saves $0.83 vs Standard
CrestCheapest tier
$4.980.02R
Saves $4.98 vs Standard

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THE WALKTHROUGH

Your EUR/USD trade. Four moments.

  1. 09:00Pre-tradeSize

    The plan.

    Account $25,000. Risk budget $250.00 (1R). The size that turns 1R into a stop, not a feeling: 0.83 lots of EUR/USD on a 30-pip stop.

    Lots0.83
  2. 09:14At entryRisk

    The stop holds the risk.

    Stop set where you drew it, not where you hoped. 1R = $250.00. Ten of these in a row still leaves $22,610 (90.4% of equity).

    1R risk$250.00
  3. 11:23Mid-tradeMargin

    Margin locked.

    $3,000 held while the trade is open — 12.0% of equity at 1:30 leverage. Not a margin call. The trade you planned, breathing.

    Margin$2,999.62
  4. 15:47At targetP / L

    Target tagged at +2.0R.

    60-pip target hits. $498.00 on the win — account at $25,498. One trade. One plan. Repeatable.

    Reward+$498.00

THE LIMITS LEDGER

What these numbers can't tell you.

Everything above is computed from your inputs. The market is not in any of those inputs. Four boundaries worth keeping next to the math.

  1. Risk on stop

    $250.00 at full stop-out

    30-pip stop · 0.83 lots on EUR/USD = 1R

    WHAT THE CALC DOESN'T SEE

    Slippage on gaps, news prints, weekend opens. Your actual fill can sit well past the line you drew — 1R is a ceiling on a calm session, not a guarantee.

  2. Round-trip cost

    $4.98 all-in

    Crest on EUR/USD · spread + commission

    WHAT THE CALC DOESN'T SEE

    Live spreads widen at session opens and around scheduled releases. Overnight financing accumulates per night held. Execution price drifts with the order book.

  3. Margin used

    $3,000 locked

    12.0% of equity at 1:30

    WHAT THE CALC DOESN'T SEE

    Stop-out triggers near 50% margin level. Adverse moves against an open position consume that buffer faster than the per-pip number suggests.

  4. Target reward

    +$498.00

    +2.0R if the target tags

    WHAT THE CALC DOESN'T SEE

    One trade is a sample of one. Expectancy is what survives across hundreds — the math you're sizing now describes the trade, not the result.

Read these next to the math, not under it. Discipline lives in the difference.

Calculator trust strip

  • RegulatedMISA·License №000000
  • IndicativePlanning math, not a guaranteed fill. Live spreads and execution may differ.

  • Methodology
  • Rates · --:-- UTC

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Same trade, same numbers. Pin the cheapest tier in the ladder, or pressure-test the size in a demo sandbox.

Indicative planning math only. Live spreads, financing, and execution may differ — discipline is in the difference.