How the NAS100 lot size is calculated
Position size = risk in dollars ÷ (stop distance × value per unit). On NAS100, one point ($1) is worth $1.00 per standard lot, so a 60 points stop costs $60.00 per lot. $50 ÷ $60.00 = 0.8 lots (rounded down to the 0.1 step).
Spread add a little to the real cost of each trade, so many traders round down further. Calculated at the current NAS100 price of 29,211.95.
The $5K rules in NAS100 price moves
Rules are set in dollars, but you watch the NAS100 chart. This is how far price can move against a 0.8-lot position before each limit is reached:
- Classic: target $500 (625 points) + $250 (312.5 points), daily loss $200 (250 points), max loss $400 (500 points), all with 0.8 lots.
- At 1% risk per trade it takes 4 losing trades in a single day to hit the Classic daily limit.
- 1-Step: target $500 (625 points), daily loss $150 (187.5 points), max loss $300 trailing (375 points), all with 0.8 lots.
- At 1% risk per trade it takes 3 losing trades in a single day to hit the 1-Step daily limit.
- Ascent: target $250 (312.5 points) + $250 (312.5 points) + $250 (312.5 points), daily loss $150 (187.5 points), max loss $300 (375 points), all with 0.8 lots.
- At 1% risk per trade it takes 3 losing trades in a single day to hit the Ascent daily limit.
- Spark: target $400 (500 points), daily loss $100 (125 points), max loss $200 (250 points), all with 0.8 lots.
- At 1% risk per trade it takes 2 losing trades in a single day to hit the Spark daily limit.
Maximum NAS100 position size on $5K
With 1:20 leverage one lot needs about $1,461 of margin, so a $5K account could open about 3.4 lots in total. That is a margin ceiling, not a target: the daily loss limit is the real constraint.
When NAS100 moves most
Most of the range happens at the New York open; big-tech earnings, CPI and FOMC create the largest moves. Size down around those moments: wider swings mean a wider stop, and a wider stop with the same risk means fewer lots.