OPEN-SOURCE SCRIPT
Stock Position Sizer with Daily ATR
The script is a stock position-sizing indicator based on ATR multiples. It calculates how many whole shares you can trade while risking a chosen percentage of your nominal equity.
With the defaults:
- Nominal equity: 90,000
- Risk: 0.5%
- Risk budget: 450
- ATR length: 20 days
- Stop distance: 2 × ATR
### Calculation
It retrieves the close and ATR from the last completed daily bar, regardless of the chart timeframe.
Risk budget = Nominal equity × Risk percentage
Stop distance = Daily ATR × ATR multiple
Shares = floor(Risk budget ÷ Stop distance)
For example, if ATR is 8.86:
Risk budget = 90,000 × 0.5% = 450
Stop distance = 8.86 × 2 = 17.72
Position size = floor(450 ÷ 17.72) = 25 shares
Long and short levels
Both directions use the same share quantity because their stop distances are symmetrical:
Long entry = Previous daily close
Long stop = Previous daily close − 2 ATR
Short entry = Previous daily close
Short stop = Previous daily close + 2 ATR
What it displays
The chart shows three horizontal levels:
- Blue: previous daily close and assumed entry
- Red: long stop
- Orange: short stop
The table shows:
- Stock currency
- Previous daily close
- Daily ATR
- Stop distance
- Risk budget
- Number of whole shares
- Long entry and stop
- Short entry and stop
- Position notional and actual risk after rounding
There is no currency conversion. A value of `90,000` means $90,000 on a USD stock, €90,000 on a EUR stock, and so forth.
With the defaults:
- Nominal equity: 90,000
- Risk: 0.5%
- Risk budget: 450
- ATR length: 20 days
- Stop distance: 2 × ATR
### Calculation
It retrieves the close and ATR from the last completed daily bar, regardless of the chart timeframe.
Risk budget = Nominal equity × Risk percentage
Stop distance = Daily ATR × ATR multiple
Shares = floor(Risk budget ÷ Stop distance)
For example, if ATR is 8.86:
Risk budget = 90,000 × 0.5% = 450
Stop distance = 8.86 × 2 = 17.72
Position size = floor(450 ÷ 17.72) = 25 shares
Long and short levels
Both directions use the same share quantity because their stop distances are symmetrical:
Long entry = Previous daily close
Long stop = Previous daily close − 2 ATR
Short entry = Previous daily close
Short stop = Previous daily close + 2 ATR
What it displays
The chart shows three horizontal levels:
- Blue: previous daily close and assumed entry
- Red: long stop
- Orange: short stop
The table shows:
- Stock currency
- Previous daily close
- Daily ATR
- Stop distance
- Risk budget
- Number of whole shares
- Long entry and stop
- Short entry and stop
- Position notional and actual risk after rounding
There is no currency conversion. A value of `90,000` means $90,000 on a USD stock, €90,000 on a EUR stock, and so forth.
Open-source script
In true TradingView spirit, the creator of this script has made it open-source, so that traders can review and verify its functionality. Kudos to the author! While you can use it for free, remember that republishing the code is subject to our House Rules.
Disclaimer
The information and publications are not meant to be, and do not constitute, financial, investment, trading, or other types of advice or recommendations supplied or endorsed by TradingView. Read more in the Terms of Use.
Open-source script
In true TradingView spirit, the creator of this script has made it open-source, so that traders can review and verify its functionality. Kudos to the author! While you can use it for free, remember that republishing the code is subject to our House Rules.
Disclaimer
The information and publications are not meant to be, and do not constitute, financial, investment, trading, or other types of advice or recommendations supplied or endorsed by TradingView. Read more in the Terms of Use.