01 / Overview
Key Features
3-Phase Preset System
Seed, Growth, and Scale each load a proven risk/day/SL/TP combination. Switch to Custom to override any value by hand.
Auto-Scaling Sizing
Every dollar figure recalculates from your Total Buying Power. Update the one number weekly and the whole table rescales.
Max Trades & Capital Deployable
Shows exactly how many full-risk trades fit inside your daily risk cap, and the total capital that implies.
Color-Coded Risk:Reward
The R:R ratio derived from your SL/TP percentages is colored green, white, or red depending on how favorable it is.
Optional GameOver Counter
Shows how many consecutive full-risk losses would wipe the account — a sobering guardrail you can toggle on or off.
Full Display Control
9-position placement, independent header/body font sizing, and dedicated header background/text color inputs.
Compact, Always-On Table
A single small overlay table, rebuilt only on the last bar — zero clutter, zero historical-bar cost.
force_overlay Rendering
Draws on the main chart pane even when added from an indicator-only context, so it's never buried in a sub-pane.
02 / Concept
How It Works
→ Position Sizing From Two Numbers
Risk Percent + Stop Percent = Everything Else
Every figure on the table falls out of just two inputs: how much of your account you're willing to lose per trade, and how far your stop sits from entry. Risk per Trade ($) is your account size times your risk %. Capital per Trade ($) is that risk divided by your stop %, which is the position size implied by risking exactly that dollar amount at that stop distance. Max Risk per Day is account size times your daily risk %, and Max Trades Today is how many Capital-per-Trade-sized positions fit inside that daily cap.
01
Pick your phase
Choose Phase 1 · Seed, Phase 2 · Growth, or Phase 3 · Scale from the dropdown — each loads its own risk/day/SL/TP defaults. Switch to ⚙ Custom to type in your own values instead.
02
Set your buying power
Enter Total Buying Power ($) and keep it current — update it every Monday to your actual account balance. Every dollar figure on the table scales off this single number.
03
Resolve the active values
The script picks Risk/Trade, Total Daily Risk, Stop Loss, and Take Profit from whichever phase is selected — or from your Custom Overrides if the phase is set to ⚙ Custom. Custom inputs are otherwise ignored entirely.
04
Render on the last bar
The table rebuilds only when the current bar is the most recent one on the chart, showing Account, Capital/Trade, Risk/Trade, Max Cons to Buy, Max Cap Deployable, Max Risk per Day, and Risk:Reward — plus the optional Phase Defaults and GameOver rows.
→ NoteCustom Overrides (Risk per Trade, Total Risk per Day, Stop Loss, Take Profit) are completely ignored unless Phase = ⚙ Custom. Leaving them filled in while a preset phase is selected has no effect — the preset's own values are what drive the table.
03 / Reference
Phase Presets
Preset Values
| Phase | Risk / Trade | Total Risk / Day | Stop Loss | Take Profit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 · Seed | 2.0% | 5.0% | 20.0% | 40.0% |
| Phase 2 · Growth | 5.0% | 10.0% | 25.0% | 60.0% |
| Phase 3 · Scale | 8.0% | 15.0% | 30.0% | 80.0% |
| ⚙ Custom | Your input | Your input | Your input | Your input |
→ Reading the Progression
Why the Phases Escalate Together
Each phase raises risk per trade, daily risk cap, stop width, and take-profit target together, not independently — a Seed-phase account risks small and exits at a proportionally small target, while a Scale-phase account risks more per trade but also demands a wider move before taking profit. The Risk:Reward ratio (Take Profit ÷ Stop Loss) stays similar across all three presets by design: Phase 1 is 40÷20 = 2.0, Phase 2 is 60÷25 = 2.4, Phase 3 is 80÷30 ≈ 2.67. What changes between phases is how much capital you're willing to put behind that same ratio, not the ratio itself.
04 / Reference
Settings
📊 Phase / Account
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Trading Phase | Phase 2 · Growth | Select Phase 1 · Seed, Phase 2 · Growth, Phase 3 · Scale, or ⚙ Custom. Switching phases instantly changes every active risk figure. |
| Total Buying Power ($) | 2900 | Minimum 100. Your current account balance. Update every Monday — the calculator auto-scales every dollar figure off this input. |
🎛️ Custom Overrides (⚙ Custom phase only)
| Setting | Default | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risk per Trade (%) | 5.0 | 2–10, step 1 | What percentage of your account you're willing to lose on one trade. Ignored unless Phase = ⚙ Custom. |
| Total Risk per Day (%) | 10.0 | 5–15, step 1 | How much of your total account you're willing to lose per day/session. |
| Stop Loss (%) | 25.0 | 10–50, step 5 | The percentage loss on a trade that triggers an exit. |
| Take Profit (%) | 60.0 | 20–100, step 5 | The percentage gain on a trade that triggers an exit. |
🖥️ Display
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Position | Top Right | Anchor for the panel — Top/Bottom/Middle × Left/Center/Right (8 of the 9 standard positions). |
| Body Font Size | 12px | Font size for data rows. |
| Header Font Size | 13px | Font size for the master header row, independent of body size. |
| Show Phase Defaults Row | ON | Adds a row summarizing the active phase's Risk / SL / TP as one line, colored to match the phase. |
| Show GameOver Counter | OFF | Adds a "Losses to $0" row: how many consecutive full-risk losses in a row would zero the account. |
| Header Background / Header Text | #0d1117 / white | Colors for the master title row only — the rest of the palette (phase colors, row backgrounds, bull/bear text) is fixed to the sX brand palette. |
05 / Reading
Reading the Table
Row Reference (top to bottom)
| Row | Shows | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ⚖ sX Risk Calc | Title | Master header, merged across both columns. |
| PHASE | PH1 · SEED / PH2 · GROWTH / PH3 · SCALE / CUSTOM | Colored badge matching the active phase — amber, blue, teal, or purple. |
| Account | $ Total Buying Power | Your entered account size, dollar-formatted. |
| Capital / Trade | $ position size | Risk per Trade ÷ Stop Loss % — how much capital one trade at full risk implies. |
| Defaults (optional) | X% Risk · Y% SL · Z% TP | One-line summary of the active phase's preset values, in the phase's color. |
| Risk / Trade | $ amount, red | Account × Risk % — the dollar amount you're risking on one trade. |
| —— TRADE SETUP —— | Section divider | Colored to match the active phase. |
| Max Cons to Buy | Integer | How many Capital-per-Trade-sized positions fit inside your daily risk cap. |
| Max Cap Deployable | $ amount | Total capital deployed if you ran Max Cons to Buy trades today at full size. |
| Max Risk per Day | $ amount, red | Account × Total Risk per Day % — your hard stop-trading-for-the-day number. |
| —— P & L —— | Section divider | Colored to match the active phase. |
| Risk / Reward | 1 : X.XX | Take Profit % ÷ Stop Loss %. Green ≥ 1.5, white ≥ 1.0, red below 1.0. |
| Losses to $0 (optional) | N trades, red | 100 ÷ Risk per Trade % — how many consecutive full-risk losses would zero the account. |
06 / Best Practices
Pro Tips
Update Buying Power Every Monday
The whole table is derived from one number. A stale Account balance quietly under- or over-sizes every figure — make updating it a weekly ritual, right after you check your actual brokerage balance.
Use the Presets Before Reaching for Custom
The three phases aren't arbitrary — they escalate risk, stop width, and target together as a matched set. Custom is for stress-testing a specific what-if, not for permanently drifting your risk numbers upward one input at a time.
Watch the Risk:Reward Color, Not Just the Number
Green (≥ 1.5) is comfortably favorable. White (1.0–1.5) means you need a solid win rate to stay profitable. Red (< 1.0) means you're risking more than you stand to gain — worth a hard second look before trading that setup.
Turn On Losses to $0 Early
It's off by default because the number is uncomfortable to look at. Turn it on for your first few weeks in a new phase — seeing "14 trades to zero" in red on every chart is a genuinely effective guardrail against oversizing.
Respect Max Risk per Day as a Hard Stop
Max Cons to Buy tells you how many full-risk trades fit in a session. Once you've used that allocation — win or lose — the daily risk cap is spent. This is a sizing calculator, not a trade tracker, so it won't stop you; the discipline is on you.
07 / Use Cases
Who Uses This
→ New Account
Phase 1 · Seed — Prove the Process First
Small accounts or new strategies start here: 2% risk per trade, 5% daily cap, tight 20% stop. The goal isn't to grow fast — it's to survive long enough to prove the strategy works before phase 2 raises the stakes.
→ Established Account
Phase 2 · Growth — The Default Working Phase
5% risk, 10% daily cap, 25% stop, 60% target. This is where most accounts operate day to day once the strategy has a track record — enough risk to compound meaningfully, still bounded by a real daily stop-loss.
→ Proven Strategy
Phase 3 · Scale — Higher Conviction, Higher Stakes
8% risk, 15% daily cap, 30% stop, 80% target — reserved for accounts and strategies with a real sample size behind them. Turn on GameOver here especially: at 8% risk, only 12 full-risk losses in a row zero the account.
| Setting | Phase 1 · Seed | Phase 2 · Growth | Phase 3 · Scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risk / Trade | 2.0% | 5.0% | 8.0% |
| Total Risk / Day | 5.0% | 10.0% | 15.0% |
| Stop Loss | 20.0% | 25.0% | 30.0% |
| Take Profit | 40.0% | 60.0% | 80.0% |
| Losses to $0 | 50 trades | 20 trades | 12 trades |
| Show GameOver | ON | Optional | ON |
→ sXSuite IntegrationsX Risk Calc sets the account-level sizing that every trade-level tool in the suite assumes. Once you know your Capital per Trade here, take it into sX Options Analyzer or sX SL/TP Pro to plan the specific contract's TP/SL, and check sX Entry Radar or sXMTF Trends for confluence before you spend that allocation.