Multi-Entry & Scale-In Calculator
Combine up to five same-direction entries into one weighted-average price, total position, shared-stop risk and entered-target result. Plan an all-filled ladder or review fills you enter manually without treating either scenario as an execution forecast.
Build one same-direction position
Choose whether the entries are an all-filled plan or fills already entered from your platform.
Supplies the stored pip size, contract size and quote currency.
Gross risk and target P/L are displayed in this currency.
Must be on the loss side of every entered leg. Exact execution can differ.
Must be on the favorable side of every leg; it is not a predicted exit.
Every entry quantity uses this one scale. Broker volume steps are not checked.
Required only when the quote and account currencies differ.
Planned entry ladder
The result assumes every entered leg fills exactly at its entered price.
Blended position result
Pip Pricing 1.0.0 plus Trade Scale-In 1.0.0.
| Entry | Price / quantity | Allocation / blended entry | Stop distance / risk | Target distance / P/L |
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How are multiple forex entries combined?
The weighted-average entry uses each leg's quantity as its weight. Gross stop risk and gross target P/L are calculated per leg because every entry has a different pip distance to the shared price, then summed in the selected account currency.
Gross stop risk = Sum(Entry-to-stop pips x Leg pip value)
Gross target P/L = Sum(Entry-to-target pips x Leg pip value)
Splitting one intended position into several entries changes the blended price and the exposure path. It does not create an automatic risk reduction: total risk still depends on every filled quantity, every entry price and the shared stop.
Worked EUR/USD scale-in example
Assume three planned EUR/USD buys in a USD account: 0.50 standard lots at 1.10000, 0.30 at 1.09500 and 0.20 at 1.09000. With a shared stop at 1.08500 and entered target at 1.11000, the combined quantity is 1.00 standard lot and the weighted-average entry is 1.09650.
| Leg | Quantity | Stop distance | Gross stop risk | Gross target P/L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.10000 | 0.50 | 150 pips | USD 750 | USD 500 |
| 1.09500 | 0.30 | 100 pips | USD 300 | USD 450 |
| 1.09000 | 0.20 | 50 pips | USD 100 | USD 400 |
| Combined | 1.00 | 115 weighted pips | USD 1,150 | USD 1,350; 1:1.174 |
This example assumes all three orders fill exactly and excludes trading costs. If only one or two planned orders fill, recalculate with those entries in the entered-fills mode instead of treating the all-filled result as the live position.
Assumptions and limits
- Every price, quantity, direction and manual conversion is user-entered. No live market, order or account data is read.
- Planned mode assumes every entered leg fills exactly. It does not estimate fill probability, order sequence or partial fills.
- Entered-fills mode trusts the values supplied. Reconcile them with the platform before using the blended result.
- Spread, slippage, commission, financing, gaps, taxes and other trading costs are excluded.
- Margin, free margin, liquidation, stop-out and account-level exposure are not calculated.
- Broker minimum volume, maximum volume, volume step, stop restrictions and netting or hedging behavior are not applied.
- The tool does not recommend averaging down, pyramiding, a scale-in sequence, a risk level or an entry.
Frequently asked questions
- It combines one to five same-direction entries into a quantity-weighted average entry, total size, combined pip value, gross loss at one entered stop and gross P/L at one entered target.
- Each entry price is multiplied by that entry's quantity. Those products are added and divided by the total quantity. A larger entry therefore has more influence than a smaller one.
- Planned mode is an all-filled scenario for future entries. Entered-fills mode blends only the completed fills you type. The arithmetic is the same, but the evidence boundary is different.
- The calculator accepts one shared stop only when it is on the loss side of every entry. Whether one platform stop or several position stops are required depends on account mode and broker handling.
- No. Adding volume increases exposure. A lower weighted entry on a buy does not by itself reduce total loss at the shared stop; the calculator sums the risk contributed by every leg.
- MetaTrader documents that same-direction deals increase one common position on a netting account and recalculate its weighted open price. A hedging account can keep separate positions. Confirm the account system set by the broker.
- The minimum volume, maximum volume and permitted volume step are broker and symbol specifications. This page keeps the entered precision for arithmetic and does not round it to a broker's dealing rules.
- No. The results are gross price-movement scenarios. Check margin separately and use the Total Trade Cost Calculator for entered spread, commission, slippage and financing amounts.
Sources and methodology
- MetaTrader 5 Help: Executing Trades — weighted-average position price, volume and netting-versus-hedging position behavior.
- MetaTrader 5 Help: Basic Principles — position accounting systems and how same-direction deals affect positions.
- MQL5 Reference: Symbol volume properties — broker-defined minimum, maximum and step constraints.
- CFTC: Eight Things You Should Know Before Trading Forex — leverage and loss-risk context.
The arithmetic contract is Trade Scale-In model 1.0.0. Position pip value and manual currency conversion are delegated to Pip Pricing model 1.0.0.
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