This free stop loss calculator measures the price distance from entry to stop loss and take profit, then calculates the distance-based risk-to-reward ratio. It does not calculate dollar risk or lot size. For XAUUSD dollar risk, also use the XAUUSD lot-size calculator with your broker's contract size and pip value.
Stop Loss Calculator is part of the free Aurex Trader calculator suite — 23 browser-based tools for gold (XAUUSD) and forex traders. Nothing is installed, no account is required, and every calculation runs locally in your browser.
Formula: SL Distance = |Entry − SL| | TP Distance = |TP − Entry| | R:R = TP Distance ÷ SL Distance Example: entry 2000, SL 1990 (10.00 price units), TP 2020 (20.00 price units) = 1:2 distance-based risk-to-reward.
No. It calculates price distances and the distance-based risk-to-reward ratio. Dollar risk also depends on lot size, contract size, account currency, and broker pricing. Use the XAUUSD Lot Size Calculator with your broker's symbol specifications to estimate it.
Place your stop just beyond a structural level the market shouldn't reach if your trade idea is correct — the other side of a swing high/low, the far side of an order block, or 1.5× ATR from entry for volatility-based stops. Never use a fixed pip stop unrelated to price structure.
For most strategies yes — a tight stop and wider target creates a positive risk-reward, which is what makes a strategy profitable over many trades. If your TP is closer than your SL, you need a very high win rate to survive.
No. Trading without a stop loss on a leveraged account is how retail traders blow up. Even prop firms fail accounts that don't use stops. Every trade — every single one — needs a pre-defined stop before entry.
Gold is highly volatile, so validating SL and TP distance before entry is essential. Enter your gold prices normally — the SL/TP distances and R:R work identically for XAUUSD as for FX pairs.