Risk management comes before profit.
Guardian is the part of Legion HQ that refuses to let position sizing be a guess. It turns an account balance, a risk percentage and an invalidation level into a concrete lot size — and tells you when that size is not something your broker will actually let you trade.
XAUUSD position size calculator
Free, and no account needed. Enter what you are willing to risk and where the idea is wrong, and Guardian works out the rest.
XAUUSD Position Size Calculator
Calculate risk amount, stop-loss distance, estimated lot size, and minimum-lot warnings before entering a gold trade.
Symbol
XAUUSD / Gold
Legion Tip: Never move your stop loss further away simply to avoid taking a loss. Instead, reduce your lot size until the trade fits within your risk rules.
Calculation output
Risk amount
$10.00
Stop-loss distance
0.00 points
Estimated lot size
0.000 lots
Based on a standard XAUUSD contract size of 100 ounces per 1.00 lot. Broker specifications can vary, so always check your platform before placing a trade.
Check before using
- • Enter a valid entry price.
- • Enter a valid stop-loss price.
This calculator is designed for planning, education, and risk awareness. Values are estimates only and should be checked against your broker’s XAUUSD contract specifications.
Save your calculations: a free Legion account keeps your account size and risk settings between sessions, so you are not retyping them every time. Legion+ adds saved presets, risk history and Guardian process reviews attached to your journal.
HOW GUARDIAN THINKS
Four rules it will not bend
Size the position from the risk, not the other way round
Decide what a losing trade may cost the account first. The lot size is then arithmetic, not a feeling. Guardian works backwards from your account size, your risk percentage and where the idea is invalidated.
Know when a plan cannot actually be executed
If the correct size for your risk comes out below your broker's minimum lot, trading it anyway means taking more risk than you planned. Guardian says so explicitly rather than quietly rounding up.
Treat the stop as the plan, not the escape hatch
Invalidation belongs to the analysis, not to the moment the trade goes against you. Guardian checks that a stop sits on the correct side of the entry for the direction being planned.
Review the process, not just the outcome
A profitable trade taken with four times the intended risk is a process failure. Inside Legion HQ, Guardian reviews attach process evidence to a journal entry so good and lucky can be told apart.
Where Guardian sits in the workflow
Scout explains what the market is doing and which events matter. Guardian decides what a plan may cost before it is taken. The Trading Lab is where the plan, the execution and the review are put together, and Legion Academy teaches the reasoning underneath all of it.
Guardian is an educational risk tool. Its outputs are estimates based on the numbers you enter and a standard 100-ounce XAUUSD contract, and should be checked against your own broker's contract specification. It is not personalised financial advice and it cannot prevent losses. Trading carries a real risk of losing money.