SHEET 40.8 — COMMODITY RISK

Commodity risk calculator.

Notional, margin, stop distance and dollar-per-point in — margin-to-equity, risk per contract and how many contracts actually fit your risk budget out. Futures leverage punishes guessing; this makes it arithmetic.

Educational research only. Not financial advice.

contract & risk inputs

Defaults illustrate CL (WTI crude): ~$71,400 notional, $1,000 per point, $1.50 stop. Check your contract's specs — multipliers vary widely.

results — estimates

Risk per contract ($1,500.00) exceeds the risk budget ($1,000.00). Zero contracts fit this budget — widen the budget, tighten the stop, or use a smaller contract (micro/mini) instead of forcing the trade.

assumptions

Stop executes at the stop level with no gap or slippage — commodity markets gap on inventory reports, weather and geopolitics, so realized losses can exceed the figure shown. Margin requirements change with volatility and can be raised intraday by the exchange.

Educational math only. Not financial advice. All results are estimates.

EDUCATIONAL NOTE — CONTANGO & BACKWARDATION

Position risk is only half the picture in commodities. When the futures curve is in contango (later months more expensive), long positions pay a roll cost every expiration; in backwardation (later months cheaper), rolling longs earn a yield. Over multi-month holds, roll economics can matter more than the entry price. The commodities pillar tracks curve shape per contract.

Get curve shape, inventories and seasonality with the math.

GiottoO Perspective ($29/mo) opens the full commodities pillar: contango/backwardation per contract, EIA/USDA dashboards and release-day alerts.

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Related reading & tools

→ Commodities pillar — energy, metals and agriculture research→ Options Position Sizing Calculator→ Macro pillar — the rates and dollar backdrop for commodities→ Today's Market Picture — includes the EIA/USDA release calendar

Futures and commodity trading involves leverage: losses can exceed posted margin and can exceed the modeled stop risk when markets gap. Margin requirements change without notice. Read the commodities risk disclosure before acting on any output.

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