Trading project Payback Period Calculator

The following table answers the question: how long would it take for your new trading business to pay for itself?

A theoretical, idealized scenario, one that assumes perfect consistency of performance, an impossible feat. Nonetheless, the table below provides a useful framework for planning. As always, enter your data in the yellow fields. (The “Profits generated” field takes into account a steadily increasing contract size based on the projected annual ROI, while maintaining fixed % risk.)