Average price and break-even for scaled-in positions.
The break-even calculator finds the volume-weighted average entry price of a position you built in up to three parts. When you add to a trade at different prices, this average is your break-even: the price at which the whole position is flat, before trading costs. Enter each price and its lot size to get it.
Average entry = (P1 × L1 + P2 × L2 + P3 × L3) ÷ (L1 + L2 + L3)
You buy EUR/USD in three steps: 1 lot at 1.10000, 0.5 lots at 1.09500 and 0.5 lots at 1.09000.
The whole 2-lot position is flat at 1.09625, which is 37.5 pips below your first entry.
The average is a raw price. For a buy, your true break-even sits a little higher once you add the spread and any commission; for a sell, it sits a little lower. Adding to a losing trade lowers your average but also raises your size, so plan the total risk before the first entry. To see the profit on the whole position at a target, enter the average price and total lots into the profit calculator.
For more on building positions with care, read our guides to position sizing, risk management and martingale and grid strategies.
No. It is the raw volume-weighted average price. Add the spread, commission and any swap to find your true break-even. For a buy, move the level up by those costs in pips; for a sell, move it down.
Yes. The average entry is worked out the same way for a buy or a sell. A buy is in profit once price rises above the average, and a sell once price falls below it. Enter legs from one direction only, as the calculator treats them all alike.
The form takes three legs. For more, calculate the first three, then enter the result as Price 1 with the total size as Lots 1, and add your next two entries in the other rows. The average comes out the same.
It is an average where each price counts in proportion to its size. Buying 2 lots at 1.1000 and 1 lot at 1.1030 gives an average of 1.1010, closer to the larger entry, rather than the simple midpoint of 1.1015.
Only the number of decimal places shown: five for most pairs, three for yen pairs and two for gold, silver and bitcoin. The average itself depends only on the prices and lot sizes you enter.