# Gold at 500x Leverage: How Exactly Do You Calculate Position Size and Stop-Losses?
Many people trade gold$XAUUSD , with 500x leverage constantly on their lips, but when asked how to calculate position size, they are completely clueless. Today we’ll discuss just one thing—how to calculate position size, stop-losses, and profit/loss under 500x leverage. No grand theories, just the math.
With 500x leverage, how much margin does each trade use?
There is only one formula:
Margin = lots × 100 × price ÷ 500
With gold at 4,400, let’s run the numbers:
- 0.01 lots → 0.01×100×4400÷500 = $8.8
- 0.05 lot

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$AKE 4H RSI surged to 70.69, the MACD bullish histogram is expanding, 1H RSI is 65.01, the order-book buy/sell depth ratio is 0.51, selling pressure dominates, and the price is holding above EMA20.
🎯 Direction: Long
⚡ Entry/Limit Order: 0.007377601 - 0.007399800
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🚀 Target 2: 0.007566296
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#晒出我的合约收益
The *Sima Fa*: Follow Heaven, enrich wealth, delight the people, benefit from the terrain, and give priority to military affairs—these are the Five Considerations.
Five things in trading: follow the trend, manage your funds well, align with your mindset, choose highly liquid assets, and emphasize defense (stop-losses).