CENT ACCOUNT LOT SIZING WORKSHEET
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Complete one copy per balance and stop distance. Measure the broker's
minimum lot from the account specification, not the marketing page.
Date every entry.

BROKER: ______________________   ACCOUNT: cent / standard (circle one)   DATE: __________
BALANCE SHOWN BY TERMINAL (in cents): ______________
PAIR: ______________________   STOP DISTANCE (pips): ______________

1. ACCOUNT FACTS
   Minimum lot on this account (from specification): ______
   Lot step (smallest size change): ______
   Pip value for 1.00 lot, in account currency units (cents if cent account): ______
     (Standard account, EURUSD, usually 10.00 USD per pip per 1.00 lot;
      cent account: multiply by 100 for cents.)
   Pip value for the minimum lot: ______

2. RISK BUDGET
   Risk per trade (percent of balance): ______
   Risk budget in account units (balance x percent): ______

3. CALCULATED LOT
   Calculated lot (L = risk budget / (stop pips x pip value for 1.00 lot)): ______
   Calculated lot below minimum? [ ] yes  [ ] no
   If yes, what the EA does: [ ] skips trade  [ ] rounds up  [ ] reduces stop  [ ] other: ______

4. ACTUAL RISK AFTER ROUNDING
   Lot actually placed: ______
   Actual risk on a stop-out (stop pips x pip value for lot placed): ______
   Actual risk as percent of balance: ______
   Actual risk exceeds intended risk? [ ] yes  [ ] no
   If yes, by how many times: ______

5. WHAT A SINGLE LOSS DOES
   Loss on one full stop-out, as percent of balance: ______
   Number of stop-outs that remove the whole balance: ______
   Broker's negative-balance policy saved with date? [ ] yes

6. COSTS AS A SHARE OF BALANCE
   Average spread paid, in pips (from your fills): ______
   Spread cost per trade at the placed lot (units): ______
   Spread cost per trade as percent of balance: ______
   Commission per trade as percent of balance (if any): ______
   Monthly server bill as percent of balance: ______
   Total cost per trade as percent of balance: ______

7. TEST PURPOSE
   Cent account used for: [ ] mechanical checks only  [ ] broker behaviour  [ ] strategy result
   If strategy result: [ ] NOT suitable at this balance (minimum lot dominates risk)

8. DECISION
   Calculated lot at or above minimum for the intended stop? [ ] yes  [ ] no
   Actual risk per trade within the intended budget? [ ] yes  [ ] no
   EA sizing rule for below-minimum case written down and tested? [ ] yes
   Account type confirmed as permitted for this EA in the terms? [ ] yes

Keep this worksheet with your EA settings, the broker's account
specification and the negative-balance policy, all dated on the day
you measured them. Brokers change their terms, so save a new copy
when they do.