Futures tick value calculator
What a move in ticks or points is worth in dollars on 26 futures contracts, and how many ticks of stop a dollar risk allows. The figures are the contract specs the PassTraq platform values fills with.
Your move
ES: one tick is 0.25 and worth $12.50; one point is 4 ticks. A move in points is snapped to the tick grid.
Ticks
4
Points
1
Per contract
$50.00
Total, 1 contract
$50.00
How many ticks does a dollar risk allow?
Stop that fits, per contract
40 ticks (10 points) on 1 contract
Rounded down to whole ticks, so the stop never risks more than the dollars you entered (before commissions and slippage). ES contract specs
Every contract's full spec — tick size, point value, the current front month and its roll date — is on its own page, for example ES and MNQ.
Frequently asked
What is a tick value?
The dollars one minimum price move is worth on one contract. ES moves in ticks of 0.25 worth $12.50; CL in ticks of 0.01 worth $10.00. Profit or loss on a trade is ticks moved × tick value × contracts.
What is the difference between a tick and a point?
A point is a whole unit of price; a tick is the smallest step the price can take. On ES one point is 4 ticks, so a point is worth $50.00; on CL one point (a dollar a barrel) is 100 ticks.
Why do micro contracts have the same tick size?
A micro tracks the same price on the same grid at a smaller multiplier: MES moves in 0.25 ticks like ES, but each is worth $1.25 instead of $12.50. That is why prop traders size down to micros to stay inside a daily loss limit.
How do I size a stop to a prop firm daily loss limit?
Divide the dollars you are willing to lose by tick value × contracts and round down: that is the widest stop that fits. The lower half of the calculator does exactly that, before commissions and slippage, which a real fill adds on top.
Track this on a real account
A calculator is a snapshot. PassTraq runs these same limits against your actual fills, every day, and warns you before a breach instead of after.
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Every figure here is the contract specification PassTraq's platform values fills with, and every front month and roll date comes from the roll engine its charts use. Exchanges can change a specification without notice — confirm with the exchange or your broker before you rely on one. PassTraq is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a partner of any prop firm, CME Group or Rithmic, except where a link is marked as a partner link. Contract and index names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used only to identify the contracts PassTraq models. Nothing here is financial advice.