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stop_distance_sizing

Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-09-12, from the-7-percent-sell-rule.

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stop_distance_sizing — 3 rows by 2 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
stopposition_size_usd
7% stop7143
10% stop5000
15% stop3333
Rows × columns
3 × 2
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
Strasmore terms · free, no signup
Formats
JSON · CSV · the SQL below

What each column holds

Column definitions for stop_distance_sizing, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
stop text 3 distinct values (10% stop, 15% stop, 7% stop)
position_size_usd number 3,333 to 7,143 US dollars

Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.

the exact SQL behind every number 
SELECT
    concat(toString(stop_pct), '% stop') AS stop,
    round(500 / (stop_pct / 100)) AS position_size_usd
FROM
(
    SELECT arrayJoin([7, 10, 15]) AS stop_pct
)
ORDER BY stop_pct

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