KellyCalc

How much should you risk?

KellyCalc applies the Kelly criterion to estimate how much of your capital to put on a trade, investment, or bet, and shows the trade-off between growth and risk before you commit.

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The KellyCalc app icon: a curve sweeping from red down to green

See KellyCalc on iPhone.

From your first scenario to a clearer view of the risk.

Describe the outcomes. Get a size.

List what could happen, give each outcome a probability and a return, and KellyCalc finds the allocation that maximizes long-term growth. If there's no edge worth taking, it tells you.

Three ways to describe a trade

Enter a starting and target price, American or decimal odds (single bets or parlays), or raw payoff multiples for any set of outcomes.

Full, Half, and Quarter Kelly

See the growth-optimal allocation as a percentage and in dollars, with clear warnings when a position has negative expected value.

Stress-test your conviction

Sensitivity analysis shows how your size shifts if any probability is off by 10 percentage points.

See what could happen

Monte Carlo simulation plays out sequences of up to 100 trades so you can see the range of bankroll paths your size implies.

Save your ideas

Store calculations as named ideas on your device and come back to them later.

No account

Open the app and start sizing. Your bankroll, scenarios, and saved ideas stay on your device.

Free to start. One purchase for unlimited.

Free

5 calculations every week, with every input mode and analysis.

Unlimited

Unlimited calculations with a single in-app purchase. No subscription.

Get KellyCalc.

For iPhone and iPad. No account needed.

KellyCalc on the App Store, coming soonComing soon