diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ticker/RecommendationPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ticker/RecommendationPanel.tsx
index f610a6b..b2d4ced 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ticker/RecommendationPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ticker/RecommendationPanel.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import type { TradeSetup } from '../../lib/types';
 import { formatPrice, formatPercent } from '../../lib/format';
 import { recommendationActionDirection, recommendationActionLabel } from '../../lib/recommendation';
+import { useRiskSettings, type RiskSettings } from '../../hooks/useRiskSettings';
+import { positionSize } from '../../lib/position';
 
 interface RecommendationPanelProps {
   symbol: string;
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ function TargetTable({ setup }: { setup: TradeSetup }) {
   );
 }
 
-function SetupCard({ setup, action, currentPrice }: { setup?: TradeSetup; action?: TradeSetup['recommended_action']; currentPrice?: number }) {
+function SetupCard({ setup, action, currentPrice, risk }: { setup?: TradeSetup; action?: TradeSetup['recommended_action']; currentPrice?: number; risk: RiskSettings }) {
   if (!setup) {
     return (
       <div className="glass-sm p-4 text-xs text-gray-500">
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ function SetupCard({ setup, action, currentPrice }: { setup?: TradeSetup; action
 
   const recommended = isRecommended(setup, action);
   const drift = entryDrift(setup, currentPrice);
+  const sizing = positionSize(risk.accountSize, risk.riskPct, setup.entry_price, setup.stop_loss);
 
   return (
     <div
@@ -132,6 +135,33 @@ function SetupCard({ setup, action, currentPrice }: { setup?: TradeSetup; action
         <div className="text-gray-500">R:R</div><div className="font-mono text-gray-200">{setup.rr_ratio.toFixed(2)}</div>
       </div>
 
+      {sizing ? (
+        <div className="rounded border border-white/[0.06] bg-white/[0.02] p-2.5 text-xs">
+          <p className="mb-1.5 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-wider text-gray-500">
+            Position size · {risk.riskPct}% of {formatPrice(risk.accountSize)}
+          </p>
+          <div className="grid grid-cols-3 gap-2 text-center">
+            <div>
+              <div className="font-mono text-sm text-gray-100">{sizing.shares}</div>
+              <div className="text-[10px] text-gray-500">shares</div>
+            </div>
+            <div>
+              <div className={`font-mono text-sm ${sizing.exceedsAccount ? 'text-amber-400' : 'text-gray-100'}`}>{formatPrice(sizing.positionValue)}</div>
+              <div className="text-[10px] text-gray-500">position</div>
+            </div>
+            <div>
+              <div className="font-mono text-sm text-gray-100">{formatPrice(sizing.dollarRisk)}</div>
+              <div className="text-[10px] text-gray-500">at risk</div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          {sizing.exceedsAccount && (
+            <p className="mt-1.5 text-[10px] text-amber-400">Position exceeds account — needs margin.</p>
+          )}
+        </div>
+      ) : (
+        <p className="text-[11px] text-gray-600">Set account size below to size this trade.</p>
+      )}
+
       <TargetTable setup={setup} />
 
       {setup.conflict_flags.length > 0 && (
@@ -143,7 +173,39 @@ function SetupCard({ setup, action, currentPrice }: { setup?: TradeSetup; action
   );
 }
 
+function RiskSettingsBar({ risk, update }: { risk: RiskSettings; update: (p: Partial<RiskSettings>) => void }) {
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-4 gap-y-2 text-xs">
+      <span className="text-gray-500">Risk settings:</span>
+      <label className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
+        <span className="text-gray-500">Account $</span>
+        <input
+          type="number"
+          min={0}
+          value={risk.accountSize}
+          onChange={(e) => update({ accountSize: Number(e.target.value) })}
+          className="w-28 input-glass px-2 py-1 font-mono"
+        />
+      </label>
+      <label className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
+        <span className="text-gray-500">Risk %</span>
+        <input
+          type="number"
+          min={0}
+          max={100}
+          step={0.25}
+          value={risk.riskPct}
+          onChange={(e) => update({ riskPct: Number(e.target.value) })}
+          className="w-20 input-glass px-2 py-1 font-mono"
+        />
+      </label>
+      <span className="text-[10px] text-gray-600">saved in this browser</span>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
 export function RecommendationPanel({ symbol, longSetup, shortSetup, currentPrice }: RecommendationPanelProps) {
+  const { settings: risk, update: updateRisk } = useRiskSettings();
   const summary = longSetup?.recommendation_summary ?? shortSetup?.recommendation_summary;
   const action = (summary?.action ?? 'NEUTRAL') as TradeSetup['recommended_action'];
   const preferredDirection = recommendationActionDirection(action);
@@ -185,9 +247,11 @@ export function RecommendationPanel({ symbol, longSetup, shortSetup, currentPric
           <p className="text-sm text-gray-300">{summary.reasoning}</p>
         )}
 
+        <RiskSettingsBar risk={risk} update={updateRisk} />
+
         {preferredDirection !== 'neutral' && preferredSetup ? (
           <div className="space-y-3">
-            <SetupCard setup={preferredSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} />
+            <SetupCard setup={preferredSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} risk={risk} />
 
             {alternativeSetup && (
               <details className="glass-sm p-3">
@@ -195,15 +259,15 @@ export function RecommendationPanel({ symbol, longSetup, shortSetup, currentPric
                   Alternative scenario ({alternativeSetup.direction.toUpperCase()})
                 </summary>
                 <div className="mt-3">
-                  <SetupCard setup={alternativeSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} />
+                  <SetupCard setup={alternativeSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} risk={risk} />
                 </div>
               </details>
             )}
           </div>
         ) : (
           <div className="grid gap-4 lg:grid-cols-2">
-            <SetupCard setup={longSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} />
-            <SetupCard setup={shortSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} />
+            <SetupCard setup={longSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} risk={risk} />
+            <SetupCard setup={shortSetup} action={action} currentPrice={currentPrice} risk={risk} />
           </div>
         )}
       </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useRiskSettings.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useRiskSettings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c35ebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useRiskSettings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+
+export interface RiskSettings {
+  accountSize: number;
+  riskPct: number;
+}
+
+const STORAGE_KEY = 'risk-settings';
+const DEFAULTS: RiskSettings = { accountSize: 10000, riskPct: 1 };
+
+/** Account size + per-trade risk %, persisted in localStorage (per browser). */
+export function useRiskSettings() {
+  const [settings, setSettings] = useState<RiskSettings>(() => {
+    try {
+      const raw = localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY);
+      if (raw) return { ...DEFAULTS, ...JSON.parse(raw) };
+    } catch {
+      /* ignore malformed storage */
+    }
+    return DEFAULTS;
+  });
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    try {
+      localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(settings));
+    } catch {
+      /* ignore quota/availability errors */
+    }
+  }, [settings]);
+
+  const update = useCallback(
+    (patch: Partial<RiskSettings>) => setSettings((s) => ({ ...s, ...patch })),
+    [],
+  );
+
+  return { settings, update };
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/position.ts b/frontend/src/lib/position.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d4e3f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/position.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+export interface PositionSize {
+  shares: number;
+  riskPerShare: number;
+  dollarRisk: number;
+  positionValue: number;
+  /** Position value exceeds the account → needs margin / not affordable in cash. */
+  exceedsAccount: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Risk-based position sizing. Risk a fixed % of the account per trade; the stop
+ * distance sets how many shares that budget buys:
+ *   shares = floor((account × risk%) / |entry − stop|)
+ * Returns null when inputs are unusable (no account, no risk, zero stop width).
+ */
+export function positionSize(
+  accountSize: number,
+  riskPct: number,
+  entry: number,
+  stop: number,
+): PositionSize | null {
+  const riskPerShare = Math.abs(entry - stop);
+  if (!(accountSize > 0) || !(riskPct > 0) || !(riskPerShare > 0) || !(entry > 0)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const budget = accountSize * (riskPct / 100);
+  const shares = Math.floor(budget / riskPerShare);
+  const dollarRisk = shares * riskPerShare;
+  const positionValue = shares * entry;
+  return {
+    shares,
+    riskPerShare,
+    dollarRisk,
+    positionValue,
+    exceedsAccount: positionValue > accountSize,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/frontend/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo b/frontend/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
index ec12067..70aa034 100644
--- a/frontend/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
+++ b/frontend/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
@@ -1 +1 @@
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