Average stock price calculator

    Your real cost basis after adding to a position

    Enter up to four buys as shares and price to get total shares, total cost, and the weighted average price you actually own the position at.

    Average price
    $46
    Total shares
    150.00
    Total cost
    $6,900

    What the inputs mean

    Shares and price per buy
    One row per purchase; blank rows are ignored.

    Formula

    average = Σ (shares × price) ÷ Σ shares

    Worked example

    100 at $50, then 50 at $38150 shares at an average of $46.00.

    Questions people ask

    Does averaging down improve the trade?

    It lowers the break-even price and raises the position size at the same time, so it improves the arithmetic and worsens the risk. Size it before you do it.

    Limitations

    Every result here is arithmetic on the numbers you enter. It carries no view on any specific security, assumes returns are steady when real returns are not, and ignores taxes, slippage and commissions. Use it to size and sanity-check, not to forecast.

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    Score any name free, then bring the number back here.

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