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I have a 50,000 account and I use the formula on proper trade size as: Risk - Commission / Difference between entry and stop. Makes sense but then I was looking at trading some JNJ. Here's how it would come out. $500 - 4.95 commission / 0.47 (based on average ranges I am using)...

Newbie here to this forum.. Have traded for a long time but never for myself so in process of thinking about money and risk management. Sorry if these are on another thread but I couldn't find anything. Question 1: If I start a margin account that starts with $50,000 and with margin is...