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    Trying to understand my risk (Kelly/Sharpe/ROR/Drawdown Questions)

    Thank you :) This is definitely related to my questions and it looks like I have a whole new subject to read about now. I'm still curious to see if anyone else looks at ROR instead of historical drawdowns as a measure of the potential risk to capital and if that's used by anyone when...
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    Acrary Money Management Question

    Hi and thanks for the reply. I'm actually trying to figure out my own model but there's always more to something than meets the eye and I've been impressed by the posts on this site and was hoping to learn more. Obviously it's easy enough to use fixed fractions or a fixed amount per trade...
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    Acrary Money Management Question

    Hello, I found this quote in a thread from Acrary: "I did lots of tests and earlier this year I created a formula that changes the size on each trade based on my equity curve and the level of drawdown I'm comfortable with. What I found was the total profits went way up, the profit factor...
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    Why was my post moved? [Trying to understand my risk (Kelly/Sharpe/ROR/Drawdown...]

    Thank you very much :) I love this site by the way - it's the best I've come across for these subjects. Sincerely, MPO
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    Why was my post moved? [Trying to understand my risk (Kelly/Sharpe/ROR/Drawdown...]

    Dear Moderator, My questions are based about the risk management of trading systems so why was my post moved from the trading section? The options trading system was used as an example but it is not the thrust of the post at all. If there was a money management section I would have put...
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    Trying to understand my risk (Kelly/Sharpe/ROR/Drawdown Questions)

    Now back to the option strategy – it has the following characteristics (some are rounded for clarity): Avg EV: 731 Avg At Risk (Cost + 5k): $14,500 Max At Risk (Cost + 5k): $40,500 Avg Return (from at-risk): 5% %Winners: 77% %Losers: 23% Avg Win: 1,400 Avg Loss: -1,544 Max Win...
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    Trying to understand my risk (Kelly/Sharpe/ROR/Drawdown Questions)

    Hi Everyone, This is my first post here as I’ve just recently discovered this site and I'm new to much of this so please forgive in advance any rambling or unclear statements. If I'm unclear about anything I'll try and clarify if asked. All answers/responses are greatly appreciated. The...
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