No, I should not say at most 2 % of capital
on each trade...
My money management rules are just in
function of the largest drawdown experienced
in points , not in %.
Let's say that one has experienced a maximum
drawdown of 20 points for the S&P.
The formula I use to determine the number
of contracts that I trade
(Account size) divided by (margin
requirement + 50*(largest drawdown
in points))
example 10000,-$ account size
biggest drawdown in points = 20
margin requirement = 2000,-$
then number of contracts = 3.333
so 3 contracts.
That's the difference between stocks and
futures.
If you can survive a big drawdown without
giving up buying power = number of contracts
then that's ok no matter how much % of capi-
tal you risk on each trade....