Per trade?!
I'll wish you not just good luck but "everyday miracles", because you're going to need them.
(For me, 0.5% is good ... up to perhaps 1% for my highest win-rate methods.)
How much should you risk?
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Per trade?!
I'll wish you not just good luck but "everyday miracles", because you're going to need them.
(For me, 0.5% is good ... up to perhaps 1% for my highest win-rate methods.)
For me, 0.5% is good ... up to perhaps 1% for my highest win-rate methods.
Agreed! The 0.5-1% is what many of the most long term successful traders use as the average risk per trade.
Pro gamblers apply game theory as does many seasoned traders, and some of the best billion + hedge funds. Ultra simplified it goes something like this:
You need an edge and to be able to stay in the game. Risking more than 2% of your total capital on a trade puts you on the road to ruin, as does taking to many bets. The frequency of bets is equally as important as the edge. When you are in a 50% draw down the position size has to be reduced by one-half. When you have a great winning hand you need to press it hard by adding on size - double down and when that works out consider tripling down.
Agreed! The 0.5-1% is what many of the most long term successful traders use as the average risk per trade.
Pro gamblers apply game theory as does many seasoned traders, and some of the best billion + hedge funds. Ultra simplified it goes something like this:
You need an edge and to be able to stay in the game. Risking more than 2% of your total capital on a trade puts you on the road to ruin, as does taking to many bets. The frequency of bets is equally as important as the edge. When you are in a 50% draw down the position size has to be reduced by one-half. When you have a great winning hand you need to press it hard by adding on size - double down and when that works out consider tripling down.
Average risk per trade....think about it...does that actually mean anything?
Average risk per trade....think about it...does that actually mean anything?
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This is not rocket science. even the laymen should be able to understand this.
AVERAGE: single value (as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values
RISK: possibility of loss or injury
PER: with respect to every member of a specified group : for each
TRADE: the activity or process of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services
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This is not rocket science. even the laymen should be able to understand this.
AVERAGE: single value (as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values
RISK: possibility of loss or injury
PER: with respect to every member of a specified group : for each
TRADE: the activity or process of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services
I don't think there really is a Right or Wrong answer to this question post. Different strokes, or flavors, for different people.
That typical proverbial trading rule of not risking around more than 2% of your account on any one trade is kind of silly to me.
Everything in the market is already priced accordingly to risk vs reward, generally speaking.
So, it's not like anyone is being cheated, per se...in whatever decision they decide to play or make
If someone is risking only 1-2% of their account on a trade...they must not be confident in their formula or abilities as a trader -- and instead should go back to the drawing board.
Trading, on the retail level, is generally a high risk/high reward game...so no point in playing it safe...if you want safe, then just invest in a mutual fund for the long haul.
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I agree, cause if you see that the price moves in the right vector, and you are sure it will go on further, it's a signal to enter a risky trade.
Everybody looks for signals. If they are some, why not to use them?
2% is too little, really.
As for me, 4-5% is normal. But still I don't advise newbies to take this risks. For them less than 2% is the best variant
If someone considers trading a game, then risk can be even 50%
I can't say that I'm not sure with my strategy, I'm confident with it, I trade for 3 years already. But in general, no one knows if the forecast will be fully correct, so I prefer go slowly but surely
You told that you risk 15%, why? I don't think that you are a long-term trader. Don't you take such a risk too emotionally? I'd worried a lot if I risked such an amount of money. If we talk about sums, it's $1.500 from $10.000. You can lose them at once... I can't cope with this thought
