Quote from TraderZones:
because the reality is, almost everyone has a limited amount to trade - most home traders work and have debts, and usually only have $5-15K to fund a trading account. AND are probably alrady overdoing at that amount. Leveaged trading is supposed to be "money you can readily afford to lose." not "your life savings which you need to live on...
If you have $10,000 total, there is a helluva lot difference between using $700 for 1 contract, than using $7000 for 10 contracts. You go from controlling $50,000 to controllling $500,000. And using $700 to control 1 contract, or about 71-fold leverage factor, is already the province of fools. A leverage factor of 5-10 is a lot closer to sane. There is always the risk of an error, problem or major market disruption. It related to a statistic called "Risk of Ruin." There is a reason that 05% of newer traders lose thier money. This thread is going to help them achieve that much more quickly.
This thread is an exercise in "how not to trade" and "even though the wise and learned know that money management and leverage are the most critical, we throw all caution to the wind so you can go bankrupt faster."
"Only putting $700" into an account is already insane. That is why most brokers (especially the established rather than the reckless brokers) have a minimum acount size of $5000 or more