$$/ symbol (Position size) for a 50k acount balance

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DTorSwing

I know it depends on individual trading style and r/r
but by average,
how much $$/each symbol for a 50k account balance

how much $$/each symbol for Descretionary Trading
how much $$/each symbol for Automated Trading

I am sure Automated, we can do more symbols, but if I do 1k 0r 2k/symbol.
doesnt sound crazy? too many symbols to analyse and manage ?
 
People mostly use % risk and not % value. Ex. With a volatility based system trading only stocks with 10% annualized volatility and risking 2% of the portfolio, you would trade 5 stocks @ $10,000 for each position.

If you use 1% or 2% value as position size, the resulting gains and losses would be incredibly minute and tedious.
 
xandman said:
People mostly use % risk and not % value. Ex. With a volatility based system trading only stocks with 10% annualized volatility and risking 2% of the portfolio, you would trade 5 stocks @ $10,000 for each position.

If you use 1% or 2% value as position size, the resulting gains and losses would be incredibly minute and tedious.
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Ok, with size of $10,000/symbol, I am afraid of days that I lose 4 out of 5 or even 5 out of 5
and let me read about % risk
 
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Play with the numbers on a spreadsheet. Note; i gave annualized volatility as an example. The moves are still small on a daily basis.
i do greater than 5 times that risk and i'm a pussy
 
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xandman said:
Play with the numbers on a spreadsheet. Note; i gave annualized volatility as an example. The moves are still small on a daily basis.
i do greater than 5 times that risk and i'm a pussy
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ok, I also measure and filter stocks by volatility from its ATR value and works good for me
for position size, I would be trying/testing smaller amounts/symbol, before finalizing my setup
tks for the input
 
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