Risk management is one of the most overlooked aspects of investing and trading. Too much energy effort and focus is placed on entries and picking the right stocks. Risk management is the defensive aspect of trading. A lack of respect of risk is what removes many traders from the markets permanently at all levels. Here […]
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In the below video I explain how to position size properly to manage your risk by keeping your losses to a small percent of your total trading capital. A 20% position of your total trading capital gives you a potential 5% stop loss on your position to equal 1% of total trading capital. A 10% position
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One sign of a new trader of an inexperienced investor is emotionally reacting too much to a single trade or a single days price movement. Success happens on a longer timeframe, one day or one trade can be random in nature on the short timeframe. Market edges play out over time with a larger sample
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“Speculate with less than 10% of your liquid net worth. Risk less than 1% of your speculative account on a trade. This tends to keep the fluctuations in the trading account small, relative to net worth. This is essential as large fluctuations can engage {emotions} and lead to feeling-justifying drama.” – Ed Seykota This was
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