Correct, we don't need to worry about that for this discussion. Lemme check out your formulas, will report back in a few.
It shows the PnL for each pip based on position size... but I already know how to calculate this myself. I mentioned the 4 formulas above for...
I might be doing a terrible job at explaining the information I am looking for? I'm not looking for the margin required to OPEN a trade. I am...
Both of you gentlemen are correct. I actually do use Oanda, and yep, they will liquidate your positions once you use up 50% of your margin....
Thanks. I know its not about the stop... but what I am after, is how to calculate how much margin you are using at any given time. So lemme try...
Hello. I am trying to figure out, before a trade is placed, how much margin I will use up as the trade runs to its stop. I.e., I'd like to figure...
So fixed initially, with a reduction in targets afterwards(probably with an increase in frequency). Any opinions from others on a sizing...
Fair enough... consider your multiple trades in your scenario, what do you do when you get into DD. What do you do to your size and how do you do it?
The paradigm of risk-per-trade is just that. It is the amount of money you can lose on any ONE trade. It seems this is the simplest definition...
Assume for the sake of discussion, you are trading something you can either size however you want(FX), or you have capital enough to not have to...
Would it be beneficial to think of Risk in terms of what it takes to deplete/ruin your account, and equate that to price movement... instead of...
The question seems to simply be a math problem to some, a philosophical question to others. Many have come up with their interpretations. The...
o_O The emini? What do you mean by this? HOw does your current leverage affect your stop %? I.e., if your leverage is 100:1, how does changing...
I hadn't noticed that typo. I will leave it up for posterity's sake.:D
I'll have to admit, I am part of the uniformed(the 95%)... But nonetheless, in sticking with the theme of the thread: What is POSSIBLE is 500...
Interesting topic. Is the answer that you are looking for simply, that you can MAKE or lose 500 times whatever you risk? Or, expressed as a %,...
Given the OHLC information displayed on a bar chart... Not to debate the merits of a trend, or its overall utility, but I have a thought. If you...
I can only think of ONE reason why BLSH turns into BLLL. But the answer is pure textbook info, that everyone else has also.
Shows how little I know, I thought that was more representative of BHSH o_O
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