I don’t think I’d ever have the courage to risk as much as 10% of my account.
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DislikedI dont think Id ever have the courage to risk as much as 10% of my account.Ignored
DislikedAfter ten loses risking each time 10% of your current balance, you will still have 34.8% of your initial capital.Ignored
Disliked{quote} That's the positive side of 'fixed fractional' sizing (i.e. risking N% per position): You win, and your position sizes increase (in absolute dollar terms), causing your account equity to grow exponentially. You lose, and your position sizes decrease, helping to preserve the remaining capital. However, the deeper you get into drawdown, the harder your remaining capital must work, to recover back to the starting point. In your example, if you lose two-thirds of your account, you need to triple your remaining equity to get back to breakeven....Ignored
DislikedRisk tolerance is intimately linked to emotional ability to handle such risk. Two different individuals can employ the exact same strategy profitably vs non-profitably based on their emotional ability to handle such risk tolerances. One may be better suited to trading at 1% risk, another at 10% risk. It really is an individual trait.Ignored
DislikedRisk tolerance is intimately linked to emotional ability to handle such risk. Two different individuals can employ the exact same strategy profitably vs non-profitably based on their emotional ability to handle such risk tolerances. One may be better suited to trading at 1% risk, another at 10% risk. It really is an individual trait.Ignored
Dislikedahh risk management in % numbers.. lol the internet and their copy/paste forever; you can easily tell who traded for real and for a decent amount of time from the restIgnored