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Trading Full-Time continued
Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Thanks to Forex2stay for the following comments.  Visit his blog at http://forex2stay.blogspot.com/

I do think it's possible, but I believe money mangement is the key. This needs to be a marathon not a sprint. One thing I've realized is that you can't use the same lot sizes for all of your trades. For example on one trade you might be risking 30 pips and another 20 pips. So if you trade 4 lots on both of them (standard account) you'd be risking $1,200 on one trade and $800 on the other. That's not good money management and it can get you a person in trouble.Here's what I do.....

When I position trade (4hr and daily charts), I won't trade unless I have a 2:1 risk reward ratio. I figure out the proper stop loss for my trade, based on TA. So for this example say that's 40 pips. I then make sure based on TA that I'm comfortable getting at least 80 - 120 pips profit. Once i'm comfortable I put my information into the following formula.

S=(E*R) / (P-X)

S = Size of Trade
E = Account size (Cash)
R = Maximum Risk percentage per trade
P = entry price on the trade
X = pre-determined stop loss or exit price

So let's put in some numbers.....

My account size $10, 000
Entry price on EUR/USD 1.2600
Currently I'll risk 3% of my account on a trade
My pre-determined SL is 1.2560

So how many shares of EUR can we buy with our money management rules??

S=($10,000 * 3%) / (1.2600 - 1.2560)
S = $300 / .40
S= 75,000

Anyway this is the way I do it. I hope it helps...

Forex2stay

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