Risk management is used in all industries to mitigate the probabilities of the loss of assets. Risk management identifies, evaluatates, and prioritizes the frequency and magnitude of the potential probabilities of risk events. Risk management implements cost effective processes to use available resources to measure, minimize, and limit the impact and damage of both common …
There are three sides of risk management that are crucial to understanding before you trade. The odds you will have a losing trade. The average size of the loss you will experience. The odds you will blow up your account. The odds you will have a losing trade is your percent of losers. Whether projected …
In trading and investing, risk management is defined as the process of understanding, identifying, adjusting and managing all of the potential risks that an account is exposed to so the size of losses and drawdowns are minimized for the magnitude of negative impact they will have on a systems risk of ruin and long term profitability. Some examples of possible risks to investment …
Moving averages are primarily used as trend indicators and trend filters. They are quantified technical trading indicators that can be used for backtesting and signal creation. Using moving averages to capture profitable trends are only one side of their usefulness. What enables moving averages to work as profitable technical trading tools is their ability to …
This is a Guest Post by Niclas Hummel, creator of the Risk Simulator and a trader living in Bangkok. “Trading is managing risk and being a trader is being a risk manager.” This simple statement implies two realities: There is always risk The only thing you can do is manage it So what can you do to be a …
This is a Guest Post by Niclas Hummel, creator of the Risk Simulator and a trader living in Bangkok. A Monte Carlo simulation projects your trading system’s equity curve into the future. You only have to know the average loss, average win and hit rate of your system. Because I could not find a good Monte …
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This is a guest post from Tino @tradersreality. This article originally appeared on tradersreality.com and is reposted here by request. Why Your Trading Capital Determines Your Trading Style The old saying goes, you have to speculate to accumulate. I agree, but what is the magical figure that allows you to accumulate, more so how does …
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This is a Trend Following Guest Post by Michael Melissinos Originally Posted on his Blog. Trend Followers don’t shy away from losses. Losses provide valuable feedback that helps them improve as traders. Sometimes, losses occur despite solid strategies and perfect execution. Such is life when participating in markets. Some trend followers break down, change their approach and …
The sooner traders learn to carefully manage risk, the better off they will be. So many new traders come in with only the thoughts of profits dancing in their heads. This is equivalent to a football team only focusing on scoring points, and not planning their defense. In trading, you must play both sides …
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Many times holding leading stocks through earnings is more like placing chips on red or black in a casino than trading with an edge. My best trades have always been playing the earnings expectations leading up to earnings not the actual earnings themselves. The dangers are plentiful,a good earnings report but not good enough and …
