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A 25-pip stop. A $5 risk. What size is the trade?
Work from the cash you can lose to the order size. A complete EUR/USD example, including what changes when the stop gets wider.
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Risk management
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EUR/USD and GBP/USD: two tickets, one dollar bet?
Two positions can share the same weak point. Review portfolio exposure before treating a second currency pair as diversification.
Make your next review count
Keep the entry plan, initial cash risk and final result in one record. Then separate the trades that followed the rules from those that did not.
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