Practical, plain-English articles on risk management, position sizing, leverage and strategy, written to make you a more disciplined trader, not to sell you a dream.
What standard, mini, micro and nano lots really mean: how many units each holds, what a pip is worth at each size, and which lot size to trade.
The exact lot size for a $100, $500 or $1,000 account at 1% risk, with a full table by account size and stop loss, plus the small-account trap to avoid.
Position sizing is the single most important risk skill in trading, and it's simpler than it looks. Here's the exact formula, a worked example, and the mistakes that blow up accounts.
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