Fixed lot or percent risk? One protects you in losing streaks
Same lot every trade, or a percent of your account? One of these quietly protects you during losing streaks.
- Gold: 1 standard lot = $100 per $1 move. 0.05 lots = $5.
- Same 0.05 lots: a $10 stop risks $50, a $25 stop risks $125. Fixed lots make your risk jump around.
- Percent risk: pick a small %, like 1% ($50 on $5,000), then size from the stop. $25 stop = 0.02 lots = $50.
- After 5 losses at 1%: $4,755 left, next risk about $48. Size shrinks on its own.
The real chart used in this lesson
Real XAUUSD 1-hour chart · Oct 21 – Oct 22 · example trade for illustration
Quiz at the end: How do you size your trades: fixed lots, percent risk, or gut feel?
Full transcript
Same lot every trade, or a percent of your account?
One of these quietly protects you during losing streaks.
Real gold chart: 0.05 lots at 4,088. Each 1 dollar move is 5 dollars.
Stop at 4,078: 10 dollars away, 50 at risk.
Stop under the swing low, at 4,063: 25 dollars away, 125 at risk.
Fixed lots: risk jumps with every stop, and won't shrink with your account.
Percent risk: pick a small number, like 1 percent. On 5,000 dollars, 50.
Size from the stop instead. 25 dollar stop: 0.02 lots. Still 50.
After losses, 1 percent of a smaller account is less. Size shrinks on its own.
Save this. Pick a small percent. Size from the stop. Smaller account, smaller size.
Your turn. How do you size: fixed lots, percent, or gut feel? Comment below.
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