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How to Determine Proper Position Size When Trading – Any Trade, Any Market

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A crucial element of trading success is taking the proper position size on each trade. Position size is how many shares you take on a stock trade, how many contracts you take on a futures trade, or how many lots you trade in the forex market. Position size is not randomly chosen, nor based on how convinced you are a trade will work out. Rather, position size is determined by a simple mathematical formula which…

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