Oct 6, 2012

Fine Tuning Your Money Management System

1.Risk is chance of loss, chance of losing something.
2.Risk Management  is managing  outcome , which is different than expected .
3.Risk Management -Managing and measuring the area where loss can occur .
4.Healthy Money Management psychology begins  when you believe and acknowledge  that each 
trade outcome is unknown at the time you enter the trade.
5. Every trade has a random outcome, we need to manage our loss on losing trade.
6.Some losing trade are normal part of trading
7.Let your winning trades  run  & Cut your losing trades short. 
8.Avoid being in market that do not provide Winning % [ Report and Holiday  market in Christmas]
9. Trade Risk versus Market Risk:-

"Trade Size" controls your Trade risk ,some control like stop loss settings
"Account Size" controls your Market risk, out of control of trader  like GAPS,News Event etc.Fund your trading account for Risk Control.
Market risk can be recovered if we manage Trade  Risk correctly.
10.Win Ratio : No of winning trade / no of Total trades
11 .Payoff Ratio : Average Winning Trade /Average Losing Trade 
12. Percent of capital at Risk  : what is the optimal percent of capital at risk on each trade?

13.Risk Of ruin - Screen shot below show even if we get the 2:1 risk  : reward and  50 % winning : Risk of ruin is reduced to 0.8%.Make Sure you make risk of ruin work for  you than against it.
WARNING SIGNAL-  if draw down on last 10 trades exceeds 12% , avoid exposing your self to obscene risk. 







Risk Management Checklist




1.Always use stops 
2.Use a proven and tested methodology for calculating stops rather than an arbitrary figure.(http://perfectniftytrader.blogspot.in/2012/01/nifty-future-risk-management-plan.html)
3.Protective Stops, Time Stops and Trailing stops  should be followed religiosly
5.Never exceed a 2% risk (of your trading account size) on any given trade. 
6.Always trade with risk capital (money you can afford to lose). 
7.If you are not comfortable with risk ,completely ignore the trade.
8.Always be adequately funded to take next 30 trades.( Sample Size Trading)
9.Maximum  losing trade in a week allowed to take in Day /Week
10.Maximum  losing trade allowed to take in Day /Week
11.Maximum  losing amount  allowed to take in Day /Week
12.Always trade with maximum 2 lots only.
13.Maximum Trade to take in Day/Week/Month
14.Use scaling out of positions to boost your percentages.
15.Make Sure you make risk of ruin work for  you than against it.