We're talking base-currencies here right?sat79 wrote:Hmm... Its not so simple... You can try for yourself to lose 200 pips example in USDZAR, EURGBP and silver with same lotsize... Then compare results...
Of course this would make it easier, but the math isn't that difficult;
For every € 1.000,- balance with 0.01 lot and 100pip SL equals 1% of balance.
A SL of 500 pips is not really logical, so I take a max. SL of 200 pips if the 240MA is further away.
This means that with a max SL of 200 pips, I use 0.01 lot for every € 1.000,- balance and end up with 2% risk.
Because as soon as the 2nd trade opens the BE kicks in, the risk is minimal in my opinion. It is rare to have a full SL with this system, because;
- we're trading with the trend
- the initial SL is far enough away to give the trade room/ time to trigger the 2nd trade before SL is reached
Every currency pair have different value / gained or losed pip.
most of pairs are pretty close of 10$/pip/1 full lot. But there is allso exceptions.
As a rule of thump it will do.
Of course you're right, lot of charts do better/ worse than $10,- a pip.