How Much Should You Really Risk Per Trade?
Reverse engineering your risk per trade from your actual data
Do you actually know how much you should be risking per trade?
Not what some book told you. Not “1% because that’s what everyone says.” But based on YOUR win rate, YOUR average R:R, and YOUR goals.
Because… small changes in these numbers completely change the game…
RISK PER TRADE
A 50% win rate with a 2:1 R:R?
As an active day trader, you might only need to risk £58 per trade to double a £15k account in a year.
Drop that R:R to 1.3:1? Now you need nearly £200 per trade.
Cut your trade frequency from 10 a week to 2? Now it’s closer to £1,000 per trade. And your estimated drawdown goes through the roof…
Same goal, with the same win rate, yet a completely different risk profile.
I broke all of this down on the latest podcast… including a risk per trade calculator I built that lets you reverse engineer the numbers from your goal.
[Listen: How Much Should You Really Risk Per Trade?]
[Try the Risk Per Trade Calculator]
Have a play at it. It’s a different way to think about risk.
Don’t trust the calculator without first doing your own sums, I knocked it up using AI… I’ve checked it, but it could be wrong… you know the score! Oh and risk is always your decision.