How Much to Risk on Each Trade

Managing your money and the risk attached to investing it is one of the basics in trading. One that is often overlooked by traders. It’s not only about guessing the right direction, identifying the right support and resistance levels and timing but also about measuring confidence and taking into account targets and capabilities.

David goes into the finer details of position sizes at the start of a trading cycle, how to switch things around depending on your results and mitigating risk through planning and discipline. He goes over several scenarios and covers the angles when it comes to how much you should risk on every trade.

At Trading 212 we provide an execution only service. This video should not be construed as investment advice. Investments can fall and rise. Capital at risk. CFDs are higher risk because of leverage.