Most retail traders blow up not because their idea was wrong but because they sized it wrong. رسک مینجمنٹ is the architecture that lets a flawed idea survive لانگ enough for the good ideas to compound.

Rule 1: define risk before opportunity

Decide your risk per trade as a percentage of equity (commonly 0.5%–1%) before آپ کھولیں the chart. Calculate the dollar value of that risk. Do not start hunting for setups until آپ know the size آپ are allowed to risk.

Rule 2: stop-loss is a constraint, not a suggestion

Place a stop-loss before entry, at a لیول where the original idea is invalidated. Move it only in your favour or on time-based exits. Never widen a stop because price went against آپ. That is rule-breaking.

Rule 3: position size to fit the stop, not the دیگر way around

Given your risk dollars and your stop distance in pips, calculate position size. استعمال کریں position size calculator; do not eyeball it. Eyeballing is how 0.5% trades become 5% losses.

Rule 4: hard روزانہ loss cap

Set a maximum روزانہ loss (e.g. 3R = three risk-units). کب آپ hit it, آپ are done for the day. Walking away after a bad streak is the highest-impact discipline rule for retail traders.

Rule 5: max number of concurrent positions

Correlated positions amplify exposure. Three لانگ-EUR trades is one trade in three costumes. Cap concurrent positions, and treat correlated trades as a single risk.

Rule 6: track expectancy

Expectancy = (win % × avg win) − (loss % × avg loss). It is the average outcome per trade. If expectancy is positive across enough trades, scale carefully. If it's negative, your priority is plugging the leak — not adding leverage.

Worked example

اکاؤنٹ: $5,000. رسک per trade: 1% = $50. Stop: 25 pips on EUR/USD. Pip value at 1 standard lot ≈ $10. رسک-dollar / (pips × pip-value) = 50 / (25 × 10) = 0.20 لاٹس. استعمال کریں 0.2 لاٹس, not 1.0. The trader who uses 1.0 because "the spread is so tight" is not trading; they are gambling 5% of equity in one click.

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Educational only. This article is general information for trader education. It is not financial advice, tax advice, legal advice, or a recommendation to trade. Trading CFDs and فاریکس is زیادہ-risk and most retail investor accounts lose money. Read the رسک انکشاف.