Agreed. Getting smaller after each loss is a safer (and more
profitable) money management strategy. There are several good books
on the subject, including:
Portfolio Management Formulas by Ralph Vince
The Mathematics of Money Management by Ralph Vince
Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom by Van Tharp
From: Patrick Butler <pat494@xxxxxx net>
To: equismetastock@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Friday, March 27, 2009, 2:31:21 AM
Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Hi all - Help Need .
Hi,
You are just about to make one of the worst mistakes in trading imho -
that of doubling down !
You will get away with it a few times and feel pretty confident but
when it doesn't work out as will be the case it will eat a large hole
in your capital ! Accept this advice of an
old trader and save
yourself a blown up account
regards
Pat
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From: deadlysmile01
To: equismetastock@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:39 AM
Subject: [EquisMetaStock Group] Hi all - Help Need .
Hi all,
I am backtesting a system where whenever i go wrong ( i.e. if the
trade results in a loss) i double the size of the bet.
So i need to modify the entry size under the Buy order / sell order
tab, i tried using Simulation.CurrentP ositionPerforman ce, and
Simulation.CurrentP ositionSize which resulted in an error.
Can someone please help in that.
Thanks.
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