{"id":2330,"date":"2020-08-14T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T20:18:50","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-05-29T08:09:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T08:09:57","slug":"lets-meet-zulutrades-position-sizing-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zulutrade.com\/ar\/lets-meet-zulutrades-position-sizing-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Lets meet ZuluTrade&#8217;s Position Sizing Experts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting from the most experienced to novice, all Traders have to deal with three basic elements: <strong>the system, psychology, and Position Sizing (or Money Management)<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Believe it or not, building the <strong>strategy<\/strong> can be the easiest part of trading as the Trader is looking for the setup of the system&#8217;s entry and exit.&nbsp;<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Psychology<\/strong> is a complicated part. Trader&#8217;s character and personality play a significant role. Additionally, gaining experience is critical and helps you grow and improve yourself. This needs a dedicated blog post.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Position Sizing or Money Management (M.M.)<\/strong> is considered to be science itself. It&#8217;s proven that an efficient <strong>M.M<\/strong>. can improve the profitability of a mediocre trading system while poor <strong>M.M.<\/strong> can even destroy the profitability of a solid trading system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s review a <strong>hypothetical scenario<\/strong> of how the <strong>M.M<\/strong> works beneficial:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Account Currency: $<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instrument: EURUSD<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lot Size: 0.1 (mini lot)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Pips<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;$<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1st Trade:&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 mini lot&nbsp; &rarr;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; 5pips&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;-5$&nbsp; (net) lost<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2nd Trade:<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 mini lots &rarr;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-2pips&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;-$4&nbsp; (net) lost<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3rd Trade:<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 mini lots &rarr;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4pips&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $12 (net) won<\/span><br \/><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Total: <\/strong> <strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -3pips&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obviously, the overall result in pips is negative while is positive in dollars. Our example is very simple as there are many complicated M.M. models.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>But are there such<strong> Traders<\/strong> on Zulutrade&#8217;s platform?&nbsp;<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Yes<\/strong>, there are!<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naturally, Investors must copy them by using PRO-RATA settings exclusively, as they will be benefited from Trader&#8217;s <strong>M.M<\/strong> efficiency. On the other hand, If Investors use FIXED settings, then their copy-trading experience and profitability may not only lag but severely diverge in comparison to Trader&rsquo;s returns.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s review a few of those Traders and how you can identify them!<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zulutrade.com\/trader\/401038\/trading?t=10000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Status Silver EA<\/a><\/strong><a style=\"font-weight: 400;\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/Turtle-EUR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first&nbsp;graph shows the performance of&nbsp;Equity while the second one in Pips. The difference is obviously huge!&nbsp;<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/image.axd?picture=\/2020\/position experts I\/status silver pips.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" title=\"\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/image.axd?picture=\/2020\/position experts I\/status silver $.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" title=\"\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/image.axd?picture=\/Traders\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/image.axd?picture=\/Traders\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/image.axd?picture=\/Traders\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><br \/><\/span><strong><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is just for illustration and educational purposes. Also, the Traders&rsquo; statistics are subject to change due to the trading conditions.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zulutrade.com\/trader\/402052\/trading?t=10000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilson Traders<\/a><br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Likewise, the first&nbsp;graph&nbsp;represents the performance of US dollars while the second one in Pips. The Pips&nbsp;PnL was negative while Equity PnL was positive.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/image.axd?picture=\/2020\/position experts I\/wilson pips.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" title=\"\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/image.axd?picture=\/2020\/position experts I\/wilson $.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" title=\"\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><em>This is just for illustration and educational purposes. Also, the Traders&rsquo; statistics are subject to change due to the trading conditions.<\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/image.axd?picture=\/Traders\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zulutrade.com\/trader\/398835\/trading?t=10000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ProtocolImpact<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/AltoFX-Trading-Fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Same as the previous case, the Equity PnL is by far better than the Pips PnL.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/image.axd?picture=\/2020\/position experts I\/protocol pips.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" title=\"\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/image.axd?picture=\/2020\/position experts I\/protocol $.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><em>This is just for illustration and educational purposes. Also, the Traders&rsquo; statistics are subject to change due to the trading conditions.<\/em><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/image.axd?picture=\/Traders\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing a solid position size strategy needs<strong> experience, back&amp;forward testing, and discipline<\/strong> to comply with the system&rsquo;s rules. However, if a Trader manages to reach the correct balance between the risk profile and return expectations, the desirable long-term profitability will be more feasible than ever!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More educational posts will be posted soon..stay tuned!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This post does not constitute any form of advice, recommendation, representation, endorsement, or arrangement by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zulutrade.com\/?utm_source=ZBlog&amp;utm_medium=mkt&amp;utm_campaign=marketnews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZuluTrade<\/a> and is not intended to be relied upon by a User in making any specific investment or other decisions. Investors should review the Traders Public Pages before copying their signals in a Real Investment Account. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Therefore, future drawdowns may be larger than the historical maximum drawdowns you see in Traders&rsquo; Performance page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting from the most experienced to novice, all Traders have to deal with three basic elements: the system, psychology, and Position Sizing (or Money Management). Believe it or not, building the strategy can be the easiest part of trading as the Trader is looking for the setup of the system&#8217;s entry and exit.&nbsp;Psychology is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trading-floor"],"metadata":{"rank_math_internal_links_processed":["1"],"_edit_lock":["1716970249:4"],"rank_math_seo_score":["18"],"rank_math_og_content_image":["a:2:{s:5:\"check\";s:32:\"a8dab268ce0ce4b159bce5b41ad9e3ff\";s:6:\"images\";a:7:{i:0;s:66:\"\/image.axd?picture=\/2020\/position experts I\/status silver pips.PNG\";i:1;s:63:\"\/image.axd?picture=\/2020\/position experts I\/status silver $.PNG\";i:2;s:27:\"\/image.axd?picture=\/Traders\";i:3;s:59:\"\/image.axd?picture=\/2020\/position experts I\/wilson pips.PNG\";i:4;s:56:\"\/image.axd?picture=\/2020\/position experts I\/wilson $.PNG\";i:5;s:61:\"\/image.axd?picture=\/2020\/position experts I\/protocol pips.PNG\";i:6;s:58:\"\/image.axd?picture=\/2020\/position experts I\/protocol $.PNG\";}}"],"rank_math_analytic_object_id":["171"]},"pll_post_group":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zulutrade.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zulutrade.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zulutrade.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zulutrade.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zulutrade.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zulutrade.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3995,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zulutrade.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions\/3995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zulutrade.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zulutrade.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zulutrade.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}