Re: [amibroker] margin account and position sizing

[neurotic self <neuroticself@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Eric,

your question looks more related to general trading than AB.

You may want to have a look at http://www.investopedia.com/university/margin/
 to start exploring.

Be aware that margin trading works differently depending on the market (stocks/futures/forex) and the broker you're dealing with,  some margin rules can be "complicated" and cannot be simulated with standard AB margin mechanism. You may want to google for "margin trading" and have a look at the main trading forums for your market of choice.

happy backtesting,
neuro

On 10/29/05, eric paradis <thechemistrybetweenus@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:

I have a question about what exactly happens to a
system using margin. I have my margin set to 50%. The
positionsize is -5. Both trades in the 100 and 50
margin settings set the position to 5% of equity.

My question then is this- Does the benefit of 50%
margin only come in handy once ive used up all my
available positions from the original 100% margin
amount?

Thanks,

Eric




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