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Re: Rethinking the 2% MM rule...



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>Gee. MAYBE just maybe, we can discover why most accounts with less than
>50,000. lose money in trading. I don't know how many times I hear..."What
>is the minimum I need to get started." And the broker says, $5000. No
>wonder your stops get hit.

You got it! People do not understand that leverage hurts more on the
downside than it helps on the upside so blow-ups are almost inevitable when
using so much leverage.

Bob Fulks