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Re: Futrs: Trading Stops/Risk/reward


  • To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: Futrs: Trading Stops/Risk/reward
  • From: r slupsky <zzorro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:24:27 -0500 (EST)
  • In-reply-to: <3.0.2.32.19990203233839.00757cc4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Jonathan Stewart Dempster wrote:

> group, does  anyone have any comments regarding  stops and  risk reward
> ratios,

Tom Joseph of Trading Techniques in their video describes  a 1:1.6  with a 60% win
percentage as a minimum.     An easy rule of thumb is risk 1 to make 2.  For me on
options that increases to risk 1 to make 3-4.  I figure it at a 1:2 but only risk 1/2
of the premium so the net is 1 to 4 or so.        This does not preclude the fact that
I would take profits at any time.  Things change but I am committed to not letting a
winner become a loser no matter how small the profit.

r