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If you trade without a money management plan, you<br />

are just wasting your time and money. Because<br />

nothing is going to work for you, even if you have the<br />

most powerful trading system in the world.<br />

Most traders focus on how to enter the market, they<br />

spend months and years looking for the right system.<br />

i don’t want you to think like them, you should think<br />

differently if you want to become a successful trader.<br />

Money management: Position sizing<br />

One of the most important component of money<br />

management is position sizing, what i mean by<br />

position sizing is the number of lots you are risking<br />

per trade.<br />

All forex brokers now offer mini lots as the default<br />

position size. The smallest value for a mini lot is<br />

approximately 1$.<br />

There are forex brokers that offer 10 cents for a mini<br />

lot which represent an opportunity for traders who<br />

don’t have bigger accounts, they can begin with 250$,<br />

and they still have chance to grow it.<br />

When it comes to position sizing, you should think in<br />

terms of dollars instead of pips. Let’s say you are<br />

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