⚠️ Risk Management Examples Showcase📍What Is the Risk/Reward Ratio?
The risk/reward ratio marks the prospective reward an investor can earn for every dollar they risk on an investment. Many investors use risk/reward ratios to compare the expected returns of an investment with the amount of risk they must undertake to earn these returns. A lower risk/return ratio is often preferable as it signals less risk for an equivalent potential gain.
📍Consider the showcased example:
An investment with a risk-reward ratio of 1:3 suggests that an investor is willing to risk $100, for the prospect of earning $300. Alternatively, a risk/reward ratio of 1:4 signals that an investor should expect to invest $100, for the prospect of earning $300 on their investment.
Traders often use this approach to plan which trades to take, and the ratio is calculated by dividing the amount a trader stands to lose if the price of an asset moves in an unexpected direction (the risk) by the amount of profit the trader expects to have made when the position is closed (the reward).
It is very important to calculate your R:R before entering a trade. Sometimes the trade might not be worth the amount you're risking vs the reward you can get.
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How To Setup A TradeThe most important part of trading is risk management. A correctly calibrated risk management system helps a great deal in reducing emotions and increasing returns . There are two elements that allow a trader to control the risk of his entry: the maximum risked amount of equity per entry and the stop loss. In the example above, we are assuming that we are about to enter a long trade in XAUUSD at the closing price of $1463.30/oz. What are the steps to define the maximum risked amount and to define the optimal stop loss range? An easy way to do this is to divide the account value by 32 to find out the maximum risked amount and divide the ticker value by 32 to find out what the stop loss range should be. The fraction of 1/32 is handy in calibrating risk management metrics. Doing this helps in avoiding over-leveraged trades through defining the maximum risked amount, and it aids in minimizing the risk of being stopped out every other trade through defining a stop range that is not too tight for the market volatility.