Risk Management for Algorithmic Trading
The biggest myth in automated trading is that an EA "manages risk for you". An EA executes a strategy; you still decide how much to risk.
Risk Per Trade
Keep risk per trade small and fixed — typically a fraction of a percent for high-frequency systems. Small, repeatable risk survives long losing streaks.
Account-Level Limits
Decide your maximum acceptable drawdown in advance and respect it. If a system exceeds it in live trading, stop and review — do not "average down" on a robot.
Diversify by Strategy
Running uncorrelated systems (a gold scalper plus a EURUSD breakout, for example) smooths the equity curve far more than stacking similar logic.
Never Disable the Stop
The fastest way to ruin a good EA is to remove its stop loss in the hope of avoiding a loss. The stop is the strategy.
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