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What is Position sizing?
Choosing the number of contracts so that being wrong costs a fixed, acceptable amount: allowed risk ÷ (stop distance in ticks × tick value + costs).
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Position sizing is where all the abstract talk about risk becomes arithmetic. On gold futures, the arithmetic is pleasantly simple because tick values are fixed.
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