Right. Trading a fixed position size (e.g., always 1 lot) does not compound profits automatically. Compounding requires increasing position size as the account grows, which is achieved by risking a fixed percentage (e.g., 1% of capital) Therefore, I ...

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Well but that's precisely what Darwinex advertises and what the official documentation describes about the Risk Engine. Generally, it seems better to trade very small position sizes in your signal account, ideally using little to no leverage to ...

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I'm wondering if you should even be changing the position sizes. As far as I understand, the risk engine is responsible for precisely that and should scale your target risk up to 6.5% VaR if it's below that. Perhaps this doesn't work so effectively ...

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It would take a long answer to properly address your question. I'm a very inquisitive, reflective, and thoughtful person. Yes, I've experienced many drawdowns and recovered. Not just 10%, but countless total losses. Regarding Darwinex, I agree with ...

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Correct.

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The target risk is the goal the risk engine tries to achieve, which aims to maintain a monthly VaR between 3.25 and 6.5% at a 95% confidence level. If your signal account is too volatile, leverage is lowered. If it is too cautious, leverage is ...

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Quiet in here. Pipmaster is still on the Yacht and Hayseed is busy with buying more boosters :-)

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I’ve upgraded to monthly payouts, so IF I’ll get the 30k Silver Allocation for May and end up profitable, my first payout could be June. Would have to make 2% in May to cover the 90€ paid for April/May.

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From Google: Increasing your risk multiplier (VaR Ratio) on Darwinex quickly is generally discouraged by their risk management system, which adapts to your trading style over a 45-day rolling window. The system is designed to standardize risk to a ...

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Try this - lower trade size - reduce holding time - reduce trade frequency

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Thanks Pip. Yes, I had read that too, but someone from the Darwinex support team told me that only weekdays count. I'll try it this coming weekend and hope that the days are counted.

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Does anyone know if Saturdays and Sundays are also counted as trading days during the calibration phase? For example if i would place two symbolic trades for a crypto market (which are also open on weekends). The reason I'm asking is this: My Darwin ...

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Yes, that's right.

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Well, using such kind of position size strategy would fix your problems straight away and you wouldn’t have to spent one more minute thinking about your position size. Since you can code, it could be automated in less than a few lines. Couldn’t be ...

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Wouldn't it be more sensible, especially in the Forex/CFD sector where there are no standardized position sizes required, to dynamically determine your position size instead of using fixed/static values, e.g. Position Size = (equity × risk %) ÷ ...

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Ok, great. Well, I’ll still need to wait 8 days for the calibration phase to be completed.

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Correlation updates in real-time?

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Have you found any reason for this? I find it quite alarming. If stop-loss/take-profit orders aren't being executed correctly by the broker, you can forget about any risk management whatsoever. I see that some people have complained that their ...

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