I trade only 4H and Daily. On demo account i didn't use SL. Or if i did it was very wide like Alanamc suggested. I had 2 accounts on demo. High risk demo account: Starting with 2000$ and using 0.50-3.00 size with no SL, when i was losing and TDI ...

Best leverage and lot size for $1000 deposit

Yes, this is my only issue with the consistent low risk. I will use higher size (0.05-0.20) when i see good and obvious moves like it happened last week with eur/jpy. But other than that, most days low risk is the way to go. A flexible market needs ...

Best leverage and lot size for $1000 deposit

Thanks for that numbnuts. Yes i should of asked how much to risk per trade with stop loss, but considering im a noob i wanted to know the more detailed numbers of the risk. 0.01 with 50 to 1 is the same as 0.02 with 100 to 1 leverage, if my maths is ...

Best leverage and lot size for $1000 deposit

That is something to consider... but then what other uk broker is much better than alpari? I honestly can't find a perfect broker with no major or minor problems. Alpari seems good for my long term trading, for which i dont really have to worry ...

Alpari.co.uk Discussion

Any one here using the alpari micro account? I heard some bad experiences about alpari, but i guess this is normal for all brokers.... I have made good winnings on demo account for months now, so would 1000$ be suitable for micro account, ...

Alpari.co.uk Discussion

Hi, I have a question. Does the micro account have bigger spreads than the stnadard... or what is the disadvantage over the normal. I want to deposit 1000$, and be able to trade 0.01 lots, but not sure of spreads. Thanks.

Alpari.co.uk Discussion

This is crazy... So what happened? Any news? Still up about 13% this week so far.

EURUSD

Yes i had a mental SL, of around 6%. Now i use sl of around 3%-5%. At the end it all comes down at how confident you are in the particular trade.

5% risk per trade?

I am new to forex. But about 2 weeks ago started testing long term charts and using 5%-7% risk with no sl or tp, this of course in demo account. And in less then 2 weeks i am up 60% (this is mainly due to no tp and very good win ration). I think its ...

5% risk per trade?