Discussions on risk measurement

When something moves 19 pips, yet you bump up your lot size to 10 instead of 1, does this "count" as 190 pips of movement? If you were to post a chart with a +190 pips or any other amount and in actuality only captured 19 pips of movement does your increased lot size actually count for increased movement? I would agree it is a VASTLY increased risk, however it definitely isn't capturing that many pips in actual price. With a vastly increased risk also comes a possibility of the trade going against you, and depending on your equity, would or could be devastating to your margin.

Why would anyone post a 1,137 pip gain on a chart with 1 EP and really only captured 113 pips of actual movement? They are just increasing the lot size tenfold? In my opinion this is a gross misunderstanding, and today I was ridiculed for stating this in a thread where this is the norm. Not only is this type of thinking technically incorrect, it can also lead others (newbies especially) into this same type of improper conduct.

Yes, I know I haven't been here for very long, however, this is not important. I know I have been trading for over a decade. Just I am "newer" to forex and forexfactory. To me, a fundamental mechanic of forex trading is just that, and shouldn't be a rule bent or skewed for someones or a threads own popularity.

RISK IS RISK!

Discuss....

No matter the lot size, if the price move 10 pips ... it is a 10 pips movement.

If you close your position, the gain will be 10 pips in any case ... That's the $ gain which will be different according to the lot size.

I "DARE" you to tell the guys in the Sonic R. System thread that, youll get castrated! I am currently lacking testes.

That's the wrong way of thinking.

Imagine we base a 10 pips movement on a 1 lot. That would mean that with the same movement with a 0.1 lot, we say that we earn only 1 pip !!!

The Sonic thread is a tremendous one ... but it isn't because many traders think the same that they are right ...

Oh I know its the totally incorrect way of thinking. Thats why I said something to them when I looked closely at one of their "amazing" 1,137 pip trade charts that they posted.

And I know its a decent and probably well coded system. I just find it funny that the mods/owners of the thread are clearly spreading disinformation and gouging others eyes out for saying something in a non-offensive fashion. I just wanted to double check that I wasn't totally crazy or blind and needed to hear it from someone else on the forum. But hey, we can still discuss any type of risk or risk aversion strategies in this thread, why not.

Has anyone had any luck with the 'somewhat' risk averting strategy of hedging by going long g/u and short e/u and scalping the difference in the two. This seemed like an alright strategy for someone (especially americans) however has it been tried live? If so, on what broker?

There was a thread w/ an EA, however it seems to have died or whatever. I wonder if a commission-based broker would destroy or help the p/l or harm it, even with their typically significantly lower spreads.

There may be a little confusion in either side. Now using 5-digits brokers, platforms are showing numbers as points not pips. So if the number above is in points, it is effectivelly 113 pips (113.7 exactly).

No its not... the explanation they gave me is "The indi is set to 1 lots so when you trade 10 lot size you get 10x pips, and thats why everything is x10 on every chart TAH posts!" ( or something of the sort )Wow... i guess... along with 10x risk

That makes no sense at all in term of price movement. That's the $ earned/lost which is x10 ... not the pips.