Account size and trading size

What's everyone's trade size?

Size doesn't matter ... What does matter is what you do with it ... (trade).

That's what she said.

Obviously!

ha, brilliant

Hi,
I never open a trade more then 2% of my account balance.
you can easily use a position size calculator to do this. Also I set my stop loss at 1.5x of Average True Range Indicator (14) and my take profit at 1x ATR (14). It is a very strict money management but I have blown my account more then once, you live and you learn.

Nowadays, there are practically no limits on the amount of deposit you can use on the market. To decide on the size of your deposit, first of all, you need to determine the financial goals that you set for yourself in the market. In fact, your expectations from the market are directly related to the size of the deposit you plan to use to achieve your goals.
The ratio between the initial deposit and your financial goals depends on the level of risk you allow in your trading. For example, using low leverage, you can focus on a monthly return on your trading operations at the level of 10-20% of your deposit.
If you decide to start working in the financial market with a small deposit, it is important for you to realize that any of your wrong decisions can lead to the loss of your entire deposit. When working with a small deposit and wanting to make a significant profit from trading, you have to apply a high leverage and take great risks, which actually doesn't give you the right to make a mistake.
A large deposit in combination with a small leverage allows you to withstand a series of unprofitable trades and achieve positive results in trading.

Exactly, we should learn first on a demo account and trade with the same amount and leverage which we are actually planning to go for live trading.

I agree. When I see people trading with $100,000 on a demo account when they can only invest $100 - $500 I feel like that time on demo is just wasted, as the results are not realistic.

Absolutely, that's why I suggest that people should take demo as seriously as a real account. Practice in the same settings as you would trade on a real account.

Fully agree with this.

One should not trade with much higher lots as higher lots involves a greater risk of slippage