Investment & trading encyclopedia

Understand investment products, market mechanics, indicators and research terminology. Each entry includes an explanation, example, cautions and related learning.

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Portfolio & riskIntermediate

Position Sizing

Position sizing is the rule that decides how many units of an instrument to hold in a single position. A common approach is fixed-fractional sizing, which sets the size so that the loss to a planned exit price equals a chosen percentage of account equity.