Risk Management
Learn below the importance of managing your risk when trading CFDs
How to manage risk when trading?
As leveraged instruments CFD’s have the potential to generate significant profit or loss. Leverage increases the rate at which profit and loss can occur making CFD’s high risk product and as such it is your responsibility to monitor your trades and all open positions until they are closed. We recommend that you perform your own research to learn best-practice risk management and strategies for successful CFD and Forex trades. While no trade can be characterised as “risk-free” you can keep your risk exposure in line with your risk appetite by maintaining a risk management plan and constant vigilance. Some risk management strategies are outlined below;
STOP LOSS ORDERS
Stop losses are a critical aspect of trade management because they allow you to protect and manage your capital.
TAKE PROFIT ORDERS
Take-profit order specifies the exact price at which to close out an open position for a profit. Manage your positions with this feature. Learn more.
SLIPPAGE
Slippage occurs when your trade order is filled at a price that is different to the price you requested. Learn more below.
Stop Loss Orders
A stop-loss order came to use when the price moves against your favour. By setting up a specific price, usually, the price level that you’re willing to your risk by, and when the price moves against you till the specific price you set up, the trade will be closed automatically. A stop-loss order keeps you away from bigger losses when you are losing money from an unfavourable price move. Trading highly volatile assets can cause the balance of your account to drop to unsustainable levels. Even with a stop-loss order in place you are not guaranteed your position will close at the exact level specified. If there is slippage and the market suddenly gaps beyond the stop-loss level you set your position may close at a price other than what was requested.
Take-Profit Orders
A take-profit orders works similar to a limit order, as in it’s always executed at the target price you specify. When the price is moving in your favour, once the price reaches the price level you have set up, the trade will automatically be closed and pass on any positive slippage. The downside being that you may sometimes close a position on trades with profitable trends that may continue long after you’ve exited. The decision to use a take-profit order is your exclusive responsibility as a trader and will entirely depend on your risk appetite or risk management plan.
