Weekend risk management: what's your Friday checklist?

Two days of headlines can gap your positions at the Sunday open. Weekend risk management is a Friday discipline: review open trades, know the weekend calendar, and decide what you're willing to hold.

Weekend risk management: what's your Friday checklist? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

What's on your checklist?

  • the positions you're comfortable holding
  • the weekend events that change your mind
  • the Monday gap that made you adopt the checklist
Weekend risk management: what's your Friday checklist? — candlestick anatomy diagram
The parts of a candlestick: wick, body, open and close

The weekend gaps guide explains the mechanics behind the checklist.

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