Which account currency should a beginner choose?
Your account currency is the money you measure profit and loss in. Choosing one that isn't your home currency adds a layer of conversion risk on top of every trade.
What do you use?
- your account currency, and whether it matches where you live
- how it affects your pip value on the pairs you trade
- whether you've ever traded an account in USD from a non-USD country, and how that went
The arithmetic is covered in position sizing, which walks through the conversion steps.
Background: Position sizing: how to risk a fixed percentage per trade
How much you trade matters more than where you enter. A step-by-step method for sizing positions from your stop-loss and the amount you are willing to lose.
How do I calculate lot size from risk?
Divide the amount you are willing to lose by the stop distance in pips multiplied by the pip value per lot. For $50 risk, a 25-pip stop and $10 per pip per lot, that is 0.20 lots.
What is the 1% rule in trading?
A guideline to risk no more than 1% of the account on any single trade, so a losing streak doesn't cause a drawdown you can't recover from. It is a starting point, not a guarantee.
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