The trader desk
Everything you need before and during the session, on one page: the open killzone, today’s news, your checklist and the position size. Nothing leaves your browser.
Right now
The time, the open killzone and today’s news releases show here, on your clock.
Before the session
Seven boxes, always in the same order. If one cannot be ticked, trade half size or do not trade.
The boxes reset every day. The full routine, before, during and after the session, is in the guide Risk & Psychology.
Position size
2 MNQ contracts
- Target risk
- $100 (1%)
- Actual risk at this size
- $80 (0.8%)
Rounded down, never to the nearest: rounding up would have you risk more than planned. Hence the gap between the two lines.
The calculation ignores commissions, slippage, gaps that can take you out beyond the stop, and the margin your broker requires. It answers one question: how much, so you risk no more than planned if the stop is hit.