MakkaPakka
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I was chatting to someone yesterday about the differences between (FX) retail trading and trading for a hedge fund.
Retail traders control large positions relative to their account size because their stop losses are close enough that the actual exposure of account equity remains relatively small. Put simply they trade on thin margins with tight stops.
In retail trading brokers routinely offer margin accounts of 10, 20, 50, 100 times deposit.
This is not so easy when trading a 'fund size' account. Can anyone here comment on the position size relative to account size that a hedge fund trader might have available?
MP
Retail traders control large positions relative to their account size because their stop losses are close enough that the actual exposure of account equity remains relatively small. Put simply they trade on thin margins with tight stops.
In retail trading brokers routinely offer margin accounts of 10, 20, 50, 100 times deposit.
This is not so easy when trading a 'fund size' account. Can anyone here comment on the position size relative to account size that a hedge fund trader might have available?
MP