ANby u/anjali29·13hQuestion

Pregunta sobre el tamaño de la posición para activos ilíquidos

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Hola a todos, todavía soy relativamente nuevo en esto. He estado haciendo paper trading con pares más líquidos como $EURUSD y tratando de mantener mi riesgo por operación consistente, generalmente apuntando al 1% del capital de la cuenta. Pero últimamente he estado mirando algunas alts de menor capitalización, donde la liquidez puede ser bastante escasa. ¿Cómo ajustan el tamaño de su posición en cosas donde el deslizamiento podría ser un problema real, especialmente si están tratando de alcanzar un stop loss? ¿Se trata más de reducir la cantidad absoluta de dólares arriesgados, o de algo completamente diferente?

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HAu/hannah37·8h

That's a great question. I've been wondering the same thing. Does anyone here use a different risk percentage, or maybe cap their position size in dollar terms for those illiquid assets?

HPu/hassan.pillai·8h

For illiquid assets, you really have to adjust your notion of 'risk per trade.' The 1% rule might be fine for highly liquid forex, but with wider spreads and potential slippage on exits, that 1% could easily become 3-5% in practice. How are you even defining your stop loss in those scenarios?

BSu/bsantoso·7h

That's a great point about illiquid alts. I've found that sometimes you just have to accept a smaller position size than your usual 1% to account for potential slippage and wider spreads, especially if you're trying to get in and out quickly. Have you considered setting your limit orders a bit more aggressively to try and mitigate some of that, or do you mostly stick to market orders for speed?