FYMC Trend Tracker — Position Sizer Tool

POSITION SIZER TOOL

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Position Sizer Excel Workbook

Position Sizer PDF Guide

Sizer Export CSV

      WHAT IT IS

      An Excel workbook that turns a Trend Tracker signal into a position: how many contracts to trade, where to add, and when to exit. Trend Tracker supplies the signal. The workbook supplies the size. The PDF guide gives the rules and the steps.
      
      HOW IT SIZES

      One unit risks 1% of the account over a move of 3 ATR (ATR length and smoothing are settings in the workbook). Contracts per unit = account x risk per unit / (3 x ATR x point value), rounded down. Add a unit every 1.5 ATR, up to 4 adds per market and 20 units in total. A change in the trend state is the stop; a 3-ATR price stop is optional.
      
      LOADING TREND TRACKER DATA

      Download the Sizer Export CSV, open it, select all and copy, then paste into the workbook's TT Data sheet at cell A1. That one paste updates the state, signal price, point value, margin, last close and ATR for every contract. Repeat each trading day.

These results are based on simulated or hypothetical performance results that have certain inherent limitations. Unlike the results shown in an actual performance record, these results do not represent actual trading. Also, because these trades have not actually been executed, these results may have under-or over-compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity. Simulated or hypothetical trading programs in general are also subject to the fact that they are designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to these being shown.

HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE MANY INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY ANY PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM. ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS IS THAT THEY ARE GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. IN ADDITION, HYPOTHETICAL TRADING DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK, AND NO HYPOTHETICAL TRADING RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ABILITY TO WITHSTAND LOSSES OR TO ADHERE TO A PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM IN SPITE OF TRADING LOSSES ARE MATERIAL POINTS WHICH CAN ALSO ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO THE MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SPECIFIC TRADING PROGRAM WHICH CANNOT BE FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS.

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