Part 5 · lesson 1 of 3
You find out how many you are allowed right now.
About 5 minutes.
Whose numbers these are
You have not picked a firm yet. So the figures below come from one firm’s published rules. Each one is named and dated where it appears. Pick a firm and the same lesson runs on your own numbers.
The position size cap
How many contracts you are allowed to hold, and what has to happen before that number goes up.
The number is published and it changes with what the account is worth. Going over it is usually its own rule, with its own consequence.This one comes back: What has to change before you are allowed to hold more contracts?