Nobody blows an account with one mad trade. They blow it with six slightly-too-big ones. Here's the exact arithmetic from lot size to stop-out, and the sizing habit that breaks the chain.
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Exact lot sizes for gold on $100, $250, $500 and $1,000 accounts, the skip rule that saves small traders from wide stops, and why 1:500 leverage is a margin tool, not an invitation.
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Nobody gets margin called by surprise. There are warnings, sometimes days of them, and almost everyone ignores the lot. Twelve rules that would have saved nearly every wrecked account we've audited.
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