Trading Idea

A trader may not risk more than 50% of the daily drawdown on a single trading idea. For the risk team to accurately assess the trader’s exposure, a Stop Loss (SL) must be added to the trade within a maximum of two minutes after the position is opened. In other words:

If a client wants to place a buy order on XAUUSD risking 3% with 30 lots, that constitutes one trading idea. If those 30 lots are split into three positions of 10 lots each, the risk per individual trade will be lower than 3%; however, the overall risk of the trading idea will still exceed 3%. Therefore, we will consider this practice as gambling, as it violates the 50% rule.
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A trading idea refers to a set of trades that share a common logic or intention applied to the same financial asset. These trades may be opened simultaneously or within a few minutes of each other, as long as they are aligned in the same direction (buy or sell) and are based on the same analysis or strategy by the trader.

Multiple trades will be considered part of the same trading idea if:

•⁠ They are opened on the same asset,

•⁠ They have the same direction (buy or sell), and

•⁠ They have been executed within no more than 30 minutes of each other.

After the 30-minute interval has passed since the last trade was closed, new trades on the same asset and in the same direction will be considered part of a new trading idea, unless there is a technical justification to the contrary.

The trading idea and the risk assumed will always be measured based on the highest risk defined in the stop loss. This initial stop loss will be the first valid reference for risk calculation. If there are subsequent modifications that increase the stop loss risk, the highest stop loss of the trade will be taken into account.
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In the event that a trade has, for example, a 2% stop loss and closes with X profit, if the client opens a new trade in the same asset and direction without at least 30 minutes having elapsed, this trade will be considered the same trading idea, maintaining the initial 2% stop loss as the reference for risk measurement.
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Likewise, if a client keeps a trade open for an extended period and later moves the stop loss to break even (BE), closes the position, and opens a new trade within 30 minutes of closing the previous one, this new entry will still be considered the same trading idea, with the risk calculated based on the initial stop loss of the first trade.
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In other words, a trading idea may consist of one or several open positions on the same instrument, executed with the goal of capitalizing on a specific market opportunity identified by the trader, whether through technical, fundamental, or quantitative analysis.