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Position sizing

German: Positionsgröße

Deciding what share of your wealth goes into a single investment – the most important lever in risk management.

Common approaches are fixed caps (e.g. at most 5% per individual stock) or risk-based sizing: decide the maximum you’re willing to lose per position and derive the size from the distance to your stop-loss.