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An over-leveraging example that will shock you | Real-world Trading
This episode features a simulation of the leverage-risk relationship, using real data from the trading track record of one of his own trading strategies.
Despite the fact that this strategy has performed consistently well since its inception 5 years ago, the simulation will illustrate the effects of increasing leverage, to a point where eventually the trading account is destroyed.
This will be a real eye-opener to many people in terms of just how dangerous over-leveraging really is.