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Trading strategies course quiz

10 questions on the Trading strategies course. Choose an answer and check it to see whether it is right and why. Nothing is saved and there is nothing to sign up for.

  1. Question 1 of 10Costs are 1.8 pips per round trip on EUR/USD. What share of your risk do they take on a 12-pip day-trading stop?
  2. Question 2 of 10You scalp 0.50 lots of EUR/USD with a 4-pip stop, a 6-pip target and $9 of costs per round trip. What win rate do you need to break even?
  3. Question 3 of 10A $25,000 Direct account has its floor at $23,500. You start the day with $23,850 of equity and nothing open, and your usual daily stop is $360. How much can you lose today before the account ends?
  4. Question 4 of 10On a $50,000 Classic account you risk 1% on a EUR/USD swing trade with a 70-pip stop. What size do you trade?
  5. Question 5 of 10A 0.05-lot position trade stays open for 60 nights at a sample holding rate of $6 per lot per night. 1R is $100. What has holding cost you?
  6. Question 6 of 10A trend-following method wins 35% of its trades, with an average win of 2.8R and an average loss of 1R. You start closing every winner at 1.5R and the win rate stays at 35%. What is the expectancy now?
  7. Question 7 of 10The 20-bar average on GBP/USD is 1.2700 and the standard deviation is 20 pips. Price is at 1.2760. What is the z-score?
  8. Question 8 of 10On a $10,000 Classic account you sell 0.16 lots of AUD/USD at 0.6690, at 0.6720 and at 0.6750 on the same day, with no stop. A data release lifts the price to 0.6830. What happens?
  9. Question 9 of 10The four-hour ATR is 32 pips, and your rule needs a close a quarter of the ATR beyond the level. The top of the range is 1.3150 and a candle closes at 1.3155. Is it a breakout by your rule?
  10. Question 10 of 10EUR/USD has ranged between 1.0820 and 1.0880. After an upside break you buy the retest at 1.0886, with the stop at 1.0862 and the target at the measured move. What reward does the trade aim for, in R?

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Every strategy in this course has to fit inside the same limits, and the rules page lists them for each account size.

All trading is simulated. Rewards are based on performance and are not guaranteed.