Hi Again,
ok thanks for your help on this. so i'm just trying to make out money management for my future portfolio (most likely losers!) but what im wondering is about the margins returned once a trade is closed? so i get how the margin is calculated initially (5% or 10% of buy price/sell price) so say if my stop loss at 10% or whatever is hit and i get out of that trade....do i still get the initial margin i paid back or has the margin now devalued also now that the value is 5 or 10% less and i end up not only losing on my trade but losing 10% of my margin also?
many thanks for your help....