Research method
Exposure cap
Exposure cap is a canonical archive-taxonomy method; this registry entry defines its inputs, output and use boundary.
- Output
- Research filter
- Input
- Account equity, volatility, stop distance and exposure
- Horizon
- Before entry and throughout the position
- Best use
- Keep a loss or exposure decision bounded before a trade is placed.
- Input: Account equity, volatility, stop distance and exposure.
- Output: filter.
- Use boundary: Keep a loss or exposure decision bounded before a trade is placed.
The archive
Where the method has been read
Read in the archive6 readings
1988Name the stop, then decide if the account can pay1988Limited-risk labels versus exposure and ruin1992Risk of ruin and exposure caps as a pre-trade filter1994When standing puts fail the drawdown test2017The minimum-margin habit is not commodity-market risk2018Evaluating a normalized risk index for drawdown and exposure limits
This registry entry describes a research method. It is not investment advice and does not make a performance claim.