Dynamic Risk Management

Arconomy strategies are highly dynamic — you can create logic to update a take profit or stop loss at any point through the lifecycle of a position. This page explains common risk management approaches and which Arconomy rules support each one.

Position Sizing

Percentage Risk Position Sizing

Sizes each position so that the maximum loss (to your stop) equals a fixed percentage of your account equity. This is supported by the Place Trade with Risk rule, which allows you to configure a built-in stop loss based on amount, price or pips. The rule automatically calculates the position size from your risk percentage and stop distance, so wider stops result in smaller positions and tighter stops allow larger positions — keeping your dollar risk constant on every trade.

Fixed Lot Position Sizing

Uses a constant position size for every trade regardless of account size. This is supported by the Place Trades rule and the Place Trade with Risk rule. The Place Trades rule also allows scaling into a position and dynamically adjusting the quantity — useful for strategies that build positions over time or adjust size based on evolving conditions.

Stop Losses

Fixed Stop Loss

Places a stop loss at a fixed price distance or percentage from the entry price. This is supported by the Stop Loss and Aggregate Stop Loss rules. The Aggregate Stop Loss rule allows you to set a breakeven target across all trades in the strategy, so the stop level is calculated from the combined profit or loss of your open positions rather than a single trade.

ATR Stop Loss

Places a stop loss at a multiple of the Average True Range from the entry price, so the stop distance adapts to current market volatility. Use the ATR rule to calculate the Average True Range, then feed its output into a Stop Loss rule to set a new stop loss distance for your trades.

Trailing Stop

A stop that moves in the direction of the trade as price moves favourably, locking in profits. The Stop Loss and Aggregate Stop Loss rules both include built-in trailing and chasing features that automatically adjust the stop level as the position progresses.

Take Profit

Fixed Take Profit

Closes the position at a predetermined profit target. This is supported by the Take Profit and Aggregate Take Profit rules. Like the stop loss rules, these can be set based on the aggregate profit or loss for the strategy or a sub-set of trades such as open positions.

Risk-Reward Take Profit

Sets the take profit based on a multiple of the stop distance, ensuring a consistent risk-reward ratio on every trade. Calculate the take profit target from the stop loss distance in pips using the Convert to Pips rule, then feed the result into a Take Profit rule.

Account Protection

Maximum Drawdown Guard

Halts all trading if the account drawdown exceeds a specified threshold. Every strategy has a default risk amount set in the Trading Account rule. You can create a Close Positions or End Strategy rule that is triggered when the drawdown amount from the Trading Account exceeds your threshold.

Maximum Concurrent Positions

Limits the total number of open positions at any time. Set an execution dependency on the Place Trade rule so that it only executes when the number of open positions (from the Trading Account rule's output) is less than your maximum allowed concurrent positions.

Maximum Daily Loss

Stops opening new trades if the day's losses exceed a threshold. Create a Close Positions or End Strategy rule that is triggered when the daily loss amount from the Trading Account exceeds your maximum daily loss limit.

Maximum Exposure Per Symbol

The Trading Account rule receives live updates from your broker account, providing data such as equity, margin, open positions and exposure. You can use this data to build logic that limits exposure to a specific symbol across multiple trading strategies.

Dynamic Adjustments

Arconomy strategies are not limited to setting a stop loss or take profit once at entry. You can create logic to update a take profit or stop loss at any point through the lifecycle of a position. The Stop Loss and Take Profit rules include features to automatically adjust the SL or TP, such as:

• Trailing — the stop or target moves in the direction of the trade as price moves favourably
• Chasing — the stop or target adjusts to follow price action more aggressively
• Aggregate-based adjustments — setting the SL or TP based on the aggregate profit or loss for the strategy, or for a sub-set of trades such as open positions

See the Aggregate Stop Loss and Aggregate Take Profit rules for more details on strategy-level risk management across multiple trades.