MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting • View topic - HELP !! WHAT'S THE Potential Loss per Contract mean?

lishan · #1 posted 05 Mar 2012

Hi, I want to know what's the potential loss per contract mean ? How it makes the equity different? Is there any formula to explain potential loss per contract? Thanks a lot~~

TJ · #2 posted 05 Mar 2012

lishan wrote:

Hi, I want to know what's the potential loss per contract mean ? How it makes the equity different? Is there any formula to explain potential loss per contract? Thanks a lot~~

Where did you find this "potential loss" per contract"?

JoshM · #3 posted 06 Mar 2012

lishan wrote:

Hi, I want to know what's the potential loss per contract mean ? How it makes the equity different? Is there any formula to explain potential loss per contract? Thanks a lot~~

Google.com -> type "potential loss contract site:http://www.multicharts.com", hit enter and you get 35 results, and who would have thought, there's a wiki page on this: Potential Loss per Contract.