Your Trading Preferences
ForgeEdge lets you customize your experience to match your unique trading style and goals.
Trading Style
Choose your primary trading approach:
- Day Trading — Hold positions minutes to hours
- Swing Trading — Hold positions overnight to days
- Long-term Investing — Hold positions weeks to months
- Options Trading — Trade derivatives and leverage
Your trading style affects:
- Default timeframes when you enter trades
- Recommended risk management settings
- Suggested courses and learning paths
- Which signals get recommended
Account Size
Enter your actual trading account size. ForgeEdge uses this to:
- Calculate position sizes based on your risk percentage
- Show you max risk per trade ($)
- Visualize your equity curve and drawdowns
Update this whenever your account grows or shrinks significantly.
Risk Per Trade
Set your risk percentage per trade (we recommend 1-1.5%):
- 0.5% — Ultra-conservative, very long runway before ruin
- 1% — Sweet spot for most traders
- 1.5% — More aggressive, still reasonable
- 2%+ — Only for experienced traders with proven edge
ForgeEdge shows you in real-time how much $ this represents based on your account size.
Default Timeframe
Choose your default charting timeframe (5m, 15m, 1h, 4h, 1d):
- Day traders: 5m or 15m
- Swing traders: 1h or 4h
- Long-term: 1d
This is just a default—you can change it anytime you log a trade.
Currency
Select your preferred currency (USD, EUR, GBP). All your P&L calculations will be in this currency.
When to Update
Review and update your preferences monthly:
- Has your account size changed? Update it.
- Are you still day trading or did you shift to swing? Update it.
- Finding your risk percentage is too conservative or aggressive? Adjust it.
Small tweaks in these settings compound into big differences in your trading results.