Starter position
A starter position is a small first entry, often a quarter to a third of what you meant to put into the trade. You add only when the chart agrees.
In depth
Numbers make it concrete. Your account is 10,000 dollars and you put 10 percent of it to work today, so 1,000. One idea inside that day carries 300. A starter is 75 to 100 of that 300, and the rest waits while the trade proves itself.
Adding is earned, and three things usually earn it. A range breaks your way, or a level you lost gets reclaimed and holds. A strong candle runs in your direction. Or your entry sits far from the level, where full size would be reckless. Being green is not one of them.
Why it matters
Your first entry is the one taken with the least information. Full size at that moment puts the most money behind the weakest evidence. A starter flips the order round, small while you are guessing and larger once the chart has answered, and it lets you sit through an ordinary pullback.
Tag the trades where you started small and added, then compare them in the By tag table against the ones you sized full at the first touch. Trade replay on a TradingView chart marks every fill, so you can see where the adds landed.
Frequently asked questions
A quarter to a third of what the whole trade was meant to be is a common split.
When the chart confirms the idea: a break your way, a level reclaimed and held, or a strong candle in your direction.
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