Trader Brian Jones on Twitter: "Let's start with this. Lets say you have $100,000 to day trade. In general. You never want to trade more than around $5000. on a long trade. Around 5% of your dedicated trading portfolio for short term trading." / Twitter

Let's start with this. Lets say you have $100,000 to day trade. In general. You never want to trade more than around $5000. on a long trade. Around 5% of your dedicated trading portfolio for short term trading.