STOPS by NumaSoft - Comprehensive Money Management Software for Stocks & Futures

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What's the key to successful trading? Picking the right security? Timing the entry? Both are important, but they're not the key to success…..it's Money Management.

Paradoxically, money management is the least understood aspect of trading, but it's the most important.

Without good money management, a great system will not guarantee long term success. Poor reward / risk ratios, draw-downs, not cutting losses and a host of other factors will eventually lead to ruin. Most traders attribute their failure to not finding a good system or to a volatile market and simply drop out after losing their capital.

This doesn't have to happen to you. By implementing good money management, your chances of success are greatly improved.

Money management doesn't have to be complicated and it doesn't have to be boring.

STOPS (Stop-Tracking-for-Open-Position-Securities) has revolutionized the practice of money management for active traders. STOPS provides all the tools you need, in an easy to use, integrated, affordable software package.

STOPS provides a full suite of easy to use, integrated money management tools. (View Full-Size)

STOPS works in conjunction with your pricing data, your analysis program and your broker, providing a suite of integrated money management tools that seamlessly empower you with the key ingredients to trading success.

By breaking money management into eight categories, STOPS helps you implement successful money management at your own pace, providing an excellent learning environment.

STOPS money management categories:

Trade Tacking
Tracking trading details accurately and clearly is fundamental to money management. STOPS provides comprehensive, integrated trade tracking.

Position Sizing
Determining the number of shares or contracts to trade is the single most important concept in money management. STOPS utilizes proven anti-martingale position sizing.

Risk Control
Monitoring open risk is paramount to effective money management. STOPS provides risk management tools for both account risk and individual open position risk, providing flexibility for a variety of systems and market conditions.

Exit Analysis
Knowing when to exit a trade ..…before entering the trade, is critical to trading success. STOPS provides a wide array of exit tools, fully integrated with all STOPS money management tools.

System Analysis
Continually monitoring and evaluating your trading system is absolutely necessary for long term trading success. STOPS provides complete performance evaluation of your actual trading account, providing un-compromised forward analysis of your trading system.

Monte Carlo Analysis
Monte Carlo analysis is a simulation technique for estimating future results of a trading system by analyzing past system performance. Using STOPS Monte Carlo simulation, key system performance indicators are predicted with reasonable accuracy.

Paper Trading
Paper trading is a proven method to simulate trading without risking real money. STOPS contains all the necessary tools for both the novice and seasoned trader to duplicate the actual trading experience.

Tax Reporting
Taxes are the most dreaded part of trading. Coming soon, STOPS will automate all of your tax reporting requirements.

Each of the STOPS money management categories is fully explained and illustrated with examples. Take the time to review each and you will see that STOPS is the beginning of your trading success.

See our Managing to Win Money Management Journal. Each issue contains a short money management lesson followed by the details of actual short term trades, from open through close utilizing security pricing, STOPS paper trading and money management tools.

See STOPS Tutorials for step-by-step usage instructions of the various STOPS Money Management tools.