# Basket Risk Management

Manages risk across multiple positions by limiting total exposure, position count, and margin usage.

Canonical: https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/4247-basket-risk-management
Record ID: 4247
Catalog rank: 295 (reading order, not performance)
Snapshot: 2026-10-31 15:46 UTC
Family: Risk, Money Management & Portfolio Overlays (J)
Source: https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/24331
Evidence label (unverified): source_code

## Scope and limitations

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## Extraction warnings

No automated warnings recorded; this is not validation.

## Recorded profile

- symbols: any
- timeframes: any
- sessions: any
- market_regime: any

## Indicators

No indicator stack recorded.

## Recorded long-entry rules

- Not specified.

## Recorded short-entry rules

- Not specified.

## Recorded exit rules

- Close the whole basket if it loses 3.0% of the balance
- Close a losing basket after 0 bars
- Close the basket if it ties up more than 25.0% of the account equity

## Recorded filters

- Netting and hedging account detection
- Max concurrent positions
- Max margin usage

## Risk controls

- Stop loss: Not specified
- Take profit: Not specified
- Position sizing: Not specified