Three Risk Profiles
When you configure QARI, you choose one of three risk profiles. This single choice affects your stop-loss depth, how aggressively QARI sizes positions, and how selective the engine is about entry quality.
Conservative
- Tightest stop-loss range (closer to 10% of entry)
- Smallest per-trade allocation (lower % of available capital)
- Higher confluence threshold before entry
- Fewer trades, higher selectivity
- Recommended for new users and smaller accounts
Balanced
- Mid-range stop-loss (around 15-20% of entry)
- Standard per-trade allocation
- Standard confluence requirements
- Default setting for most users
- Good starting point if you have prior trading experience
Aggressive
- Widest stop-loss range (up to 30% of entry)
- Largest per-trade allocation
- Lower confluence threshold, more trades
- Higher potential returns with higher drawdown risk
- Suitable only if you are comfortable with larger swings
Recommendation for first-time users: Start with Conservative. You can always increase your risk profile later. It is much easier to scale up when you understand how the system behaves than to scale down after a larger-than-expected drawdown.
Capital Allocation
Capital allocation is how much of your exchange balance QARI is permitted to use for trading. This is a hard ceiling. QARI will never trade more than this amount regardless of how many positions it could theoretically open.
You set this in USDT. For example, if you have $5,000 in your Bybit spot wallet and you set capital allocation to $2,000, QARI will only ever use up to $2,000 USDT. Your remaining $3,000 is untouched.
Tier limits
Position Sizing
Within your capital allocation, QARI calculates how much to use on each individual trade. This is called per-trade allocation or position sizing.
QARI uses percentage-based position sizing. You set what percentage of your available capital each trade can use. For example, if your capital allocation is $2,000 and your per-trade allocation is 5%, each trade uses up to $100.
QARI also reserves capital for the second leg of each two-leg trade. When Leg 1 enters, QARI reserves an equal amount for Leg 2 so it is not used on other positions in the meantime. This means you should think of each active setup as using 2x the per-trade allocation in reserved capital.
Example position sizing calculation
The minimum per-trade allocation is $5 USDT. Most users should set it significantly higher to keep individual trades meaningful relative to fees.
Stop-Loss Levels
Every trade placed by QARI has a stop-loss from the moment it opens. This is non-negotiable and cannot be turned off. The stop-loss level is determined by the technical structure of the trade setup, always falling within your risk profile's permitted range.
The platform-wide stop-loss range is 10% to 30% from entry. Your risk profile determines where within that range QARI places stops.
| Risk Profile | Typical Stop Range | Character |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 10% - 15% | Tighter stops, exits sooner if wrong |
| Balanced | 12% - 22% | Standard: follows market structure |
| Aggressive | 15% - 30% | Wider stops, more room for trades to breathe |
Changing Settings
You can update your risk profile, capital allocation, and per-trade allocation at any time from the Settings page in your QARI dashboard.
Important: changes apply to new entries only
When you change your risk settings, the change takes effect for the next trade QARI opens. Positions that are already open continue to run with the stop-loss and sizing they were entered with. Your existing positions are not affected by settings changes until they close.
If you want to reduce risk immediately, you can pause auto-trading from the dashboard. This prevents new entries but does not affect open positions. Open positions must be managed through the normal close process.