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What is risk parity and can retail traders use it?

Risk parity allocates capital so each asset contributes equal risk rather than equal dollars. In FX/CFD portfolios, that means risk-weighting EUR/USD, USD/JPY, gold, and indices so their volatility contributions match. Calculate each instrument’s risk (e.g., 20-day vol), invert it to get weights (higher vol → smaller weight), and normalize to 100%. Optional: allow modest leverage at the portfolio level to hit a target volatility. Benefits: improved diversification, smoother drawdowns, better risk-adjusted returns across regimes. Drawbacks: concentration in low-vol assets (e.g., large weight to bonds/gold in classic implementations), sensitivity to vol estimation, and leverage reliance. Retail adaptation: use a simplified two-layer approach—first, risk-parity weights across asset buckets (FX majors, metals, indices); second, apply volatility targeting at the portfolio level. Rebalance monthly with guardrails (max single asset risk 35%, min weight 5%). Add “crisis alpha” sleeves (trend or tail hedges) to address left-tail events. Risk parity is not a magic wand, but as a framework, it helps retail traders stop overbetting the noisiest market.