B-Book Risk Management: Five Questions Trading Desks Should Answer Every Week

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B-Book risk management requires trading desks to review customer profit concentration, each instrument’s contribution to book results, whether customer profitability stems from trading behavior, whether held exposure reflects a deliberate decision, and whether a bad month can be explained within one business day. If the top 1% of accounts by customer profit rise from 30% to 55% over six weeks, that should be treated as an early warning even if monthly profit remains normal; relevant data can be consolidated from MT4, MT5, cTrader, bridge logs, and spreadsheets.