Money Managment Rule!

Hello everybody, I am a new to Forex and in the middle of making my trading plan. I had a question about money managment specificly the 2% risk rule. I heard somewhere that half of your trades will be long term (Position) and half of them will be short. I want to know, does the 2% rule apply to only your short term trading and not position or the entire account. I am startinng with 500 and opening a micro account with oanda.

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It applies to every trade, regardless of time length.

On a side note, you are not ready to trade with real money yet.