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Your risk level is determined by a simple algorithm calculating the compounded average beta of your portfolio.
'Beta' is a measure of a stocks' volatility in relation to the market or index it's compared to.
A Beta greater than 1 means the stock, on average, will gain a larger percentage than the market when it goes up and loose more than the index when it goes down.
Beta is the basic measure used to determines a stocks risk or volatility.
Most Beta figures are calculated 5 years back on the stocks historical prices.