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Your edge doesn't matter if you can't stay
in the game.

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Most traders blow up not because they pick
bad stocks, but because they manage risk
like gamblers.

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They die on one trade after surviving
nine, because one moment of bad discipline
erases everything.

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Let's fix that.

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First, stop thinking in dollars. Dollars
are emotional.

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Start thinking in Risk Units, or 'R'.

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One R is the maximum you are willing to
lose on any single trade, defined as a
fixed percentage of your account.

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For normal conditions, I use 0.25% of my
equity.

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If I have a $100,000 account, my R is
$250. That’s it.

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It’s a number, not a feeling.

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Second, your position size is not based on
confidence.

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It's a simple calculation based on your R
and your stop.

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The formula is: Position Size equals your
R-value divided by the distance from your
entry to your stop-loss.

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If your stop is tight, your size can be
bigger.

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If your stop is wide, your size must be
smaller.

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The dollar risk stays the same.

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This is how professionals control their
exposure. It’s math, not guts.

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When volatility spikes and ranges widen,
your stops must also widen.

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If you don't reduce your size, you have
silently doubled or tripled your risk.

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Third, you need a daily seatbelt.

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I call it the Daily Stop-Out.

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For me, if I lose two R-units in one day,
I'm done. Flat. No exceptions.

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Down 2R, and I turn the screens off.

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The single day you are most desperate to
trade is the day you are least qualified
to.

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This isn't a suggestion, it's a hard wall
that separates you from your worst
impulses.

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It's what prevents a bad day from becoming
a catastrophic one.

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I’ve seen it a thousand times.

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A trader shorts a stock, say QRST, at a
key resistance level.

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The stop is 50 cents away.

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He sizes correctly for 1R. The trade
fails. He takes the small loss.

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He sees another setup in a different
stock, enters, and it also fails for a 1R
loss. He's now down 2R.

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Instead of chasing it back, he shuts it down.

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He lost a battle, but he didn't lose the war.

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He protected his capital and his mental state.

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He will be back tomorrow.

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His emotional peer is still revenge
trading, about to blow his account.