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Most traders who struggle are not struggling because they cannot find ideas. They struggle because a small number of oversized losses undo a long run of reasonable gains. That is a risk problem, not an idea problem — and it is the part of trading you can actually control.
So we treat risk as the first input, not the last. Before an idea is written up, we establish where it would be proven wrong. If that level is too far away to make the trade sensible, the idea is dropped no matter how attractive the setup looks.
Two traders can take exactly the same idea and end the month in completely different places purely because of size. Sizing is what converts a stop-loss from a number on a screen into an actual cap on what a bad session can cost you.
The principle we apply is simple: risk per idea should be a small, consistent fraction of your capital, so no single trade can meaningfully damage the account. Consistency of size matters more than the exact percentage you choose.
Every trader knows they should honour a stop. Far fewer do it consistently, because the moment it matters is precisely the moment it is hardest. Setting levels in advance and writing them down removes the in-the-moment decision — which is the whole point of doing it beforehand.
We would rather be stopped out of an idea that later works than hold a losing position because moving the stop felt easier. The first costs you a defined amount. The second has no defined cost at all.
The stop-loss is set before entry, when you are calm and the position costs you nothing emotionally.
Let the distance to your stop determine quantity, rather than picking a quantity and hoping the stop holds.
Correlated positions across a single segment are one bet, not four — we flag that where it applies.
A stop hit is the system working as designed, not a verdict on the research behind the idea.
Four principles shape every idea we publish. Here are the other three.
Every idea is backed by technical and market research — never guesswork or hype.
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