Risk Management for Traders
The part that actually decides survival — position sizing, stops, expectancy math, drawdown arithmetic, and why a backtest is not the future.
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What does position size actually decide?
Start the first lessonUnit 1 Position Sizing
- What does position size actually decide?
- How does fixed fractional sizing work?
- How do you turn a stop distance into a share count?
- Why size a position off volatility instead of a flat percentage?
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Unit 2 Stops & Exits
- What is a stop loss actually promising?
- Where does a stop logically belong?
- Why do stops cluster — and get hit?
- What is the difference between a stop and a plan?
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Unit 3 Expectancy Math
- How do you measure reward against risk before entering?
- How can a system that wins 40% of the time make money?
- How can a system that wins 70% of the time still lose?
- Why does a 50% loss need a 100% gain to recover?
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Unit 4 Backtests, Bias & Honesty
- Why is a backtest not the future?
- Which biases quietly inflate a backtest?
- What does leverage do to all of this math?
- Risk management for traders — course checkpoint
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Last Course exam
One exam, the whole course Unlocks when you have read all 16 lessons
Passing it earns the course certificate. It also counts toward the Trader track (course 4 of 9): pass every course exam in a track to earn its track certificate.