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Risk & Psychology Mastery

The two disciplines that decide survival: sizing math, drawdown recovery, tilt control and rule-following.

Who this path is for

Traders with a working strategy who keep giving profits back.

What you will be able to do

  • Size every position from a fixed risk budget
  • Know your expectancy and what it implies
  • Have hard daily and weekly loss limits
  • Recognise tilt, FOMO and revenge trading early

Curriculum

modules 1

Sizing math

Numbers before feelings.

  1. 01Risk Per Trade & Position SizingThe single most important number in trading isn't your win rate — it's how much you risk per trade.Risk & Money ManagementBeginner7 min read
  2. 02Volatility-Based Sizing with ATRA fixed lot size treats a quiet Tuesday and a NFP Friday the same way. ATR sizing doesn't.Risk & Money ManagementIntermediate7 min read
  3. 03R-Multiples & ExpectancyStop thinking in pips and dollars. Thinking in R turns every trade into a comparable, repeatable unit.Risk & Money ManagementIntermediate7 min read
  4. 04Compounding vs. Fixed Lot SizingGrowing your position size with your account accelerates gains — and losses. The choice shapes your entire equity curve.Risk & Money ManagementIntermediate7 min read
modules 2

Protecting the account

Stops, limits and portfolio heat.

  1. 05Stop-Loss Placement MethodsA stop placed too tight gets clipped by noise. A stop placed too wide destroys your risk-reward. Here's how to place it right.Risk & Money ManagementIntermediate7 min read
  2. 06Take-Profit & Partial ExitsExiting is harder than entering. Fixed targets, trailing stops and scaling out each solve different problems.Risk & Money ManagementIntermediate6 min read
  3. 07Daily & Weekly Loss LimitsThe best trade of the day is sometimes the one you don't take because you already hit your limit.Risk & Money ManagementBeginner6 min read
  4. 08Correlation Risk & Portfolio HeatFive trades at 1% risk each can secretly be one trade at 5% risk if the pairs move together.Risk & Money ManagementIntermediate7 min read
modules 3

Drawdown reality

What losses cost and how ruin happens.

  1. 09Drawdown Math & RecoveryLosing 20% requires a 25% gain to recover. Losing 50% requires 100%. Drawdown math is brutally asymmetric.Risk & Money ManagementIntermediate6 min read
  2. 10Risk of Ruin & the Kelly CriterionWhat's the probability your account hits zero given your edge and your sizing? The math is more precise than intuition.Risk & Money ManagementAdvanced8 min read
  3. 11Handling Losing StreaksEvery profitable trader experiences losing streaks. What separates survivors is how they respond during them.Trading PsychologyIntermediate7 min read
modules 4

The mental game

Behaviour systems that survive pressure.

  1. 12Trading Psychology FoundationsStrategy is only half the game. The other half is managing the mind that executes it.Trading PsychologyBeginner7 min read
  2. 13Cognitive Biases in TradingYour brain evolved for survival, not for reading candlestick charts — and it sabotages you in predictable ways.Trading PsychologyIntermediate8 min read
  3. 14Revenge Trading and TiltThe single fastest way to blow an account: trying to win back a loss immediately, with a bigger, angrier trade.Trading PsychologyIntermediate7 min read
  4. 15Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) in TradingChasing a move that's already run 80% of its distance is one of the most reliable ways to buy the top.Trading PsychologyBeginner6 min read
  5. 16Discipline and Rule-FollowingA trading plan you don't follow is worth exactly nothing. Discipline is the bridge between plan and result.Trading PsychologyBeginner6 min read
  6. 17Journaling Emotions, Not Just TradesA journal that tracks only entry and exit prices misses the actual cause of most trading mistakes.Trading PsychologyIntermediate6 min read
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