Risk of ruin
The probability that an account is wiped out — or falls beyond practical recovery — given a defined edge, win rate and risk-per-trade. Drawdown compounds non-linearly: a 50% loss requires a 100% gain to break even.
Risk hub
Trading risk, treated seriously
Most traders blow up not from a bad strategy but from poorly understood risk. Four short topics, four tools and four Academy lessons — together they cover what you actually need to survive.
Survive first · Compound later
The risks AI doesn't remove — and the habits that keep your account alive.
Position sizing
Position size — not entry — is the single most important decision on each trade. Risking a fixed percentage of equity standardises risk across very different setups and prevents any single trade from being terminal.
Drawdown psychology
Even profitable strategies suffer extended losing streaks. The human reaction to drawdown — abandoning a working system, doubling down on a losing one — is responsible for most retail underperformance.
Broker risk
Regulation reduces broker risk; it does not reduce market risk. Verify your broker’s licence on the regulator’s public register, confirm client funds are segregated, and know the compensation-scheme limits in your jurisdiction.
No strategy survives bad risk
Whatever AI bot, copy leader or strategy you choose, the maths above is unchanged. Build the habit of answering the four questions before you ever press “buy”.