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Strategy & risk write-ups

Everything I publish about how a trade is sized, tested and reviewed β€” in one place. No signals, no guaranteed profits. The maths is universal; the opinions are mine.

Risk

How Much Should You Risk Per Trade? The Math That Keeps Accounts Alive

Trading Β· 2026-08-10 Β· 5 min read

Most accounts die from bad sizing, not bad predictions. The 1% rule, the position-size formula, and the drawdown table that explains why a 50% loss needs a 100% gain to recover.

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Strategy

The Breakout Strategy, Explained β€” and How to Test It Before You Trade It

Trading Β· 2026-08-17 Β· 6 min read

What a breakout actually is, why most of them fail, and the honest way to check whether the idea has an edge before any real money is at risk.

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Put the maths to work

The articles explain the reasoning. These do the arithmetic.

The free RiskFirst toolkit

Position size, risk and reward, compound growth and drawdown recovery β€” four calculators, no sign-up, nothing stored.

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The Trader's Edge journal

A 64-page risk and strategy workbook plus a spreadsheet that sizes every position for you β€” the system these articles describe, in a form you can actually keep.

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