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Trading Psychology & Risk Management

Most accounts don't die from bad analysis — they die from oversized positions and revenge trades. This track builds the sizing rules, stop discipline, and psychological defenses before you need them.

4 stages · 42 lessons · interactive
Stage 112 lessons

Trading Psychology

Understand and overcome the mental traps that lose traders money.

  1. Why Psychology Is 80% of Trading
  2. Loss Aversion — Why Losses Hurt 2x More Than Gains Feel Good
  3. FOMO — The Most Expensive Emotion in Trading
  4. Confirmation Bias — Seeing What You Want to See
  5. Anchoring — Getting Stuck on a Price
  6. Recency Bias — The Last Trade Controls Your Next Decision
  7. Overconfidence After a Winning Streak
  8. Revenge Trading — The Death Spiral
  9. Analysis Paralysis — When More Information Makes You Worse
  10. The Emotional Cycle of a Trade
  11. Building Emotional Discipline — Routines and Rules
  12. Psychology Scenario Challenge
Stage 210 lessons

Risk Management Foundations

Learn the math and rules that keep you in the game.

  1. Why Risk Management Is the Only Edge That Never Stops Working
  2. The 1% Rule — Never Risk More Than 1-2% Per Trade
  3. Position Sizing — Calculating How Many Shares/Contracts
  4. Risk-Reward Ratio — Why 1:2 Minimum Matters
  5. Stop Losses — Fixed, Percentage, ATR-Based, Structure-Based
  6. The Math of Ruin — Why a 50% Loss Needs 100% Gain to Recover
  7. Win Rate vs Risk-Reward — The Relationship Most Ignore
  8. Expectancy — Measuring If Your System Makes Money
  9. Maximum Drawdown — Knowing Your Worst Case
  10. Risk Calculation Challenge
Stage 310 lessons

Advanced Risk Management

Portfolio-level risk, hedging, and drawdown recovery.

  1. Portfolio Heat — Total Open Risk Across All Positions
  2. Correlation Risk — When All Your Trades Move Together
  3. Scaling In and Scaling Out of Positions
  4. Trailing Stops — Methods and When Each Works
  5. Kelly Criterion Simplified — Optimal Position Sizing
  6. Volatility-Adjusted Position Sizing
  7. Hedging Basics — Reducing Risk Without Closing
  8. Risk Management Across Different Account Sizes
  9. Drawdown Recovery Strategies — Reducing Size After Losses
  10. Portfolio Risk Challenge
Stage 410 lessons

The Trading Routine

Build a professional daily and weekly trading process.

  1. Pre-Market Preparation — What to Do Before Markets Open
  2. Building a Watchlist — Scanning for Opportunities
  3. Trade Planning — Writing the Plan Before Entering
  4. During the Trade — Managing Emotions and Positions
  5. Post-Trade Review — Journaling Every Trade
  6. Weekly Review — What Worked, What Didn't
  7. Monthly Performance Analysis
  8. Dealing With Losing Streaks
  9. Dealing With Winning Streaks (Yes, Also Dangerous)
  10. Building Your Personal Trading Playbook

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