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Accurate guides on the mechanics of risk management, position sizing, and market fundamentals — each one linked to the relevant calculators so you can apply the concepts immediately.

Position Sizing Guide

How to calculate the correct lot size for any trade using the risk-based formula. Includes a full worked example with verified numbers.

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Risk Management Rules

The 1% and 2% rules, risk/reward ratios, drawdown limits, and how position sizing ties it all together into a complete framework.

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Understanding Leverage

How leverage amplifies gains and losses equally, how margin relates to leverage, regulatory caps by asset class, and how to choose a safe level.

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What Is a Pip?

The definition of a pip, why JPY pairs use 0.01 instead of 0.0001, pip value across lot sizes, and what pipettes are.

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Drawdown Explained

Peak-to-trough decline percentage, recovery asymmetry (losing 50% requires 100% to recover), prop firm daily limits, and position sizing to control drawdown.

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