Risk Management (The Killer Most Ignore) (Part 3/5)

Let’s keep going.

Tuesday: I told you the 3 deadly skills you must master.
Wednesday: I showed you what a real edge looks like.

Today?

We talk about the second skill, and it’s the one most of you ignore until it’s too late:

Risk Management.

Sounds boring, right?

But this is where 99% of traders get buried.

Not because they’re dumb.

But because they refuse to accept they’re wrong, until it’s too late.

Let me be direct:

You don’t lose everything in crypto because you picked the wrong coin.

You lose everything because you held it too long, sized too big, or didn’t have a plan for when the setup failed.

And you know what?

The market doesn’t give a shit about how confident you were.

It punishes the overexposed. Every. Single. Time.

The Market Is a Ruler, Not a Parent

A parent gives you second chances.

The market doesn’t.

If you break risk rules, it spanks your account until there’s nothing left.

How many times have you said:

Then it nukes lower.

You were emotionally attached to your trade, and the market harvested your delusion.

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You Don’t Manage Risk With Hope

You manage risk with systems.

Here’s how I teach it:

1. Predefined Invalidation

Before you enter, you must define one thing:

Not “where does it feel bad.”

Not “where I panic.”

I’m talking chart-based structure.

If that structure breaks, you cut it.
No debate. No hesitation.

2. Small Size at Entry

Your first entry is a test, not a marriage.

I never go full size on first touch.

I want confirmation first, breakout, retest, volume, strength, THEN I scale in.

That’s how you protect downside while still catching upside.

3. 1% Rule

This one’s simple:

No trade should risk more than 1% of your total capital.

Yes, even the “high conviction” ones.

You know why?

Because no setup is perfect.

And if you blow 30% of your account on one trade… you’ll be emotionally wrecked for weeks.

It’ll ruin not just your capital, but your psychology.

And that’s when traders spiral.

4. No Revenge Trades

I don’t care if you just took a loss.

You don’t win it back by chasing the next pump with 3x size.

That’s a child’s mindset.

Real killers?
We reset.
We breathe.
We analyze.
We wait.

Emotional traders chase.
Disciplined traders hunt.

Most of You Only Learn Risk After You Lose Big

And that’s the tragedy.

You don’t prepare ahead of time.
You only adjust after the damage is done.

This is why I drill it into my group every single week.

Because one bad trade, just one, can undo months of wins.

But a trader who respects risk?

He survives. He learns. He comes back stronger.

That’s the guy who finishes the bull run in profit.

You Can Have the Best Setup in the World...

But if your size is too big?
If your stop is too tight?
If your entry is emotionally driven?

You’re dead.

I’ve seen brilliant analysts blow up because they didn’t have risk rules.

This is the edge no one talks about because it’s not sexy.

But it’s the difference between a 6-figure trader and a broke genius.

Let me leave you with this:

Your edge makes you money.
Your risk management lets you keep it.

Ignore either and this market will bury you.

Tomorrow, we cover the final and most lethal skill:

Patience and Discipline.

This is where the 1% separate from the wannabes.

And trust me, it’s the hardest to master.

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It includes my exact structure for entry, size, stop, and invalidation.

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No more winging it. No more emotional trades.
This is how we win, on purpose.

Victor