Can You Handle 5 Losses in a Week? Let’s Find Out
💰 What happens when you lose five trades in a row?
Let’s break down a real example using a $1,000 account, showing how a 5% risk per trade can put your entire capital at risk—fast. Even with a strategy that wins only 1 in 3 trades, you can break even with proper risk management. But what if the losses stack up?
In this video, we explore:
The power of risk management 📏
How losing streaks impact your capital 📉
Why position sizing could be the key to long-term survival 💡
Insights from Dr. David Paul on how even good systems can fail with poor execution
📈 Don’t let emotions or overconfidence wipe out your gains. Learn how to stay in the game—even during tough weeks.
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let's assume we're working with a
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trading account of $1,000 the size of
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our position will dictate how much of
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our capital we stand to lose if the
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market hits our stop-loss for instance
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if we decide to risk 5% of our account
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on this trade and the stop loss is
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triggered we'll lose
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$50 interestingly even if we only win
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one out of every three trades we'd still
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manage to break even it might not sound
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ideal but it's a strategy designed to
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keep you in the game longer which is
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crucial in the volatile world of trading
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but let's consider a tougher scenario
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what if we experience a string of five
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consecutive losses in a particularly
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challenging trading week in that case
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we'd end up losing 25% of our capital in
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just one week and while that might sound
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extreme it's more common than you think
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especially for traders who take on too
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much risk per trade as Dr david Paul
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explains "Even systems with a 50% win
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rate can lead to complete failure if
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your position sizing is too aggressive
