Drawdowns and risk of ruin

Losing streaks are normal - plan for them

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In this lesson

Understand how long losing streaks get, how risk per trade drives drawdowns, and how to set a drawdown limit.

Key takeaways

Over many trades, long losing streaks are normal (≈10 in a row over 1,000 trades at a 50% win rate).
10 losses at 1% risk ≈ −9.6%; at 5% risk ≈ −40% (needs +67% to recover).
Risk of ruin rises quickly with risk per trade, leverage and a thinner edge.
Decide drawdown rules (reduce size, pause, review) before they are needed.

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