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Module 07 · Trading Academy
Trading Psychology & Risk Discipline
The trader who survives 30 years isn’t the smartest in the room — they’re the one who never let one trade matter. This module covers risk-of-ruin math, position-sizing frameworks, the convex geometry of drawdown recovery, the psychology of cutting losses, and the journaling discipline that compounds edge over hundreds of trades.
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7.1
Risk of Ruin & Bankroll Management
The gambler’s ruin formula, why edge alone doesn’t guarantee survival, and the 10x / 25x / 50x bankroll multipliers that govern professional sizing.
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8 min
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7.2
Position Sizing — Kelly, Fractional, Fixed-Risk
Four frameworks worth knowing — Kelly, fractional Kelly, vol-targeted, fixed-fractional — and why options sizing differs by structure.
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9 min
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7.3
Drawdown Mathematics — Why -50% Needs +100%
The convex recovery curve, time-to-recover at realistic returns, and variance drag — why two traders with the same average return finish at different terminal wealth.
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8 min
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7.4
The Psychology of Cutting Losses
The disposition effect, sunk-cost fallacy, entry-price anchoring, and the mechanical exit rules that bypass discretion at the moment of loss.
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8 min
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7.5
Building Discipline — Pre-Trade Rules & Post-Trade Reviews
The five-field pre-trade checklist, the three-cadence review system (daily / weekly / monthly), and the honest signals that justify scaling up or down.
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9 min
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7.6
Tilt Recognition & Recovery
The four biological symptoms of tilt, the mandatory cool-down rules, and a recovery sequence to get your edge back.
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15 min
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7.7
Trader Journeys (Case Studies)
Composite case studies of how real traders go from blow-up account to professional consistency — the recovery and discipline arc this module is built around.
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15 min
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7.8
Quantitative Trading Journal
The 12-field journal template that turns a year of trades into a personal alpha report. Self-knowledge as edge.
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14 min
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