Risk Management
Position sizing, stops and leverage — the skills that decide survival.
5 lessons · ~30 min
In short
Risk Management is Fundezy's intermediate course on the skills that decide survival: five lessons, about 30 minutes, each with a scored quiz. It teaches the fixed-fractional sizing formula — lots = risk ÷ (stop distance × 100,000) — so a 1%-risk trade on the 100,000 account is arithmetic, not instinct; stop-loss placement at the level that actually invalidates the idea; risk–reward ratios and the expectancy formula that lets a 40% win rate print money at 1:2; the platform's regulator-style leverage tiers and their full margin mechanics, including pending-order margin reservation, margin calls at 100% and stop-outs at 50%; and the recovery asymmetry that makes a 50% drawdown cost twice what it looks like. Outcomes: compute lot size from any stop distance, place stops at invalidation rather than comfort, quote breakeven win rates from memory, and survive the losing streaks that end most trading careers.
- 7 min
Position Sizing: The 1% Rule
How many lots? It is arithmetic, not instinct.
- 6 min
Stop-Losses That Mean Something
A stop is a price where your idea is wrong — not a pain threshold.
- 6 min
Risk–Reward and Expectancy
You can lose more often than you win and still compound.
- 6 min
Leverage and Margin
Leverage doesn’t raise your risk — position size does. But margin can force exits.
- 5 min
Drawdown: The Math of Recovery
Why avoiding big losses beats chasing big wins.