The first rule: know your exposure.
Risk management is not a prediction of what markets will do. It’s a framework for understanding what can go wrong and preparing for uncertainty.
Separate probability from possibility.
Even a well-researched idea can lose money. Build a process that considers downside, liquidity, leverage, and concentration.
Concentration and correlation
Understand why holdings that look different can still move together and why diversification has limits.
Investment basics →Sizing and drawdown
Study how the size of a position changes portfolio-level exposure and the challenge of recovering from losses.
Trading basics →Leverage and liquidity
Learn why margin, derivatives, thin markets, and stop orders can introduce risks beyond a simple price forecast.
Research frameworks →Ask harder questions before committing capital.
This is an educational checklist, not a recommendation to take a particular position.
- What is the worst plausible outcome?
- Could I afford a complete loss?
- How easily could I exit?
- Do exposures overlap elsewhere?
- What assumptions could break?
- What costs or taxes apply?
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