R-Multiple
A trade's outcome expressed in multiples of the amount risked, so a +2R win is twice the planned risk.
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Position Sizing
The most important and most ignored decision in trading: how much to commit to a position. The percent-risk rule, the position-size formula that turns a stop into a share count, volatility-based sizing, and why how much you risk matters far more than what you buy.
Stop Losses
The pre-decided exit that defines your risk before a trade goes wrong. The types of stop (hard, mental, trailing, guaranteed), how to place them by structure or volatility rather than by hope, why gaps mean a stop is not a guarantee, and the discipline of honouring them.
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