Risk of ruin
The probability that a string of losses wipes out your trading capital.
Risk of ruin rises with bet size and falls with edge and bankroll: even a positive-expectancy system can blow up if positions are too large. Keeping per-trade risk small is what pushes this probability toward zero and lets the edge play out.
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Position sizing, stops, and surviving the drawdowns.
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