Most beginners assume they blew up their account because they picked the wrong stock or entered a trade too early. Almost never true. The real killer is position sizing.

Here's the math nobody shows you: if you risk 10% of your account per trade, it only takes 7 losing trades in a row to cut your account in half. Risk 2% per trade instead, and that same losing streak only costs you 13%. Same losing streak, wildly different outcome — because the sizing was different, not the strategy.

Before you touch another chart pattern or indicator, fix this first:

• Decide your max risk per trade (1-2% is standard for a reason)

• Calculate position size from your stop loss distance, not from a gut feeling

• Write both numbers down before you enter, not after

I put together a full course on this exact framework — risk management, chart reading, and how to actually build a trading plan instead of guessing — over at Market Mastery Lab if anyone wants to go deeper. But even if you never take a course from anyone, fix your position sizing this week. It's the cheapest edge in trading and almost nobody uses it.