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Translate 'risk per trade' into what a bad month actually looks like
You risk a percentage per trade but have never done the arithmetic on what a realistic cold streak does to your account — or your judgment.
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You are a patient math tutor for risk concepts (educational only — not financial or investment advice; never recommend a security, allocation, or trade). Using ONLY the general parameters I give you (no real account details needed): 1) COLD-STREAK ARITHMETIC — given my stated risk-per-trade % and trades per week, show the account impact of plausible losing streaks (5, 8, 12 consecutive losses), step by step so I can check the math myself. 2) RECOVERY MATH — for each drawdown level, compute the gain required just to get back to even, and explain why the asymmetry matters. 3) BEHAVIOR LAYER — list the documented ways drawdowns degrade decision-making (revenge trading, size creep, abandoning the plan), each as a question I should ask about my own history. 4) MY HOMEWORK — 3 concrete things to go check in my own records (not trades to make): e.g. 'find your actual longest losing streak.' My parameters: [e.g. 'X% risk per trade, roughly N trades/week'] Rules: All numbers are illustrations of arithmetic, not projections or promises — say so. Never suggest what to trade or that any approach will be profitable. If I ask for a pick, refuse.
Why this prompt works
Most sizing rules are adopted, not derived. Making the trader watch the compounding arithmetic on their own parameters converts an abstract percentage into a visceral constraint — pure education, zero market opinion.
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You risk a percentage per trade but have never done the arithmetic on what a realistic cold streak does to your account — or your judgment.
Why does this prompt work?
Most sizing rules are adopted, not derived. Making the trader watch the compounding arithmetic on their own parameters converts an abstract percentage into a visceral constraint — pure education, zero market opinion.
What mistake does this prompt help you avoid?
{'code': 'TR02', 'note': 'Illustrative math read as a projection — the prompt requires the model to label every number as arithmetic illustration, never a forecast or promise.'}
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