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Risk of ruin: How bet size decides if your account survives
Risk of ruin is the chance that a run of losses takes your account down to a point you can’t come back from. I simulated 1,000 trades, 10,000 times…
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Risk reward ratio: Why it means nothing without the win rate
The risk reward ratio compares what a trade can lose, from the entry to the stop, with what it can make, from the entry to the target. Risk $1 to…
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How do prop firms make money? A coin-flipper’s $50K challenge
Prop firms make most of their money from challenge fees, not from trading. At Topstep, even the funded account you earn by passing is simulated – the…
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Iron condor: What 38 years of S&P 500 data say about it
An iron condor is four options with the same expiry: you sell an out-of-the-money put and an out-of-the-money call, and buy a put and a call further…
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Poor man’s covered call: Testing the rules on real SPY quotes
A poor man’s covered call is a covered call where a long-dated, deep in-the-money call option stands in for the 100 shares. You buy that call, sell a…
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Cash secured put: What 19 years of S&P 500 data say about it
A cash-secured put means you sell a put option and keep enough cash in the account to buy the 100 shares if the stock falls below the strike. You get…