One of the simplest ways to survive a rough market is the 2% rule — never risk more than 2% of your total account on any single trade. If your portfolio is $10,000, that means your max acceptable loss per position is $200, which you can size using your stop-loss distance. This keeps you in the game even after a losing streak, because five bad trades in a row only costs you about 10% of your capital. Risk management is less exciting than charting moon patterns, but it is what separates traders who last from traders who blow up in week one. 🎯 The math is boring on purpose — that is what makes it work.