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Professional traders never risk more than 1% per trade. Here is exactly why. When I look back at the $5,400 I torched in my early days, I realize it wasn't my inability to predict the next $ETH leg up that killed me; it was my ego disguised as position sizing. I treated the market like a casino, going all-in on a RENDER breakout without a structural plan, only to be liquidated by a standard volatility wick. The 1% rule is simple: never risk more than 1% of your total account equity on a single setup. If you have a $1,000 account, you only risk $10. Period.

The math is the only thing standing between you and insolvency. If you stick to the 1% rule, you would need to lose 100 consecutive trades to drain your account to...