#risk management
10 posts
weekend perp trading: thin liquidity, gaps, and how to survive the wicks
How to trade leveraged perps on weekends. Thin liquidity dynamics, weekend gap setups, the Sunday night reset, and the rules that keep you alive on low-volume days.
Betting bankroll rules applied to perp trading
The bankroll discipline you already learned at the sportsbook works on perps with almost no modification. Here is the full mapping.
scalping perps without getting rekt: the high-frequency degen handbook
A practical handbook for scalping leveraged perps. Setups, exit discipline, fee math, and the rules that keep you alive across hundreds of small trades.
how to size a perp position based on your bankroll
practical sizing rules for high-leverage perps — fixed-fraction, the rip-unit method, and how to survive a losing streak with most of your stack intact.
how to not blow up on max leverage: the survival rulebook
Practical survival rules for max-leverage perp trading. How to avoid the death spiral, manage tilt, and not zero your account on the first bad afternoon.
position sizing for degens with small bankrolls: the survival math
A practical position sizing framework for small bankrolls on perps. Survival math, recovery curves, and rules for trading $50 to $500 without going broke in a day.
best leverage for ETH perp trading: how to size the second beast
ETH perps move differently than BTC. Here is how to pick leverage for ETH, with liquidation math, funding behavior, and rules for scalps vs swings.
best leverage for BTC perp trading: a degen-honest guide
What leverage to actually use on BTC perps. Real numbers on liquidation distance at 25x, 75x, 125x, 250x and 500x, plus when each tier makes sense.
7 mistakes new degens make on perps (and how to stop making them)
the seven most common perp trading mistakes new degens make, why they happen, and the specific behavior change that fixes each one. no copium.
liquidation price: definition, formula, and how to read it
what is a liquidation price? the precise definition, the math behind it, and how to read your liquidation level on uponly.win and any perp dex.