Risk Lab

Turn trading risk into numbers before emotions take over.

Use this lab to estimate expectancy, recovery pressure, survival buffer, and position size. The goal is not prediction. The goal is to make risk visible.

Education only

NAKAMOTO Trading Academy teaches market structure, risk, vocabulary, and process. It does not provide trade signals, investment advice, profit guarantees, or personal financial recommendations.

No signals

All outputs are educational estimates. They are for study and review, not trade recommendations or profit forecasts.

Four Numbers

Every learner should know these before risking capital.

Expectancy

Average result per trade.

Win rate alone is useless without average win and average loss.

Recovery

Losses need larger gains to recover.

A 20% drawdown needs a 25% gain to return to breakeven.

Risk pressure

Sizing controls survival.

A decent idea can still fail if risk per trade is too high.

Position size

Translate plan into exposure.

Size comes after stop distance and risk limit, not before.

Interactive Lab

Run the numbers before the market pressure arrives.

These tools are educational estimates. They help a learner see assumptions, recovery pressure, and sizing discipline before a real decision.

Expectancy checker

Estimate average result per trade in R terms before costs, slippage, and mistakes.

Drawdown recovery

Losses need larger percentage gains to recover because the base is smaller.

Position size estimate

Translate account balance, risk limit, and unit risk into an educational size estimate.

Pre-risk checklist

Do not call an idea complete until the key risk questions are answered.

Worked Examples

Use these examples as a study checklist.

Expectancy

45% wins, +1.8R wins, -1R losses.

Expected result: (0.45 x 1.8) - (0.55 x 1.0) = +0.26R before costs and slippage.

Drawdown

12% loss needs about 13.6% recovery.

Recovery return = drawdown divided by remaining capital. The deeper the hole, the harder the climb.

Position Size

$10,000 account, 1% risk, $50 stop.

Risk budget is $100. If each unit risks $50, maximum educational size is 2 units before costs.

Risk Rule

Pause when behavior breaks.

If a learner moves stops, revenge trades, or ignores invalidation, the plan has already failed.

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