How Position Sizing Can Make or Break You

In trading, the biggest threats are the ones you don’t see coming. Market crashes, black swan events, and overnight gaps are easy scapegoats, but the true silent killer is far more mundane. It doesn’t make headlines or evoke dramatic stories—it just quietly erodes accounts, one oversized trade at a time.

Position sizing isn’t glamorous. It won’t give you the thrill of a perfect entry or the dopamine rush of a 300% return. But it is, without question, the difference between those who survive long enough to thrive and those who blow up before they even understand what happened.