Your Risk Management Is Too Reactive
- Timothy Pollard
- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min read
April 1, 2022
Most traders treat risk like a fire extinguisher—something to reach for when things go wrong. But real risk management is proactive. It’s built into every decision before the trade is even placed.
If your risk controls kick in after you're already losing money, they’re not controls—they’re reactions.
Rethink How You Define Risk
Risk isn’t just stop-loss distance.It includes position sizing, exposure to correlation, volatility shifts, and even platform downtime.
You need a playbook, not panic.A checklist of “if-this-then-that” scenarios keeps you grounded. What if spreads widen? What if slippage hits?
Risk is behavioral, too.Fatigue, revenge trading, FOMO—all increase your real exposure. Your mind is part of your risk model.
Stop Playing Defense Too Late
You can’t control the market. But you can control your exposure to it.Let us help you turn risk management into a weapon, not a safety net.