Law I
PLANNED ARMS ON GO
Rule of Engagement
Size Before Conviction
Position size is set by the stop, not the feeling. If the math says the trade is too big, the trade is too big — conviction is not a sizing input.
Room 05 · The Guard Dog
RISK DOCTRINE
The engine that keeps the engine alive. Risk gets a vote on every order — no exceptions, no overrides, no “just this once.” Position sizing, exposure limits, kill-switch rules, drawdown caps. This room decides whether a trade is a trade.
STATUS PLANNED — OPENS ON GO
The Laws of Survival
Room 05 · Risk Management
Law II
PLANNED ARMS ON GO
Rule of Engagement
The Kill Switch Is Sacred
Max drawdown caps exist to be hit, not negotiated with. When the cap speaks, the desk flattens. There is no version of events where the guard dog asks nicely twice.
Law III
PLANNED ARMS ON GO
Rule of Engagement
Correlation Is Exposure
Six positions that are all one trade is one trade. The room sizes the portfolio the market sees, not the spreadsheet that flatters it.
Law IV
PLANNED ARMS ON GO
Rule of Engagement
Risk Never Sleeps
Overnight gaps, weekend events, 23-hour sessions — the rules of engagement are written for the worst hour of the week, not the best.
What the Room Builds
Rules · Guards · Autopsies
Rules
Rules of Engagement
Written risk plans per strategy: max risk per trade, per day, per week. Hard limits the automation enforces without asking.
Guards
Automated Guards
Exposure monitors, volatility circuit breakers, stale-feed protection. When the engine trades alone, the guards are the adult in the room.
Autopsies
Loss Autopsies
Every max-loss day gets dissected: was it variance or violation? The answer decides what gets fixed — the rules or the trader.
“A trade without a risk plan is a bet, not a trade. This room decides which is which.”