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Many new traders fail not because of bad strategies, but because they ignore risk.
I’ve seen this personally and even felt it early in my journey. You make some profit, feel confident, take big trades… and boom – you lose it all.
That's when I learned: trading is not about winning big, it's about not losing big.
Now, I only trade with stop losses, proper sizing, and I always plan my exit before I enter. This one shift saved me from blowing my account again.
Don’t wait for losses to teach you. Respect risk.