Video wird geladen...

Video konnte nicht geladen werden

Zur Startseite

Tighten the stop, size up. That isn't aggressive risk-taking; it's the actual math of R-multiple position sizing. Brian Shannon walks through it on TraderLion. The originator of Anchored VWAP and a 35-year professional trader breaks down how a $100K account with $1,000 max risk gets 4,000 shares on a...

TraderLion's profile picture

TraderLion

226,569 subscribers

22,888 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten •via X (Twitter)

LIVE

Anya Rossi• Live Now

Private livecam show

0 Kommentare

Keine Kommentare verfügbar

Kommentare vom Original-Post werden hier angezeigt

Ähnliche Videos

Most swing traders size off a daily chart stop. That wide stop forces a small position to keep risk in check. Shake drops to the 30-minute chart for the entry. The stop tightens, and the math allows three times the shares on the identical risk budget. Same trade idea, same dollar risk — the only difference is where you measured your stop.
2:59

Most swing traders size off a daily chart stop. That wide stop forces a small position to keep risk in check. Shake drops to the 30-minute chart for the entry. The stop tightens, and the math allows three times the shares on the identical risk budget. Same trade idea, same dollar risk — the only difference is where you measured your stop.

TraderLion

31,856 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

How to set a real stop and size the trade around it. Plan the exit first. Mark where the idea is wrong... that’s your stop. Example: BTC long on an OB retest; stop below invalidation. Check R:R before entry. Size to the stop distance so a loss = your fixed $ risk. If it runs, great. If it doesn’t, you lose exactly what you planned. Nothing more. Full trading course 👇🧵
1:33

How to set a real stop and size the trade around it. Plan the exit first. Mark where the idea is wrong... that’s your stop. Example: BTC long on an OB retest; stop below invalidation. Check R:R before entry. Size to the stop distance so a loss = your fixed $ risk. If it runs, great. If it doesn’t, you lose exactly what you planned. Nothing more. Full trading course 👇🧵

Breakout

19,884 Aufrufe • vor 11 Monaten

Mastering the math of position sizing by capping initial risk at exactly 0.4% to 0.5% is the key to executing stress-free add-on buys. Marios Stamatoudis, a disciplined breakout trader known for his strict mathematical approach to risk management, details his precise framework for scaling into winning stocks. By taking strategic early partial profits, traders completely neutralize their initial downside and create the opportunity for a free-roll add, effectively using the market's money to finance a much larger position. Keep risk mathematically small at the initial entry so you can safely bet big when the primary trend is entirely in your favor.
3:28

Mastering the math of position sizing by capping initial risk at exactly 0.4% to 0.5% is the key to executing stress-free add-on buys. Marios Stamatoudis, a disciplined breakout trader known for his strict mathematical approach to risk management, details his precise framework for scaling into winning stocks. By taking strategic early partial profits, traders completely neutralize their initial downside and create the opportunity for a free-roll add, effectively using the market's money to finance a much larger position. Keep risk mathematically small at the initial entry so you can safely bet big when the primary trend is entirely in your favor.

TraderLion

19,154 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

Ok everyone the app is now LIVE. You first enter your account size, current market price, and price you want to exit (stop loss). It then allows you to: - Calculates number of shares - Clarifies what your max loss will be - Add targets to see potential profit - Calculates risk reward ratio This should help you quickly calculate sizing in your account and help you quickly take advantage of market opportunities without worrying about math. Here is a demo video showing you how it works. Hope you like it! Find it live at
0:37

Ok everyone the app is now LIVE. You first enter your account size, current market price, and price you want to exit (stop loss). It then allows you to: - Calculates number of shares - Clarifies what your max loss will be - Add targets to see potential profit - Calculates risk reward ratio This should help you quickly calculate sizing in your account and help you quickly take advantage of market opportunities without worrying about math. Here is a demo video showing you how it works. Hope you like it! Find it live at

munky

12,187 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

$13K left in the account. $12K borrowed against credit cards. A $25K minimum at the prop firm. That's how Brian Shannon started his real career on a 20-to-1 leverage trading floor, right after Chantal Pharmaceutical had nearly wiped him out. The founder of says every age has its own math for risk, and at 25 with no kids, betting on himself was the right call. Premiering now on YouTube:
3:23

$13K left in the account. $12K borrowed against credit cards. A $25K minimum at the prop firm. That's how Brian Shannon started his real career on a 20-to-1 leverage trading floor, right after Chantal Pharmaceutical had nearly wiped him out. The founder of says every age has its own math for risk, and at 25 with no kids, betting on himself was the right call. Premiering now on YouTube:

TraderLion

21,467 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

Most traders obsess over their win rate. Minervini doesn't. He explains why you can strike out seven out of ten times and still win -- as long as the math on risk-reward works in your favor over hundreds of trades. The holy grail isn't a setup. It's asymmetry.
3:19

Most traders obsess over their win rate. Minervini doesn't. He explains why you can strike out seven out of ten times and still win -- as long as the math on risk-reward works in your favor over hundreds of trades. The holy grail isn't a setup. It's asymmetry.

TraderLion

113,789 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

AMD just sold off on AI demand fears. Three days earlier it was an outlier rip. Martin Luk -- the 2025 U.S. Investing Champion who returned +969% -- bought the breakout off a tight EMA cluster and got a 42R trade after an unexpected gap up. Most traders only think about gap risk to the downside. Luk says outliers cut both ways -- the trick is being positioned with tight risk so the upside outliers actually matter. The gap that hurts you is the same shape as the one that makes your year.
1:35

AMD just sold off on AI demand fears. Three days earlier it was an outlier rip. Martin Luk -- the 2025 U.S. Investing Champion who returned +969% -- bought the breakout off a tight EMA cluster and got a 42R trade after an unexpected gap up. Most traders only think about gap risk to the downside. Luk says outliers cut both ways -- the trick is being positioned with tight risk so the upside outliers actually matter. The gap that hurts you is the same shape as the one that makes your year.

TraderLion

18,397 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

5) Reducing Risk As price starts to run up, I reduce my risk by pushing my stop-loss up to my entry point. I close half the trade at the first target, and let the rest run. If price comes back to stop me out, I break even on the last contracts. This is how a pro trader manages a position…
0:59

5) Reducing Risk As price starts to run up, I reduce my risk by pushing my stop-loss up to my entry point. I close half the trade at the first target, and let the rest run. If price comes back to stop me out, I break even on the last contracts. This is how a pro trader manages a position…

EnhancedMarket

11,095 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

I’ve built an order execution tool specifically for IB users. The open-source code is available on GitHub, but since most traders probably prefer something simple and ready to use, I also made an executable (.exe) version and uploaded it to Google Drive. This order execution tool can automatically retrieve your account balance and calculate position size based on your specified risk %. You can choose to set the stop loss at the LOD (low of the day) or enter it manually. The tool automatically places stop orders according to your stop level, one stop or 3 stops Why three stop orders? You can refer to Jeff Sun, CFTe Jeff Sun’s article for the reasoning behind this risk management approach. It also comes with customizable hotkeys for quick and efficient order placement. In the demo video, I used a virtual keyboard to show you how it works in real time. Lastly, this tool is completely free to use. If you find it helpful, you’re welcome to buy me a coffee — your support is what keeps me motivated to keep improving and adding new features. I’ve recorded a demo video showing how to set it up and use it — it’s already posted on X for reference. Github: Googledrive:
2:12

I’ve built an order execution tool specifically for IB users. The open-source code is available on GitHub, but since most traders probably prefer something simple and ready to use, I also made an executable (.exe) version and uploaded it to Google Drive. This order execution tool can automatically retrieve your account balance and calculate position size based on your specified risk %. You can choose to set the stop loss at the LOD (low of the day) or enter it manually. The tool automatically places stop orders according to your stop level, one stop or 3 stops Why three stop orders? You can refer to Jeff Sun, CFTe Jeff Sun’s article for the reasoning behind this risk management approach. It also comes with customizable hotkeys for quick and efficient order placement. In the demo video, I used a virtual keyboard to show you how it works in real time. Lastly, this tool is completely free to use. If you find it helpful, you’re welcome to buy me a coffee — your support is what keeps me motivated to keep improving and adding new features. I’ve recorded a demo video showing how to set it up and use it — it’s already posted on X for reference. Github: Googledrive:

Will Hu

29,336 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten

Most traders panic on gap-downs and get stopped out immediately. Brian Shannon teaches a method for avoiding premature stop-outs by observing post-gap price action. This allows you to differentiate between a temporary dip and a true breakdown, potentially saving profitable positions. Observe before you react.
3:02

Most traders panic on gap-downs and get stopped out immediately. Brian Shannon teaches a method for avoiding premature stop-outs by observing post-gap price action. This allows you to differentiate between a temporary dip and a true breakdown, potentially saving profitable positions. Observe before you react.

TraderLion

19,455 Aufrufe • vor 15 Tagen

Q showing a 7 star setup on a 5 star scale. "this is like a big big move, goes sideways. builds a tight range, and look at how tight it gets look at this thing, it breaks out and boom. this is like a seven star setup on a five star scale. memorize this this is the basic principle we're trying to like stocks move like stairs. right, you get a leg higher, sideways, leg higher, sideways you get another step higher, sideways, step higher sideways, so we are trying to identify the areas when the next step higher could be formed. you know tight areas we're looking for tight areas so we can get a tight stop so we can get a good risk reward. This is how stocks move. like this one is kind of a perfect one most are not perfect but this is the basic principle this is how stocks have moved in 100 years and there is no reason they should stop moving like this just because you're getting started in trading..."
1:10

Q showing a 7 star setup on a 5 star scale. "this is like a big big move, goes sideways. builds a tight range, and look at how tight it gets look at this thing, it breaks out and boom. this is like a seven star setup on a five star scale. memorize this this is the basic principle we're trying to like stocks move like stairs. right, you get a leg higher, sideways, leg higher, sideways you get another step higher, sideways, step higher sideways, so we are trying to identify the areas when the next step higher could be formed. you know tight areas we're looking for tight areas so we can get a tight stop so we can get a good risk reward. This is how stocks move. like this one is kind of a perfect one most are not perfect but this is the basic principle this is how stocks have moved in 100 years and there is no reason they should stop moving like this just because you're getting started in trading..."

Qullamaggie Wisdom

24,723 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

“We were going to hit this IED factory. We had the bolt cutters ready, called up for clearance, and were told the new rules of engagement meant we couldn’t cut the lock. It was a gym lock the size of what a seven-year-old puts on her locker. How could you possibly risk all these lives and then let a tiny lock stop the mission?” Secretary of the Army
9:19

“We were going to hit this IED factory. We had the bolt cutters ready, called up for clearance, and were told the new rules of engagement meant we couldn’t cut the lock. It was a gym lock the size of what a seven-year-old puts on her locker. How could you possibly risk all these lives and then let a tiny lock stop the mission?” Secretary of the Army

Shawn Ryan

115,746 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten

Mark Minervini never goes all in on the first entry. Every position starts at a fourth, a fifth, a sixth of full size. He only adds when the trade proves him right -- never when it's going against him. The best trades let you add. The worst ones demand it.
3:16

Mark Minervini never goes all in on the first entry. Every position starts at a fourth, a fifth, a sixth of full size. He only adds when the trade proves him right -- never when it's going against him. The best trades let you add. The worst ones demand it.

TraderLion

39,193 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

> you pay $5,000 a year for AI > and still ration every request > AMD just broke that math > Ryzen AI Max+ 395. 200B on one die. > EVO-X2. Claude Code. one evening. > one variable and Claude Code points at your room > nothing leaves the network. nothing on the meter. > stop paying per token stop rationing > the edge isn't the cloud. it's the meter being off.
0:31

> you pay $5,000 a year for AI > and still ration every request > AMD just broke that math > Ryzen AI Max+ 395. 200B on one die. > EVO-X2. Claude Code. one evening. > one variable and Claude Code points at your room > nothing leaves the network. nothing on the meter. > stop paying per token stop rationing > the edge isn't the cloud. it's the meter being off.

RetroChainer

81,891 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

Qullamaggie Shows a 7 Star Setup on a 5 Star Scale “And PRTS, this one we looked at on stream the day it broke out. Someone mentioned it several days before. This is like a 7-star setup on a 5-star scale. This is like a big, big move, goes sideways, builds a tight range, and look at how tight it gets. Look at this thing, it breaks out and boom. This is like a seven star setup on a five star scale. Memorize this. This is the basic principle we're trying to, like stocks move like stairs, right? You get a leg higher, sideways, leg higher, sideways. You get another step higher, sideways, step higher, sideways. So we are trying to identify the areas when the next step higher could be formed. You know, tight areas, we're looking for tight areas so we can get a tight stop, so we can get a good risk reward. This is how stocks move, like, not like this one is kind of a perfect one, most are not perfect, but this is the basic principle. This is how stocks have moved for 100 years, and there's no reason they shouldn't stop moving like this, just because you're getting started.”
1:21

Qullamaggie Shows a 7 Star Setup on a 5 Star Scale “And PRTS, this one we looked at on stream the day it broke out. Someone mentioned it several days before. This is like a 7-star setup on a 5-star scale. This is like a big, big move, goes sideways, builds a tight range, and look at how tight it gets. Look at this thing, it breaks out and boom. This is like a seven star setup on a five star scale. Memorize this. This is the basic principle we're trying to, like stocks move like stairs, right? You get a leg higher, sideways, leg higher, sideways. You get another step higher, sideways, step higher, sideways. So we are trying to identify the areas when the next step higher could be formed. You know, tight areas, we're looking for tight areas so we can get a tight stop, so we can get a good risk reward. This is how stocks move, like, not like this one is kind of a perfect one, most are not perfect, but this is the basic principle. This is how stocks have moved for 100 years, and there's no reason they shouldn't stop moving like this, just because you're getting started.”

Lone

21,292 Aufrufe • vor 11 Monaten

Another day, another massacre in Gaza. And for every day that this continues, the risk of a regional war that drags in the US goes up. Only one thing can stop this: A ceasefire. Only one person effectively stands in the way of it: Joe Biden. #CeasefireNOW
0:49

Another day, another massacre in Gaza. And for every day that this continues, the risk of a regional war that drags in the US goes up. Only one thing can stop this: A ceasefire. Only one person effectively stands in the way of it: Joe Biden. #CeasefireNOW

Trita Parsi

123,641 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

The pod shops measure risk in factors and volatility. A manager who's compounded ~20% a year defines risk completely differently: Sean D. Emory explains: "Pods think about risk as factors and volatility. I'm in the old-school camp." "Risk isn't a stock price going up and down." "Risk is permanent loss of capital. It's the fundamentals of the business." "We break it into the six M's: management, market, market share, margins, multiple expansion, margin of safety." "You won't find us in overly levered names a left-field shock could kill overnight." "Get that right, and time is on your side."
1:55

The pod shops measure risk in factors and volatility. A manager who's compounded ~20% a year defines risk completely differently: Sean D. Emory explains: "Pods think about risk as factors and volatility. I'm in the old-school camp." "Risk isn't a stock price going up and down." "Risk is permanent loss of capital. It's the fundamentals of the business." "We break it into the six M's: management, market, market share, margins, multiple expansion, margin of safety." "You won't find us in overly levered names a left-field shock could kill overnight." "Get that right, and time is on your side."

Ethan Kho

16,354 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

One common reason why traders blow up is because of poor position sizing. In other words, how much do you bet on a trade. You can be right on direction 60% of the time and still lose everything if you size your positions poorly. One oversized trade can wipe out months of gains. This is why position sizing is a big part of risk management. Sandeep Rao - SEBI Reg. RA🖖 recently spoke to Tom Basso, one of the original Market Wizards, to discuss his approach to trading. I was listening to the interview and the one thing that stood out to me was how Tom's thinking on position sizing evolved over decades. He started simple: risk the same percentage of equity on every trade, inspired by Larry Hite's philosophy that every bet should be equal in terms of potential loss. But then came a silver trade with explosive volatility. Clients were calling, nervous about the wild swings. So he realized it wasn't just about the amount you could lose—it was also about the speed of movement. High volatility creates psychological stress that leads to poor decisions. So he added a second layer: volatility as a percentage of equity. Now he'd calculate both risk % and volatility %, then take the smaller of the two. Then came the third refinement: margin-to-equity ratios. Some markets have deceptively low risk and volatility but require high margin because of sudden jump risk. By incorporating all three factors, he never got caught overexposed. The result was a position sizing system that automatically scales down when markets get too volatile, protects against margin squeezes, and keeps portfolio risk in check. It's really interesting conversation. Link to the full interview is in the comments.
4:58

One common reason why traders blow up is because of poor position sizing. In other words, how much do you bet on a trade. You can be right on direction 60% of the time and still lose everything if you size your positions poorly. One oversized trade can wipe out months of gains. This is why position sizing is a big part of risk management. Sandeep Rao - SEBI Reg. RA🖖 recently spoke to Tom Basso, one of the original Market Wizards, to discuss his approach to trading. I was listening to the interview and the one thing that stood out to me was how Tom's thinking on position sizing evolved over decades. He started simple: risk the same percentage of equity on every trade, inspired by Larry Hite's philosophy that every bet should be equal in terms of potential loss. But then came a silver trade with explosive volatility. Clients were calling, nervous about the wild swings. So he realized it wasn't just about the amount you could lose—it was also about the speed of movement. High volatility creates psychological stress that leads to poor decisions. So he added a second layer: volatility as a percentage of equity. Now he'd calculate both risk % and volatility %, then take the smaller of the two. Then came the third refinement: margin-to-equity ratios. Some markets have deceptively low risk and volatility but require high margin because of sudden jump risk. By incorporating all three factors, he never got caught overexposed. The result was a position sizing system that automatically scales down when markets get too volatile, protects against margin squeezes, and keeps portfolio risk in check. It's really interesting conversation. Link to the full interview is in the comments.

Nithin Kamath

59,268 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

Nassim Taleb, options trader and author of "The Black Swan": "Wall Street pays $500K for a five-year track record. I traded options for two decades and watched records like that vanish in a single afternoon." the article above is about telling a real edge from luck. taleb built his whole career and his books on one warning: a track record is the weakest evidence there is. a trader can win every single day for years and still be sitting on a hidden risk. the five good years don't prove skill, they just haven't met the one bad day yet. that is the entire "fooled by randomness" trap, dressed up as a resume. and you only ever see the survivors. for every rich trader with a spotless record, thousands ran the same reckless bet and quietly blew up. the graveyard is silent, so the lucky fool looks like a genius. none of this is new, taleb has said it for 25 years and the talk is free. same point as my article: a winning streak is not evidence. here is the edge, and it isn't a hot record. it's surviving. sizing so your one bad day can't erase you, and staying skeptical of your own success while everyone else worships theirs.
50:03

Nassim Taleb, options trader and author of "The Black Swan": "Wall Street pays $500K for a five-year track record. I traded options for two decades and watched records like that vanish in a single afternoon." the article above is about telling a real edge from luck. taleb built his whole career and his books on one warning: a track record is the weakest evidence there is. a trader can win every single day for years and still be sitting on a hidden risk. the five good years don't prove skill, they just haven't met the one bad day yet. that is the entire "fooled by randomness" trap, dressed up as a resume. and you only ever see the survivors. for every rich trader with a spotless record, thousands ran the same reckless bet and quietly blew up. the graveyard is silent, so the lucky fool looks like a genius. none of this is new, taleb has said it for 25 years and the talk is free. same point as my article: a winning streak is not evidence. here is the edge, and it isn't a hot record. it's surviving. sizing so your one bad day can't erase you, and staying skeptical of your own success while everyone else worships theirs.

Rossst.03

77,501 Aufrufe • vor 26 Tagen