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Risk Management · Module 4: Building a Risk Plan · Lesson 3

Common Risk Mistakes

Beginner 6 minLesson 15 of 15

Learning objectives

  • Explain common risk mistakes in plain language
  • Understand why it matters to markets
  • Recognise a common misconception

The concept

Oversizing, moving stops, averaging down on losers, revenge trading, and ignoring correlation.

Why it matters

Most account blow-ups come from a few repeated mistakes.

How markets interpret it

Awareness plus rules reduces them.

Key takeaways

  • Name your mistakes to prevent them.

Knowledge check

Adding to a losing position without a plan is called…

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