Straight answers on risk, sizing, and drawdown.
No signals, no "proven strategies" for sale — just the math and the reasoning behind the tools we build. Written for MT4/MT5 traders who want to understand a number before they trust it.
Using Watchdog: Connect an EA, Set Limits, and Get Alerted
A start-to-finish walkthrough: pairing your first Expert Advisor, setting per-account drawdown and loss limits, and turning on breach alerts and weekly email reports.
Read the guide → Risk & SizingRisk of Ruin, Explained: How to Actually Calculate It
The real formula, a worked example with actual numbers, and the position-sizing habits that push your risk of ruin higher without you noticing.
Read the guide → Prop Firm RulesTrailing vs. Static Drawdown: What Prop Firms Actually Enforce
Why two accounts with the "same" 10% drawdown rule can fail at completely different equity levels — and how to size for the one you're actually on.
Read the guide → Risk & SizingPosition Sizing Across Multiple Strategies Without Blowing Up One Account
What changes when you're not sizing one strategy in isolation, and why correlation quietly turns three safe risk budgets into one dangerous one.
Read the guide → BacktestingHow Much Backtest History Is Actually Enough to Trust?
A practical answer for MT4/MT5 EAs — trade count, sample period, and the warning signs that your backtest is telling you less than you think.
Read the guide → Strategy HealthLosing Streak or Broken Strategy? How to Tell the Difference
A short checklist for the moment every algo trader dreads — is this variance your backtest already priced in, or has the edge actually changed?
Read the guide → Trade JournalWhy a Spreadsheet Isn't a Trade Journal
A running list of P&L tells you what happened. Here's what actually belongs in an entry, and the review that makes a journal useful.
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