📌 New series: 10 days — 10 rules of futures trading
Futures trading is not about being right on every trade.
It’s about managing risk and thinking in probabilities.
Today’s rule is the one that separates gambling from trading 👇
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Day 2 / 10
Why professionals think in R, not percentages
Statements like
“+3% profit” or “−2% loss”
sound meaningful — but in reality, they explain very little.
Professional traders think in R, not in percentages.
1R = your predefined risk per trade.
It’s the amount you are willing to lose if the idea fails.
Typical structure:
• Stop loss = −1R
• Take profit = +2R or +3R
This changes how you see trading.
Instead of focusing on a single outcome,
you start thinking in series of trades.
Example:
10 trades
✔️ 4 winners at +2R
❌ 6 losers at −1R
Result: +2R,
even with only 40% win rate.
That’s why:
• one trade is noise
• several trades are randomness
• 50–100 trades show real performance
Thinking in R helps you:
• stay disciplined with stop losses
• reduce emotional decisions
• focus on long-term consistency
Conclusion:
I’m not trying to be right.
I’m trying to be profitable over time.
Next post:
why leverage itself isn’t dangerous —
poor position sizing is.
$BNB #FutureTarding