#TradingTool101 The "Buy the Dip" Trap They Don't Teach You

Let me break this down for you like a teacher explaining a brutal math problem—because that's exactly what this is.

You’ve heard it a million times:

"Just DCA!"

"Buy the dip—it’s free money!"

But here’s the cold, hard truth they won’t show you—the math of losses.

The Painful Reality of Drawdowns

Lose 10%? You need +11% just to break even. (Not bad, right?)

Lose 50%? Now you need +100%—a DOUBLE just to get back to zero.

Lose 90%? You need a 10X (900%) rally just to see your original capital