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RiskMetricsMonte Carlo simulation for trading results
Learn how projection and reshuffle simulations turn your trade history into fan charts, drawdown ranges, and testable risk questions.
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GlossaryRiskMaximum drawdown
Maximum drawdown is the largest peak-to-trough decline in account equity over a period, measured in currency or percent.
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GlossaryRiskDrawdown recovery
Drawdown recovery is the percentage gain needed to climb back to a prior equity peak after a loss — and it grows faster than the loss itself.
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MetricsRiskMaximum Adverse Excursion (MAE)
The worst unrealized loss a trade survived — and what your MAE distribution says about whether stops are doing real work.
3 min read
RiskPosition sizingRisk of ruin
The portfolio-level survival metric: the probability your account hits a defined drawdown threshold before your edge has time to play out.
6 min read