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Risk management 101: protecting your capital in trading
February 11, 2026
Risk management is not a slogan. It is a set of hard stops the system cannot talk itself out of.
On AlgoX those gates include a drawdown limiter, a max open-trade cap, a spread filter, session-time windows, and a defined take-profit at order placement. If a condition fails, the trade does not go out.
Your job as the account owner is simpler and stricter: fund only risk capital, keep withdrawal credentials private, and treat leverage as a cost, not a shortcut.
If you cannot explain how the account would survive a month like the historical worst period, do not scale up. Read the Performance page first, then the risk section, then pricing.

