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FIVE IRON LAWS OF CONTRACT WARFARE: THE DISCIPLINE THAT KEEPS YOU IN THE MARKET
Survival in contracts is not about accuracy.
It is about control.
The first law is position sizing. I decide risk before I decide direction. If size is wrong, even perfect analysis becomes irrelevant. Risk defines survival, not prediction.
The second law is leverage restraint. Leverage is not power—it is amplification. And amplification cuts both ways. I reduce leverage when volatility increases, not when confidence increases.
The third law is pre-defined exits. Every trade must already know its end. If I am deciding exits during emotion, the trade is already uncontrolled.
The fourth law is emotional separation from loss. A loss is not failure. It is completed data. The moment I try to recover it emotionally, I start losing structurally.
The fifth law is exposure control. Even correct traders destroy themselves by over-trading. I limit participation even when opportunities exist. Discipline is sometimes refusing good setups.
The real truth is simple.
You don’t win contracts by being right often.
You win by not being destroyed when you are wrong.
And that is the only edge that compounds.