RiskShieldHow Much Should You Risk Per Trade in Crypto Futures?
Not a feeling. A number, decided before you enter — and the math for why it should be small.
Most experienced traders risk 1–2% of their account on any single trade. It sounds conservative — until you see what happens on the other end of the scale.
Your risk amount, live
Enter your account balance and drag the risk % — this is exactly what the app shows above the slider.
Loss vs. the gain needed to recover
Try your own drawdown
Where 1–2% comes from
At 2% risk, a brutal 10-trade losing streak costs roughly 18% of the account — painful, but a ~22% gain fixes it. At 10% risk, the same streak wipes out roughly 65%, needing a near-triple to recover. Same streak, same win rate, wildly different outcomes.
Risk amount, $10,000 account
Risk-to-reward changes what's "enough"
At 1:2 risk-to-reward, you only need to win about 34% of trades to break even — your risk per trade can stay conservative while your edge compounds. Chasing 1:1 means winning over half your trades just to stay flat.
The rule that breaks all of this: raising your risk percentage after a loss to "make it back faster." That's revenge trading with extra steps.
Where this lives in the app
The Risk % slider shows your exact dollar risk in real time, next to it. Rebuilding after a loss? The Loss Recovery Planner uses this same percentage — never a higher one.