Swoopr Academy
Trading Risk Management
The complete per-trade and portfolio risk discipline: sizing positions from dollar risk and stop distance, placing stops at invalidation levels, matching risk limits to strategy style, and measuring results with risk-adjusted metrics.
Intermediate
You will be able to
- Size a position from maximum dollar risk divided by risk per unit, not from conviction or affordability
- Place stops at the price that invalidates the trade thesis, then size the position to that distance
- Explain why different strategy families need different risk-limit conventions and sizing bases
- Pair every return figure with a risk figure using metrics like Sharpe, Sortino, and CAGR
Trading Risk Management is a 4-module Swoopr Academy course. The complete per-trade and portfolio risk discipline: sizing positions from dollar risk and stop distance, placing stops at invalidation levels, matching risk limits to strategy style, and measuring results with risk-adjusted metrics. Complete every module's knowledge check to finish the course.
This course is an educational guide only, not personalized investment or trading advice. See our Risk Disclosure.
Recommended before this course: Investing Foundations.
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Course Outline
Modules and knowledge checks
Module 1: Position Sizing and Risk Per Trade
The core formula that converts a stop-loss level and a risk tolerance into a specific number of units to buy.
Knowledge Check
Module 2: Stops, Invalidation, and Technical Risk
Placing stops where the trade thesis is proven wrong, then sizing to that distance, in that order.
Knowledge Check
Module 3: Risk Limits by Strategy Family
Why per-trade risk conventions differ across day trading, swing trading, trend-following, mean reversion, and options.
Knowledge Check
Module 4: Measuring Risk-Adjusted Performance
Pairing every return figure with a risk figure: Sharpe, Sortino, CAGR, and what each one hides.