Trade-log gating — earn your size
Size is something you earn, not something you assume. This page keeps a live readout of your logged results so sizing follows evidence rather than confidence.
First, there was never a 1-10% rule. Those figures came from V43, where 1% / 5% / 10% — and an opening 100% — are values typed into a position-size calculator to demonstrate the leverage formula, each framed "let's say" or "what if". V43 never prescribes a risk level.
Second, the ladder below (trade counts, win bands, 0.25% floor, ≥1.5R requirement) has no basis in the transcripts — a corpus-wide search returns nothing for "expectancy", "0.25%", "50 trades", "1.5R" or "max stack". Worse, its ≥1.5R gate contradicts the method:
you're going to go bankrupt if you take losing one-to-one trades. If you're taking very high probability 1:1 trades, then you're going to get enough of them(V89 @ 00:47:21). A gate demanding 1.5R would reject Syndotc's own trades.
What he actually says:
take 1% risk, 1% reward, little bit more ideally, just cover fees and that's it(V89 @ 02:47:37) — and for a $1,000 account specifically,
all you're really trying to make is 10 bucks a day(V89 @ 02:44:42). Scaling is by equity milestones, not trade counts:
after every three doubles, you double what you're risking, with the guardrail
you can't just keep doubling it because it doesn't work. You will lose it all(V89 @ 07:52:29). The on-ramp is paper trading → small real trades (~$10) → 1% (V63 @ 10:23).
The principle of earning your size is genuinely his. The specific ladder below is not — treat it as one editor's risk framework, kept because logging trades is worth doing, and read the equity-milestone rule above as the sourced version.
Your current gate · live
The ladder
Risk per trade is capped by the band you've earned. Win rate measured on closed trades only — open trades don't count.
| Tier | Closed trades | Measured win rate (avg ≥1.5R) | Max risk / trade | Max stack (all open trades) |
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"Highest conviction" trades may double the band's risk, but never above 2× — and only when ≥1 trade in the same setup bucket has already closed at +2R or better. No exception bypasses the band.
Per-trade dollar-risk calculator
Enter your account size and the gate's verdict gives you your maximum dollar risk for the next trade.
How to log a trade so it counts
A trade only contributes to your gate if it closes with an outcome and a recorded R. Use the floating + button anywhere on the site (or the Journal page) to log:
- Entry — pair, direction, TF, setup type, entry price, stop price (this fixes 1R)
- Exit — outcome (TP1 / TP2 / TP3 / TP-full / stopped / closed manual) and the R achieved
- Optional but useful — regime tag (trending / ranging / parabolic / news), screenshot URL, post-mortem note
Logging only winners or only losers will skew your gate — log every trade you take, including the embarrassing ones. The gate exists to prevent ruin, not to flatter you.
Companion reads: Layer 5 · Risk Management · Antichart pairs · WT-8 averaging blow-up (the trade this gate would have refused at Add 3).