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Risk and Position Sizing

How much to risk, and what that choice does to your drawdowns. This hub covers sizing models such as Kelly and fractional Kelly, drawdown math and risk of ruin. Any simulated results are hypothetical and labeled as such, with the code kept on file.

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Kelly Sizing From a Short Backtest: The Drawdown Math

Kelly from a 100-trade backtest overbets 46% of the time. Our hypothetical simulation shows the 50% drawdown odds for full, half and quarter Kelly.

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