Risk Management

Portfolio-level risk controls for crypto and Solana trading. This skill provides frameworks for drawdown management, exposure limits, circuit breakers, and crypto-specific risk considerations.

Risk Management Hierarchy

Every decision must respect this priority order:

1. Survival — Never risk account ruin. No single trade, day, or week should threaten your ability to continue trading.
2. Capital preservation — Protect what you have. Losses compound geometrically; recovery requires outsized gains.
3. Growth — Only after survival and preservation are secured, pursue returns.

Violating this hierarchy (chasing growth at the expense of survival) is the primary cause of account blowups.

Portfolio-Level Controls

1. Maximum Drawdown Limits

Halt trading when portfolio drawdown from equity peak reaches a threshold: