Fear of drawdown: what does it do to your trading?

Fear of the drawdown is often worse than the drawdown itself: it shrinks position size to nothing, skips valid setups and locks in stagnation. The fear protects but also imprisons.

How do you manage it?

• how drawdown fear shows up for you
• the data that calms it
• how you trade through the fear

The drawdown guide gives the numbers that make drawdowns survivable.