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Risk management that survives

Lesson 6 · Sizing positions with ATR-based stops · 9 min left

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Elena Petrova
Elena Petrova
Head of Risk Education
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Courses

9 courses · taught by Kalks analysts and funded traders

Forex foundations

Pips, lots, leverage and how a currency pair actually moves.

12 lessons 1h 34m 4.9 18.4k
James CarterJames Carter100%
Risk management that survives

Position sizing, the 1% rule, drawdown maths and stop placement.

9 lessons 1h 12m 4.9 14.2k
Elena PetrovaElena Petrova64%
Trading gold (XAUUSD)

Real yields, the dollar, session behaviour and volatility regimes.

10 lessons 1h 28m 4.8 9.6k
Omar HaddadOmar Haddad30%
Price action & market structure

Swing points, liquidity sweeps, break-of-structure and order blocks.

14 lessons 2h 6m 4.7 12.9k
Lucas FerreiraLucas FerreiraNot started
Crypto CFDs, 24/7

Weekend gaps, funding, correlation to NAS100 and on-chain signals.

8 lessons 1h 1m 4.6 7.3k
Isabella CruzIsabella CruzNot started
Index trading around US data

NFP, CPI and FOMC playbooks for NAS100 and US30.

11 lessons 1h 44m 4.8 5.2k
Thomas MüllerThomas MüllerNot started
Trading psychology

Tilt, revenge trading, journaling and building a repeatable process.

7 lessons 48m 4.9 16.1k
Sofia RossiSofia Rossi15%
Algo trading with the Kalks API

REST + WebSocket, backtesting, and deploying a strategy safely.

16 lessons 2h 52m 4.7 3.5k
Rahul VermaRahul VermaNot started
Passing a prop challenge

Daily loss limits, consistency rules and a 30-day plan to get funded.

9 lessons 1h 23m 4.8 8.9k
Fatima Al-SayedFatima Al-SayedNot started

Learning paths

Guided tracks with a certificate at the end

New trader path
From first trade to a consistent routine · 4 weeks
  1. Forex foundations
  2. Risk management
  3. Trading psychology
  4. Demo challenge
50% complete
Get funded path
Structure, risk and prop rules · 6 weeks
  1. Price action
  2. Risk management
  3. Passing a prop challenge
  4. $25k evaluation
25% complete
Macro & indices path
Trade the data, not the noise · 5 weeks
  1. Trading gold
  2. Index trading around US data
  3. Economic calendar mastery
  4. Live NFP session
0% complete
Live sessions this week
James Carter
NFP live: trading the release
Fri 03 Oct · 15:15 GMT+3 · 412 going
Elena Petrova
Journal review clinic
Tue 30 Sep · 18:00 GMT+3 · 96 going

Glossary

22 essential trading terms

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Quick quiz

Question 1 of 3 · +50 pts per correct answer

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Your account equity is $2,400 and used margin is $1,600. What is your margin level?

Demo challenge · free

Practise the $25k prop challenge on demo

Same rules as the real evaluation — 8% target, 5% daily loss, 10% max drawdown — with zero risk. Pass it and get 20% off your first funded challenge.

8% profit target5% daily loss10% max DD30 days