Scaling your account size is not just a mathematical exercise - it is a psychological progression. Sizing up too quickly magnifies dollar volatility beyond your emotional tolerance, triggering catastrophic execution errors.
Course 13 · Lesson 04
How to Scale Up Safely
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Scale position sizes gradually after proving consistency across 100+ trades.
Never increase position sizes during a drawdown in an attempt to recover losses.
KEY TERMS
Account Scaling
The systematic process of increasing lot sizes as account equity compounds.
Emotional Threshold
The dollar risk level at which trade outcomes begin causing emotional distress.
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