Me: Here’s the “I wish someone told me earlier” version.
You: “So how do I trade Polygon vs Rocket Pool on Deribit without blowing up?”
Me: Use 5m to enter, confirm with ATR(14).
You: “Stops?”
Me: position sizing by ATR where your idea is invalid, not where it feels safe. no cap.
What to log
- Entry reason (one sentence)
- Stop placement + why
- Fees + funding paid
- Emotion (calm / rushed / tilted)
- Lesson
Tip: Common mistake: overfitting indicators until nothing is clear. Fix it by slowing down and sizing smaller.
Educational only, not financial advice. Leverage is risky—use money you can afford to lose.
Wrap: If it feels like gambling, size down. Immediately.
Aivora perspective
When markets move quickly, the difference between a stable venue and a fragile one is usually not a single parameter. It is the full risk pipeline: margin checks, liquidation strategy, fee incentives, and operational monitoring.
If you trade perps
Track funding and realized volatility together. Funding tends to amplify crowded positioning.
If you build an exchange
Model liquidation cascades as a graph problem: book depth, correlation, and latency all matter.
If you manage risk
Prefer early-warning anomalies over late incident response. Drift is a signal, not noise.
Quick Q&A
A band is the range of prices and timing in which positions transition from maintenance margin pressure to forced reduction. Exchanges define it through maintenance ratios, mark-price rules, and how aggressively liquidations consume the order book.
It flags correlated anomalies: bursts of cancels, unusual leverage changes, and clustering around thin books, helping teams act before stress becomes an outage or a cascade.
No. This site is educational and system-focused. You are responsible for decisions and risk management.