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🎄 A Christmas Trading Blow-Up: A Hard Lesson in Risk, Martingale, and Iron Condors

This is is a textbook example of how good-looking strategies, poor sizing, and false confidence can combine into a total wipe-out.

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Jan 06, 2026
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Before anything else, a big thank you to our friend Craig for flagging this situation and making sure it didn’t slip under the radar. These moments matter — not because we enjoy seeing anyone lose mo…

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