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Risk Ladder

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Position sizing via the risk ladder — multiple risk boxes for a single symbol, each with a calculated share count.

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Risk Ladder

Draw a visual risk ladder in TC2000. Horizontal lines spaced at equal risk-box units help you size positions and make clean entry/exit decisions.

Sequence of events
  1. Open the Risk Ladder layout. Locate the open price and the -4R (or +4R) price for your symbol.
  2. Example: symbol AA. Open = 35.06, -4F = 33.19.
  3. Click the Fibonacci Projection tool (one-time setup required, see the full deck).
  4. Click on the open price, drag down to the -4R price, then release.
  5. You now have a Frog Risk Ladder with four rungs, equidistant at one risk-box each.
Risk box
ATR14 (swing), Frog (balanced), R10 (intraday)
Rungs
4 default; 10 max by adding rungs
Tool
Fibonacci Projection or Retracement
Use
Size positions, read R-multiples instantly

"Jumping into a trade without a measured risk box is like riding a roller coaster without a seatbelt." The Risk Ladder makes the seatbelt visible — every horizontal line is one unit of risk.

Risk Ladder

Draw a visual risk ladder in TC2000. Horizontal lines spaced at equal risk-box units help you size positions and make clean entry/exit decisions.

Sequence of events
  1. Open the Risk Ladder layout. Locate the open price and the -4R (or +4R) price for your symbol.
  2. Example: symbol AA. Open = 35.06, -4F = 33.19.
  3. Click the Fibonacci Projection tool (one-time setup required, see the full deck).
  4. Click on the open price, drag down to the -4R price, then release.
  5. You now have a Frog Risk Ladder with four rungs, equidistant at one risk-box each.
Risk box
ATR14 (swing), Frog (balanced), R10 (intraday)
Rungs
4 default; 10 max by adding rungs
Tool
Fibonacci Projection or Retracement
Use
Size positions, read R-multiples instantly

"Jumping into a trade without a measured risk box is like riding a roller coaster without a seatbelt." The Risk Ladder makes the seatbelt visible — every horizontal line is one unit of risk.

Animated demo of drawing a Frog Risk Ladder in TC2000

Position sizing via the risk ladder — multiple risk boxes for a single symbol, each with a calculated share count.

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