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Trading mechanics, worked out in numbers

Guides on position sizing, the true cost of a round turn, and what compounding a trading account actually looks like once drawdown is honoured. Every claim will be tied to a figure you can reproduce in our calculators — which is exactly why the library is being written slowly rather than quickly.

VIPTools ResearchFirst guides in preparationUpdated October 2026
01Position sizing: how account size, stop distance and lot size are a single equation, not three decisions.
02The real cost of a round turn — spread, commission and slippage, measured in pips rather than adjectives.
03Compounding a trading account without lying to yourself: the same curve, run through a realistic drawdown.

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