Trading Strategies • Risk & Position Sizing • Institutional Level

Maximum Drawdown Control (MDD)

Definition: The peak-to-trough equity decline ceiling that triggers an emergency cool-off protocol.

Comprehensive Institutional Breakdown

A professional trader defines a hard daily and weekly maximum drawdown limit (e.g. 4.5% daily drawdown, representing 3 consecutive 1.5% losses). Hitting this ceiling immediately locks the terminal until the next session.

Carl Brent Anthony Institutional Rule
3 consecutive 1.5% losses in a single day equals 4.5% equity decline, triggering mandatory terminal lockout.
Cross-Market & Execution Note
Prevents revenge trading spirals across all asset classes.