
Correlation and Concentration Risk: When Different Trades Are One Bet
Learn to identify positions driven by the same market factor, stress-test their relationship and control combined portfolio risk.
Stocks, gold, oil and Bitcoin perspectives. Read each article’s date: historical analysis is not a current trading signal.

Learn to identify positions driven by the same market factor, stress-test their relationship and control combined portfolio risk.

Use Average True Range with market structure to reduce size when volatility expands and keep cash risk controlled.

Calculate planned risk-reward, connect it with win rate and test whether realistic costs leave a positive expectancy.

Calculate notional exposure, understand maintenance margin and keep a planned stop separate from the venue’s liquidation threshold.

Compare ownership, expiry, margin, basis and roll costs before choosing between a spot market and a futures contract.

Understand spread, slippage and market impact, then include realistic round-trip execution costs before judging a setup.