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A crypto risk-rules template for the moment before the trade

Rules work when they exist before urgency tests them. Fill the five below with your own numbers — they are your selections, not financial advice — and read the policy back as sentences. If a sentence feels unrealistic in a calm moment, it will not survive an urgent one.

Your policy, read back
Max risk per trade

No single position may plan to lose more than 1% of equity, all-in — stop distance plus fees plus adverse fill.

Max gross exposure

Total notional stays under 3× equity, across everything open at once.

Daily loss budget

After losing 3% of equity in a day, no new positions until the next session.

Cost assumption

Every size calculation includes 5 bps taker fees both ways. A size that only fits without costs does not fit.

Cooling-off action

After a stop-out, close the terminal for 30 minutes before the next entry. The rule exists for exactly the moment it feels unnecessary.

These are your selections, not advice. The product's job is to measure the next trade against them — before capital moves, and again in the weekly review.

Save these rules in Maximelion →

State the same caps in the free check and every result is measured against them. Saving the rule set needs only an email link.

What this covers

A personal policy template: the values are yours, chosen for your strategy and drawdown tolerance.
Review cadence belongs in the policy too — weekly against your recorded behaviour, not against memory.
No performance claim: a written rule improves nothing by itself. Measured adherence is what the product then shows you.

Formula and assumptions

Risk per trade is measured all-in: stop distance × size + fees + adverse fill, against reported equity.
Exposure is gross notional across all open positions, not per position.
The daily budget resets on your stated session boundary, not the venue's.

Worked example

A filled example — one trader's selections, not a standard.

Max risk per trade1% all-in
Max gross exposure3× equity
Daily loss budget3%, then flat until tomorrow
Cost assumption5 bps taker, both ways
Cooling-off30 minutes away after any stop-out

Common mistakes

Writing the rules after the oversized trade instead of before the next one.
Setting a cap you already break — the template records reality or it records fiction.
Skipping the cooling-off rule because it is not a number. It is the one that guards the others.
Keeping the rules in your head. Unwritten rules renegotiate themselves under pressure.

Limitations

This is arithmetic on numbers you supplied. It does not know your broker, your account, or the market. It does not predict price, does not say whether to take a trade, and is not advice. Maximelion is not affiliated with any broker or prop firm, and nothing here is endorsed by one.

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Last reviewed 31 July 2026