Engineering Alpha

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The Most Dangerous Thing in Trading, and How to Avoid It

Make Every Effort to Avoid This

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Sofien Kaabar, CFA
May 01, 2026
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If you ask a room full of traders what the most dangerous thing in trading is, you’ll get a list as long as a grocery receipt. Some will say leverage. Others will say bad brokers, poor timing, or bad strategies. A few will blame the market itself, as if the charts wake up every morning looking for victims.

But the real danger isn’t out there. It’s in the…

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