Where discipline protects capital
Every Jacob Decker position begins with a written plan, carries a limit set before entry and ends with an honest review.
A rule, not a performance figure: no position is opened without one.
Risk rules for every position, every market and every horizon.
Limits first
The most we are prepared to lose is decided before a position is opened, and never widened afterwards.
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Size to survive
Position size is set so that being wrong, even repeatedly, never threatens the company.
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Discipline before decision
Risk is measured, limited and owned by the person who takes it.
Our philosophyReview always
Every closed position is reviewed, winners as carefully as losers, and the record is kept.
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Every risk has an owner, and every decision a record.
"Discipline is not about avoiding every loss. It is about deciding in advance what we can afford to lose, and keeping our word to ourselves when it is uncomfortable."
A disciplined approach to every position.
See it in practiceUnderstand
Define the conditions we are prepared to act in, and ignore everything else.
Plan
Write down the reason, the size, the limit and the exit before entry.
Act
Follow the plan when it is uncomfortable. Close it if conditions change; never quietly rewrite it.
Review
Record the outcome and the reasoning, so patterns become visible over months, not days.
Boundaries that hold regardless of conditions.
- No public deposits
- No client accounts
- No promised returns
- No leverage beyond limits
- No rewritten plans
"We make no promise of zero loss. We commit to controlled loss, measured and owned by the person who took the risk."
Notes on risk, patience and review
Forthcoming perspectiveWhy we define risk before opportunity
The order in which decisions are made shapes everything that follows.
A currency day across four time zones
How liquidity moves from Abuja to New York.
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The discipline of doing nothing
Why waiting is often the right decision.
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Discipline is learned. Learn it with us.
The Graduate Trainee Programme teaches risk, sizing and review from the first week.
Graduate programme