Someone asked me: "Noah, should I reduce my position size because I feel scared?"

Here's what I told him.

Position size is not about feelings. It's part of your system.

Fear, confidence, excitement none of these should decide how big you trade.

Because here's what happens:

You feel confident → you size up → you blow up.

You feel scared → you size down → you delay the blow-up.

You don't know what you're doing. That's why you're scared.

Fear comes when you don't know:

- What your system actually does

- How much it can lose

- How often it wins

- How long losing streaks last

When you don't understand your system, every loss feels personal. Every trade feels dangerous.

Reducing size just to "feel comfortable" is like putting tape on a leaking pipe.

Position size comes from math, not mood.

When you test your strategy properly.

When you know how it behaves across 100 trades.

When you know what drawdown looks like.

Fear goes quiet.

Not because you became brave. Because you became prepared.

You stop fighting losses.

You stop praying for wins.

You stop reacting.

You already accepted the risk before you entered.

People who reduce size out of fear always increase it again after a few wins.

Today scared. Tomorrow overconfident. Then disaster.

Emotional sizing never ends well.

If your system has no edge, changing size won't save you.

If your system has edge, correct sizing protects you automatically.

So don't ask: "How much should I trade so I feel okay?"

Ask: "How much should I trade so I never go broke?"

Big difference.

Learn your system. Test it properly. Understand how it behaves.

Then position size becomes logical, not emotional.

And once it's logical, fear won't control you anymore.