Risk Budget Design Before Live Mode

Objective

Define a risk budget that protects account survival before you decide how active a bot should be.

Operator Framework

• Start from the amount allocated to the bot, not total wallet optimism.
• Set daily loss, weekly drawdown, and per-trade risk as separate limits.
• Connect each limit to a platform action: warn, pause entries, or full operator review.
• Document why the limit fits the current account size and strategy frequency.

Production Checklist

• Bot allocation is known and smaller than total exchange balance.
• Daily loss cap is set before live mode.
• Max open exposure prevents correlated symbol stacking.
• Review date is attached to every risk budget change.

Field Assignment

Calculate a sample risk budget for a 1,000 QC operating wallet and explain what would force a lower budget.