Maya's Trading Journal

Kelly Criterion is the gold standard for position sizing. Professional traders use it everywhere—except they don't. Full Kelly applied naively to markets has blown up more accounts than any single strategy in history. The reason: Kelly is not market aware. Learn why the formula fails when regimes shift, and how Maya's hybrid approach reads market conditions before the formula does

Position Sizing, Kelly Criterion, and Markets Why "textbook" Kelly fails in live trading, and how market-aware filters solve the correlation problem Position Sizing: What Sports Bettors Know That Most Traders Don't Walk into any serious sports betting operation and ask what separates the people who beat the books from the people who eventually go broke. They won't say handicapping. They won't say feel for the game.

The Nasdaq fell 13% in April. Most stock holders came out roughly flat. Here's what an automated options account did differently — and why it wasn't luck.

About Maya AutoTrading: Maya is a fully automated options trading system. You connect your brokerage once and it handles everything from there — entries, exits, position sizing, and trade management. You don't place trades, you don't monitor positions, you don't make decisions during market hours. It just runs. See how it works. Let me tell you what happened to a typical stock investor over the last two months.

Win rate tells you how often you're right. It tells you nothing about what actually matters. Here's why a 47% win rate beat the market by 3x.

Every week I see it. Someone posts a screenshot. Green trades stacked like a grocery receipt. "92% win rate. Consistent income. This strategy changed my life." The comments are full of fire emojis. And every single time, I want to ask one question: what happened to the other 8%? The Math Nobody Shows You Win rate tells you how often you're right. It tells you nothing about how much you make when you're right versus how much you lose when you're...

Markets are choppy as geopolitical tensions rise and EMAs stack bearishly. Let’s assess the technical landscape and key catalysts for the week ahead.

As we step into another week, markets are continuing to chop sideways, reflecting uncertainty amid rising geopolitical tensions. With former President Trump making aggressive threats towards Iran, we are faced with volatility and potential market disruptions. The situation in the Middle East is escalating, and this backdrop could keep the markets in a tight range until a clearer resolution emerges.

Trade entry is trivial compared to managing positions after they are open. Discover how Maya's disciplined exit rules protect capital and drive long-term success.

What separates profitable traders from the 90% who fail is one thing - trade management. Last week, Maya took four losses. And that is exactly why Maya's portfolio continues to grow. Those four trades closed at -24%, -7%, -12%, and -8%. Without systematic stops, they could have been -50% to -80% disasters. This is not luck. This is process. Why Trade Management Matters More Than Entry Most traders obsess over finding the perfect entry.