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Manual pre-trade reflection

Review your risk before you trade.

Enter your planned risk, expected reward, stop-loss, and trade context. RiskLens returns a private, non-prescriptive reflection so you can review the setup before placing an order.

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Opens the manual check on its own page. No market-data connection needed.

Educational reflection only. RiskLens is not investment advice and does not connect to brokerages, execute orders, or recommend securities.

Manual-check preview

Review the setup before the order screen.

Example only

Planned risk

$250

Expected reward

$600

Stop-loss distance

1.5%

Today’s trade count

2

Reflection readout

1:2.40

Planned risk to expected reward, based on the values entered above.

This is not a trade signal or recommendation.

RiskLens reflects the information you provide so you can consider the setup in context. It does not predict outcomes or tell you what to trade.

Run the pre-trade check

Want the same pause in a written routine? Read the pre-trade checklist.

Founders can also get a separate anonymous founder review for a one-sentence startup pitch.

Checking the optional market snapshot. The manual pre-trade check works independently of market data.

The practice

Use a little structure when the moment feels loud.

Manual by design

Bring your own numbers. The check asks for planned risk, expected reward, stop-loss percentage, and the context around a fast move or a busy trading day.

Useful boundaries

  • No brokerage connections or account credentials.
  • No order execution, recommendations, or promises.
  • Clear educational context at every decision point.

Subscription plans

Choose your level of founder-facing honesty.

Founder Mode ships with the verified roast toolkit. Other plan details remain clearly labeled until they launch.

Principles from experienced traders

A pause is part of the process.

Public ideas worth considering before an order—not testimonials, trade calls, or a shortcut around your own judgment.

Independent source notes

Each item links to the original public article or memo so the context is available to review.

Paraphrased principle

03
Before entering a trade, deliberately check the plan, relevant events, correlated exposure, stop, target, size, liquidity, and your state of mind.

Adam H. Grimes

Trader and educator

Read source: Do you have a pre-trade checklist?

Public article on Adam H. Grimes’s website.

Paraphrased principle

04
Treat downside and the possibility of permanent loss as central risk questions; price movement alone is not the whole risk picture.

Howard Marks

Investor and Oaktree co-founder

Read source: Risk Revisited

Memo to Oaktree clients, September 3, 2014.

Cited traders and educators are not affiliated with, partnered with, or endorsing RiskLens. RiskLens provides educational decision-support only, not personalized investment advice or recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security.

Straight answers

A clear scope from the start.

    RiskLens — A calmer check before you trade