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To size concentrated macro bets, this framework assesses your conviction level to allocate 10-25% of your portfolio per position across 3-5 dominant trades. It requires explicit pre-trade confirmation and enforces a 25% maximum single-position exposure cap to prevent portfolio blowups.

Managing risk on high-conviction trades requires a strict playbook including pre-trade confirmation, a 24-hour loss-cut rule, and maximum exposure limits. This approach enforces disciplined position sizing and mandates cutting losses within 24 hours if the original macro thesis invalidates.

Translating a macro thesis into executable positions involves assessing the macro regime, prioritizing asset classes, and applying a concentration framework. This process identifies high-conviction opportunities and sizes 3-5 large multi-asset positions while maintaining dry powder for opportunistic additions.

This concentration framework defaults to paper mode and requires explicit confirmation before executing any trades. It is designed to provide strategy guidance and risk guardrails rather than autonomous execution, ensuring you maintain control over portfolio allocation.

Concentrated position sizing outperforms diversified macro approaches by allocating capital to your strongest macro theses. This framework emphasizes sizing meaningful bets of 10-25% across 3-5 positions rather than spreading capital thinly, enabling larger returns when conviction is highest.

You should cut losses within 24 hours when your original macro thesis invalidates, and trim exposure based on conviction-based sizing rules. The framework provides strict guardrails to exit positions rapidly if the fundamental macro regime assessment changes.