Stop pretending.

Your account drawdown is not "bad luck," it's that your trading has no brakes—making money like a genius, losing like an idiot.
The most classic way to die:
Recently, everything was smooth sailing, your account hitting new highs all the time, you thought you had enlightenment;
Then a few counter-trades, and your funds slide down from the peak,
You look up: months of effort wiped out in a week.

Others tell you "control the drawdown," and you repeat after them.
But I ask you: how exactly do you control it?
No losses? Less losses? Fewer trades?
If you can't answer, then stop talking—what you've heard before was just noise.
What is drawdown?
It's not about losing a few trades; it's about how much your funds have dropped from the recent high.
For example, 50,000 to 80,000 (high point), then back to 60,000, a drawdown of 20,000 = 25%.
Remember: drawdown is compared to the high point, not the starting point.
Why do professional traders focus on drawdown, not just on returns?
In one sentence: returns determine how fast you can run, drawdown determines if you can survive.
10w drops to 5w is -50%, but going from 5w back to 10w requires +100%.
Fall by half, climbing back requires doubling—this is the poison of drawdown.
When drawdown deepens, people start to go crazy:
Want to recover → Add positions → Hold trades → Larger drawdowns.
In the end, you're not trading; you're using your account to vent your emotions.

So, the core of controlling drawdown is only one thing: set a "red line" for yourself.
When you reach that line, reduce your position, stop, reset—no discussion, no luck-chasing.