Most traders fail because they ignore structure.

31 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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Kosta Ouzas explains the first principle of his trading system: how institutional dollar-cost-averaging (DCA) differs from retail DCA. He describes deliberate small initial entries, taking quick profit when price moves favorably, and a predefined sequence of sized safety orders placed at increasing distances as volatility expands to manage adverse moves. The emphasis is on structure and preplanned rules rather than emotional doubling-down.

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The first principle is how we use DCA dollar cost averaging. Now, most people think dollar cost averaging is about buying blindly. Now that's retail dca. It's just emotional, mostly reactive, and sometimes even dangerous. Institutional DCA works very differently. In this kind of system, the initial position is always deliberately small. It's not a prediction, it's simply an entry. When the market presents favorable conditions, if price moves in its favor, the trade resolves quickly and profit is just taken. Nothing else happens. But if price moves against the position, the system doesn't panic. It doesn't double down emotionally. It executes a predefined sequence of safety orders. Each one plans in advance, each one sized intentionally, and each one placed at increasing distance as volatility expands. This is the most critical part.