Introduction
A strategy can display appealing returns and still be unacceptable research.
The reason is simple: return without risk context is incomplete information.
The Core Idea
Risk should be treated as part of the model-design problem itself. It helps determine whether a model deserves capital, not merely how much capital it receives.
Drawdowns, concentration, liquidity, instability, and implementation uncertainty are research variables.
Closing Note
Risk management is not separate from research discipline. It is one of its clearest expressions.
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