Stake dice bankroll management: sizing your base bet

Step 1: separate your session bankroll

Your session bankroll is the money you are prepared to lose in one session, not your whole wallet. Moving it to a separate balance (or vault) before you start makes it physically harder to chase losses with money you never planned to risk.

Pick the number before you play, while you are calm. Never top it up mid-session.

Step 2: derive the base bet from the streak you want to survive

Most players do this backwards: they pick a base bet that 'feels' right and discover the risk later. Start from the losing streak you want to be able to absorb, then compute the base bet. For a doubling progression at 49.5%:

Base bet = bankroll ÷ (2^n − 1), where n is the number of consecutive losing bets you can pay for.

Step 3: set a daily target

A daily target turns a session into something with an end. Keep it modest. A 1% daily target on 100 is a 1.00 profit goal: easy to reach with small bets, and it compounds to about 134.78 after 30 days if every day hits it. Doubling the target forces bigger bets relative to your bankroll, which shortens the streak you can survive.

Use the goal calculator with the number of days set to 1 to get the exact balance at which today's session stops.

Step 4: set a stop-loss and respect it

Decide in advance what loss ends the day. When it hits, stop. Do not raise the base bet to win it back: that is how a red day becomes a busted bankroll. If you want to plan a recovery, the loss recovery calculator shows how many days a calm recovery takes at a sustainable daily target.

A simple bankroll checklist

1. Session bankroll set aside and never topped up mid-session.
2. Base bet derived from the streak you want to survive.
3. Profit target and stop-loss entered in Auto Bet before you press start.
4. Results logged after every session (the StakeDices strategy includes a spreadsheet for this).
5. A monthly limit you would be fine losing completely.

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