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Prop firm rules, worked out in numbers.
Plain explanations of the rules that cost traders their evaluations, at any firm: drawdowns, daily limits, position sizing and more. Every example shows its arithmetic.
Risk & Drawdown · 5 minWhat is a trailing drawdown in a futures prop firm?A trailing drawdown is a loss limit whose floor rises as your account makes new highs. How intraday, end-of-day and static floors move, with worked numbers.Risk & Drawdown · 5 minHow many contracts should I trade on a prop firm account?Size a prop account from today's loss budget, the cost of one stop and how many stops you want to survive, then cap at the firm's limit. MNQ and NQ worked.Prop Firm Rules · 5 minHow do you manage risk when copy trading multiple prop firm accounts?When one trade copies to several prop accounts, the account with the least room sets your size and every stop costs more in total. Worked numbers, 5 accounts.
Educational material only. Not financial, investment or trading advice, and not a recommendation to trade any contract or size. Prop firm rules differ and change; the current rulebook of the firm you use decides. Worked examples use example figures, not results. Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss. Evaluations are paid tests and most people who take one do not pass.