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Pass a prop challenge without breaking its rules.
Five lessons on the rules that fail most challenges, and the EA settings that respect them.
- 5 lessons
- Lessons in writing
What the track covers.
The lessons are being written now. Each one reaches Lab Notes first.
- 01In writing
Daily drawdown maths
How firms measure the daily limit, and why balance and equity versions behave differently.
- 02In writing
Position size for firm rules
Work back from the daily and overall limits to a risk per trade that survives a losing streak.
- 03In writing
News and weekend rules
Which firm rules an EA can break without you noticing, and how to switch that behaviour off.
- 04In writing
When to switch an EA off
Decide your stop rule before the challenge starts, not in the middle of a drawdown.
- 05In writing
Choosing settings for a challenge
The trade-off between passing fast and not failing, with the maths for both.