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Worked examples on trading journals, prop firm rules, position sizing and trading psychology. Every number in these articles is calculated, not estimated.
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How many trades to know if a strategy works: the math
After 20 trades, a 60% win rate fits any true rate from 38.5% to 81.5%, so a modest edge and a lucky run still look the same.
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When does trailing drawdown stop trailing? The lock math
With 2,000 trailing on a 50,000 account, the floor stops at 50,000 the first time you reach 52,000, and a 1,000 payout from 53,000 puts the buffer back at 2,000.
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Revenge trading on a prop firm challenge: the limit math
Three stops cost 1,800, then a triple-size trade fails the account at minus 700, still 500 away from its own stop.
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Drawdown recovery table: the gain needed after a loss
It takes 11 straight losses at 1% risk to reach a 10% drawdown and, under stated assumptions, about 56 trades to climb back out.
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Risk per trade with a trailing drawdown: the math
On a 50,000 account with a 2,000 trailing drawdown, 1% of the balance leaves room for 4 losses and 1% of the buffer leaves room for 100.
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Max trades per day: how to set a limit from your own data
Across sixty sessions the first two trades earned 45R and everything after them gave back 34R. The same cut is sitting in your own log.
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Does the daily loss limit include open trades?
Two losers for 600, one open position at minus 500, and an equity-based account is already closed. The same day survives on a balance-based one.
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Does trailing drawdown include unrealized profit?
Two identical trades, two accounts, 800 dollars of buffer versus 2,000. The difference is one word in the agreement.
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High win rate but still losing money? Find the leak
Seven green trades out of ten and the account still shrinks. The arithmetic that explains it, and the three places the money actually leaves.
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Failed prop firm challenge: what to do next, in numbers
Fourteen profitable trades, then three at triple size. A worked ledger of how a challenge account actually dies, and the checklist before the next one.
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How to track R-multiples in a trading journal
Dollars reward position size. R grades the decision. The fields to log, the traps with partial exits, and a month where both columns disagree.
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