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Firm Rules
Prop-firm rules explained from what each firm publishes: trailing drawdown, daily loss limits, consistency rules, payout terms, and account parameters.
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Prop Firm Account Trade Limit: Max 5 Trades a Day
Your trade count is a risk parameter you size like stop distance, not a discipline problem. How to derive a trade limit from your daily loss limit.
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FTMO Drawdown Rules Explained: Daily and Max Loss
How FTMO's daily loss and maximum loss work: equity-based math, the Prague-midnight reset, static versus trailing, and how to track your real room.
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How Many Contracts on a Topstep 50K?
Position sizing for the Topstep 50K, derived from its $1,000 daily loss limit and $2,000 trailing drawdown, with the arithmetic, not just a number.
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Is a Topstep Reset Worth It? A Decision Framework
When a Topstep reset makes sense, when it's tilt with a price tag, and three questions to answer before paying, plus what to journal next time.
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Topstep Payout Rules Explained
How Topstep payouts actually work: winning days, the consistency ratio, per-request caps, and how to track your progress toward the next payout in your journal.
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Prop Firm Consistency Rule, Explained
What a prop firm consistency rule is, the common shapes it takes, how traders break it by accident, and how to track your best-day percentage.
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Prop Firm Daily Loss Limit: How to Stay Under It
How prop firm daily loss limits work, why one tilt session ends prop firm accounts, and the personal circuit-breakers that stop it happening.
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Topstep Trailing Drawdown, Explained
How Topstep's trailing drawdown (maximum loss limit) really works: what moves the floor, when it locks, and how to know your true room before you trade.
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