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The rules that decide whether you get paid, explained.
Most traders do not fail because their strategy is wrong. They fail on a rule they did not fully understand. These guides explain those rules, including ours, with the numbers.
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A-Book vs B-Book: what it changes for the money you make
One model earns when you lose. The other earns when you last. Here is how each actually works, and how to tell which one is asking for your card.
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Why nine traders in ten fail the challenge
The industry answers this with motivation. The published figures answer it with a mechanism, and the mechanism is not the one most traders expect.
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Trailing drawdown, or how to fail while you are still up
It is the most misread rule in this industry, and the only one that can close an account that has made money. Here is the arithmetic, day by day.
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The consistency rule: hitting the target and failing anyway
It is the rule traders discover at the worst possible moment, on the day they ask to be paid. It is also the easiest one to stay clear of, once you know what it actually measures.
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Do prop firms actually pay? Five checks before you hand over a card
It is a fair question, and the last two years earned it. Here is how payouts actually fail, and a method you can run on any firm in fifteen minutes. Including this one.
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