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Evidence: ModerateIntermediate
Rule-Compliant Execution
the breaches that have nothing to do with lossesA large share of failed evaluations are not losing accounts. They are profitable accounts that broke an operational rule — a position held over a restricted period, a trade placed around a restricted event, a lot size above a cap, a strategy the firm does not allow.
Any — enforced continuously, on every orderProp firm · Operations
Evidence: WeakIntermediate
After Funding
the account you keep is not the one you passedPassing changes the objective completely. During an evaluation the goal is to reach a target once. On a funded account the goal is to produce a payout repeatedly without ever breaching a loss rule that usually still applies.
Any · measured in payout cycles rather than against a targetProp firm · Funded phase
Evidence: StrongIntermediate
Whether to Use a Stop at All
the one question with a real research answerEvery retail course says always use a stop. The research says something more specific and more useful: whether a stop-loss helps depends on what the price series does.
AnyExit · Risk design
Evidence: StrongIntermediate
Volatility-Parity Sizing
equal risk, not equal lotsTwo positions of the same size in gold and in EURGBP are not two equal bets. Gold's daily range can be several times the cross's, so the gold position is doing most of the work and carrying most of the risk while looking identical on the platform.
Any · re-estimate volatility weeklyRisk · Portfolio
Evidence: StrongIntermediate
Correlation-Adjusted Exposure
five dollar pairs is one tradeAn account holding long EURUSD, long GBPUSD, long AUDUSD, short USDJPY and short USDCHF believes it has five positions at 1% each. It has one position at something close to 5%, and it will discover this on the day the dollar moves.
Any · correlations re-estimated monthlyRisk · Portfolio
Evidence: WeakIntermediate
The Drawdown Governor
trade smaller after losses, on a scheduleA written rule that cuts the risk percentage as the account falls from its high-water mark: down 5%, risk two thirds. Down 10%, risk a third. Down 15%, stop and review.
Any · measured daily from the equity high-water markRisk · Adaptive sizing