Cap Your Daily Drawdown at 2 % in MT5 — Two Practical Paths (Checklist Inside)
“Passing a prop‑firm challenge isn’t about hitting +10 % once — it’s about making sure you never hit –5 % in a
From –3 % Drawdown to +11 % Profit in 15 Days — How DoIt GBP Master Passed a 100 k FTMO Challenge
“I thought the account was doomed the moment I dipped –3 % on day three… then the EA flipped the script.”This
Failed Your FTMO? 5-Step Reset Plan to Bounce Back Without Burning Cash
A single bad day can scrap a $100 challenge fee—twice if you panic-retry.Before you torch another account, use this funded-trader
Fixed-Lot Recovery vs Martingale: Why Exponential Lot Doubling Ends in Disaster
A 95 % win-rate martingale looks brilliant—right up to the 7th red candle when your lot size is 32× the
Spot Curve-Fitted EAs Fast — 3 Tests to Avoid Over-Optimisation Disaster
That 99 % modelling-quality back-test might be a ticking time-bomb. Here’s how to defuse it in 15 minutes—before it blows
Daily Equity Cap: The Underrated Rule That Saves Prop-Firm Challenges
Most traders fail FTMO before hitting the 10 % overall drawdown. The real killer? A single red day that breaks
ATR Trailing Stop vs Fixed TP — Which Saves Your Equity Curve?
A 50-pip take-profit feels safe—until the market rips another 200 pips and your next entry begins in the red. What
Slippage & Spread Shock: The Back-Test Killers No One Shows You
Your EA wins 92 % of trades in Strategy Tester… then a single live position erases an entire month of
The Hidden Risks of High Win-Rate EAs — Why Most Blow Up in Live Trading
An EA that wins 99 % of trades sounds amazing — until it wipes out 3 months of profit in
7 Prop Firm Mistakes That Kill Your FTMO Challenge — Before It Even Starts
Most traders fail before the 3rd trade.Not because they’re bad traders — but because they bring a broken mindset to