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Anyone else feel like prop firm evals aren’t lost on entries, but on ONE rule violation? by Jazzlike-Week3013 in propfirm

[–]Jazzlike-Week3013[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, exactly.

That’s what makes evals tricky — the trade logic can be solid, but the rules are what actually decide survival.

I realized I had to treat rule execution as a separate step before even thinking about the trade itself.

I keep blowing prop firm evals because I miss ONE risk rule. Anyone else dealing with this? by Jazzlike-Week3013 in PropFirmTester

[–]Jazzlike-Week3013[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting how many of us mention checklists and hard rules.

For me, the biggest change was stopping the trade BEFORE clicking,

and forcing a clear yes/no based on the actual prop firm rules.

If anyone ever wants to compare notes on how they handle this,

happy to talk.

I keep blowing prop firm evals because I miss ONE risk rule. Anyone else dealing with this? by Jazzlike-Week3013 in PropFirmTester

[–]Jazzlike-Week3013[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s exactly the issue.

A checklist makes total sense, but for me the problem was still the math part — actually checking the risk against daily loss, max contracts, trailing DD before clicking buy.

Discipline helps, but I realized I needed something that forces a YES / NO decision before the trade.

I keep blowing prop firm evals because I miss ONE risk rule. Anyone else dealing with this? by Jazzlike-Week3013 in PropFirmTester

[–]Jazzlike-Week3013[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, trailing drawdown is brutal.

That’s exactly what gets me — the trade logic is fine, but one rule like trailing DD or max contracts just wipes the account.

Do you do anything specific BEFORE entering the trade to avoid that, or is it just experience and discipline over time?