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Articles on rules explained: what the rules actually mean and how they affect a funded account.
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Rules decide the outcome more often than strategy does. A trailing rather than static drawdown, consistency at 15% rather than 40%, a thirty-day inactivity clause: each of those parameters can cost an account to a trader who did nothing wrong in the market.
This category breaks the mechanics down one by one, with the figures applied to a real account rather than in abstract percentages. The aim is not to list prohibitions, but to let you recognise, on a sales page, the parameter that will make the run easy or unworkable for the way you trade.
A good share of the payout disputes found in public reviews come from rules read after the fact. They are almost always published somewhere.
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Rules explained Consistency rule: how it blocks a payout
How a consistency rule is calculated, why prop firms impose it, and the cases in which it blocks a payout you have already requested. 5 min read Read the article -
Rules explained Copy trading and EAs: what firms tolerate
What prop firms allow when it comes to EAs and copy trading, how they detect copying between accounts, and what it costs. 5 min read Read the article -
Rules explained Hidden rules: the clauses that cost you an account
Unilateral amendment, internal arbitration, gains judged unrealistic, KYC, payout caps: the T&C clauses that cost traders their accounts. 6 min read Read the article -
Rules explained News trading at a prop firm: the rules to know
Blackout windows around releases, what triggers a breach, reference calendars and the checks to make before buying. 5 min read Read the article -
Rules explained Trailing or static drawdown: understanding the difference
Static drawdown, end-of-day trailing or intraday trailing: the three models, a worked example on 100,000 and the traps that cause failure. 6 min read Read the article