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Writing a Trading Plan That Survives a Funded Account

A plan that works on a personal account often breaches a funded one. The six sections a funded-account trading plan needs, with the numbers filled in.

Most trading plans describe entries. A funded-account plan has to describe the limits, because the limits are what end accounts.

Section 1: Risk per trade

One number, written down, that does not change. 0.5% during an evaluation, up to 1% once funded and consistently profitable. Not "0.5–2% depending on conviction" — conviction is the least reliable variable you have.

Section 2: Daily stop

Set at half the firm's daily loss limit. Write down what you do when you hit it: close the platform. That is the whole procedure.

Section 3: Consecutive-loss rule

Two losses in a session and you stop for the day. This single rule prevents the majority of daily-limit breaches, because breaches are almost never one bad trade — they are four.

Section 4: Setup definition

Specific enough that someone else could identify it on your chart. If your setup definition includes the word "looks," it is not a definition — it is a feeling with a chart attached.

Section 5: Session and instrument scope

Which instruments, which hours. Written down in advance so that a slow Tuesday does not become an argument for trading something you have never tested.

Section 6: What you do after a green day

The most-skipped section and one of the most valuable. Decide in advance whether you stop at a daily target, reduce size, or continue unchanged. Giving back strong days is how evaluations stall for weeks.

Reviewing it

Once a week, check one thing: did you follow the plan, separately from whether you made money. A followed plan that lost is a good week. A broken plan that won is the most dangerous week you can have.

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Frequently asked questions

What should a prop firm trading plan include?

Risk per trade, a personal daily stop set inside the firm's limit, a consecutive-loss rule, a specific setup definition, session and instrument scope, and a rule for what you do after a strong day.

How do I stop breaching daily loss limits?

Set a personal daily stop at half the firm's limit and add a rule that stops you after two consecutive losses. Breaches are rarely one bad trade — they are a sequence.

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Trading operations & risk

The people who write the rules, review the accounts and approve the rewards at FundedAxe. When a guide quotes a FundedAxe number, it comes straight from the live program catalogue rather than a marketing deck.

FundedAxe evaluations and funded accounts are simulated. Traders do not trade real client capital; rewards are paid on simulated performance under the terms of the FundedAxe trader agreement.

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