The fine print that decides who gets paid.
$100k. Anything smaller and you're paying to be constrained.
Designed to filter gamblers — or grind you down?
Balance-based? Barely matters. Equity-based? Run.
One bad day and you're done
Your absolute safety net — or trap
80% sounds great until you do the math
No more than X% exposed at any moment. Everything else is just how a firm chooses to enforce it.
Not every green day counts — read the fine print
Take a week off — lose your account
The number you must hit — and when it resets
The fine print that turns your evaluation into a permanent contract
Some firms allow it, most tolerate it, a few say yes while meaning no
Where the prices on your screen actually come from, and whether the firm is running its own infrastructure or reselling someone else's
A precise strategy turned into a vague clause that can breach you for scaling in
No it's not. And saying it tells everyone more about you than the account.
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