Most evaluations aren't failed by bad trades — they're failed by position sizes that were never compatible with the drawdown rules.
Size for the rule, not the ambition
A 6% max drawdown and 2% risk per trade gives you three losing trades before you're out. Drop to 0.5% and the same drawdown allows twelve.
Account size, max drawdown, daily loss limit and profit target.
As a percentage — most funded traders sit between 0.25% and 1%.
If it's under six losses, the risk is too high for the rule set.
At your reward-to-risk, how many net winners the target requires.
Enter your evaluation rules to see what you can risk per trade, how many losses it takes to breach, and how many winners the target needs.
SimpleAlgo V5 puts trend direction, confirmed signals and volatility-based stop and target levels on your TradingView chart, so every entry has a defined R.
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