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RiskProp firm consistency rule: how to calculate it and the profit you still need
A consistency rule caps how much of your total profit one day may contribute. Calculate your best-day share, the total profit the rule requires, and how large your next day can be.
7 min read
RiskTrailing drawdown: how it moves and where your floor sits
A trailing drawdown is a loss floor that follows your highest balance up and never moves down. Work out where it sits before each session, how end-of-day and intraday rules differ, and when it locks.
7 min read
RiskMetricsMonte Carlo simulation for trading results
Learn how projection and reshuffle simulations turn your trade history into fan charts, drawdown ranges, and testable risk questions.
6 min read
GlossaryRiskMaximum drawdown
Maximum drawdown is the largest peak-to-trough decline in account equity over a period, measured in currency or percent.
3 min read
GlossaryRiskDrawdown recovery
Drawdown recovery is the percentage gain needed to climb back to a prior equity peak after a loss — and it grows faster than the loss itself.
3 min read
MetricsRiskMaximum adverse excursion (MAE): read it against your planned stop
MAE is the lowest price P&L a trade reached while open. Compare it with the stop you planned at entry to see how much of your risk each trade used.
5 min read
RiskPosition sizingRisk of ruin
The portfolio-level survival metric: the probability your account hits a defined drawdown threshold before your edge has time to play out.
6 min read