How the simulator works
Each simulated trade wins with your win-rate probability and returns your risk × reward ratio, or loses your risk. Trades are grouped into days; the attempt ends as soon as it reaches the profit target or breaks the daily loss, the maximum loss or the time limit. Multi-phase challenges must pass every phase.
It is a simplified model: real trades have variable size, slippage and commission, and the consistency rule and minimum days are not simulated.
What usually raises the pass rate
Lower risk per trade is the strongest lever: going from 2% to 0.5% risk usually turns most daily-loss failures into time-outs or passes. A positive expectancy is the precondition: if win rate × reward is below loss rate × risk, no rule set can be passed consistently.
- Risk 0.5-1% per trade on challenges with a 4-5% daily limit.
- Fewer, better trades beat many marginal trades.
- Check your real win rate on a free trial first.
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