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Prohibited Strategies at Prop Firms: What Can Cost You a Payout
Arbitrage, tick scalping, cross-account hedging, martingale or copying signals: the strategies prop firms ban and where each one draws the line.
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Forex Market Sessions: The Best Times to Trade
Asia, London and New York: when liquidity peaks, when to trade indices and gold, and how trading hours interact with prop firm rules.
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Prop Firms with No Time Limit to Pass the Challenge
Which prop firms set no deadline on the challenge, which programs still do, and the hidden clocks that keep ticking: inactivity and subscriptions.
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Trading Journal: What to Record and How to Use It
What to record in a trading journal, how to turn it into metrics like expectancy, how to review it weekly and why it matters so much at a prop firm.
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Daily Loss Limit at Prop Firms: How It's Really Calculated
Balance, equity or the higher of both: how each prop firm calculates the daily loss limit, when it resets and how to trade without ever hitting it.
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Forex vs Futures Prop Firms: Which Type Fits You?
Practical differences between forex and futures prop firms: markets, platforms, drawdown, schedules, fees, and execution style.
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Refundable Prop Firm Fees: How They Really Work
What a refundable fee really means, when it is returned, and what conditions different prop firms apply in 2026.
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How Much to Risk per Trade During a Prop Firm Challenge
A practical method for setting trade risk using drawdown, win rate, expected losing streak, and distance to the challenge target.
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How to Choose the Right Funded Account Size
Choose account size using usable drawdown, fee, risk per trade, and actual capacity rather than the advertised headline balance.
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