Step 1
The account you want to pass
View or change the rules
Firms change their rules often. Always check the current conditions on their website.
Step 2
How you trade
Use net amounts (after commissions) at the size you trade in the evaluation.
In NinjaTrader: Control Center → New → Trade Performance, pick the account and dates, click Generate, open the Trades tab, right-click → Export. We use each trade's profit, MAE and MFE, so intraday trailing is simulated with the real path of your trades.
Result
pass
blow the account
sessions to pass (median)
passblowrun out of timeneither after 3,000 trades
30 simulated evaluations
Balance of each evaluation, trade by trade. Green: passed. Red: blown. Orange: ran out of time. Grey: undecided. Dashed lines: target and starting drawdown.
What if you change your size?
| Size | Pass | Blow | Out of time | Sessions | Cost per pass |
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0.5× = half the contracts (or half the risk per trade). With a small edge, trading bigger almost always raises the risk of blowing more than the chance of passing.