Articles tagged: Staying Funded

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First Prop Trading Payout: Scale to a Bigger Funded Account Without Giving It Back

Use your first prop trading payout wisely: taxes, life buffer, and reinvestment—then scale with stacked accounts, tight risk management, and strong trading psychology.

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Build a Daily Discipline Score for Prop Trading (Protect Your Funded Account)

Use a daily discipline score to improve trading psychology, tighten risk management, avoid prop rules, and grow PnL as a funded trader.

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Quit Your Job to Trade Full-Time? A Risk-Managed Plan for Prop Trading & Funded Traders

A risk-managed plan to transition into prop trading full-time: prove your edge, build a runway, and protect your funded trader psychology and risk limits.

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Automation Isn’t a Shortcut: Bots, Risk Controls & No-Trade Rules for Prop Trading

Learn when bots help (and hurt) prop trading: no-trade regimes, filters, and rule-based risk management to stay funded.

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Build a Real Prop Trading Strategy From Scratch (Without Drowning in SMC/ICT)

Build a prop trading strategy step by step—test your edge, master risk management, and trade with confidence as a funded trader.

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Stop Giving Back Your Week on Friday: Prop Trading Rules to Stay Funded

Use Friday risk caps, shutdown triggers, and a payout mindset to protect a green week, master trading psychology, and stay funded in prop trading.

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From “Cheaper Prices” to Panic: A Rules-Based Dip Plan for Prop Trading

Build a rules-based dip plan for prop trading: entries, invalidation, and when NOT to DCA—so pullbacks don’t break drawdown rules.

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Address Poisoning Checklist for Prop Trading: Protect Funding & Payouts

Avoid address poisoning scams with a prop-trader transfer checklist: allowlists, test sends, full verification, and security habits that protect payouts.

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How to Trade FOMC Volatility Without Blowing a Prop Trading Account

A funded trader playbook for FOMC: no-trade rules, slippage-aware sizing, and risk management to protect your prop trading account.

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