Step 1 of 5
Why the limits call for smaller size
On $10,000 you have $300 of daily room and $600 of max-loss room, against $500 and $1,000 on a 1-Step account of the same size. The same trade size uses up a larger share of your limits. Count it in losing trades:
| Risk per trade | Losses to the daily floor | Losses to the max-loss floor |
|---|---|---|
| 0.25% | 12 | 24 |
| 0.5% | 6 | 12 |
| 1% | 3 | 6 |
Losing streaks are normal. Pick the row that leaves room for one longer than you expect. If you do not know how long your usual losing streaks are, look at your last fifty trades before you choose; that number is the honest input for this table.
Step 2 of 5
How the trailing floor moves
The floor sits $600 below your highest closed balance on a $10,000 account, and never rises above the starting balance.
| What happens | Highest closed balance | Floor |
|---|---|---|
| Start | $10,000 | $9,400 |
| Close a trade for +$200 | $10,200 | $10,200 − $600 |
| Open trade shows +$300, not closed | $10,200 (unchanged) | Unchanged |
| Best close reaches $10,600 | $10,600 | $10,000, locked |
Until the lock, every closed win raises the floor by the same amount. Your room stays $600; it is just measured from higher up.
Step 3 of 5
A plan for the first weeks
- Risk 0.25–0.5% per trade, measured from your starting balance.
- Set a personal daily stop at half the daily limit: about $150 on $10,000.
- Stop for the day after two losses in a row.
- Size each order from the stop. In the MyFundedCapital Terminal, Fit to limits sizes it to the daily room you have left.
- Treat the lock at $10,600 as your first goal, and do not raise risk before it.
After the lock, profit above the starting balance becomes real cushion. The daily floor still applies every day.
Step 4 of 5
Leverage is not a risk budget
Leverage decides how much margin a position needs: 1:30 on forex, down to 1:2 on crypto. It does not decide what you lose when the stop is hit. Size from the stop instead: $50 of risk with a 25-pip stop on EURUSD at about $10 per pip per lot is $50 ÷ (25 × $10) = 0.20 lots. For gold and crypto, check the value per point in the order ticket before you size.
Lower leverage on crypto means a position needs more margin, so you may hit a margin limit before you hit your risk limit. That is a sign to trade smaller, not to move the stop closer than the trade needs.
Step 5 of 5
Habits that protect the account
- Reduce or close a losing trade before the 17:00 New York time reset rather than carry it into a smaller new day.
- Do not hold over a weekend without the Weekend Holding add-on.
- Stay out of new FX and metal trades inside the news window.
- No martingale, grid or all-in trades: they are prohibited and they break tight limits fast.
- Check both floors before every order. The tighter one is the one that counts.
Recap
- At 0.5% risk, 6 losses fill the daily room and 12 the max-loss room.
- The trailing floor locks at your starting balance once your best close reaches +6%.
- Until the lock, open profit gives you no extra room; only closed balance moves the floor.
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