How much should you risk per trade on a funded account?

Fixed risk from the starting balance, before costs. The first floor is the 1-Step and 2-Step maximum loss; the second is Instant Funded and Prediction Markets. Commissions and spreads make every real streak budget a little shorter than the table.

Example: at 0.5% on a $10,000 1-Step, five losses in a row cost $250, or 2.5% of the account. Painful, but well inside a 10% floor. At 2%, the same five losses would cost $1,000 and the account would already be at its floor.

The maximum loss is not the only wall. At 0.5% per trade, a 5% daily limit allows 10 losses in one day; on Instant Funded’s 3% it allows 6. At 2% per trade, Instant Funded’s daily room absorbs only 1 full loss. Check both numbers before you settle on a risk level.

Hold risk flat while you collect data on a strategy; changing size every few trades makes your results impossible to read. On a trailing account, cut size after a new high, because the floor has moved up with it. Do not raise size to win back a loss: that is the pattern that turns a normal streak into a breach.

Very large positions are not just risky; going all-in or near all-in on one trade counts as a prohibited gambling practice under the trading rules.

Write down the number of losses in a row your plan can absorb, and stop for the day after half of them. At 0.5% on the 1-Step that budget is 20 losses overall and 10 in one day. It turns an emotional moment into a rule you set while calm.

Then compare it with your history. Look back through your journal or a backtest for the longest losing run you have had. If your budget is not at least twice that run, lower the risk per trade until it is. A plan that only works when the streaks are short is not a plan for a funded account.