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How to Trade Funded Accounts
Our community blueprint for passing and scaling Prop Firm accounts.
1. Purchase the 50k Tradovate Account
- The 50k account has the best profit goal and trailing stop loss limit.
- Higher accounts have more difficult profit goals to accomplish.
2. Take it slow
- Prop firms have minimum trading days (usually) 5 — no need to rush.
- Aim for $300-500 per day and compound your way to payout.
- If your prop firm has consistency rule, do not push for big profits.
3. Run a trade copier
- Purchase multiple trading accounts and run smaller position sizes to reduce risk of hitting the stop loss.
4. Don't trade minis — trade micros
- Maximum 4–5 micros on MNQ or 6 on MES.
5. Risk management
- Stack this guide with the Risk Management playbook above — non-negotiable.
Affiliate code
- Help us out and use code ALEX at Alpha Futures or ALEXP at Lucid Trading.