What risk per trade should I use on a gold prop firm challenge?

Between 0.25% and 0.5%. At 0.5% a 10% drawdown allows 20 consecutive full losses and a 5% daily limit allows ten in a day.

How many trades does an 8% prop firm target take?

At 0.5% risk the target is 16R. At 0.35R expectancy per trade that is roughly 46 trades on average.

Is the pass probability a prediction?

No. It is a barrier model assuming independent trades, losers at exactly 1R and no daily-limit breach, so the real probability is lower.

Why do most gold traders fail prop evaluations?

They breach the daily loss limit rather than total drawdown. Gold can travel $25 to $40 in a New York session.

Prop Firm Gold Planner for XAUUSD Evaluations

A prop evaluation is arithmetic before it is trading: the target, the daily loss limit and the total drawdown limit define a corridor, and risk per trade decides how many steps fit inside it.

At 0.5% risk an 8% target is a 16R climb and a 10% drawdown limit is exactly 20 consecutive full losses.

Most gold traders fail a prop evaluation on the daily loss limit rather than the profit target. Enter the account size, profit target, daily and overall drawdown limits and the planner returns the maximum risk per trade, the trades available per day and the expectancy needed to pass.

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