Bonus, floor, and target are not one number
The late-payout bonus is $1,000. The 2-Step maximum loss is also $1,000. Phase 1 is $800, not $1,000. If a payout is late you may receive a bonus equal to the entire lifetime floor of this account. That does not mean the floor moved. Equity Guard protects the $500 daily line and the $1,000 floor. It does not pay the bonus.
1-Step on $10,000 is a 3% day of $300 and a 6% maximum of $600. Stellar Lite is a static 8%, or $800, which matches the Phase 1 target dollar for dollar. Five minimum trading days apply before any payout clock. The first payout is 21 days, or 5 days on 1-Step.
A $50 risk unit and the lot
0.50% of $10,000 is $50. The lot is the MT5, MT4, cTrader, or Match-Trader volume that loses $50 at the stop. Phase 2 is 5%, or $500, equal to the daily loss. One full down day in Phase 2 erases the phase. Manual Trade Guard attaches the stop that makes the $50 real.
The 200 trade cap still applies. A $10,000 account that scalps the open can hit 200 trades without ever losing $500. Both failures count. Create a Venasri account and keep a trade counter next to the dollar counter.
This login is far under the $300,000 EA cap
One identical strategy may run up to $300,000. A $10,000 account uses a small slice. The binding rules are $500, $1,000, five days, and 200 trades. Traders who watch only the allocation cap will miss the daily line.
News is allowed in the challenge. Funded accounts have a 5-minute window unless an add-on applies. Gold lots of 0.80 to 1.45 belong to the $100,000 plan. On $10,000 those lots are the wrong worksheet. Risk $50 and derive the lot from the stop.
