What 0.35% and 0.65% are for
On $100,000 the band is $350 to $650 per trade. The plan's stated purpose is that seven full stop-outs are required before you approach the 5% daily loss, which is $5,000 on that account. The 0.65% end is the end that sits nearest that day. The 0.35% end leaves more of the $5,000 unused after seven losses. Equity Guard should use the dollars, not a single lot pasted onto every symbol.
The 2-Step maximum is 10%, or $10,000. You can survive the day and still be on the way to the lifetime floor if the losses continue the next morning. 1-Step daily loss is 3%, or $3,000 on $100,000, with a 6% maximum. The same $650 trade is a much larger piece of a 3% day than of a 5% day.
The lot is the volume that risks the dollars
FundedNext does not publish one MT5 lot for the whole band. A $350 risk on a short stop is a larger lot than $350 on a wide stop. Gold at $10 per pip on a 0.10 move, inside the separate 0.80 to 1.45 lot cap on a $100,000 book, is a different worksheet from a major pair. Size the dollars first.
Seven losers at the high end of the band are the stress test for the 5% line. A trader who risks past 0.65% because the stop is tight has left the plan. Manual Trade Guard can attach the stop that the dollar risk assumed. If the stop is wider than you sized, the dollars are wrong even when the lot looks familiar.
200 trades can end the day before the seventh loss
EAs on MT4 and MT5 are allowed when the option is active, up to 200 trades or 2,000 modifications in a day, and $300,000 on one identical strategy. A lot plan that adds and removes size all morning can hit 200 trades while the 5% loss is barely started. The risk band does not waive the activity cap.
Minimum trading days are five. Phase 1 is 8%, or $8,000 on $100,000. You do not need to spend the 0.65% end on every idea to reach $8,000. Create a Venasri account and keep 0.35% as the default, with 0.65% as the ceiling, not the habit.
Lots against a static 10%, 8%, or 6% floor
Stellar 2-Step maximum loss is static 10%. Lite is static 8%. 1-Step is static 6%. The lot band does not grow because you are ahead on the week. The floor stays at the start balance, and the daily line resets at 00:00. A bigger lot after a winning day is how the 5% line gets spent on day two.
The $100,000 fee is $549. Weekend holds are allowed, so a swing lot left open is still inside the 0.35% to 0.65% idea only if the stop distance still risks that band. A gap through the stop can lose more than the planned dollars. That extra loss still counts toward the 5% day.
