Start from $350, not from a habit lot
On $100,000, 0.35% is $350 and 0.65% is $650. If you start a free Venasri account, set the default to the low end and move up only when the stop distance still fits the day. The flagship 2-Step day is 5%, or $5,000, taken from the higher of balance or equity at 00:00 UTC+3.
Seven losses at $350 use $2,450, which is 2.45% of the account. That is half of a 5% day, not the edge of it. The seven-loss warning belongs to the $650 unit, where seven losses reach $4,550, or 4.55%. Quote the end of the band you actually trade.
A 4% day changes the meaning of $650
The 1-Step daily loss is 4%, or $4,000 on $100,000, and the 1-Step maximum is 6%. One $650 loser is a much larger piece of $4,000 than of $5,000. Pro's lifetime maximum is also 6%, while Flex is 12% and Standard is 10%. Size off the daily line of the model, not off the largest lifetime number you have seen in a comparison table.
Equity Guard should sit inside the daily percentage you bought. A guard built for a 5% Standard day is late for a 4% 1-Step day. The pass-plan figure of 4.25% is a lock under the 5% line. It is above a 4% line, so it does not belong on the 1-Step path.
Requests, source code, and the lot are separate
Third-party tools may manage the trade and the risk. A robot that enters by itself needs proof you own the source code. The hyperactivity threshold is 2,000 requests a day on MT5, Match-Trader, cTrader, and TradeLocker. A legal size at $400 can still fail if the trail edits without rest.
Evaluations on Standard, Pro, and Flex have no consistency score. Zero and On-Demand rewards use 45%. A lot that is inside 0.65% and still produces nearly half the cycle's profit can pass the daily test and fail that score. The lot band is not a consistency waiver.
Convert cash to lots on the symbol you trade
Gold's 0.80 to 1.45 lot note and the 60 to 100 point index stop are symbol plans, not a substitute for $350 to $650. Open MT5 bot control and let the $100,000 login show the cash risk before you accept the lot. The evaluation fee at this balance is $399. Minimum trading days are three. Phase 1 on the flagship path is 8%, or $8,000.
Weekend holds are allowed on evaluation and selected funded models, but Friday margin reductions must be checked, and swap plus the Sunday gap count in the 5% day. A $650 unit held into that gap is a different trade from a $650 unit closed the same afternoon.
