Budget twelve net R, then expect the losers to add days
Half of 1% on $100,000 is $500. Twelve winning R with nothing given back is $6,000, the 6% target. There is no second target after it. You will have losers. If you win half the tickets at 2R and lose half at 1R, the account still climbs, and the calendar gets longer than twelve trades. That is acceptable. The minimum is already five days. Finishing on Monday is not a bonus under a 50% share.
Half of $6,000 is $3,000. Keep the best day nearer $2,000 so slippage and a late add cannot push you through the cap. The bot desk should stop fresh entries once the session profit is approaching that neighborhood, even if the setup is still valid.
Do the open in micros so one candle cannot spend $2,200
One E-mini Nasdaq is $20 a point. A 25-point stop is the entire $500 unit. A 110-point slide is the entire day. The cash open can do that. Four MNQ at a 50-point stop are $400, because micro Nasdaq is $2 a point, and they leave the unit slightly under $500. That is a more honest open than the maximum contracts the buying power will allow.
The Test trail of $3,000 updates at 5:00 PM ET. Surviving the morning is what lets the close mark a normal day. A flat afternoon after a $400 loss is a dull result and a living account. Five of those, mixed with modest winners, is a more realistic pass than a single trend day you needed to be perfect.
One ceiling for the loss, and one ceiling for the hero day
Equity Guard at $1,450 leaves $750 before the official day. Hit it and stop. The second ceiling is profit: once the day is near 40% of what you have banked in the cycle, stop, so 50% is not a surprise. On a fresh Test with almost no banked profit, the first winner is automatically a large share. That is fine if the winner is small. It is a problem if the first trade is a $2,500 outlier.
PRO, later, drops the profit share and starts trailing intraday until the buffer is built. The pass plan and the funded plan are sequential. Do not preload PRO size on a Test that still dies at a 50% day. The fee at $100,000 is $210. It is not a reason to hurry the five days.
The morning you pass, cut size before you celebrate
The account that just met $6,000 is about to be scored on live equity. A victory lap in full NQ size can give back the buffer you have not built yet. Withdrawals at 80%, or 90% on PRO+, can start on day one after that buffer. They cannot start on the same ticket that passes the Test if the ticket is still open at 5:00 PM ET. Flat is the rule every day.
Sign up on Venasri before the Test starts, not after the first close call. Store the $500 unit, the $1,450 flatten, and the session profit pause on the Test card. When the desk confirms PRO, switch cards before the next order.
