Prop-Firm Friendly EA Settings — Pass the Challenge Safely (Live Proof)

Most traders blow their prop firm challenge in 10 days or less.
But what if you treated each attempt like a trade — and stopped risking $625 on a single shot? Let’s tilt the statistics in your favour.

The Real Cost of a “One-Shot” Challenge

A single 100k account at FTMO costs $625 up-front.
Most traders open their dashboard on day 4, see a –4% dip and panic-trade the final 1 % daily limit. Hours later the challenge is over, the fee is gone and the emotional toll is brutal.

Realiy check: FTMO’s own stats show ~90 % of applicants fail phase 1. The challenge isn’t designed to steal your money; it simply punishes poor risk allocation and emotional shortcuts.

Portfolio Mind-Set — Treat Each Challenge Like a Trade

Professional funded traders flip the equation:

Progress Bar Bias: Imagine ten little squares ▢ ▢ ▢ ▢ ▢ ▢ ▢ ▢ ▢ ▢ on your whiteboard.

Every time a 10 k attempt fails you erase one box—yet you still have nine shots left. That visual “bankroll buffer” kills panic and keeps decision-making cold.

Slow, Balanced or Aggressive — Pick Your Speed, Not Your Doom

Forget the internet myth that “slow is safe, fast is stupid.”
Speed is a preference; variance control is the metric that matters.

• 🐢 Slow & Steady – tiny lot, zero adrenaline
• ⚖️ Balanced – optimal speed, low stress
• 🚀 Aggressive – fast pass or fast burn

All three can work as long as you respect the 5 % daily / 10 % total FTMO guard-rails.

Case Study — DoIt GBP Master in “Balanced” Mode

Live proof: MyFxBook account shows a sub-10 % overall drawdown while compounding over 90 % profit. That means the strategy would have cleared multiple 10 k and 100 k FTMO challenges without ever touching the hard limits.

“Passed my 10 k FTMO on the second attempt—never felt this calm during a challenge.” — M. Clarke

Why it works

• Fixed-lot multi-leg logic: no martingale, no lot doubling.
• ATR-based trailing stop: exposure shrinks automatically after entry.
• Daily loss cap parameter: set it to 5 % and MT5 stops the EA for that day—no override, no revenge trading.

Still want even lower stress? Reduce the lot size by half; you’ll take longer but remain well inside the guard-rails.

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Step-by-Step Playbook — From Sign-Up to Funding

1. Choose your portfolio: three 10 k accounts vs. one 100 k.
2. Install DoIt GBP Master → Download FREE Demo in Strategy Tester.
3. Set your daily loss cap to match the challenge rule (e.g., 5 %).
4. Forward-test on a micro account for one week to feel the rhythm.
5. Launch the first challenge only if the checklist score is ≥ 6/7.
6. If an attempt fails, start the next box on your progress bar without emotional carry-over.
7. After passing: lower lot size 20 % for Phase 2 to reduce psychological taxation.
8. Withdrawal plan: first 4 000 $ goes to cover all future challenge fees—trade with house money thereafter.

Common Pitfalls & How to Dodge Them

• Over-leveraging after a red day → daily cap exists for a reason; close the laptop, start fresh tomorrow.
• Manual interference → closing one leg cancels the recovery logic; trust the system or cut risk pre-trade.
• Ignoring weekend rollovers → Prop firms roll equity at midnight UTC; flatten exposure Friday night if volatility spikes.

Internal Reading

Need deeper control of drawdown? Read our guide on keep your EA under 12 % DD with live proof and learn how equity caps beat “stop-loss only” methods every time.

Final Decision Time

🎯 Want to stop gambling your $625 away?
Start with a strategy that's already passed live FTMO tests.
→ Download the FREE Demo in Strategy Tester and replicate these results on your broker in under 5 minutes.

💰 Want the full licence? Buy now the DoIt GBP Master for $ 599 and get DoIt Gold Guardian (worth $ 399) FREE — last units at this price before we move to $ 999.

Skip the 90 % failure club. Start trading like the 10 % who get funded and stay funded.

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