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Micros or Minis for Your Eval? Contract Sizing That Survives the Drawdown Instead of Testing It

Micros or Minis for Your Eval? Contract Sizing That Survives the Drawdown Instead of Testing Itby: Matt DeLong

MES vs ES, MNQ vs NQ: how to size futures contracts against your trailing drawdown so your evaluation survives long enough for the edge to show.

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Micros or Minis for Your Eval? Contract Sizing That Survives the Drawdown Instead of Testing It

The Real Cost of Getting Funded: Activation Fees, Resets, and Profit Splits Across a 12-Month Run

The Real Cost of Getting Funded: Activation Fees, Resets, and Profit Splits Across a 12-Month Runby: Matt DeLong

Evaluation fees are the smallest number in the stack. Here is how to total the real 12-month cost of a funded futures account — resets, activation fees, data, infrastructure and the profit split — and which of those costs you actually control.

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The Real Cost of Getting Funded: Activation Fees, Resets, and Profit Splits Across a 12-Month Run

Trailing Drawdown Math: How End-of-Day vs. Intraday Trailing Changes the Size You Can Safely Trade

Trailing Drawdown Math: How End-of-Day vs. Intraday Trailing Changes the Size You Can Safely Tradeby: Matt DeLong

Intraday trailing drawdown follows your unrealized equity and never gives the room back. Here's the math, and how it should change your position sizing.

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Trailing Drawdown Math: How End-of-Day vs. Intraday Trailing Changes the Size You Can Safely Trade

Scaling With a Trade Copier: Running Multiple Funded Accounts Without Tripping Firm Rules

Scaling With a Trade Copier: Running Multiple Funded Accounts Without Tripping Firm Rulesby: Matt DeLong

How to scale a working bot system across multiple funded accounts with a trade copier: sizing, trailing drawdown, consistency rules and setup.

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Scaling With a Trade Copier: Running Multiple Funded Accounts Without Tripping Firm Rules

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