What’s Been Working for You Guys in Passing Prop Firm Challenges?

[FogCrunch]

Lately, I have been running a few prop firm accounts side by side just to see how different rule sets affect trading style.
What's working for me is finding the right type of accounts. For example - some accounts will allow news trading but with lower leverage, and some would not allow news trading but give higher leverage. Similarly, some firms have stricter drawdown rules but more lenient with payout conditions, and viceversa. Key is to find which account does your startegy fits in the best.
I have been testing on FTMO, The Funded Trader, Hola Prime and The5ers. I’m still figuring out which setup is most realistic for long-term trading instead of just passing the challenge.
For those who’ve actually passed and kept the funded accounts alive beyond a few payouts, what style worked best for you?
Is there any specific startegy that works the best across firms and account types? Anything else apart from rules that you look at when choosing props frms?

 

[Epedaphic]

From what I’ve seen, the prop firm itself matters less than how your system behaves under their DD rules. It's good to compare FTMO, The Funded Trader, Hola Prime, The5ers etc on leverage/news trading restrictions, limitations on EA usage and so on. But the real filter is whether the firm uses balance-based or equity-based daily drawdown as that alone changes how aggressive you can trade. I keep it pretty mechanical with one volatility-breakout setup, ATR stop, fixed session-based exit. No scaling in, no holding for home runs. It survives the tighter DD models way better. Also worth checking minimum trading days and consistency rules coz some firms make you take trades even when your system has no signal. Curious what setups people are using that actually last past the first payouts.

 

[borzy]

The “passing” style that lasts (in my view) is boring: one or two mechanical setups, fixed risk, and you stop trading when conditions aren’t there - because prop rules punish creativity