Disliked{quote} @ 1% risk per trade, I would typically have 4 or 5 months a year that could pass MFF (>8%) and 3 maybe 4 months that could pass FTMO/TFF/TFT (>10%) phase 1s. The other months would end up slightly negative months blowing the challenge or require tons of extensions/retakes until I ran into 1 of the >8%/>10% months. @ 2% risk per trade I can turn my >4%/>5% months into phase 1 winners. We all know what the game is. In most circumstances, you MUST gamble to pass 30d phase 1s.Ignored
If you look at the 7-8 months a year where you cannot pass, if the first 8 months of the cycle is that period, regardless of timelimit its likely you will still fail the prop firm account as if the account goes into drawdown you would start to rely more on luck to get yourself out of the rut. If its a case of a break even most months, then most prop firms with time limits offer resets which is essentially the same thing as extra time if the account is break even.
Its all very chicken and egg because if you are trading at a prop, the first thing you want - after your own success of course - is to make sure that prop firm is liquid so that when you do make money you get paid. If the conditions are too easy, that becomes less likely.
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