Intelligence Trading is primarily designed for trading traditional funded accounts, but we can also help contribute to passing prop trading evaluation.
Below are example account sizes and position-sizing approaches to help you get the best from our strategy, trading either ES or MES. We believe these give a good balance between profit potential, risk management (2% initial risk), and margin requirements, but of course you are free to adapt to your own risk appetite and individual circumstances.
Starting with 4 or 5 contracts on MES is probably the most flexible approach, as it allows a trader to staircase position sizes from 6 to 9 contracts before graduating to ES.
Ryan starts with an opening balance of $30,000 on 09/16/24 and trades 2 contracts on ES. By 03/31/25 his account had grown to $45,400 -a return on capital of 51% in just over 6 months.
Ryan's total subscription payments were $1900. His profit of $15,400 represents a return of over 700% on his subscription fees.
Ryan's maximum risk per trade is $600. His maximum risk per day is $1200.
Nick has an opening balance of $15,000 on 09/16/24 and trades 1 contract on ES. By 03/31/25 this had grown to $22,700 -a return on capital of 51% in just over 6 months.
Nick's total subscription payments were $1900. His profit of $7700 represents a return of over 300% on his subscription fees.
Nick's maximum risk per trade is $300. His maximum risk per day is $600.
Jack starts with an opening balance of $7500 and trades 5 contracts on MES. By 03/31/25 this had grown to $11,350 -a return of 51% in just over 6 months.
Jack's total subscription payments are $1900. His profit of $3850 represents a return of over 100% on his subscription fees.
Jack's maximum risk per trade is $150. His maximum risk per day is $300.
Jack looks forward to trading ES.
Bruce starts prop trading evaluation in September 2024 with a notional account of $50,000.
After reviewing the required metrics, he trades 2 contracts of ES.
After three months, the strategy has contributed $6200 profits to Bruce's account. Combined with Bruce's other trading, he passes evaluation.
His subscription fees for the period were $700.
Results shown are hypothetical examples intended to illustrate the impact of historical performance on different account sizes weighting profitability, risk management and margin requirements. For simplicity, results are rounded to the nearest $100 and do not include costs. Historical results are not necessarily a guide to future returns. We recommend starting with a demo account before funded trading.
Futures, foreign currency and options trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing one’s financial security or lifestyle. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
Risk Disclosure –Futures and forex trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing one's financial security or lifestyle. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described below. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown; in fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight. In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk of actual trading. for example, the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results.
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