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RISK MANAGEMENT9 min · 31 Jul 2026
The 1% rule is not enough: sizing for a 5% daily loss limit
Most traders fail an evaluation on a single outsized day, not on a bad month. We break down how to convert a 5% daily loss cap into a per-trade risk budget, why correlation quietly doubles your exposure, and how to rebuild size after a drawdown without chasing.
Marcus Deleon, Head of Risk
IN THIS ARTICLE
01Turning a 5% daily cap into per-trade risk
02Why correlation doubles exposure
03Rebuilding size after a red day
04A worked example on a $50K account
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Trading desk notes
Written by the Leofins risk, analytics and education teams. No signals, no hype — just the mechanics of passing an evaluation and keeping a funded account.
PROP FIRM BASICS7 min
Why the 40% Best Day rule exists — and how to pass one without slowing down
A practical read on the 40% Best Day payout rule: what counts as an outlier day and how to distribute profit across a month.
Elena Vasquez28 Jul 2026
PROP FIRM BASICS6 min
Static vs trailing drawdown: which challenge suits your system
Trend followers and scalpers break drawdown models differently. Pick the envelope that matches your equity curve.
Marcus Deleon24 Jul 2026
STRATEGY11 min
Session overlap trading: the London–New York window in numbers
We measured spread, volatility and slippage across 18 months of tick data on EUR/USD, GBP/JPY and XAU/USD.
Yuki Tanaka21 Jul 2026
PSYCHOLOGY8 min
Revenge trading has a signature — find yours in the metrics
Time-between-trades, size deltas and win-rate decay after a loss: three dashboard numbers that expose tilt early.
Dr. Sarah Lindqvist17 Jul 2026
STRATEGY7 min
Trading crypto over the weekend without blowing the daily limit
Thin weekend books widen spreads and gap on Monday. Here is a sizing framework for Saturday and Sunday sessions.
Yuki Tanaka14 Jul 2026
PLATFORM HOW-TO5 min
How to read your objectives dashboard like a risk manager
Every metric on the Leofins dashboard maps to a rule. Learn which one to watch first each morning.
Elena Vasquez10 Jul 2026
PSYCHOLOGY6 min
Building a pre-market routine you will actually keep
A 20-minute checklist: calendar risk, levels, size, invalidation and the one thing you will not trade today.
Dr. Sarah Lindqvist07 Jul 2026
PLATFORM HOW-TO10 min
MT5 vs cTrader vs TradingView for prop evaluations
Execution, partial closes, hedging and reporting compared on the exact same simulated account.
Marcus Deleon03 Jul 2026
STRATEGY8 min
Scaling from $10K to $100K: what actually changes
Position size grows, but so does the psychological weight of a single tick. A staged plan for each milestone.
Elena Vasquez30 Jun 2026
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