Starter plan · Evaluation
$50,000 · MNQ
Built around a $2,500 maximum drawdown, not the headline balance.
Recommended size
5 MNQ
Risk per trade
$100
Planning horizon
32 days
Risk before reward
Build the plan before you put the account at risk.
Translate the rules that can end an account into position size, stop room, a daily walk-away number, and a deliberately conservative target pace. This is a starter plan—not a prediction of whether a trade or evaluation will win.
The loss limit is the real account size.
Nominal balance provides context. Every sizing recommendation below is anchored to the drawdown you actually have to protect.
Conservative
Position size
5 Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100
MNQ keeps each tick at $0.50. Its NQ counterpart would make the same stop 10× larger per contract.
Max stop
40 ticks
Price distance
10 points
Daily walk-away
$300
Stop for the session at this self-imposed limit—even though the firm allows $1,000. The unused room is survival reserve, not permission for another trade.
Per-trade ceiling
$100
Drawdown map
$1,250 cushion
Build this buffer before considering more size. Enter the danger zone when remaining drawdown falls to $625; reduce exposure or pause instead of trying to win it back.
Conservative target pace
$120 per green day
32 trading days is a planning horizon with a 25% time reserve—not a pass or payout forecast.
Consistency guardrail
$700 planned max
Start below the firm limit
A firm limit is a failure boundary, not a daily risk allowance. The plan installs a lower personal stop.
Size from stop room
Contract count follows the risk budget and the instrument’s tick value. When a mini crowds the stop, the plan moves to its micro.
Grade the execution
A target gives the process direction. It does not turn any single session’s P&L into a measure of discipline.
From calculator to record
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