Prop firm pass calculator: your daily target and risk per trade
Last reviewed: Nov 2, 2026 · Firm rules last checked: Nov 3, 2026
Pick your firm or type in your own rules, and get what you need to pass: how much to make each day, the most to risk on a trade, how many losing days you can take, and the biggest day the consistency rule allows. It runs in your browser, with no signup, and the link holds your whole plan so you can share it.
Pick a firm to fill in its evaluation rules (catalog last checked Nov 3, 2026), or type your own.
Best day may be at most this share of total profit.
For firms that close you out once a day's profit reaches a set amount.
Leave blank to plan over the fewest days the rules allow.
0 if you're just starting. Negative if you're down.
Sets your risk per trade from the day's loss budget.
1.5 means you win $1.50 for every $1 you risk.
Your plan
Aim for about $150/day over 20 trading days, risking no more than $200 per trade.
Walked through the same engine as Tradervana's Pass-plan simulator, an even run of that daily target passes every rule you entered.
Daily profit target
$150
$3,000 left over 20 days
Max risk per trade
$200
3 losing trades in a day cost $600
Losing days you can survive
3
In a row, at that bad-day loss (rounded down)
Room to your drawdown floor
$2,000
Before the account is breached
Fewest trading days
1
No minimum days, consistency rule or daily cap
How the size is set: no more than 10% of your remaining drawdown on one trade, and your daily loss limit (if you have one) split across the losing trades in a bad day. Trailing floors are modeled as following your highest balance with no lock, the cautious reading. Some firms lock the floor once it reaches your starting balance, which gives you more room than this shows.
For planning only. Not financial advice. Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss, and no tool guarantees passing an evaluation.
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How a prop firm evaluation is scored
An evaluation gives you a funded-style account and a short list of conditions. You have to reach a profit target, for example $3,000 on a $50,000 account, without breaking any loss rule along the way. Most firms add a maximum drawdown, many add a daily loss limit, some add a consistency rule, and some require a minimum number of trading days. Break a loss rule at any point and the account is over, even if you were about to hit the target.
That is why the profit target is only half the plan. The same $3,000 can be made in four careful days or lost in one careless one, and what separates them is how big each day and each trade is. The calculator turns your rules into those two sizes: a daily target and a risk per trade.
Trailing, end-of-day and static drawdown
The max drawdown is the most your balance can fall below a floor. What the floor is measured from depends on the type. A static drawdown sits a fixed distance below your starting balance and never moves, so a $2,000 drawdown on a $50,000 account always ends the account at $48,000. A trailing drawdown follows your highest balance up, so the floor rises as you make money and never comes back down.
There are two ways to trail. End-of-day trailing only moves the floor from your closing balance, so a swing during the session doesn't raise it. Intraday trailing moves it with your highest equity at any moment, including open profit you give back before closing. On the same $2,000 drawdown, an intraday account can leave you with a few hundred dollars of room after a day that ended barely green. Read the floor the way your firm measures it, and see trailing drawdown, explained or try the trailing drawdown calculator to watch the floor move day by day.
How consistency rules work
A consistency rule says your best day can be at most a set share of your total profit, commonly 30% to 50%. It stops one lucky day from carrying the evaluation. With a 30% rule and a $3,000 target, your best day can be at most about $900. That also sets a floor on how long a pass takes: if no day can be more than 30%, you need at least four profitable days to add up to the target.
The rule is judged against your total, so the share moves as the total grows. On day one your only day is 100% of your profit, and the share shrinks as other days add up. Firms check it at different moments, some when you pass and some at every payout, so confirm when yours does. The best-day cap above is the biggest single day that still passes by the time you reach the target. The consistency rule, explained walks through it with examples.
How the calculator sets your numbers
- Daily profit target. What's left to make divided by your trading days left, or by the fewest days your rules allow if you leave days blank.
- Max risk per trade. The smaller of your daily loss limit divided by the losing trades in a bad day, and a tenth of the drawdown room you have now. It's rounded down, because a risk limit should never be rounded up.
- Losing days you can survive. How many bad days in a row, at that risk, your drawdown room covers before the account is breached.
- Best-day cap. The consistency rule's share of your target, the biggest single day that still passes.
- Trades per day. With your win rate and average reward:risk, the calculator estimates how many trades that daily target needs at your max risk, and warns you when your edge is negative or the number is unrealistic.
The plan is then checked with the same pass-plan engine the Pro simulator uses, which walks an even run of daily targets through your target, drawdown, daily loss limit and consistency rule. The difference between the two is the input: this page uses the numbers you type, and Tradervana Pro reads them from your synced accounts and your real trades.
What it doesn't cover
It treats every trading day as one number, so it can't see a dip below the floor during the day. A trailing floor is modeled as following your highest balance without a lock, which is the cautious reading. Some firms lock the floor once it reaches your starting balance, and on those accounts you have more room than this shows. Scaling plans, contract limits, payout resets and firm-specific rules aren't modeled, and the presets are evaluation-phase rules from our catalog, not a live feed of your firm's site.
FAQ
How much should I risk per trade to pass a prop firm evaluation?
Small enough that a bad day can't end the account, and no bigger than your daily loss limit allows. This calculator takes the smaller of two numbers: your daily loss limit split across the losing trades you'd take in a bad day, and a tenth of the drawdown room you have left. That is a planning rule of thumb, not a firm's rule, so change the inputs to match how you trade.
How do I work out my daily profit target for an evaluation?
Take the profit target, subtract what you've already made, and divide by the trading days you have left. If your firm has a consistency rule or a minimum number of trading days, the plan can't be shorter than those allow, and the calculator tells you the fewest days your rules permit.
What does a consistency rule do to my plan?
It caps your best day as a share of your total profit, commonly 30% to 50%. At a 30% rule and a $3,000 target, no day can be more than about $900, so you need at least four profitable days. A single big day doesn't just risk the rule, it can make an otherwise finished evaluation fail it.
Is a trailing drawdown different from an end-of-day drawdown?
Yes. Both trail your highest balance, but an end-of-day trailing drawdown only moves up from your closing balance, while an intraday trailing drawdown moves up with your highest equity at any moment, including open profit you later give back. Intraday leaves much less room for the same dollar amount.
Where do the firm presets come from, and are they current?
They come from the same firm rule catalog Tradervana uses inside the app, and each preset shows the date its rules were last checked. Firms change rules and run promotions often, so always confirm against your firm's own rules before you rely on a number.
Does this guarantee I'll pass?
No. It's a planning tool. It shows what a steady run of days would have to look like to meet your rules, not whether you'll trade that way. Most evaluations aren't passed, and no calculator changes that.
For planning only. Not financial advice. Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss, and no tool guarantees passing an evaluation. Results are estimates from the inputs you enter. Firm presets come from our rule catalog, last checked Nov 3, 2026, and may be out of date.