| Hey Topinfofx, I need to tell you about a student who almost quit trading entirely. Let's call him James. James had a solid strategy -> 40% win rate, 2:1 risk-reward. Good enough to be profitable. Good enough to pass a prop challenge. So he bought a $500 challenge and did what every "pro" trader tells you to do: Risk tiny amounts. Play it safe. Be patient. He risked 0.5% per trade. Month 1: Slow progress, but steady. Month 3: Getting closer to the profit target, but it's taking forever. Month 6: He's mentally exhausted. Every trade feels like the weight of the world. Month 8: One bad day at work. Takes an all-or-nothing trade. Blows the account. $500 and 8 months of his life -> gone. He came to me frustrated, ready to give up on trading entirely. I showed him something that changed everything. I'd just finished running 10,000 Monte Carlo simulations on prop firm challenges, testing every possible risk percentage from 0.5% to 5%. The results shocked him. The traders who got funded fastest and weren't the most conservative. They were the most mathematically strategic. I told James: "What if you budgeted $1,500 for three attempts and risked 3% per trade instead?" He thought I was insane. But he tried it. 5 weeks later, he was funded. Two attempts. $1,000 total cost. He would've been funded 6 months earlier than his original "safe" plan if he'd known this from the start. Here's what most traders don't understand: There's an optimal risk percentage that minimises BOTH your cost AND your time to funding. It's not about risking as little as possible. It's not about being reckless either. It's about finding the mathematical sweet spot where you balance pass rate, speed, and total cost. And for most strategies? That sweet spot is way higher than what many traders tell you. I built a calculator that finds YOUR optimal number in about 30 seconds. It factors in your win rate, risk-reward, the specific challenge rules you're facing, profit targets, drawdown limits - everything. The same framework institutional quant traders use to optimise risk. And I'm giving it to you for free. But first, watch this video → https://youtu.be/QtdcgmLsoBI In it, I break down: → Why conservative risk can actually cost you MORE money long-term
→ The exact calculator walkthrough (so you can find your number)
→ The three mistakes that sabotage 90% of traders The video's about 11 minutes. No fluff. Then grab the calculator (link in the video description) and run YOUR numbers. Because if you're planning to risk 0.5% per trade on your next challenge... You might be setting yourself up for 8 months of psychological torture when you could be funded in 10 weeks. Watch the video here → https://youtu.be/QtdcgmLsoBI Talk soon,
Matt Donlevey P.S. This isn't about gambling or being reckless. It's about understanding the math behind pass rates, time to completion, and opportunity cost. The calculator shows you exactly where YOUR strategy sits on that curve. Watch here → https://youtu.be/QtdcgmLsoBI | 
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