Mastering the Exit: Risk Management for Funded Traders

The funded life is a discipline exercise. Every rule in this evaluation exists to select for consistency, not heroics.

Position sizing is the single highest-leverage habit. A trader who risks 0.5% per idea survives drawdowns that end a 3% trader in a week.

Treat the daily loss limit as a hard circuit breaker, not a budget. The account that respects the breaker is the account that collects the next payout.