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Minimum Trading Days, Explained
3:00 · 8 chapters · Forex lessons, part 75
What you'll learn
Hit the target on day two and still can't pass? Here's why minimum trading days exist, in under 3 minutes.
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- Key point 1
- Why prop firms use minimum trading days, and how consistency rules solve the same problem
- Key point 2
- What counts as a trading day, and why a pending order may not
- Key point 3
- The 'just to count the day' mistake and how it hits the daily loss limit
- Key point 4
- How to finish the remaining days at minimum size (illustrative example)
- Key point 5
- Why inactivity rules are the opposite problem
Rules and limits from regulators and official sources; every price, account and chart in the video is an example. Education, not financial advice.
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