How prop-firm evaluations actually work

Lesson 1 · 7 min read · TradersGuild Academy

An evaluation isn't a job interview — it's a product with a price, a pass condition, and a business model that runs on resets. Understand what the firm is actually selling before you pay the fee, and the rest of this track stops feeling like luck.

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Live rule meters (drawdown / daily-loss / consistency / min-days)All firms, freeAll firms
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Pre-trade “Can I take this trade?” size guardNot includedIncluded
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