TST daily loss for $30K account is $500. $200 daily loss limit is not reasonable for me. Too low. i am not going to use too small stop losses which are simply a food for algos. I have been there trying to trade with 6 ticks stops. While it might work but it is very stressful, losing trade doe snot mean I was wrong. In this case straight idea of R:R ticks wise is a fallacy. My trading grately improved after I increased my stop without increasing my profit target and keeping same trade management rules.
So, as I see it. My daily loss is within $300. $310 max but I can get it withing $295 including fees. For example, once I met all requirements and get live funds I have $1500. so, if I keep my daily loss within $295. I have 6 straight days to trade. As $30K account trader I do not have weekly loss limit. From my trading and back testing it is very unlikely if I follow my plan including trade management plan I will lose 6 $295 days in a row.
$200 is definitely not a reasonable limit for me.
I agree with your analysis. And the reason you can have a $300 daily limit is you also put up decent P&L on the green days, from looking at the combine stats you posted. And since you don't have a weekly loss limit on the 30k account, that's an advantage. So as long as you keep the $300 number intact, then the focus is on the trailing max draw, which as you correctly noted that you would have to hit your stop six days in a row to exceed your max trailing dd.
The $200 loss limit is definitely too low, especially on the 50k combine. This is why I keep pointing out the discrepancy in TST's rules between the combine and the live Jr Trader account. You obviously figured it out, and realized that the 50k combine is NOT the same as the 50k live account when you factor in the additional Jr Trader metrics, and switched to the 30k combine.
There has to be a reason why the "100's who have passed the combine" don't make Sr Trader, or TST would promote the stats, as it's in their best interest to show it can be done.
The ONLY combine that is currently structured similar to the live Jr Trader account is the 30k combine, the rest are NOT.
