Trading plan
Prop Firm Trading Plan: Build One That Stays Within Rules
A funded account adds a second rulebook on top of your own: the firm's. A prop plan is the one that keeps your strategy and the firm's limits from colliding.
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Two rulebooks, one plan
On a funded account, a breach ends the account regardless of how the trade went. So your plan has to serve two masters at once: your strategy's rules and the firm's constraints — max drawdown, daily loss limit, consistency caps, profit targets.
A prop trading plan is where you reconcile them in advance, so you are never choosing between your setup and a rule violation mid-session. Confirm your firm's current rules first; they change, and the plan has to match the live rule set.
Components
What a prop trading plan includes
Firm rule summary
Your firm's exact drawdown type, daily loss limit, consistency rule, and target, written where you see them.
Risk budget
Per-trade and per-day risk sized to stay comfortably inside the firm's limits, not at the edge.
Setups
The strategies you run, unchanged by the funding — the plan constrains size, not edge.
Stop-for-the-day trigger
A personal daily loss cap tighter than the firm's, so you never test the real one.
Consistency guardrails
Rules that keep any single day from breaking a consistency cap.
Honest note
What Mettle does and does not do here
Be clear on the division of labor: Mettle does not track your drawdown against a firm floor in real time or enforce firm rules at the broker. A compliance dashboard or your firm's own platform does that.
What Mettle does is help you write the plan, log whether you traded inside it, and review your discipline — the behavioral side that actually causes most blown accounts. Pair it with a compliance tracker; it is the review layer, not the guardrail.
In Mettle
How to use this plan in Mettle
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Write each setup as a play
Turn the plan into named plays with their rules, so every trade has something to be measured against.
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Log trades against the play
Tag each trade to its play and record what actually happened, including deviations.
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Review adherence weekly
Let the weekly review reflect how often you followed the plan and how those trades scored, so the plan stays enforced by feedback rather than willpower.
FAQ
Does Mettle build the plan or trade it for me?
No. Mettle does not generate plans, signal entries, or place trades — it is a journal and review tool. You write the plan; Mettle helps you turn it into plays, log trades against it, and review whether you actually followed it.
Does Mettle track prop firm drawdown and rules?
No. Mettle does not monitor trailing drawdown, daily loss limits, or consistency rules in real time — a compliance dashboard or your firm's platform does that. Mettle is the review layer: it helps you plan, log, and review whether your discipline kept you inside the rules.
Are the scores objective or self-reported?
Self-reported, by design. No software can see whether you hesitated, chased, or broke your own rule — only you can. Mettle structures that self-report so it is fast, honest, and comparable week to week, and keeps its analysis grounded in what you actually logged.
Is Mettle free to start?
Yes. You get full access free for 14 days with no card. We only ask for a card once you have reviewed three sessions, after the product has earned a place in your routine.
Plan inside the rules
Write a prop plan that respects the firm's limits, then log and review whether you stayed inside it. Free to start, no card.
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