SFX Funded $80,000 Challenge — Position Size Calculator

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On an SFX Funded $80k account, you hit the $2,400 daily loss limit after just 3 losing trades at 1% risk ($800 each) or 1.5 trades at 2% risk ($1,600 each). This is where traders get burned - two bad 2% trades puts you at $3,200 loss, blowing past your daily limit by $800. The math is unforgiving at this account size. For position sizing, use this formula: Risk Amount ÷ (Stop Loss in pips × pip value) = position size. With EURUSD at 1% risk: $800 ÷ (30 pips × $10) = 2.67 standard lots. For GBPJPY with a 25-pip stop: $800 ÷ (25 × $6.50) = 4.92 standard lots. Gold with a $20 stop: $800 ÷ $20 = 40 ounces. The danger zone starts when you're down $1,200+ for the day - that's only 1.5 trades at 1% risk gone wrong. At this point, you need to either stop trading or drop your risk to 0.5% ($400 per trade) to avoid the daily breach. Many traders make the fatal mistake of increasing position size to 'recover' losses, but with only $1,200 cushion remaining, a single 2% revenge trade ending badly puts you $400 over the limit. Since this is a single-phase challenge with no profit target, you only need to survive without hitting the $4,800 max drawdown (6%) or daily loss limit. The daily limit resets each day, but the max drawdown follows you throughout the entire challenge. Your account equity can never drop below $75,200 from the starting balance. Unlike multi-phase props, there's no pressure to hit monthly targets - just manage risk and stay alive.

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