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In points. Pick the future on each account's row; the desk sizes the bracket from these stops, rounds contracts down and uses the micro when one mini is too big. Each stop can't go below its default.
Same chart trade, smaller money: a 50 point stop and 25 point target is $1,000 / $500 on 1 NQ and $500 / $250 on 5 MNQ. If a stop needs more contracts than the firm allows, the desk widens the points instead.
Every dollar in and out, over time. Eval purchases, activations and payouts from the desk are added for you. Add resets, monthly subscriptions, data fees and anything else below so your net is honest.
Log every trade of your main setup with its stop and target in points, and whether it hit the target or the stop. The journal compares how often you actually win with how often that bracket wins by chance. The difference is your edge.
Every outcome is a weight on a number line, and its size is its probability. Expected value is the point where the beam balances: the average result per try if you repeated the same bet many times. Drag the slider and watch the pivot slide toward the heavier side.
The average result per try over many tries. On the seesaw it's the pivot. It doesn't have to be a result you can actually get: a trade can average +$100 and still never win exactly $100.
Do the next step for every possible outcome, then add the results. Two outcomes give two terms. A win and a loss is the most common case in trading.
What you get if that outcome happens. Losses are negative. For a bracket: hit the stop = minus the stop and costs, hit the target = the target minus costs. On the seesaw it's where the weight sits.
How likely that outcome is, from 0 to 1. They must add up to 1. On the seesaw it's how heavy the weight is. Your edge is what moves it: a 55% trader puts more weight on the target than chance does.
Pick NQ or MNQ, set your stop and target in points, and the most you want your stop to cost. The calculator rounds down, so the stop never costs more than that. Commission and slippage come on top, using your settings from the Risk column, the same way the account cards work.
Every account has a loss limit: a balance it must never touch. Room to max loss is your balance minus that limit. All accounts here use an end-of-day limit, which only moves up when a day closes at a new high, and never moves down.
| Day | Result | Balance | Loss limit | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | $50,000 | $48,000 | $2,000 | |
| 1 | +$1,000 | $51,000 | $49,000 | $2,000 |
| 2 | −$800 | $50,200 | $49,000 | $1,200 |
On day 2 you are still up $200, but you only have $1,200 of room. Profit you give back counts against you.
Lock: on Lucid the limit stops moving at $50,100 once the account closes at $52,100. Any payout also locks it, so a small early payout can leave very little room.
Firm rules change often. Always double-check the firm's website for recent changes before you buy or trade.
Plans are 50K unless the name says otherwise. All use end-of-day loss limits (TPT PRO trails intraday). ✔ = taken from the firm's help center or confirmed by the Vulcan team (October 2026). Firms change rules often: confirm on the firm's site. Prices change often; use the price you actually paid when adding accounts.
Firm rules change. If something on the desk doesn't match your firm's dashboard or help center, use "Report a problem" below.
Educational tool, not financial advice. Futures trading carries real risk of loss.
Firm rules change often. Always double-check the firm's website for recent changes before you buy or trade.
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