Beginner guide · Education, not advice

The rules that matter

The setup is the easy part. Staying alive on an Apex evaluation is about discipline — and these are the guardrails Helm watches against the trades and risk you log.

Fixed risk per trade

Same dollar risk every time. No 'this one's a sure thing' over-sizing.

A hard daily stop

When you hit your daily loss limit, you're done — Apex's and your own, whichever is tighter. Helm flags it before you blow through.

Few, planned trades

A handful of A-setups beats twenty revenge trades. Overtrading is the fastest way to fail an eval.

Respect the trailing drawdown

Apex's drawdown trails your balance up and can fail the account if touched. Helm shows how much room you have left.

Not every breakout follows through — and that's exactly why the stop matters:

When the breakout failsprice ↑ · time →

Price broke the range and you entered near 29,609 — then it reversed and hit your stop at 29,606. A small, planned loss; the target was never reached. The stop did its job: it caps the damage so one bad trade can't take the day.

Important

This guide is educational and is not financial, investment, or trading advice. Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. Past performance and practice results do not predict future results. Helm is a read-only coaching and journaling tool — it never executes trades and never tells you what to buy or sell. Every decision is yours.