The rules that matter
The setup is the easy part. Staying alive — on a prop-firm evaluation or your own account — is about discipline, and these are the guardrails Helm watches against the trades and risk you log.
Same dollar risk every time. No 'this one's a sure thing' over-sizing.
When you hit your daily loss limit, you're done — your firm's and your own, whichever is tighter. Helm flags it before you blow through.
A handful of A-setups beats twenty revenge trades. Overtrading is the fastest way to lose an account.
On a prop-firm account the drawdown trails your balance up and can fail the account if touched; on your own it's the loss you refuse to go past. Helm shows how much room you have left.
Not every breakout follows through — and that's exactly why the stop matters:
This guide is educational and is not financial, investment, or trading advice. Trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone; leveraged products such as futures magnify both gains and losses. 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.