The Warrior Phase is the first stage of the PropShopTrader evaluation program. It is designed to assess a trader’s discipline, risk management, and ability to meet profit targets in a simulated trading environment. During this phase, traders must reach their assigned profit target while staying within defined risk parameters — such as maximum trailing drawdown, position sizing, and permitted trading hours.
There are no consistency rules or daily drawdowns in this phase, giving traders more flexibility. However, breaching the trailing drawdown will result in account failure. Traders who pass the Warrior Phase move on to the Gladiator Phase.
Key Details #
- Goal: Trade a simulated account and hit the profit target without reaching the trailing drawdown level.
- Minimum Active Trading Days: 3
- Consistency Rule: None
- Daily Drawdown: None
- Drawdown Models: Warrior accounts may operate under one of two drawdown models:
- Intraday Trailing Drawdown: The account uses a trailing drawdown that adjusts based on the highest unrealized (floating) profit reached during the trading day (intraday high watermark). The trailing drawdown moves up as profits increase, but does not move back down if balance declines. Breaching the level results in account failure.
- End-of-Day (EOD) Drawdown: The drawdown is fixed during the trading day and only recalculates once after market close. Breach occurs if unrealized equity falls below the current day’s Minimum Balance. EOD accounts are available only in 50K and 100K sizes.
- Drawdown Protection: Optional Drawdown Protection is offered only on Intraday accounts as an add-on upgrade.
- Next Step: Successfully reach your target, and you’ll receive a notice at the start of the next day to progress to the Gladiator Paid Trading Sim Account (PTSA).
- Adhere to maximum position sizes and stop-loss limits
- Trade Timings: 6 pm – 4:45 pm EST