Pass-rate data across our $10K, $50K, and $100K challenge tiers shows a consistent pattern: smaller account tiers post modestly higher pass rates than larger ones — and the reason has less to do with the rules themselves, which scale proportionally, and more to do with how traders behave differently once the dollar figures get larger.
Why Larger Tiers See Lower Pass Rates
The rules — daily loss limit, maximum drawdown, profit target — scale proportionally with account size, so on paper the difficulty should be identical. In practice, traders attempting larger tiers more frequently size positions as if the larger dollar figures require proportionally larger trades to feel meaningful, which pushes risk-per-trade outside what the rules actually support.
"The rules scale with account size. Trader behavior often doesn't scale the same way — and that gap is where the pass-rate difference comes from."
What the Data Suggests for Position Sizing
- Calculate risk-per-trade as a percentage of account size, identically regardless of tier — don't let a larger dollar figure change your percentage-based sizing
- Treat the profit target as a byproduct of consistent, rule-respecting trading, not a deadline to hit through larger position sizes
- Traders who pass at smaller tiers first and then attempt a larger tier tend to show more consistent behavior than those starting directly at the larger size
