Prop Trading 101: How to Pass Your First Challenge (Without the Stress)

Published on: Jun 29, 2026 • Blog

If you have ever stared at a Phase 1 challenge and wondered whether you are overthinking it, you are not alone. Most traders who fail their first evaluation do not fail because they lack skill. They fail because they rush, misread the rules, or try to prove themselves in a single session instead of pacing the work over the full challenge period.

That is exactly what TradingPLUS’s upcoming webinar, Prop Trading 101: Passing Your First Challenge, is built to fix. Whether you are about to start your first evaluation or you have already had a few attempts that did not go to plan, this session will walk you through the mindset and the mechanics that separate traders who pass from traders who restart.

Webinar Details

The session is free to join and open to traders at every level, though it is especially useful if you are new to prop trading or preparing for your first Phase 1 attempt.

Date: July 3

Time: 1:00 PM (GMT+1)

Platform: Google Meet

Hosted by: Mr. Mark John, Business Development Manager (Philippines)

Speakers: Shah, Global Sales, and Maria, Country Manager

What You Will Learn

The Phase 1 Roadmap

Passing Phase 1 is not about hitting your profit target as fast as possible. Shah and Maria will break down a simple, repeatable roadmap for reaching your target without forcing trades or taking on risk you do not need. You will leave with a clearer sense of how to pace your sessions across the full evaluation window instead of trying to do it all in the first few days.

Rules Made Easy

Drawdown limits and daily loss limits are where most challenge attempts quietly fall apart, often because traders misunderstand how they are calculated rather than because they traded badly. This part of the webinar breaks the rules down in plain language, so you know exactly what counts, what does not, and how to keep your account comfortably inside the limits at all times.

Smart Trading, Not Fast Trading

There is a common instinct to try to pass a challenge in a day or two. It rarely works out, and it usually leads to the kind of oversized risk that triggers a breach. The team will explain why pacing yourself across the full evaluation period gives you a far higher chance of passing, and how to build that patience into your trading routine from day one.

Why This Webinar Is Worth Your Time

This is not a generic trading lecture. It is a practical, challenge-specific session led by people who work directly with traders going through Phase 1 every day. You will get straightforward answers on the roadmap, the rules, and the pacing that actually gets accounts funded, plus the chance to ask your own questions live.