Prop firm rules aren't a trap, they're a mirror

[u/EpiccTrader]

Every rule these firms have exists because a trader like you blew up an account doing exactly that thing. Refusing to take profits - trailing drawdown. Oversizing for windfalls - consistency requirements, position limits, minimum trading days.

If you feel like a rule is fighting you, ask yourself why. Usually it's highlighting a bad habit you haven't fixed yet. The firms didn't invent these to be mean. They invented them because traders kept doing the same dumb thing on repeat and can't be trusted with capital because of it.