IQ Capital risk calculator
Size every trade on the IQ Capital Core CFD Challenge $100K from its real capital: the $6,000 max drawdown, not the $100K account. See how many losing trades end the day and the account, then run your plan 10,000 times under IQ Capital's own rules.
Your three numbers
- stop after 2 losses
- stop at −$500
Today
IQ Capital Core-DLL Futures Challenge $50KBefore each trade
IQ Capital Core-DLL Futures Challenge $50KYour real capital is $2,000, not $50,000: 10 losing trades in a row end your day, 20 end the account. Size every trade so a normal losing streak cannot reach those limits, and stop for the day before the firm stops you.
The loss side
your edge: +0.13R · $13 a trade on averageYour own limits stop you first: after 2 losses in a row, or 5 losses ($500).
End of day: the floor rises with your best closing balance, so after a run of winning days it takes fewer.
Over a typical run of 81 trades at a 55% loss rate, a losing streak of 6 or more happens in 65% of runs and one of 9 or more in 15%. The account ends at 20 losses in a row.
| Losses in a row | All lose next | In a day | In 100 trades | In a typical run |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 · Your stopends the day by your choice | 30% | 44% | 100% | 100% |
| 10 · Daily loss limitthe firm ends the day | 0.3% | — | 10% | 8.1% |
| 20 · Max drawdownthe account is lost | 1 in 155,864 | — | 1 in 4,213 | 1 in 5,479 |
“All lose next” is the chance that the coming trades are all losers. The other three columns are the chance that such a streak happens at least once: in a day of 3 trades, in 100 trades, and in a typical run of 81 trades (the simulation's median), the streak that ends accounts. All are exact, from your win rate.
The gain side
1 phase · $150 a winNet of losses it takes more trades: the simulation counts them.
Trade by trade at your win rate, under the firm's rules and your limits.
| Winning trades in a row | Chance in a row | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 20 wins of $150 | 1 in 8,624,814 | the first target in one go: the one-day rush |
| 10 wins of $150 | 1 in 2,937 | half of the first target in one go |
Consistency
10,000 simulated challenges with your numbers
same seed every timeAssumes a fixed stop (−$100) and target (+$150), independent trades at a 45% win rate, the same size every trade, $0 of costs a trade, no slippage; IQ Capital's rules as published (with its 30-day time limit), checked Oct 1, 2026.
What this does not model
Variable R (stops and targets that move) · partial exits · news gaps · slippage · correlated trades · the firm's discretion · taxes.
The same strategy copied onto several accounts shares one outcome: they pass or fail together, so the odds above do not improve. Trading opposite sides across accounts to push one through (“hedged passing”) is prohibited by the firms that state a rule on it, and this planner never suggests it.
These figures treat each account as its own attempt, the best case, with the chance of one attempt from the simulation above. Each account is bought once: resets are not counted.
Every rule this planner applies is published for this account. Other rules (news trading, a minimum profit for a day to count, scaling) are not simulated: read the firm's own page.
After you pass
Core-DLL Futures FundedFunded from a fresh start, with your numbers: 10,000 runs trade until the first payout can be asked for, the account is lost, or 120 days pass.
- Passday 26
- First payoutday 55
- Second payoutday 65
No minimum payout, buffer or target is published for this stage: on demand, the consistency rule and minimum days decide.
What this stage publishes
- Profit split
- 90%
- Payouts
- every 10 days
- First payout
- after 10 trading days
- Payout cap
- $1,500 a request
- Minimum payout
- None
- Request share
- a request takes at most 50% of the profit
- Consistency
- 30%: the best day may equal it
- Funded account
- daily loss $1,000
- Reset (funded)
- $299
Every rule this run applies is published for this stage. A day here is a trading day, counted as one day of the firm's own day rules.
Cost to get funded
price, resets, fee after passing15.1 attempts on average: $245 for the first, $245 for each of the others, plus $129 after passing
Nine times in ten one of these 34 attempts passes: $245 for the first, then $245 each time, plus $129 after passing
The firm publishes no reset price: each attempt after the first is counted at the full price again, $245.
Ways to size, compared
your plan 10,000 runs · the others 5,000 each| Way to size | Reached | Account lost | Daily limit hit | Time ran out | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same size every tradeyour plan as set | 6.6% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 91.8% | 26 |
| Half size near the floorwhen less than a third of the drawdown is left | 6.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 93.7% | 26 |
| Half size after 2 lossesback to full size after a win | 3.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 96.1% | 26 |
| Build a buffer firsthalf size until the floor locks | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 28 |
The same trades, sized four ways. Half size when the floor gets close is the most common advice: it trades a little speed for fewer lost accounts. The best figure of each column is in accent.
If you risked…
your row 10,000 runs · the others 2,000 each| Risk a trade | Reached | Account lost | Median days | Cost to get funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1% of the drawdown$20 a trade | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — |
| 2.5% of the drawdown$50 a trade | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — |
| 5% of the drawdownyour plan$100 a trade | 6.6% | 1.6% | 26 | $3,819 |
| 7.5% of the drawdown$150 a trade | 27.1% | 12.2% | 23 | $1,033 |
| 10% of the drawdown$200 a trade | 44.1% | 26.1% | 19 | $684 |
The same win rate, reward, stops and rules at other sizes of risk: only the risk changes. Your own row is the simulation above; the best figure of each column is in accent.
The drawdown floor
end of day, locks at the starting balanceIt follows your end-of-day best balance, $2,000 below it, until it reaches the starting balance.
About 54 days at your average day ($38). Until then, a losing run after a good day costs twice: trade half size until it locks (“Build a buffer first” above).
Rushing against your plan
the same win rate and reward| Measure | Your plan | Rushing |
|---|---|---|
| Risk per trade | 5.0% of the drawdown · $100 | 100% of the drawdown · $2,000 |
| Your limits | on | none |
| Reached | 6.6% | 44.6% |
| Daily limit hit | 0.0% | 55.4% |
| Account lost | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Time ran out | 91.8% | 0.0% |
| Expected cost to get funded | $3,819 · about 1 pass in 15 accounts | $678 · about 1 pass in 2 accounts |
Rushing sizes each trade so an average day makes the first target in one session ($3,000 in 3 trades, capped here at your whole drawdown: one loss ends the account). Same win rate, same reward: only the size and the limits change.
Kelly and the risk of ruin
what the formulas sayKelly = win rate − loss rate ÷ reward = 0.45 − 0.55 ÷ 1.5 = 8.3% a trade, applied here to your real capital, the $2,000 drawdown. Full Kelly grows fastest with deep swings on the way; most traders use a quarter to a half of it. You are at 0.6 Kelly: above half, losing runs get long.
The chance a losing run eats the whole drawdown (20 losses of room) if you traded these numbers without end, on one account.
The real figure for this account: its daily limit and its targets included.
Risk of ruin ≈ e^(−r × U), where U is the losses of room (the drawdown ÷ the risk of one trade) and r solves p · e^(−r × reward) + q · e^(r) = 1 (p the win rate, q the loss rate). Kelly and ruin assume trades of the same size, one after another.
My plan
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MY PLAN · IQ Capital Core-DLL Futures Challenge $50K Risk per trade: 5.0% of the $2,000 drawdown ($100) · reward 1.5R · win rate 45% (my estimate) Position: 2 MNQ (20 points stop) Stop for the day: after 2 losses in a row or at −$500 Stop for the day when up: no cap The firm ends the day after 10 losses in a row, the account after 20 losses in a row (1 in 5,479 over a typical run) Simulated with these numbers: 7% reach the target, median 26 days Rules from iqcapital.io, checked Oct 1, 2026 · fundedkeys.com/tools/risk-planner
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Each run trades your numbers under the account's rules: its daily loss limit, its max drawdown (static, trailing, end of day or locking at the starting balance as the firm states it), its targets, its minimum days and its consistency rule, and under your own limits. A rule the firm does not publish is left out and named. Rules of the accounts are data of Oct 5, 2026. A calculation, not a promise. Check your own days in the consistency calculator
IQ Capital risk questions, answered from its rules
How much should I risk per trade on IQ Capital's $100K account?
Risk a share of the $6,000 max drawdown, not of the $100K: that $6,000 is what the IQ Capital Core CFD Challenge $100K can lose before it ends, so it is your real capital. At 5% of it a trade risks $300 (0.3% of the account); 2.5% is $150 and 10% is $600. With a 45% win rate and rewards of 1.5R, 11% of 10,000 simulated runs reach the target and 2% lose the account. A calculation, not a promise.
How many losing trades in a row end the day or the account on IQ Capital's $100K account?
IQ Capital states no daily loss limit on this account, so only the max drawdown ends it: at 5% of the drawdown a trade ($300), 20 losses in a row reach the $6,000 max drawdown. End of day: the floor rises with your best closing balance, so after a run of winning days it takes fewer. Over a typical run of 80 trades at a 55% loss rate, a losing streak of 6 or more happens in 64% of runs and one of 9 or more in 14%; a streak of 20 has a 1 in 5,567 chance of happening in such a run.
Does IQ Capital have a time limit or a consistency rule on the $100K account?
The IQ Capital Core CFD Challenge $100K has a time limit of 30 days for the evaluation. There is no consistency rule. There is no minimum number of trading days.
What does IQ Capital's $100K account cost to get funded, with retries?
The IQ Capital Core CFD Challenge $100K costs $445 (list price). A fee of $149 is paid once, after passing. At the opening plan (5% of the drawdown a trade, 45% wins, 1.5R), 11% of attempts reach the target: about 1 pass in 9 accounts. Counting each retry at $445 (retries at the full price), the expected cost is $4,273, and $9,494 covers 21 attempts, enough to be funded nine times in ten.
Rules and sources: IQ Capital review · Risk planner for every firm · consistency calculator · methodology