For you, the Evaluation Challenge is your path to getting funded as a trader. For us, it’s our way of assessing your potential to make money as a trader and getting an assessment of what sort of trader you are.
Large, profitable days, that sit outside what we would normally expect given the amount of risk we give you, can be signs of gambling and taking large risks in trading (such as taking a position before a major economic announcement, and hoping the market accelerates in your favor).
Also, we all get lucky from time to time, sometimes we will have a position in the market when an unexpected piece of news results in quick, large windfalls. These events are great in the live markets but tell us nothing about your ability to trade over the long term.
By discounting large profitable days, we can see that you have achieved the profit target objective through consistent, acceptable risk-taking.
To be clear, if you do have a large profitable day during the Evaluation Challenge, it is not considered a failure or rule breach, you are still being evaluated for funding.