Logging in
Open the platform, choose to log in to an existing account, and type the server name exactly as the email shows it. Then the login number and the trading password. If the app says the account is invalid, the server name is usually the culprit: pick it from the list rather than typing it, and check for a trailing space. The web terminal and the mobile apps use the same three fields.
Your VaultX dashboard shows the login and server and can reveal the password again if you lose the email. Never share the trading password: the account is funded in your name only.
See your limits on the chart
Work out the daily loss limit and maximum loss in dollars for your route (the rules page lists the percentages). Many traders draw them as equity targets in a journal or set a platform alert at half the daily limit. The dashboard tracks the same numbers live from each fill, so when the two disagree, trust the dashboard: it is what the rules engine sees.
Position sizing in lots
A standard lot is 100,000 units; most prop traders work in 0.01 to 0.5 lot steps. Risk per trade in dollars divided by the stop distance in pips and the pip value gives the lot size. Do the arithmetic before the trade, not after, and round down. Our guide to risk management for funded accounts has the formula and a table.
Expert advisors and copiers
Your own EA is allowed. Copying between your own accounts is allowed. Copying another person's signals, group passing and latency tricks are not, and the review after the evaluation reads for them. Test any EA on a demo first: an EA that opens ten positions on a news spike can breach a daily limit in seconds.
Habits that protect the account
- Always attach a stop loss at entry. A position without a stop is a bet on the daily limit.
- Check the swap column before holding past rollover; triple swap on Wednesdays can turn a small winner red.
- Flatten before high-impact news if your edge is not built for it.
- Log out of the mobile app when you are not trading; accidental taps are real.