Strategy styles · Low win rate
Can a low win-rate strategy pass Bullwaves Prime? Caution
Often, but the rules decide it. On Bullwaves Prime 1-Step 100K, our sample low win-rate trader passed 67% of attempts and went on to a first payout in 36%. That ranks Bullwaves Prime 2nd of 46 firms with a challenge for this style; the middle challenge across all firms is 54%. The sample has a real edge built in, so read this as how Bullwaves Prime's rules treat the style, not as your own odds.
Proceed with caution at Bullwaves Prime. The figures below are about its rules only. See why.
Bullwaves Prime accounts with a low win-rate strategy
| Account | Type | Pass chance | Pass and get paid | Best risk a trade | Days | Most common way it failed | Target | Daily loss | Max loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-Step 100K | 2-step | 55% | 35% | 0.5% | 134 | Hit the maximum loss | 8% / 5% | 5% | 10% trailing |
| 1-Step 100K | 1-step | 67% | 36% | 0.63% | 70 | Hit the maximum loss | 10% | 4% | 8% static |
"Pass and get paid" is the share of attempts that passed every phase and then reached a first payout without breaking a rule. Days are trading days. Rules checked 8 Nov 2026; full rules on the Bullwaves Prime page.
Bullwaves Prime's rules suit this style better than most. When the sample failed on Bullwaves Prime 1-Step 100K, it was most often because it hit the maximum loss.
The sample low win-rate trader
Our sample wins 20% of its trades, each winner is 5 times the risk, each loser is the full risk, and it takes about one trade every two days: an average of 0.2R profit per trade, where R is the amount risked. Four losses in every five trades, and a winner worth five losses. Runs of ten or more losses in a row happen in any long test, so the account has to survive them at the size you trade. More on the sample and how it does across all firms.
Bullwaves Prime rules to watch with a low win-rate strategy
These rules are not in the pass figures above, and they matter for this style:
- 2-Step 100K, holding over the weekend: No holding trades over the weekend.
- 1-Step 100K, holding over the weekend: Trades can be held over the weekend.
- Losing runs against the maximum loss
- Ten losses in a row at 1% risk is the whole maximum loss at many firms. This style has to trade small, which slows it down.
- Consistency rules
- One big winner can be most of the profit, which is exactly what a best-day rule is written to stop.
- Trailing drawdown
- A large winner lifts a trailing floor, and the long losing run that follows starts from that higher floor.
Other styles at Bullwaves Prime
| Style | Best account | Pass chance | Pass and get paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakout | 1-Step 100K | 72% | 54% |
| Trend following | 1-Step 100K | 81% | 62% |
| Mean reversion | 1-Step 100K | 74% | 61% |
| Scalping | 1-Step 100K | 61% | 38% |
| Swing trading | 1-Step 100K | 89% | 73% |
| Opening range breakout | 1-Step 100K | 83% | 72% |
| Day trading | 1-Step 100K | 60% | 34% |
| High win rate | 1-Step 100K | 88% | 80% |
| Low win rate (this one) | 1-Step 100K | 67% | 36% |
| Position trading | 1-Step 100K | 82% | 42% |
| Grid and martingale | 1-Step 100K | 41% | 32% |
Other firms near the top
- FTUK Flex Challenge: 74% passed
- Instant Funding One-Phase Pro: 66% passed
- Lark Funding 1-Step Career: 66% passed
Ranked on the rules alone. It says nothing about how reliably a firm pays: see payout reports and each firm's page.
How this was worked out
Each style is a made-up sample trader, not a real track record. We set the figures so that every sample makes the same average profit: 0.1 times its risk per trading day, about 2R a month. They differ only in shape: how often they win, how big the winners are and how many trades they take. That way a difference between two styles comes from how the rules treat the shape, not from one sample simply being better. The exception is the grid and martingale sample, which has no edge at all: adding to losing trades changes the shape of the results but cannot create an edge.
Each sample was run 1,000 times against each account's published rules, at nine trade sizes from 0.13% to 1% of the account, and we show the size that did best. It is the same engine as the test centre. How the simulation works.
What this leaves out. Every sample but that one has a real edge and never breaks its own rules, which is why these figures are far higher than the share of real traders who pass. There are no spreads, commissions, swaps or slippage. Every winner and loser is the same size. And it only tests the rules in the table: profit targets, loss limits, trading days, time limits, consistency and payout terms, not rules on news, weekends or hold times. A strategy with no edge fails everywhere, whatever its style.
Questions
Can a low win-rate strategy pass Bullwaves Prime?
Often, but the rules decide it. On Bullwaves Prime 1-Step 100K, our sample low win-rate trader passed 67% of attempts and went on to a first payout in 36%. That ranks Bullwaves Prime 2nd of 46 firms with a challenge for this style; the middle challenge across all firms is 54%. The sample has a real edge built in; a strategy without one fails at any firm.
Which Bullwaves Prime account is best for a low win-rate strategy?
Bullwaves Prime 1-Step 100K did best in our runs (67% passed). Bullwaves Prime 2-Step 100K: 55% passed.
How much should I risk per trade at Bullwaves Prime with a low win-rate strategy?
For our sample the best size on Bullwaves Prime 1-Step 100K was 0.63% of the account per trade, and a typical pass took 70 trading days. Your own best size depends on your win rate and losing runs, so test your own trades.
Test your own trades
These are samples. Your strategy has its own win rate, its own losing runs and its own costs. Upload a backtest or trade history and PropPassCheck replays it 2,000 times against each Bullwaves Prime account and every other firm, and shows your own chance of passing and of a first payout. It runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.