What is a prop firm dashboard?
Quick answer
A prop firm dashboard shows a trader their account's progress against the challenge rules: balance, equity, profit target progress, daily and maximum loss headroom, trading days and statistics. Some firms build a separate web portal for it; some platforms include it in the terminal.
Detailed answer
What a good trader dashboard shows:
- Balance and equity, updated live.
- Profit target progress as an amount and percentage.
- Daily loss headroom: how much the account can still lose today.
- Maximum loss headroom: distance to the overall floor.
- Trading days completed versus required.
- Statistics: win rate, average win and loss, best and worst trade.
The key is that it shows the same numbers the rule engine uses. A dashboard that calculates limits differently from the engine shows traders headroom they do not have. PropExecutor puts the dashboard inside every account in the terminal, calculated on the same basis as its rule engine, so the trader sees exactly what the engine judges.
Separate portal or built in
A separate portal requires its own login, hosting and development, and can drift from the engine's numbers. A dashboard inside the terminal avoids a second login and uses the engine's own figures.
PropExecutor team · Updated
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