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Four ways to trade one signal.

Every method here fires on the exact same P1 signal — a 5-minute opening-range breakout on MES, RSI-guarded, entered on the retest. What differs is what happens after the fill: two exit managements (Master's trail vs Fast's fixed target), each tradeable with fixed dollar risk or a flexible-R sizing overlay.

P1 signal — shared by all four

5m opening range · first close beyond OR · RSI(14) not-overbought/oversold guard · limit at the OR level (30-min validity) · stop = structure, padded 0.25×ATR · A/B setups only · RTH, flat by 15:55

Master exit · M2

Half off at +1R, stop to breakeven, trail the rest under post-entry 15-minute swings. Fewer, bigger winners — 59% win rate.

Fast exit · M1be

Full position at a fixed +2R limit; stop to breakeven once +1R prints. Binary outcomes, high risk density — 35% win rate, bigger average winner.

+ Flex sizing (Master Flex)

Per-trade risk = fraction × (balance − trailing DD floor). Compounds when ahead, shrinks when wounded.

+ Flex sizing (Fast Flex)

The same cushion-fraction rule on the Fast book — the configuration behind the automated eval runs.

P1 Master +$16,294 P1 Master Flex +$23,446 P1 Fast +$29,674 P1 Fast Flex +$9,184

Honesty note: simulated book — touch fills, zero net slippage, entry-bar SL/TP not checked within the fill minute. Real fills will be worse. Curves share one dollar scale; Master/Fast books start 2023-07, flex books 2023-08. Flex curves shown at the standard 0.10 fraction on the $1,250-DD account.

Side by side

Three years on MES, 2023-07 → 2026-07. Same signal set — the spread in the numbers is exit management and sizing, nothing else.

method	exit	sizing	3-yr net	PF	win	max DD	trades
P1 Master TV-verified	M2 · half @ +1R, 15m-swing trail	fixed $200–250 / trade	+$16,294	1.72	59.1%	−$1,723	225
P1 Master Flex sizing overlay · sim	M2 · half @ +1R, 15m-swing trail	flexR · 0.10 × cushion (std)	+$23,446	1.59	60.0%	−$4,475	220
P1 Fast entries TV-verified	M1be · full @ +2R, BE @ +1R	fixed $800 / trade · 20-micro cap	+$29,674	1.52	34.5%	−$5,752	225
P1 Fast Flex sizing overlay · sim	M1be · full @ +2R, BE @ +1R	flexR · 0.10 × cushion (std)	+$9,184	1.43	34.5%	−$3,536	220

Max DD is end-of-day for Master/Fast, book drawdown for the flex overlays. Win rates differ by exit style, not signal quality — M1be converts fewer trades but wins 2R when it does.

Pick by the job

Passing the TPT 25K eval, or trading funded: P1 Master. $200/trade never failed a start in three years of simulated eval starts; step to $250 after +$750 banked.
Passing a PRO-style eval (no consistency rule) quickly: P1 Fast — 96% of 2026 start days passed within 30 trading days in the stored eval sims (68% across all three years).
Growing a funded account from a thin cushion: the Flex overlays — size follows the cushion, so a losing streak can’t breach the floor the way fixed-$ risk can.
Automation: P1 Fast Flex is the config wired into the TradingView → PickMyTrade → Tradovate pipeline.

The methods

P1 Master TV-verified

The champion. Half off at +1R, trail the rest — built for the TPT 25K eval and funded trading.

→ /p1-master-flex/

P1 Master Flex sizing overlay · sim

P1 Master trades with flexible-R sizing: risk a fixed fraction of the cushion above the trailing drawdown floor.

P1 Fast entries TV-verified

Same entries, one fixed +2R target, breakeven at +1R — tuned to pass PRO-style evals fast.

→ /p1-fast-flex/

P1 Fast Flex sizing overlay · sim

P1 Fast trades with flexible-R sizing — the automated LucidPro-style eval configuration.