How to PASS a FundingPips Challenge By Managing Fear and Greed
6/19/2025, 12:52:24 PM
Every forex trader wants rewards. The win. The pass. But if you've ever found yourself nailing a setup one day, then spiraling into chaos the next, well you’re not alone.
Passing a FundingPips Challenge is never just about strategy. It’s about your emotional system, which is the engine behind every click, every hesitation, every overleveraged entry. To pass, you don’t just need the most sophisticated forex trading edge. You need psychological control to execute on the trading edge for a long enough period of time, to allow it to work out. And it starts with managing two forces that quietly sabotage most forex traders: fear and greed.
Let’s start with fear...
Fear doesn’t always show up as panic. Sometimes it disguises itself as overanalysis. Other times, it tells you to “wait for confirmation”... until your setup is gone. It whispers doubt. It pushes hesitation. It freezes execution.
And worst of all? It turns your challenge into a performance test, where every loss feels like failure, not feedback.
When you're afraid, you're not trading. You're protecting your ego.
Then comes greed…
Greed has many costumes. It’s not just about going big on one trade.
It’s:
Revenge trading after a loss
Adding size because you “feel good”
Thinking you’re untouchable after a green day
Chasing rewards to prove something to yourself, or others
Greed makes you forget your plan. It makes you click, out of impulse instead of clarity. And it usually shows up right after a win. Because winning without structure? That’s when the ego gets loud. And the chart becomes your battleground.
You think you need a better strategy.
What you actually need is better self-regulation.
Ask yourself honestly:
Can you stay calm when the price moves against you?
Can you follow your plan even when you’re down 3%?
Can you walk away from the charts after a loss — not to avoid pain, but to protect clarity?
These are the real skills that pass challenges.
So how do you manage fear and greed?
You stop thinking you’ll “get rid” of them. You won’t. They’re part of you. They’re part of trading. The goal isn’t to eliminate them. The goal is to trade despite them.
Here’s how:
✅ Build a pre-trade ritual that grounds your mindset, not just your setup ✅ Use risk caps that feel boring, because boredom protects you from impulsive choices ✅ Journal your emotional state before and after trades (not just entries and exits) ✅ Learn to sit with discomfort, without needing to act on it
Because mastery in forex trading doesn’t come from control. It comes from response.
Passing the prop firm challenge isn’t about outsmarting the market
It’s about outlasting your impulses. You don’t need to be perfect. You need to be consistent. You need to stay calm when others panic. You need to trade like someone who’s already funded.
That’s how you pass.
📢 Don’t forget, our Success Stories series goes live every Wednesday at 5 PM Dubai Time, where we spotlight real forex traders who’ve conquered the challenge.
🎥 And join us every Friday at 5 PM Dubai Time for our Trading Psychology Live Series, where we break down the mindset behind consistent wins.
Stay disciplined. Stay dangerous. And most of all, stay self-aware.
