Rebuilding my prop-safe lot ladder for metals during CPI week
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2026 3:02 pm
CPI week is when my prop-safe lot ladder for metals gets rebuilt, not when I invent courage.
Gold volatility rises, firm daily loss maths get less forgiving, and the lot size that felt fine last week becomes a process risk. I step the ladder down before the week starts: smaller base lot, slower scale-in, stricter invalidation.
Rebuild checklist
1. Recalculate max lot from daily loss and typical gold stop distance after costs.
2. Cap adds — metals impulsiveness loves pyramids that prop rules hate.
3. Pre-commit blackout around the CPI window itself.
Rebuilding is maintenance. Pretending last month’s ladder still fits is how funded accounts get surprised.
How do you adjust metals size on prop into CPI week — formula, or hard half-size habit?
After CPI week I do not automatically restore the old ladder on Monday. I need a quiet sample first. Volatility hangover is real in metals; nostalgia for last month size is not a risk model.
The rebuilt ladder is printed beside the screen for CPI week so I do not scale back up mid-impulse out of habit.
Gold volatility rises, firm daily loss maths get less forgiving, and the lot size that felt fine last week becomes a process risk. I step the ladder down before the week starts: smaller base lot, slower scale-in, stricter invalidation.
Rebuild checklist
1. Recalculate max lot from daily loss and typical gold stop distance after costs.
2. Cap adds — metals impulsiveness loves pyramids that prop rules hate.
3. Pre-commit blackout around the CPI window itself.
Rebuilding is maintenance. Pretending last month’s ladder still fits is how funded accounts get surprised.
How do you adjust metals size on prop into CPI week — formula, or hard half-size habit?
After CPI week I do not automatically restore the old ladder on Monday. I need a quiet sample first. Volatility hangover is real in metals; nostalgia for last month size is not a risk model.
The rebuilt ladder is printed beside the screen for CPI week so I do not scale back up mid-impulse out of habit.