☕️ Howdy Munchers — weekend edition

I'm here to talk to you about one thing and one thing only: Prop firms.

Why?

Because there's a gold rush happening in the trading world right now, and if you're still stuck trying to flip your $500 account, you're going to get left behind…

So let me explain what they are and the major update that just dropped.

Spoiler: If you've ever dreamt of becoming a full-time trader, the barrier just got a lot lower.

🎓 Prop Firms 101: What Are They?

For the veterans, I apologize.

But 80% of you reading have never touched a prop firm challenge, so here's the crash course.

Prop firms sell "challenges" — think of them as auditions for your trading chops.

Pass the challenge, follow the rules, and boom: you get a funded account where you keep 80-90% of the profits. In cold, hard, withdrawable cash.

Here's how it works:

• You buy a $100K challenge (usually around $500)

• Hit the profit target of 10%

• Don't exceed the max loss limit of 8%

• Boom, you're funded

Now you're trading with house money. Make 5% in a month? That's $4,000 in your pocket. 

Challenge only cost you $500? Yeah, the math is mathing.

But let's not sugarcoat this — these challenges are hard.

Did you see the markets this week?

Bitcoin had me crying like a newborn baby at 3 AM. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either lying or selling you something (or both).

That's the entire point of our daily email: to help you actually understand the market so you can make better trading decisions. AKA, make more money.

But I digress.

Didn't I mention a major update that just made this whole game easier?

💰 Get Paid Even In Drawdown

That's right.

Before this week, if you were in drawdown on your funded account, you got bubkiss. Nothing. Nada. Zero dollars and zero cents.

But that changed when Lark Funding (our favorite prop firm, and yes, we're biased) dropped their new salary feature.

How does it work?

You can get paid up to $1,000/month even if you're in drawdown.

I know. Pretty insane.

"But Mr. Munch, what's the catch?"

All you have to do is meet the following:

• ✅ Don't exceed -3.5% drawdown

• ✅ Have 5 profitable days of 0.5%

That's it.

So yes, you still need to show some consistency (they're not running a charity over there), but even if you're underwater, you can still pay your bills.

Game. Changer.

But here's the truth most people won't tell you…

🎯 Every Challenge = Buy 1, Get 2

Like I said above, these challenges aren't easy to pass. And with most firms, if you fail, you're out of luck — full price for another shot.

But Lark just changed that, too.

Now, as long as you don't lose more than 1% in a single trade (sorry, gamblers), you get a 100% discount code to take the challenge again. For free.

Which means double your chances of passing.

And double the chances of passing means double the chances of getting those sweet payouts. Double the chances of unlocking that monthly salary.

Just imagine this scenario:

• You take a $100K challenge but fail 😥

• You get a retry for free and pass 🙂

• You make 5% on the funded account 💪

• You receive a $4,000 payout 🤑

• Oh, and the $500 salary 🤑🤑

We don't do math in public, but I'm pretty sure that's $4,500 in your pocket.

I also think that's enough money for my wife to not roll her eyes when I say I'm going golfing with the boys (again)…

🤝 So Why Am I Telling You This?

Because trading is hard enough as it is.

And there's literally nothing harder or more soul-crushing than trying to grow a small trading account. It's like pushing a boulder uphill while the market throws rocks at your face.

The days of grinding your $500 account are over.

Prop firms give you the ability to start making real money. And Lark Funding just made that even easier:

• ✅ Monthly payouts even if you're in drawdown

• ✅ Every challenge = buy 1, get 2

• ✅ The most lenient 1-step drawdown in the industry

Oh, and like every great infomercial, yes, there's more.

Every challenge comes with a free 30-day TradingView subscription.

So if you want to stop blowing up your personal account…

If you're tired of trying to grow a tiny $500 account…

And you want to finally start making some real money from trading…

Check them out

We'll see you tomorrow,

— Matthew, CEO

P.S. My wife is giving me side eye since it's Sunday and I'm writing this, so I hope you got some value from it. Rest up. The markets will still be here Monday — unlike my hairline if I keep stress-trading.