Look at the data on any prop firm's failed evaluations and a boring pattern appears. People rarely fail because their strategy doesn't work. They fail because they sized one trade too big after a losing morning, watched it move against them, and added to it instead of cutting it. The daily loss limit didn't kill them — their ego did.
The fix isn't a better entry. It's deciding your maximum loss for the day before the day starts, in money, not in percentages you'll rationalise later. If your daily limit is [5%] on a $50,000 account, that's $2,500. Trade as if your real, hard stop for the day is half of that — $1,250 — and you'll almost never touch the actual breach line. The traders who pass aren't the ones who never have a bad day. They're the ones who have a small bad day and go for a walk.
We built MarginPlant's daily loss limit at [5%] on purpose: it's tight enough to force discipline and loose enough that a normal losing session won't end your run. Respect the smaller number you set for yourself, and the platform's number will never come for you.
Risk warning: trading involves substantial risk of loss. This is education, not advice.