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Getting started

Do I need trading experience to use this?
You don't need to know how to read charts. For Path A (Standalone), you need to handle: opening a prop firm account, applying the strategy to your TradingView chart, and placing trades manually when alerts fire. For Path B (Full automation), you additionally connect a TradersPost or PineConnector webhook. Combined setup time: ~15 min for Path A, ~60–90 min for Path B the first time.
Which brokers does this work with?
Path A works with every broker and every prop firm — manual trading is universally permitted. Path B requires a broker whose backend is Tradovate, ProjectX, MT4, or MT5. That covers Apex, Lucid Trading, Tradeify, MyFundedFutures, Topstep, Forex Prop, FundedNext, The Funded Trader, and dozens of others. Always verify your firm permits automated execution before going live with Path B.
Does the strategy run 24/7?
Path B (Full automation): yes. The bridge and your broker run during their respective market hours; the strategy fires whenever a signal triggers. Path A (Standalone): no — you need to be available when alerts fire. Most customers run Path A during their active hours and Path B for overnight strategies.
What about Path A vs Path B costs?
Path A (manual alerts from TradingView): ~$15/mo for the TradingView Essential plan, that's it. Path B (full automation): ~$65–80/mo total — TradingView Essential + TradersPost (Futures) or PineConnector (Forex/CFD). Most users start with Path A and upgrade to Path B once they're comfortable with the strategies.

Verification & methodology

How can I verify the backtests are real?
Every strategy includes raw TradingView trade list exports available on request. You can also run Strategy Tester on your own TradingView account after purchase and reproduce the exact same Performance Summary you see on the strategy pages. Native TV screenshots with watermark are the strongest verification possible — not just our claim, your replication.
What do MED P50 and BEST P90 mean?
Percentiles from 1,500 Monte Carlo paths. P50 (Median) is the median — 50% of simulated paths perform better, 50% worse. P90 (Best) is the 90th percentile (top 10% of paths). P10 (Worst) is the 10th percentile (bottom 10%). The most likely single outcome is around P50. See the full methodology page for details.
Are the strategies free of look-ahead bias?
Yes. All signals are based on candle close + confirmed indicators (no repainting). Every strategy has an explicit rule set in its description — auditable directly on TradingView.
How often is the Monte Carlo model updated?
The Monte Carlo model is refreshed monthly with the latest 12-month data window. Strategy code updates ship when (a) we detect a regime shift requiring parameter tuning, (b) prop firm rules change materially, or (c) optimization lifts expected value above the threshold of statistical significance. All updates are included — no extra cost.

Prop firms & sizing

What if my prop firm changes its rules?
Drop one account-tier preset on your chart and keep trading. The sizing model is calibrated for EOD-trailing prop firms by default; if your firm tightens rules (switches to real-time trailing, drops daily limit, adds news windows), use the next-smaller preset (e.g. 100K real-time trailing → use the 50K preset). No path change, no firm change, no setup rework. Path A (manual) always works as a fallback regardless of rules.
Which prop firms are compatible?
All major firms. EOD-trailing (best fit): Apex Trader Funding, MyFundedFutures, Topstep (selected products), Tradeify, Lucid Trading. Real-time trailing (use smaller preset): Topstep Express, Earn2Trade, FundedNext Express. Static drawdown (safe with baseline preset): Forex Prop, The Funded Trader, FundingPips. See the Compatible Prop Firms section on the home page.
What is the SAFE blow threshold?
15% annualized account blow rate. No published portfolio variant on Puravida Edge exceeds this. Three Futures portfolios sit between 10% and 15% — we mark them with amber Blow/y values and call them at-edge. Most portfolios sit well below this; the safest (P6, P7) are around 1%.

License, refund, taxes

What is the refund policy?
14-day money-back guarantee from purchase date with two paths:

(a) Unused refund. If you haven't added the TradingView scripts to your charts within 14 days of purchase, full refund, no questions asked. Email support@puravidaedge.com.

(b) Action-based refund. If you set up the strategies as documented, ran them on a demo or live account for at least 7 days, and provide trade-list evidence that the strategy behaved differently from the published backtest, we honor the refund. Submit the trade-list with the refund request.

After 14 days no refunds are available. Use of a larger preset than recommended for your firm's drawdown model (e.g. full 100K preset on a 100K real-time-trailing firm) is not covered by the refund.
Can I resell or share the strategies?
No. TradingView invite-only access is tied to your TV username. License is for personal use only. Resale, sharing, reverse engineering, or republishing of Pine Script code is prohibited under the Terms of Service. We track this actively.
What about taxes?
Dodo Payments (our payment processor) handles VAT/sales tax on their end and provides invoices automatically. Your taxes on trading profits are your responsibility under your local jurisdiction.
What happens after Founders pricing fills up?
Once all 50 spots on a Founders Lifetime tier sell, that tier reverts to standard Lifetime pricing. The Quarterly / Annual / non-Founders Lifetime tiers always remain available at their listed prices. Founders is a one-time discount on early supporters; we don't plan to repeat it.

Account & portfolios

What is Trade-WR vs Day-WR on portfolios?
Trade-WR = trade-level win rate from TradingView Strategy Tester, weighted across the strategies in a portfolio by trade count (the headline win rate is the trade-count-weighted blend of the portfolio's two strategies). Shown on portfolio cards as the headline WR.

Day-WR = percent of calendar trading days that end profitable on the joint equity. More relevant to daily-loss-limit-based prop firm rules. Shown in the risk disclosure section of each portfolio detail page.
Why are Futures portfolios pairs (MNQ + MGC) and Forex Prop portfolios 4-strategy?
Prop firms (Apex, MyFundedFutures, Topstep, Tradeify, Lucid) prohibit hedging — you can't hold simultaneous long+short positions on the same instrument at the same broker. Two strategies on the same instrument can occasionally produce overlapping opposite-direction trades, breaching the rule. Our Futures portfolios pair MNQ + MGC (one strategy per instrument) for hedging compliance. Forex Prop doesn't have the same restriction, so its portfolios stack 4 strategies (cross NAS+XAU in Forex Prop Champion, pure XAU 4-strategy in Forex Prop Focus).
What is a joint portfolio?
Multiple uncorrelated strategies running simultaneously on the same prop firm account. Each strategy contributes its profit factor and win rate to the combined daily P&L stream; because losing days don't overlap between mean-reversion, breakout, sweep, and anchor logic, the joint distribution has higher expected return AND lower variance than any single strategy alone. See the Portfolios page for the full roster.
Can I run multiple portfolios in parallel?
Yes — on separate accounts. Each portfolio targets one (instrument family × account) combination. You can run P2 (MNQ on 150K Futures Prop) + P7 (NAS on Forex Prop) + P8 (XAU on Forex Prop) in parallel, each with its own account and hard DD budget. The Ultimate tier includes access to all 8 configurations.
Why are all futures portfolios on 150K Futures Prop?
Stacking 3–4 strategies on one account requires the full $4.5K hard DD budget that 150K accounts provide. Smaller accounts (50K = $2K DD, 100K = $3K DD) are too tight for joint portfolios — a single coordinated bad day could consume the entire budget.