Profit Target Days Calculator
"10% profit target, no time limit" still needs a realistic plan — grinding it out at 0.3% a day takes a very different number of sessions than pushing for 1% a day, and that gap changes how much size and risk actually makes sense. This calculator turns your target and expected daily return into a days estimate.
This assumes flat, compounding daily returns on winning days and zero on losing days — real trading returns are lumpy and non-linear, so treat this as a rough planning number, not a forecast. The win-rate adjustment is a simplified stretch factor (fewer profitable days spreads the same total gain across more calendar time), not a Monte Carlo simulation. If your firm has a minimum number of trading days, compare that against the estimate here — it's usually the smaller of the two that actually constrains you.
Why the daily return assumption matters more than the target itself
Two traders both chasing a 10% target look identical on paper until you ask what their realistic average daily return is. At 1%/day it's roughly 10 trading days; at 0.3%/day it's over 33 — more than three times the market exposure, and more than three times the chances of a losing streak hitting the daily loss limit along the way. The target number gets all the attention; the daily return assumption is what actually determines your risk of breaching along the way.
Pair this with the firm's actual time limit
Compare your estimate here against your firm's evaluation window in the Prop Firm Rules Comparison Table, or check firms that removed time limits entirely in Prop Firms With No Time Limit.