FastPass has not been heavily tested. It is provided free, as is, and Clara Systems accepts no responsibility for prop firm rule violations, account losses, or any outcome resulting from its use. Read this whole guide before running it. If you are not sure about your prop firm's rules, email the firm directly: they tend to respond within 24 to 48 hours and can clarify anything.
1 · Create your free NinjaTrader account: ninjatraderus.pxf.io/bkyoxM (referral link). Sign in once to confirm the account is active, then download NinjaTrader Desktop from your account
2 · Optional: a VPS keeps the connection stable when it fires. We run Hyonix, tested daily (referral link)
3 · Read this guide fully, then build the sim pair: section 06
4 · Run it in simulation at least 10 times before any paid evaluation
On a Mac? NinjaTrader Desktop runs on Windows: a VPS is the direct route (step 2), and the FAQ at clarasystems.io covers the free tools.
FastPass is not a trading strategy. It is a free tool built for one job: attempting to pass prop firm evaluation challenges quickly.
Like Clara Core, this build expires on December 31, 2026: a warning appears on the chart from December 1, and after expiry it will not open new positions (any open trade keeps its management until closed). The next year's version ships free at clarasystems.io in late November.
FastPass places real orders on whatever account its chart is connected to. When testing, confirm the account selected on each chart is your SIM account, never a cash or funded account. When running it live, confirm each chart is on the intended evaluation account. Check this every single run, before you enable.
Firm rules on this vary and change without notice: some firms prohibit opposite positions across evaluation accounts outright and close the accounts for it, and the rule can differ by account type, end of day versus intraday trailing. Verify directly with your firm, in writing, before every attempt. FastPass is for evaluation accounts only, never funded accounts, never daily trading.
FastPass runs on two evaluation accounts at once. At a time you set, one account enters long and the other short, each with a take profit and stop loss. If the market moves cleanly in one direction, one account hits the profit target and passes its evaluation. Getting funded fast is the point, and it carries a real cost, so here is the cost in full:
Which trailing drawdown rule your evaluation uses plays a role in passing. Under an intraday rule, the winning side's own run toward the target moves the limit up while the trade is open; under an end-of-day rule, the limit moves only on the closing balance. The full walkthrough is on the Structure page at clarasystems.io; here is the same trading day under each rule:
Every value is a manual dollar input: what you type is what is placed. The defaults are sized for a 50K evaluation on NQ (E-mini Nasdaq-100), not MNQ, 10 contracts:
Before any evaluation run, set the account's own risk limits inside Tradovate. These run at the broker, independent of NinjaTrader, and flatten the position mechanically when a threshold is hit.
Log in to Tradovate and select the trading mode for your account (simulation for prop firm evaluations).
Open Application Settings, top right corner.
Under Accounts, select each FastPass account and open its risk settings.
Set the daily loss limit slightly above your account's maximum loss, for example 2,550 against a 2,500 limit, so the position is flattened the moment the threshold is breached instead of continuing to bleed. Legacy Apex 50K accounts carry a 2,500 maximum loss and newer ones 2,000; check your own account's current figure.
Set the daily profit trigger to your target, for example 3,100, matching the take profit and its buffer.
Different account sizes need different numbers; size them from your firm's current limits, not from this example.
Run FastPass at least 10 times in simulation, until you fully understand how it enters, how it exits, and what slippage does to each side, before it ever touches a paid evaluation. You can run test pairs at any time of day.
In the NinjaTrader desktop app, open the Control Center and open the Accounts tab. Right-click, then Add Simulation Account. Name it FastPassBuy. Leave the lot size and initial cash as they are, set commission to free, click OK. Repeat for a second account named FastPassSell.
Open two charts: New, then Chart, type NQ and pick the E-mini Nasdaq-100 future, value 1 for a 1-minute chart, OK. Twice.
On each chart, click the Chart Trader button at the top. In its account selector, set one chart to FastPassBuy and the other to FastPassSell.
Add FastPass to each chart: Long on the FastPassBuy chart, Short on the FastPassSell chart. Set the fire time a minute or two ahead, enable both, and watch the pair trade.
The fire time (the old one has passed; set a new one) and the account on each chart. The P&L on both sides swings very fast by design; give it your full attention while it runs.
The fire time is yours to set. The classic play is the New York open at 9:30, when movement is strongest. Some traders time it around high-impact news releases instead. Quieter conditions are also possible. Different timings suit different outcomes; simulation is how you find what fits yours.
The fast movement that makes FastPass work is also what makes fills worse. In violent moments, slippage can be heavy on one side of the pair or both. Nothing can account for that in advance.
FastPass includes an optional trailing stop: once open profit reaches the activation amount, the stop follows price at the follow distance, so the winning side can lock in most of the target even if the move stalls short of it. We run FastPass without the trail. We have tested it in simulation (if you enable it, 1,800 activation with a 500 follow is where we would start), but not enough to hold a formed opinion on whether it helps or hurts overall. Treat it as something to experiment with in simulation, not a recommendation.
FastPass fires once, at the time you set, and depends on that moment going smoothly. An internet drop, a platform outage, or a broker connection issue at the wrong second can leave one side unhedged. Be present when it runs.
If the winning account ends $50 to $500 short of the target, one option is letting Clara Core trade for the remaining balance on a $300 to $600 risk model. Another is closing the gap manually, if you know what you are doing. Either way, check the available drawdown first: on an intraday trailing account, the FastPass run itself consumes room, and the risk you take next must fit what remains.
On Apex accounts, the trailing drawdown shown in the platform can report incorrectly right after a trade, especially after a fast move. The number in your Tradovate account is the actual trailing drawdown, to the cent. Verify there before any decision that depends on remaining room.
FastPass has not been heavily tested. It is provided free, as is. Clara Systems accepts no responsibility for prop firm rule violations, account losses, or any outcome resulting from use of this tool. Use it understanding the risk, on evaluation fees you can afford to lose, or not at all. If you are not sure about your prop firm's rules, email the firm directly: they tend to respond within 24 to 48 hours and can clarify anything.
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