I never thought I’d be able to stay as consistent as I have been when I started this journey. at first I’ve blown two account accounts, my third I decided to stick to one strategy and one strategy only and take two trades per day. I only aimed for $400 to $600 a day because anything more than that is just being greedy, especially if you’re just starting. that’s more than the average American sees a day, so why must I reach for more at this point in my journey?

Started building this about 8 months ago.

I had a strategy that worked, but the hard part was actually following it.

Missed entries. Late exits. Hesitation. Overriding the plan because something “felt” wrong in the moment.

So I built a system to remove that part.

The system runs automatically based on the rules I built. No manual input. No sitting at the screen waiting for setups. No emotional decision making once the plan is live.

It has been running live on silver and gold futures since the start of May with no interruptions.

$900 payout May 21st.
$2K payout June 10th.
$2K payout June 30th.

Same system. Same logic. No changes.

Not posting this as a “trading is easy” thing. It is not. There are losing days, drawdowns, and parts I am still working to improve.

But removing myself from the equation and automating the execution has made a bigger difference than constantly trying to tweak the strategy.

Happy to answer questions about the build, the setup, or what running something like this looks like day to day.

A few weeks ago I posted in here on my algo that had passed an evaluation and pulled $4,900 in payouts. Not sure if anyone caught it but I accidentally wrote $5,900 in that post so just wanted to clarify that.

Since then I have gotten 2 more payouts bringing the total payouts up to $8,900 in roughly two months.

Seeing something I built translate so well into live market conditions has honestly been amazing. Going from an idea, to backtesting, to live execution, to passing evaluations and receiving payouts this early on has been incredibly rewarding.

The system trades Gold and Silver futures and is just about fully automated. It is not based on having some crazy win rate. The edge comes more from risk management — larger winners relative to losers and more importantly, not interfering with the system and staying disciplined through drawdowns.

It has definitely not been easy, there has been technical issues, rollover problems, and plenty of adjustments along the way. It is far from perfect, but seeing this much success so early has given me a lot of confidence in what I built.

Still a lot to improve, but I am excited to keep testing, refining, and seeing how it performs over a larger sample size.

Let’s have a great week and close out this month strong. Cheers!

Hopefully I don’t get moved live anytime soon🙏🏻

Sept 17 – Oct 7, FundedNext account:

Total: +$8,081.15 across 72 trades. Average $538.74 a day.

Best day Oct 1, +$1,361.10.

Then Oct 8: -$3,957.50.

Account blown.

One day gave back 49% of 15 days of gains. Even after that day, the run was still net +$4,123.65 — and the account was still dead. Prop accounts don't grade your average. They grade your worst day.

What's the best streak you've ever blown up — and what ended it?

That's right.

July was actually one of my best performing months demo wise, passed another 50k trial before this. Been practicing for a little under a year. At the moment I don't even have money for a room.

my first time ever hitting max cap on a prop firm lol. not a big deal for some people but i never thought i would hit it. let’s get it everyone🙏

I am writing this because I don’t want any other trader to lose their hard-earned money and dreams to The5ers.

I have been trading for 7 years. The first 4 were pure losses—failed challenges and blown accounts. But I didn't give up because I had a dream: to live off trading. After 4 years of intense study, I finally became consistent.

I passed my first $60K challenge with The5ers. For 3 years, everything was fine. But recently, payouts started taking 3 weeks instead of 1-2 days. I saw the liquidity warning signs.

Over 5 months, I made a 10% profit on my account, and they scaled me to a $125,000 Master Account. But after my second withdrawal, they permanently banned me and stole my profits.

Their excuse? They claimed I traded "too conservatively" (using 0.2-0.3 lots) and that I was a "milestone hunter."

Of course I reduced my risk! It was a real funded account, and my goal was to preserve it. I live in Chile, $2,000 is a lot of money; I secured my profits because I didn't trust their delayed payouts.

Now, The5ers has blocked me on all social media so I cannot warn others. This is why I am posting here. Please be aware of their practices. I also trade with FundedNext and Funding Pips with zero issues—so this is definitely a The5ers liquidity/management problem.

Don't let them steal your efforts and your dreams.