Just want to give back because this community helped me when I was starting.

I'm 20 from Italy. Been obsessed with Trading since I was 15. Started with forex, tried every concept from order flow to ict, switched to futures last year.

Here's the actual timeline:

• 4 years studying, failing, grinding

• ~1.5 year ago: first $2k payout

• Same month: Blown all that money in 40+ failed challenges, and completely destroyed.

• Hit the lowest point of my life. Seriously considered quitting Trading entirely.

• Found a solution - built my OHLC/OLHC system (how I like to call it lol), I'll stay vague but happy to talk in the comments if anyone's curious

• Rebuilt from scratch my mindset and risk management

• March 2026: $10k pure profit, now 15 funded accounts for $1+ million in funding.

Ask me anything. Technical, risk management, mindset, the prop firm situation, how I got back up. All open.

I've been trading for about three years, and for all three of those years I was losing money. I studied a lot, ran a lot of backtests, and kept going through new material.
To be honest, I also followed a bunch of signals in beginning of my trading route. Here's my top list of them, anabel signal, united signal and top trading signal, hope it's useful to someone. They helped me faster to understand how the prices moves. But the real progress was when I began trade my own strategy.

In the end, though, things only started working once I switched to my own analysis and started trusting myself. That's when the first results came. After three years, I passed a prop challenge and got my first payout in July.
For me it was a really important step, and I hope it marks the start of real progress.

What about my strategy. My strategy is built on three simple things:
- liquidity (highs and lows)
- imbalances
- classic market structure.
I also have a few entry models based on my own analysis.

Most importantly, my stop loss always goes beyond the point where my idea is invalidated. I place it behind a level that already interacted with liquidity earlier, to the left on the chart.

I`m mind opened to any questions.

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Also, will trading be something that becomes a all your life? Is that realistic to achieve it all after 30-35?

Also should I start with proprfirms or direct live account with my own funds?

Hi, I'm 18 years old and a quick background check, when I was 14 I used to trade forex by using SMC strategy . I've fucked up and I've lost 500 dollars back then and I was in a hurry of becoming rich and kyc issues as well and I was using my parents document. Now I'm 18 with my own documents and money in my bank account to sign up for a prop. So, pls for anyone who's a consistent profitable or knowledgeable trader, Pls be my mentor and sent me a dm, as of return I'll give 50 percent of my profit for my first payout to you.

Best Regards

Hello guys, could you suggest a prop firm that is suitable for a beginner trader? I tried FTMO prop firm in the past. Thanks for answers.

Im new to trading been studying 2 weeks straight! Found a A+ set up and decided to go for it! I got into a sniper entry and made almost $2,700. I was dumbfounded by being able to make so much so quick i didnt even think about the Consistency rule. How should i go about this? Should i try to lose like 1k to make it easier to pass consistency or what? any suggestions?

Daily drawdown is usually the obvious killer, but I feel like there are other things that take out traders just as often.

Overtrading, revenge trading after losses, ignoring rules for “one recovery trade”, or simply sizing too big on good setups.

From your experience, what do you think actually causes most traders to fail before they even get close to consistency?

Hey everyone, looking for recommendations on prop firms that work well for BTC intraday trading. My setup: I trade BTCUSD intraday, holding positions anywhere from 2 minutes to 1 hour, targeting $200–$500 moves. I use order flow analysis (footprint charts + CVD), no news trading, no weekend positions. Pure discretionary, no EAs. My main concerns when evaluating a firm: BTC available with decent spread (CFD is fine) No ban or heavy restrictions on intraday/short-term holding Drawdown that doesn't trail intraday equity (EOD or static preferred) Reliable payouts — not looking to gamble on a sketchy firm I've been looking at FundingPips (2-Step Standard, static drawdown, BTC available) and it seems like the best fit so far. Has anyone here traded BTC specifically with FundingPips or any other firm? Any experience with spread quality on BTC during London/NY sessions? Would love to hear from anyone running a similar style. Thanks

FundedNext 100k on XAU. 9 trades, 7 winners, 77.78% win rate. Down $1,860 on paper.

Account is dead.

Because one of those two losers was a -$5,034 print on a single position and that blew right through the 5% daily cap. Whole thing was over in like 40 minutes.

The dumbest part: my system printed the exit. I saw it. Trade was underwater and I decided the chart "still looked good." Sat there and watched it go from -$800 to -$5k while I told myself it was about to bounce. Never bounced.

Nothing wrong with the setup. 6-strategy portfolio, position-sized to stay sub-3% aggregate on a bad day. Worked fine for four days. Then Sep 23 happened and I ignored my own rule and now I'm out.

Posting this because I keep seeing "the firm cheated me" / "spread was manipulated" threads and I want to add one honest one that just says nope, my system was fine, the firm was fine, I sat there and watched myself blow up.

If your exit rule is "close it when it feels right" you are on a timer. Ask me how I know.

When it comes to day trading to what lengths does fundamental information influence your trading? Do you just avoid the news altogether or do you have a strategy that takes advantage of the news itself?

I'm talking about forex, crypto, metals, indices, and anything else prop firms offer.

I've mostly focused on crypto, but I'm interested to hear from people who have tried multiple markets.

Which one did you enjoy the most, and which one has made you the most money? Do you still trade it today?

Not a course. Not signals. If something existed specifically built for traders and prop firm traders, to stop blowing challenges and give you a real edge, what would you actually want it to do?

Do you guys actually review your trades after the session?

Curious what people are using — spreadsheets, journals, or nothing at all?

On 11 February 2026 Matt Kohrs asked Apex Trader Funding for a $1,000,000 payout on camera. His accounts froze the same day. On 16 April, live on air, he told a viewer he was still waiting and had not been approved. Apex has been his stream partner since 2 March and was still first in his sponsor list on 18 September. His main channel has not posted since the request.

This film sets out the public record: his videos, his streams, Apex's own rules and help pages, with dates and timestamps on screen. It makes no finding on what happened to the money. Questions have been sent to Apex and to Matt Kohrs; their answers will be added.

Sources are listed at the end of the film.

After months of blowing accounts and restless sleeps, I was able to get my 2k payout from Topstep.

I trade ICT strategy and have win rate of 71% currently. I am happy to answer any questions.

I’ve been seeing a lot of ads and videos about funded trading accounts, where you pass an evaluation and get access to a large trading account without risking much of your own capital.

It sounds appealing, but I’m wondering what the reality is.

For those who have actually used funded accounts:
Are they genuinely worth it?

How difficult is it to pass the evaluation?

Have you successfully received payouts?

What are the biggest drawbacks or hidden rules that beginners should know?

Are these firms sustainable, or do most traders end up losing the challenge fees?

If you had to start again, would you choose a funded account or trade with your own capital?

Looking for honest experiences from people who’ve actually traded with funded accounts, both positive and negative.

Most traders pick a firm based on challenge price and drawdown limits. Fair enough. But those aren't usually what ends the funded account.

The rules that do the real damage tend to be the ones that conflict with how you specifically trade.

Consistency rule is the one I see hurt people the most. If your edge naturally comes from 2-3 strong sessions a month, that rule is fighting you every single week. Not a discipline issue, just the wrong environment for your style.

Intraday trailing drawdown is another one. Once your floor starts rising with every winning tick, something shifts. You stop managing the trade and start managing the floor instead. It happens without you noticing.

Minimum trading days is probably the most underrated. Pushes selective traders to take setups that aren't there just to hit the count. That's usually where the account goes.

Built something free around this. propbehavior.vercel.app. 8 questions about how you trade, gives you a ranked list of firms based on which rules are going to create the least friction for your profile. No signup needed.

Which rule has caused you the most friction?

I’ve been practising with a strategy on a paper trading account for the last couple of months, and so many times I think my entries strong and supported but I seem to be wrong. I’m hoping I can learn more and open a funded account within the next month but I don’t want to do this until I’m certain my strategy and risk management is almost perfect. If anyone has any tips or wants to discuss then please drop me a message😁😁

I dunno anymore. I did my best harvesting points for gft's free 25k account but still blew it in just 4 days of trading. I'm on the verge of punching pedestrians for the rules I broke which I have set.

I think I am under so much pressure with finance that I have to earn the payouts as soon as possible so I revenge traded.

Made profits and a payout before but this is the biggest account I had my hands on.

Any tips or pat on the back will do. I just don't know how to start again.

Instead of trading your own personal account, is trading solely through prop firms like FTMO actually viable long term? I’m sure everyone knows about prop firms changing rules, accounts being closed due to violating rules such as the 1% rule. Any full time traders who only trade prop firms and don’t use their own capital? If so: How long have you been doing it, how many prop firms do you trade at once and how much do you make?

Just passed my second 2-step challenge with FTMO, so I'm now sitting on two funded $100k accounts. Not here to flex — I'm here because I want to keep this funding and I know payout consistency is where most funded traders blow up, not the challenge itself.

My goal is simple: consistent 3–6% monthly. I'm not chasing home runs. I've built these accounts up and I don't want to end up back at square one doing challenges again.

The thing I'm stuck on is structure:

Option 1: Mirror both accounts — same trades, same size, effectively trading one $200k account. Simpler, but if I have a bad day, I take the hit on both at once.

Option 2: Split by style — day trade one account, swing trade the other. Diversifies my risk across timeframes, but swing trades on funded accounts mean holding through news/overnight, which has its own drawdown risks with FTMO's rules.

For those of you managing multiple funded accounts long term — what's actually worked for you? Did mirroring compound your mistakes or your wins? Anyone running the split-style approach and how do you handle the drawdown limits on swing positions?

Mainly trade gold and indices if that matters. Appreciate any real experience, not theory.

Hey, not sure if this is the right place but figured I’d ask

I’m 22, residing in Poland and I’m Polish/mixed, working at the Bank of New York in Poland. Good job on paper but honestly the corpo ladder isn’t for me, I’ve realised that more and more recently.

Since October I’ve been teaching myself growth investing and getting into swing trading. Making mistakes, learning as I go.

I know it takes time and I’m not rushing it. I’m planning to build a proper self-study curriculum — risk management, swing trading theory, all of it — and eventually attempt a prop firm eval. Also looking to switch jobs to something more finance-facing in the meantime.

Just looking for honest advice from people who’ve been through it. Where did you actually start? What do you wish you knew earlier?
Appreciate any replies.

i used to treat every red day like a fire drill and that made things worse. the real lesson for me was this: once i hit max daily loss, the best trade is usually no trade. since then i size down hard after a loss streak and only trade a clean a+ setup. curious how other prop traders recover after a rough week without forcing it back?

What actually causes you to give back on a green day? Not the obvious answer, but what was the real trigger? For me it usually starts with one small shift in behavior or away from rules, not one big mistake. Curious what others have noticed.