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Whatever it takes !

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@GuardianFutures Whichever one you wanna give ill take it as a opportunity to better me as a trader

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One final thing before I call it a night.

Today wasn't all bad.

Even though I ended up blowing my Topstep account, something unexpected happened.

After everything that happened with Alpha Futures, I was fortunate enough to receive a MyFundedFutures Rapid 25K evaluation account.

I honestly don't know what to say other than thank you.

To the person who made that happen, I genuinely appreciate it.

It means a lot, especially after the last couple of weeks.

I'm going to treat this opportunity with the respect it deserves.

No rushing.

No revenge trading.

No unnecessary risks.

Just following my plan, managing risk properly, and executing my edge one trade at a time.

Tomorrow I'll be trading both my Lucid evaluation, which is getting close to passing, and this new MyFundedFutures Rapid 25K account.

Hopefully this is the start of something good.

Either way, I'll approach it exactly the same way I want to approach every account going forward:

With discipline, patience, and respect for the process.

Thank you again.

I won't waste the opportunity.

@MyFundedFutures

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@Topstep are you moving ppl live the moment they ask for the 25k payout?

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Day 32

Result: +$600
Grade: D
Today is one of those days where the P&L hides what actually happened.

I finished the day up around $600, but this was not a good trading day.

Coming into the session, I felt like I had a solid read on the market.

Looking back, I became too attached to my own opinion.

My first trade was completely fine.

It was planned, I accepted the risk, and it lost.

That wasn't the problem.

The problem came with my second attempt.

I had another long level marked out before the session. Price came within a couple of points of it but never actually tagged the level I wanted. Instead of chasing price, I decided to place a buy stop-market order just above it. My thinking was that if price reclaimed that level, I'd treat it as confirmation that buyers were stepping back in and that we were likely to continue higher.

The order triggered exactly as I planned.

Unfortunately, almost immediately after I got filled, price reversed straight back down towards my original level instead of continuing higher.

That's where everything started to fall apart.

Instead of simply accepting that I was wrong, I made every mistake I shouldn't have made.

I never placed my stop loss.

Even worse, I was holding 15 micros, which is far more size than I should ever be trading on a setup like that.

To make matters worse, I genuinely thought my daily risk limit had already been set to around $300.

It hadn't.

I thought I had configured it earlier in the week, but I never actually did.

That mistake cost me.

I ended up taking roughly an $800 loss, which is far beyond what I'm willing to lose on a single idea.

That loss also blew my evaluation account.

That one hurts.

Not because I can't buy another one.

But because it was completely avoidable.

On Lucid, I took the same initial trade and lost there as well.

Instead of slowing down after taking the loss, I started taking additional trades.

I wasn't following my written plan anymore.

I was reacting emotionally to what had just happened.

Eventually, I managed to slow myself down.

When price finally reached my second planned level, I became patient again.

I waited.

I got the confirmation.

I entered.

Or at least I thought I did.

A few moments later I realized I had entered my simulated MultiCharts account instead of my evaluation account.

That was incredibly frustrating.

By the time I entered the correct account, price had already moved significantly higher.

Ironically, the original simulated trade is still floating around +$2,000.

It would likely have passed the evaluation account.

But honestly...

I don't think I deserved to pass it today.

Not after everything that happened beforehand.

Despite all of that, I still managed to recover the losses and finish the day around +$600.

Financially, that sounds like a successful day.

Execution-wise, it absolutely wasn't.

My plan coming into this month was to have at least two funded accounts running.

Now I'm back to one.

That's entirely on me.

No one else.

Another thing I noticed today is that my own bot was actually leaning bearish before the session.

It had specific levels marked that I wanted to see tested.

Price came extremely close to those levels, but according to the data my bot was using, it never quite reached them. Looking back at TradingView afterwards, it looked like the level had actually been touched.

Because of that discrepancy, I convinced myself that the long was the better opportunity.

Looking back, I should have trusted the process I had already built instead of trying to outsmart it.

The irony is that I built the bot to reduce emotional decision-making.

Today, I ignored it.

That's something I need to seriously think about.

The biggest lesson from today is risk management.

I need to go back to basics.

Maximum daily risk should be $200–300.

No exceptions.

I also need to manually verify my risk settings every single morning before the market opens instead of assuming they're correct.

Assumptions have no place in trading.

Hope doesn't either.

One positive takeaway is that I managed to go over a month without blowing an evaluation account.

That's definitely an improvement compared to where I used to be.

But that's not the standard I'm aiming for.

I don't want to keep accounts alive for a month.

I want to keep them alive for years.

That only happens if I respect my risk every single day.

Outside of trading, the day was actually productive.

I got my gym session in, and I've still got a few things left to finish tonight.

Now I also owe myself a run.

I hate running.

Especially in this heat.

But that's the consequence.

Today reminded me that one lapse in discipline can undo weeks of good work.

The encouraging part is that I know exactly what went wrong.

The frustrating part is that these are mistakes I've written about before.

Tomorrow isn't about finding a better strategy.

It's about proving to myself that I can actually execute the one I already have.

The market will be there again tomorrow.

The question is whether I'll show up as the trader I'm trying to become.

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@TheAuthorFX a chart

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@AnbuTradesNq I believe it when i see it.

At that point maybe they will get the status of "E" rated prop in my list and not totally utter trash.

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@jacob997k @Alpha_Futures_ Nah, pay out like they always has been doing, stop with the nonsense of acting different suddenly to the benefit of the prop. We AS traders as taking the risk here with our money, changing rules mid play is cheating and disgusting behaviour.

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Day 31

Result: +$70
Grade: A
Today was a good day.

Not because of the P&L, but because I followed my process from start to finish.

I took the exact setup I had planned before the market opened.

The first attempt didn't work.

I took the loss exactly as planned and accepted it without trying to force anything.

After that, price came into the lower level that I had mapped out and shared on X before the session.

Instead of immediately jumping back in because I wanted to make the money back, I waited.

Losing the first trade actually helped me slow down.

I wanted to make sure the market confirmed my idea before committing again.

Once I got what I wanted to see, I entered with five micros.

The trade worked almost immediately.

When price came back to my break-even point after the initial move, I scaled out part of the position to lock in a small profit and moved the remaining contracts to break even.

My expectation was that we'd continue much higher.

Unfortunately, we didn't.

The remainder of the position was stopped out at break even, leaving me with roughly +$70 on the day.

Could I have managed the trade differently?

Maybe.

But I'm actually happy with how I handled it.

The important thing is that every decision I made today was based on the plan I had written before the session.

No chasing.

No adding to losers.

No emotional decisions.

Just execution.

That's exactly the standard I'm trying to build.

I also planned on publishing my annotations from the first ICT lesson today, but that'll have to wait until tomorrow.

I've got a few other things I need to take care of tonight, and I'd rather take my time with the annotations than rush them.

Some really good news also came in today.

It looks like Alpha Futures will, after all, be honoring the pending payouts.

If that happens, that's obviously fantastic news.

After everything that happened over the past couple of weeks, I honestly wasn't expecting it.

I'll believe it's completely behind me once the funds are actually in my account, but it's definitely a positive update.

On top of that, my Topstep payout arrived today.

I have to give credit where it's due.

I requested the payout less than 48 hours ago, and the money was already sitting in my bank account today.

That level of speed is genuinely impressive.

Huge credit to Topstep for handling the payout so efficiently.

Overall, today wasn't a huge money-making day.

But it was a successful trading day.

Execution over P&L.

I'll happily take a well-executed +$70 over a poorly executed +$700 every single time.

Now it's on to tomorrow.

#alphafutures #topstep #propfirm #trading #nq

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Day 31 – Study, Structure & Pre-Market Reflection

Starting today, I'm adding another habit to my daily routine.

Every day, whenever possible, I'm going to study one ICT lesson and one AMT (Auction Market Theory) lesson.

The goal isn't to jump from strategy to strategy.

The goal is to deepen my understanding of the framework I already trade.

Over the last few days, I've been speaking with a few traders who primarily use ICT. I don't need to know exactly how profitable they are. What matters to me is that they have credibility within the ICT community and genuinely seem to understand the material.

A couple of them recommended that if I really want to understand ICT properly, I should stop jumping between random videos and instead go back to the beginning.

So that's exactly what I'm going to do.

I'll start with the 2016 ICT Core Content and work through every lesson in chronological order.

Today's lesson is called "Elements Of A Trade Setup."

Alongside that, I'll continue studying one AMT lesson every day whenever possible.

I don't see these two methodologies as competing with each other.

If anything, I think they'll complement one another.

AMT gives me a framework for understanding the auction.

Volume Profile tells me where business has been conducted.

Order flow shows me who's in control right now.

ICT approaches the market through pure price action, liquidity and PD Arrays.

To me, they're simply different lenses for observing the same auction.

I'm not trying to replace the way I trade.

I'm trying to refine it.

I want to see where these concepts overlap and where they can improve my current model.

I'll annotate every lesson as I go.

Those annotations will eventually be uploaded to my website together with the corresponding lesson.

I'm still undecided whether they'll remain public.

Part of me wants to share everything because I genuinely enjoy helping people.

The other part believes that studying is something everyone has to do themselves.

Reading someone else's notes will never replace spending hours on the charts.

You have to build that understanding yourself.

Either way, creating these annotations will help me become a better trader, and that's the entire purpose behind this.

Another reason I'm doing this is because I now have structured time every morning before the market opens.

Instead of sitting around looking at charts too early or feeling tempted to trade outside my session, I'd much rather spend that time improving my understanding of the market.

If I become even one percent better every day, that compounds over time.

Outside of the studying, today's trading plan is straightforward.

I'm still waiting for my Topstep payout to be approved, so I won't be trading that account until it's processed.

Today I'll only be trading my evaluation account.

The rules remain exactly the same.

Maximum two trades.

If the first trade is a winner, I'm done.

If the first trade loses, I'll allow myself one more trade at half the risk, but only if my setup appears exactly as planned.

After that, I'm finished for the day.

No exceptions.

If I don't find a valid setup before 10:10 AM New York time, I simply won't trade.

I'd rather miss an opportunity than manufacture one.

As for today's market, my initial expectation is that we may see a little more downside before looking higher.

That's only my pre-market opinion.

I'll finalize everything after completing my preparation before the open.

Whatever the market gives me, I'll accept.

The goal today isn't to predict.

The goal is to execute.

Let's see what Day 31 has in store.

@I_Am_The_ICT @ICT_Concepts #AMT #ICT #Trading #nasdaq

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@SegoviaTrading another one where we have the exact same entry but with 2 different methods of arriving there.

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@TheJadeNinja247 how does it watch price? do you use bento or dxfeed or could you explain abit more about this? anyway to reach you?

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@fjtrades alpha should be off the list :garbage

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29779 > I think that would be a very good long today.

Adding it to my notes for later.

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You are 20 years old but have a good looking future. Dont worry about X, instagram or youtube. Start hitting the gym again, read more in the bible, take everything a bit slower but more serious.

Good luck and transparency like this shows strenght of character. Dont let fools bother you

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@iamJMinx @pxvl_030 @Alpha_Futures_ They are not paying the ppl they said they would.

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lets get into green box so i can long tomorrow.

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@MyFundedFutures when do i know if im getting a account or not?

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@PikaTradez just cut them out, these ppl doesnt deserve nothing from us.

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Go test it yourself on charts instead of asking for broker statements. Anyone can fake screenshots. That's exactly what scammers do. A repeatable backtest and live chart examples are much stronger evidence than a picture of someone's account.

Whether a mentorship is worth it isn't determined solely by whether the mentor posts their PnL. It's determined by whether what they're teach can actually be applied profitably over time.

If you believe Sequential SMT doesn't work, then show the evidence. Post an extended backtest or a series of chart examples demonstrating where the model consistently fails. Otherwise, you're just making an unsupported claim. Show everyone that you actually understood what the post was about by proving Sequential SMT doesn't work over a meaningful sample size, not by demanding broker statements.

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One final update before I wrap up Day 30.

After going back and forth on it, I decided to request the payout today.

The payout came to $827.

I spent quite a bit of time thinking about whether I should leave the money in the account and go for a larger withdrawal later, but after everything that happened with Alpha Futures, I decided that taking the money now was the right decision for me.

Having one payout effectively disappear, while also being just one profitable day away from what would probably have been my biggest payout so far, definitely changed the way I think about prop firms.

It is what it is.

The experience taught me that there is always some counterparty risk involved, no matter how well you're trading.

Looking back at these 30 days, I'm genuinely happy that I committed to this journal.

Could I have traded better?

Absolutely.

Could I have been more disciplined?

Without question.

But I also know I'm a better trader today than I was 30 days ago.

Today was honestly so fucking easy.

Not because the market was easy.

Because I followed my plan.

I waited.

I accepted the first loss.

I waited for confirmation.

I took the trade.

That's exactly how trading is supposed to feel.

I need more days like this.

This has to become the standard, not the exception.

Now the focus shifts to building from here.

I'll probably use part of this payout to pick up a few new evaluation accounts and start copy trading across multiple accounts. If I can consistently pull out around $500 across several accounts whenever the opportunity presents itself, that adds up quickly while still allowing me to stay within my risk parameters.

I'm also considering giving Take Profit Trader another shot, but I haven't decided yet.

If you have any recommendations for prop firms that you've had good experiences with, let me know. I'm always interested in hearing from traders who have actually gone through the payout process themselves.

I also want to write down my long-term goal so I can come back to it later.

The first major milestone is simple.

Make my first $10,000 from a single payout cycle.

Once I achieve that, the plan is to split it.

I'll move $5,000 into a live trading account so I can start building my own capital, and I'll put the remaining $5,000 into a yield-generating investment, potentially a DeFi strategy or another relatively passive income source while I continue trading.

The long-term objective has always been the same.

Use prop firms to build capital, then gradually transition towards trading my own money.

But first, let's not get ahead of ourselves.

None of that matters if I don't execute tomorrow.

No shortcuts.

No rushing.

No revenge trading.

No chasing payouts.

Just disciplined execution, one trading day at a time.

If I can make today the standard instead of the exception, I genuinely believe everything else will take care of itself.

Thirty days down.

The next goal is 100.

Let's get to work.