Optimus Algo Trading

Building OptimusAlgo in public. 1 prop challenge, 1 bot, 0 manual trades. Every trading day posted until the payout. #ZeroToPayout Not financial advice

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📅 Day 7 of #ZeroToPayout
💸 Today: −$253.25
🔁 Trades: 1 (stopped out)
📊 Total P&L: +$217.90
🧾 Day by day: −$465.85 · $0 · +$851.75 · −$592.65 · +$295.50 · +$382.40 · −$253.25
One trade, one stop. The loss is about the planned risk, which is the point of having one. The account is still green after a week, and I'm posting the red days exactly like the green ones.
Results posted daily. 📈
#Futures #AlgoTrading

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@buckotrades What I'd add: the lesson only sticks once it becomes a rule. Mine went into code, so the next version of me can't forget it.

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@wannabechamp Full responsibility also means building something that doesn't depend on your mood that day. Writing the rules down and having them executed the same way every time is one way to take it seriously.

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@Bradgohtrades Part of mastering the craft is knowing what to hand to a machine. Execution is repeatable, judgment isn't. Spending your time on the second one is what makes the rest easier.

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📅 Day 6 of #ZeroToPayout
💰 Today: +$382.40
🔁 Trades: 1
📊 Total P&L: +$471.15
🧾 Day by day: −$465.85 · $0 · +$851.75 · −$592.65 · +$295.50 · +$382.40
Second green day in a row, with one trade. The account is now up $471 after six days, still far from the target. The plan doesn't change: same rules, same risk, results posted daily. 📈
#Futures #AlgoTrading #propfirm

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@fredtrades This is why I like fixed rules enforced by code. Size can't change at $200 from the target because I feel like it. The cycle only starts when someone can override it.

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@_rhtrader Learning the rules is half of it. Writing them down so precisely that a machine can execute them is the other half, and it's where most traders find out they didn't really have rules.

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@Crtquinn Timing is where automation helps most. "Enter when X closes above Y" is a rule a machine follows every time. Mine doesn't get early because the chart looks ready.

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📅 Day 5 of #ZeroToPayout
💰 Today: +$295.50
🔁 Trades: 2 (1 winner, 1 loser)
📊 Total P&L: +$88.75
🧾 Day by day: −$465.85 · $0 · +$851.75 · −$592.65 · +$295.50
Five days in, the account is barely positive. Not the point yet. The point is to stay inside the rules and keep documenting every day, wins and losses.
Results posted daily. 📈
#Futures #AlgoTrading #propfirm

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@TpwithPolarity The hardest part is the "Wait for confirmation" line. Most of the pain comes from entering one candle early.

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@RealTraderSeun Waiting for the setup is the hardest part to do manually. I automated the entry rules so nothing gets taken unless it qualifies, and I still supervise. Most days that means doing nothing, which is the point.

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@AbassFx_ The rules are the same for everyone, so the difference is how you size inside them. Most accounts don't fail on bad setups, they fail on one oversized day against a trailing drawdown. Rare payouts usually trace back to that.

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@TheH0n3stTrader Automation doesn't remove the emotion, it removes the decisions emotion makes for you. The rules are fixed before the session, I still supervise, and the feeling stays a feeling instead of becoming an order.

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@Hameadoo44 The same speed works both ways. $500 up in 20 minutes is also $500 down in 20 minutes. The skill worth keeping is staying calm on both sides, and sizing so neither one ends the account.

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@tradericch Discipline gets easier to measure than to feel. Fixed risk, written rules, and a daily log turn "I was disciplined" into a number you can check.

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@DenizTheTrader The one I'd add: skills compound across all of them. Risk sizing learned in trading helps when you run a business, and the discipline of tracking numbers helps everywhere. Diversifying the income is good, diversifying the habits is better.

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@kdtrader1999 Fair point. The only proof that matters is a live track record, with losses included. Automating the rules helps because the process can't hide behind a story: it either follows the plan or it doesn't. Daily results make that checkable.

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📅 Day 4 · #ZeroToPayout
🤖 Trades today: 2
��� Day P&L: -$592.65
📉 Total P&L: -$206.75
🏦 Account balance: $49,793.25
Two trades, two losses. Same rules, same risk. 🎯
Red days are part of the sample. No changes, no revenge. 🧘
Day 5 Monday. 🔁
#propfirm #algotrading #tradingbot

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@DionTrades_ The "0 trade day" is the hardest one to accept. I had one this week and the urge to force something was real. Staying flat when nothing qualifies is a position too. Do you track how many days you skip?

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@spylieu #1 is the one that saves accounts. A hard stop after a set number of losses, decided before the session starts. I'd add one thing: write down whether the loss was a rule break or just a valid trade that failed. They're very different lessons.