joel WPCA

$200k in Prop Firm Income to date

trade with current/former Apex discord mods:
TradeKage:

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

@ajtradinglucid sorry man - I thought you said Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids, Coral Gables - I need to get my hearing aid adjusted

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

@ajtradinglucid why is he diddling that orifice?

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

@BrettSimba probably 95th percentile or more on the growth chart - our oldest was 95th, our youngest was 5th, 2.5 years apart looked like 6 or 8, but they're best friends

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

@elgamonal7 @tradekage @ApexTradeFund @skelton_apex your stats are cleaner than mine - I think you have a good shot at getting your eval ban lifted when Apex finally starts reviewing eval ban accounts

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

@endlessbullrun @elgamonal7 @tradekage @ApexTradeFund @skelton_apex https://t.co/cjAb18kEaP

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

@elgamonal7 @tradekage @ApexTradeFund @skelton_apex no, in your Apex dashboard, in the left column, click on "user" then "trade violations", the screenshipt the page that loads and post the image here like I did here: https://t.co/Oq8OGKqFXN (still hoping @skelton_apex will look at that & rate me)

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

- $11,198.80 week (all TPT)
- $26,001.60 month (all TPT)
- $120,443.50 year (74,531.50 @ApexTradeFund, 45,912.00 TPT)

thanks @TakeProfitLLC

I've well exceeded my highest conceived monthly goal ($20k/month), and (if you exclude my Apex Uncapped $68.5k January payout) exceeded my largest previous month ($15k) by 11k/75%.

Expenses were also reasonable to low this month ($1316 so far) and I'm carrying two payout eligible 150k TPT pro accounts into May so that bodes well for May expenses.

I will be traveling for the rest of April, so my plan is to work on passing three more TPT 150k tests (if i have time to trade at all).

maybe I'll get back from visiting our girls at Ole Miss & IU Bloomington to find @skelton_apex has lifted my eval ban?

(image is my pauyout log in my the discord server I created for jounaling, shared with a few close friends like @tradekage @austintoft @coachmusky for accountability)

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

@elgamonal7 @tradekage @ApexTradeFund @skelton_apex no, in your Apex dashboard, in the left column, click on "user" then "trade violations", the screenshipt the page that loads and post the image here like I did here: https://t.co/Oq8OGKqFXN (still hoping @skelton_apex will look at that & rate me)

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

@skelton_apex rate my ride - here are the @ApexTradeFund "trade violation" reports for my personal & business accounts for all to see, nothing to hide, I'm proud of how far I've come.

honest assessment, good & bad, what do you see?

both accounts have "risk monitor designation" of eval purchase restriction (& i'm out of evals/PA's unless restriction is lifted) but no yellow or red "risk monitor designations"

probabilities of getting my restriction lifted?

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

too many steps in the payout process - I already asked to move my money from my wallet to my bank, why do I have to ask again? do it all in one step.

also, there should be some grace in the "hedging" violation for minor mistakes - I had one too many micro targets that reversed my position to hedged 1 micro instead of closed the position and lost two accounts for it. that's not the end of the world for me and I learned from it, but I doubt tradovate would close my two self-funded accounts for the same violation

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

@BlisterPearl DUI hires

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

@emre_millions I want and have 5 150k TPT - my go-to for a year or so. I played the 50k game forever, found my consistent success with larger accounts

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

@imTylerTrades 30a

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

@skelton_apex rate my ride - here are the @ApexTradeFund "trade violation" reports for my personal & business accounts for all to see, nothing to hide, I'm proud of how far I've come.

honest assessment, good & bad, what do you see?

both accounts have "risk monitor designation" of eval purchase restriction (& i'm out of evals/PA's unless restriction is lifted) but no yellow or red "risk monitor designations"

probabilities of getting my restriction lifted?

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

ok, well, that assumes 1.) they're an affiliate & 2.) they're trying to convince you of something/sell you something. I'm not a an affiliate (I was with Apex & TPT for a short time, i didnt market the code, & only one friend used the code, and I lost both) and though I was/still am a senior moderator of @ApexTradeFund server, I'm not employed by @skelton_apex, just a volunteer (& eval banned at that), so when I post my p/l like this, I'm not trying to sell anyone anything, convince anyone of anything , or prove anything - people who know me know like @tradekage know I got that bread

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

40 minutes work, $1k payout tonight. Now to log some $JOB billable hours. #MultipleStreamsOfIncome

Last week I crossed $100k in prop firm profits for 2026 ($177.5k total) - thanks @TakeProfitLLC @jamessixsmith9 @ApexTradeFund @skelton_apex @Tradeify @BrettSimba

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market by Scott Patterson

What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars by Jim Paul

The Rule: How I Beat the Odds in the Markets and in Life - and How You Can Too by Larry Hite

The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power by Daniel Yergin (1st of 4 book on the topic)

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande

(& @nntaleb 's other books besides Fooled by Randomness)

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

@TheH0n3stTrader @jadecap_ the Thorp book is great

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

@jadecap_ thanks for the recs. The Drunkard's Walk is $2.88 on @audible reminds me of Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by @nntaleb which I recommend

[joel WPCA @joelWPCA]

I have 1850 titles in my audible account, some more in Kindle & Apple Books. scrolled your titles & see a lot of overlap in our libraries, but also wrote down 8-10 of yours to look up. happy to exchange book recs. my biggest leaps in trading happened by working on myself instead of my trading, committing to not changing my charting, strategy/rules, etc.