I spent $2,000 on four 100K prop firm challenges.
The goal is simple: turn that into $20K in payouts.
This series will track everything until I hit it
the wins, losses, discipline, and lessons.
Welcome to Road to $20K in Payouts.
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@tradermike1234 it’s crazy how the algorithm works
the moment I decide to go for base hits to survive these trump markets.
boom I start seeing 1:1 RR posts everywhere.
but my data validated this approach as well.
1:1 in & out
@joseftrades I figured this would be the case.
Have you had months where you stuck to your plan but still ended up as a bad month?
what adjustments did you have to make?
😅😅 great advise.
Always easier said than done.
but it works actually. If you have to stop loss set.
you can set alerts at your TP and all you have to do is check few times a day at key sessions.
but this is me speaking as a swing trader.
I don’t know how y’all scalpers do it
@DipoAdepoju Context applies to this heavily.
when you can’t find a setup - wait
when you can’t find an entry - wait
in my experience you always know what to do
you choose to ignore it.
road to $20K in payouts — Q1 2026 update.
got into the longest losing streak of my career as i started this challenge.
Q1 2026 → blew 3 out of 4 challenges.
Q2 (april) → some light at the end of the tunnel. passed 1 account.
then i had a bad week. went straight into 4% drawdown.
been slowly bringing it back up since.
now we're 2% from a payout.
1st payout in sight.
$13K more to go after that.
I spent $2,000 on four 100K prop firm challenges.
The goal is simple: turn that into $20K in payouts.
This series will track everything until I hit it
the wins, losses, discipline, and lessons.
Welcome to Road to $20K in Payouts.
sometimes a challenge account just starts with bad luck. like it was destined to fail.
but sometimes it's just testing your resolve.
started a 50K challenge a few weeks ago. every trade since i bought it was loss after loss. ended up 9% down.
adjusted my risk. kept trading. took profit steadily at 1:1.
instead of blowing the account, i've traded it back to 1% drawdown. almost breakeven.
not getting my hopes up yet. but maybe this account has some life in it after all.
Unpopular opinion: prop firm rules aren't the problem.
Most traders who blow challenges would blow a live account with the same rules turned off.
The rules didn't fail you. The sizing did.
may 4th.
tasted my dream life today.
$1500 win. NZDCAD sell hit TP.
while i was out playing tennis.
lucky i got a blurry picture of the win.
the dream is valid. we won't stop until it's the norm.
may 4th.
tasted my dream life today.
$1500 win. NZDCAD sell hit TP.
while i was out playing tennis.
lucky i got a blurry picture of the win.
the dream is valid. we won't stop until it's the norm.
Unpopular opinion: a full-time job makes you a better prop trader.
You can't revenge trade at 2pm. You can't sit there watching every candle. You're forced to be selective.
The employed trader who waits for A-grade setups beats the guy glued to the screen every time.
I bought 4 x $100K prop challenges so you don't have to guess what blows them.
It's not your strategy.
It's not your entries.
It's one trade at 4% risk when the daily DD is 5%.
Drop to 2%. The maths starts working.