Monkeybuttman

Doctor | Trader | Journey to $1,000,000 Funded. 5% a month.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

$120,000 EURUSD trade breakdown + teaching thread

Wednesday 4th Feb provided an A+ Signature @I_Am_The_ICT OHLC OSOK set up

I took this trade across all my $1,500,000 of copy traded CFD capital which includes:
200k funded @fundingpips
400k funded @FTMO_com
100k funded @the5erstrading
200k funded @AlphaCapitalUK

+ 500k additional evals (@QtFunded , Alpha cap etc)
+ 100k @DarwinexZero account which is undergoing calibration

Study this thread which has taken me 12 hours+ to make (I’m not kidding) with a 3500 word count WITHOUT AI because this is a repeating pattern in the market.

There's 22 parts and I will share my entire trade logic and advanced analysis of market structure from a Weekly -> Daily -> 1hrly -> 15m -> 1 minute/5 second (execution) timeframe.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

The easiest week to skip for me personally:

Time:
1) US midterm result on Tues/Wed
2) Trump announcing resumption of Iran war day after midterms.
3) NFP week - Usually position Mon-Wed but that’s not possible due to above

Likely the move of the week will form on 1) or 2) at some ridiculous time like in Asia. Chop or S&D could precede that.

Price:
1) DXY hit monthly SIBI, EU did not - bearish SMT DXY
2) DXY hit weekly BISI, EU did not - bullish SMT DXY
3) EU swept PWL after this & DXY did not - bearish SMT DXY
4) Both assets in a daily FVG - bullish DXY

Conflicting bias’s in every HTF time frame.
Too many negative confluences to frame a high probability trade for me.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

@hotaru_trader Drop me a dm @hotaru_trader or message me on discord through the fundingpips prime channel

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

Did my medical exchange program for 6 weeks in Beijing & Hangzhou in 2019. Then travelled around for a few weeks (Xian, Shanghai, Suzhou, Nanjing, Hong Kong).
Still the best experience of my life so far.
Found it to be a Utopia.
Very clean. Completely cashless. One app for everything - payments/banking, food delivery, “Amazon”, communication (WeChat). Utterly efficient public transport including bullet trains. £30-40 for 1000 mile ride in pure comfort. Perfectly on time.
The best food I’ve EVER tasted and ridiculously cheap.
I was at the “Oxford University” of medical schools in Beijing and the very friendly students (who spoke English, streamed game of thrones & were aware of the Tiananmen massacre) told us they & people were happy with the government/opportunities/society. There was no such thing as unemployment. Locals regularly gathered in the (beautiful) parks and exercised together & were very friendly and inviting.
So much beautiful history & culture. An endless amount.
Man the list goes on, haven’t recommended it enough to everyone since going.
I was translating whole medical consultations with the Microsoft translator app back in 2019 - that thing was so good & got by fine with it.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

@jz_atm @fundingpips Give it some time. It's in a testing phase and is being updated.
It could set the standard for CFD live transitions and be beneficial to traders. But it could also not and then they will lose customers as a result.
Lucky for you you're not the guinea pig for now.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

🚨Moved to @fundingpips PRIME as 1 of 15 traders

You may have seen my recently deleted tweet referencing my mandatory move to Fundingpips PRIME

I was obviously taken aback by this move as I had taken 0 payouts on my current cycle but $45,000 payouts overall (last ones in March 2026)

After speaking with @Khldfx who has been great on the @fundingpips discord & via DM, I've been given more information about this move.

The industry is moving towards LIVE programs for sustainability/longevity which is required.

I was selected based on my risk criteria and trading performance.

Me & the other 14 PRIME traders are essentially guinea pigs & @Khldfx is looking to improve the PRIME program and make changes week to week so that conditions are optimal for both @fundingpips & for us as traders.

Yes I have forfeited the $25,000 I built up in the last 3 weeks to fund the PRIME account. I'm not too fussed about that, the reason I tweeted my initial impressions were primarily because I was unhappy with what I consider less optimal conditions vs the SIM account I was moved from.

2 Step SIM:
- 10% max DD
- 5% DD limit
- 1.2% risk per trade idea (every 10 minutes)
- Unlimited upside but no scaling plan
- 100% monthly profit split

Prime:
- 8% smart (EOD trailing) max DD which locks at -3%
- 2% soft DD limit
- No risk limit per trade (I will be sticking to 0.5%-0.75% anyway)
- Scales by 10% every 10%
- 80% daily withdrawal split

The PRIME conditions are subject to change almost week to week currently and @Khldfx has already stated he will be moving the 8% trailing DD to lock at -5% instead of -3% which is a small positive but still a ways to go.

He has also taken aboard some further feedback I've made like i.e non financial benefits - access to institutional traders/coaches etc.

The main question from my initial tweet was; What is the benefit to the trader from being moved to PRIME instead of taking the payout and funding a personal account?
As it currently stands I don't think I have an answer on that but we will see if things can move in a positive direction over the coming weeks. I might even blow up and then none of this is of concern who knows.

This has now unintentionally become a ROAD to Fundingpips PRIME $2,000,000 account series it seems along with my Road to FTMO PRIME (current balance is 4% on my 2nd cycle).

Follow for updates on both & let me know your thoughts/suggestions/feedback on the PRIME program & how it could be made better. I will pass them on to @Khldfx who is very receptive to improvement

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

@Adam_Aabaad @fundingpips It was changed yesterday

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

@ForexAddict18 @fundingpips 0 Payouts on this cycle of accounts.
You can get invited to PRIME anytime, even before your first payout as it currently stands, just as I was.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

@Sola54579189525 @fundingpips See my update

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

🚨Moved to @fundingpips PRIME as 1 of 15 traders

You may have seen my recently deleted tweet referencing my mandatory move to Fundingpips PRIME

I was obviously taken aback by this move as I had taken 0 payouts on my current cycle but $45,000 payouts overall (last ones in March 2026)

After speaking with @Khldfx who has been great on the @fundingpips discord & via DM, I've been given more information about this move.

The industry is moving towards LIVE programs for sustainability/longevity which is required.

I was selected based on my risk criteria and trading performance.

Me & the other 14 PRIME traders are essentially guinea pigs & @Khldfx is looking to improve the PRIME program and make changes week to week so that conditions are optimal for both @fundingpips & for us as traders.

Yes I have forfeited the $25,000 I built up in the last 3 weeks to fund the PRIME account. I'm not too fussed about that, the reason I tweeted my initial impressions were primarily because I was unhappy with what I consider less optimal conditions vs the SIM account I was moved from.

2 Step SIM:
- 10% max DD
- 5% DD limit
- 1.2% risk per trade idea (every 10 minutes)
- Unlimited upside but no scaling plan
- 100% monthly profit split

Prime:
- 8% smart (EOD trailing) max DD which locks at -3%
- 2% soft DD limit
- No risk limit per trade (I will be sticking to 0.5%-0.75% anyway)
- Scales by 10% every 10%
- 80% daily withdrawal split

The PRIME conditions are subject to change almost week to week currently and @Khldfx has already stated he will be moving the 8% trailing DD to lock at -5% instead of -3% which is a small positive but still a ways to go.

He has also taken aboard some further feedback I've made like i.e non financial benefits - access to institutional traders/coaches etc.

The main question from my initial tweet was; What is the benefit to the trader from being moved to PRIME instead of taking the payout and funding a personal account?
As it currently stands I don't think I have an answer on that but we will see if things can move in a positive direction over the coming weeks. I might even blow up and then none of this is of concern who knows.

This has now unintentionally become a ROAD to Fundingpips PRIME $2,000,000 account series it seems along with my Road to FTMO PRIME (current balance is 4% on my 2nd cycle).

Follow for updates on both & let me know your thoughts/suggestions/feedback on the PRIME program & how it could be made better. I will pass them on to @Khldfx who is very receptive to improvement

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

I'm essentially funding the PRIME account with the payout because they're not paying me out the $25,000 ive just made.
You should remember they are a company generating millions in profit every month.
The live account should give me more freedom, instead there is more restrictions.
They could make the conditions of the account better and still take a real 20% split of the profit - Essentially A booking me. Why are they not doing this?

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

@Sola54579189525 @fundingpips We're cooked

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

@hotaru_trader Great posts & blog. Amazing achievement on the payouts. Keep up the good work 👍🏽

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

@TheeDawgg @FTMO_com Yes, check my pinned tweet. I’ve done it many times I.e had a position at 0.75% or 1% and added a pyramid, then moved my stops within 30 seconds or so so that risk is back below 1%.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

Trading update #5

- 19 months into my trading journey
- 12 weeks into my 2nd ever funded account ($400k @FTMO_com)

✅Withdrawn $52,000+ (13%+)
📈Current balance (Rolled over): $9,000 (2.25%)

I am now ONE 4% withdrawal away from my goal of @FTMO_com PRIME & 1 month away from a $100k scale up

I could just make 1.75% & cruise or start sizing down but I am focused on the process of trading. A good day is purely defined by whether I followed my trading plan or not

I am still copy trading $1.2M additional capital to this account. Most are still in P1

The closest is 5% required on my P2 $100k @fundingpips to become 600k funded ($100k @the5erstrading funded achieved in my last update)

Probably the craziest statistic is that I’ve reached the 12 week mark without ever going over 1% maximum drawdown.
It feels surreal to say that but that’s the reality of my risk management plan which includes rolling over ~2% of my balance as a buffer.

Lastly, as you can see the payout account's stats are almost identical to the last cycles which I shared 3 weeks ago. This shows consistency in my trading.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

Learnings from passing my $100k @the5erstrading P2 Eval (while hitting a $20k withdrawal on @FTMO_com )

Lessons on Patience, Composure & Risk Management — through 107 losses.

The stats below also represent trading on all of my $1.6M of prop firm capital (all copy traded)

5ers P2 Stats (5 weeks)📊
•🤝177 trades
• ✔ 70 wins
•❌107 losses
•💰 Gross profit: $25,000
•💸 Gross loss: $20,000
•📉 Biggest loss: $778
• ⚠ Max risk per trade: 0.75%
•✅ Win rate: 39%

Key Takeaways:

Patience
- It took 5 weeks to hit the $5k target.
- In that time, I made $25k in profit and gave back $20k.
- On X you will see funded certificates — not the grind behind them. It's important to understand what the reality of trading can be.
- During losing or BE periods, you have to believe your edge will succeed over the long term and not deviate from your trading plan. Patience will be your biggest ally.

Composure
- I took 107 losing trades - you must get comfortable losing if you want to win.
- I know my 30-40% WR will produce more losers than winners. That means I am not going to tilt or throw my toys out of the pram after 2, 3 maybe 4 losses in a row. - After 4 weeks I was around BE. Then the final 3.5% came in the last 2 days. I didn't change my risk or my strategy or lose confidence. I just kept going, waited for my edge to appear and then capitalised with discipline.

Risk Management
- My biggest loss was only 0.75%. Average loss much lower.
- Overleveraging used to be one of the top 3 things holding me back — it’s what blew my first funded account after my first payout ($34k).
- Now I protect my capital to stay in the game.
- Every trade is graded. I typically risk anywhere from 0.125%-0.75% per trade. 1% reserved for A+ (~1 a month).
- My best trade during this period was 8R. 0.125% risk for 1% reward. My model presented but with some negative confluences so I adjusted risk to match. I have no negative feelings about this.

You will not make it in trading if you cannot accept:
• Losing trades
• Red days
• Being able to do nothing for hours, days, sometimes a whole week.

This week is a prime example given the economic calendar. Despite coming off of over $50k in payouts in the last 9 weeks I am happy to sit this week out.

Back to the Statistics, for comparison, my Phase 1 5ers was completely different:

+8% in 4 weeks, 60 trades, 66% win rate, 11 winning days, only 2 red days.
I will attach them in a reply.

Performance can change, but processes shouldn't.

Stick to your data backed edge (If you don't have one, that's what you should be focusing on). Be patient, consistent & composed. Manage risk. Only then do you have the highest chances of becoming profitable.

Finally I want to add that I am not a perfect trader.
My worst day was still a -2% day.
I overtraded on some days.
I still broke rules (all of which led to losses).
On a few occasions I cut my winners short to get even on losses from earlier trades.
But being aware of all this by journalling it and reflecting on it in my monthly performance review is what will ultimately lead to me becoming a better trader. You should be following a similar process.

I hope at least one person finds these lessons helpful for their trading journey🙏

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

Journal during the week. Review at the end of the week. Find similarities between your losses. Make rules to prevent these losses I.e limit screen time, don’t take countertrend trades, don’t trade 09:30 open, when funded your first trade must be an A+ etc.

You have to make 1000 mistakes and correct them before you become consistently profitable. It requires hard work everyday and you have to be aware & switched on everyday to not do stupid things.

Track your rule following once your rules are established and aim for 5/5 rule following days a week, don’t focus on the PnL calendar focus on your rule following calendar.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

Road to FTMO Prime - Payout 1/4 ✅

Restarting this series with a 4% payout on my 400k funded @FTMO_com account

For background:

- I am currently 2.5 years into trading & funded only for the 4th time ever ($900,000).
- I quit my job as a doctor & went full-time into trading on Day 1.
- I became profitable after month 14 & have withdrawn ~$200,000 since then.

12 months ago I posted a series where I reached 3 payouts of 4% which I have quoted on this tweet.
I then reached 4% on my next cycle. From that moment onwards my trading completely flipped - almost all my trades were not according to my plan and I ended up blowing up.

I later found out, with the help of a trading & mindset coach, this was due to self sabotage. This is something I had never heard of before and didn’t even know existed until I experienced it. I won’t get into it here as it’s a 3000 word thread in itself but to define it:

Self-sabotage in trading is a psychological pattern where a trader consciously or unconsciously engages in self-defeating behaviours that violate their own system and destroy hard-earned profits. It can occur when a trader nears a breakthrough or a new financial benchmark, triggering deep-seated subconscious discomfort.

It’s hard to appreciate as it makes no logical sense but many things in trading psychology don’t - such as why we don’t follow our rules when we know we should. I may expand on this in a later thread if it generates interest but I’m sure many people have experienced this unknowingly and couldn’t explain it. Knowing what it is is the first step to making sure it doesn’t happen again.

At that point I was only 18 months into trading and had only been funded for the 2nd time ever. I still had a lot to learn & many lessons were learnt in the aftermath of the blow-up.

I have developed my trading & psychology a lot since then and will share the ups, downs & lessons as much as I can through the journey to PRIME and then SUPREME.

I will also be sharing a trade breakdown of the single best trade that gets me to the 4% milestone for every cycle.
If I trade my strategy well, each 4% payout should come from only 1 or 2 trades, risking 0.75% per trade. In short, it is a @I_Am_The_ICT OSOK/Silver bullet strategy but for complete reference, I have shared my primary model in a detailed 3500+ word post which I’ve now pinned to my profile.

Tomorrow I will post the NQ OSOK trade breakdown that netted me the 4% payout this week.

My current copy trading setup (using @tradersconnect_) is:

Master account:
- 100k Funded @fundingpips (2-step)
Slaves:
- 200k Funded @fundingpips (2-step)
- 400k Funded @FTMO_com (2-step)
- 100k newly Funded @the5erstrading (just became funded with my last trade)
- 100k @QtFunded 2-step elite (although I’m not expecting to be paid from this with the state they’re in) - 100k @DarwinexZero undergoing calibration (7/15 days)

Follow & set alerts to see the journey.

I always try to reply to every comment so if you have any questions feel free to ask.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

Trading update #5

- 19 months into my trading journey
- 12 weeks into my 2nd ever funded account ($400k @FTMO_com)

✅Withdrawn $52,000+ (13%+)
📈Current balance (Rolled over): $9,000 (2.25%)

I am now ONE 4% withdrawal away from my goal of @FTMO_com PRIME & 1 month away from a $100k scale up

I could just make 1.75% & cruise or start sizing down but I am focused on the process of trading. A good day is purely defined by whether I followed my trading plan or not

I am still copy trading $1.2M additional capital to this account. Most are still in P1

The closest is 5% required on my P2 $100k @fundingpips to become 600k funded ($100k @the5erstrading funded achieved in my last update)

Probably the craziest statistic is that I’ve reached the 12 week mark without ever going over 1% maximum drawdown.
It feels surreal to say that but that’s the reality of my risk management plan which includes rolling over ~2% of my balance as a buffer.

Lastly, as you can see the payout account's stats are almost identical to the last cycles which I shared 3 weeks ago. This shows consistency in my trading.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

@toyosialliowe @FTMO_com Theres definitely stages to it but I shared some small pointers here

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

You're welcome.

It's quite a complex subject but I can give some pointers:

- Before every action we start with a thought. Once I hit my FTMO prime target, I was suddenly coming to the screen feeling demotivated. I could sense it. Before entering trades I could sense anxiety which was new. This led me to have an urge to take trades outside of my plan, to maybe remove this feeling of anxiety or demotivation. Maybe a win would remove these feelings? I sensed these thoughts (which were new and unusual) but still followed through with the actions. Now that I've been through it and am aware of self sabotage, I can stop myself once I am at the thought stage, before it becomes as an action. Only this Friday I managed to apply something similar -> I sensed similar feelings which were new and detrimental to my goals so stepped away from the screen and requested my 4% payout, ending my trading week there. Had I stayed, I would have taken a losing trade so self awareness is very important.

- Burnout can lead to or accompany self sabotage. When I hit my FTMO prime target, I had been trading or on the screen almost 7 days a week for 12 weeks without break. On weekdays I would trade London and NY and stay on the screen between sessions. On weekends I was forcing myself to stay on the screen and do chart studying or reviewing. It wore me down and that led to worsening performance week by week. I let my guard down due to fatigue. Now I am only on the charts 1 hour before and 1 hour during my trading sessions. Every 6 weeks (FOMC week) I take a whole week off. These breaks have helped me stay 100% focused when it is time to trade and means I have the mental energy to be switched and aware of my feelings -> Am I going to follow my rules & stick by them or is there a devil on my shoulder telling me to do bad things? Which will I listen to? You have to always be 100% switched on to make the right choice.

I believe you have to be funded to speak with an FTMO coach otherwise you can contact the coach I used @alexmorgan1923. The points I just mentioned came after discussions with him and have been extremely helpful

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

@dy_coolman @FTMO_com Thanks.
Check my pinned thread. I go into detail on pyramiding positions whilst reducing risk.
I started with a 14 lot position and 1% risk. 8 hours later I had build up a 30 lot position with 0.25%-0.5% total risk.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

@kareemcapital @fundingpips Sure no worries Kareem. Glad I’m not the only one 😂. You’re welcome

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

#ES One Shot One Kill Of The Week🎯(OSOK) Breakdown Thread #1 (1/14) 🧵

As promised, here’s the complete, 2,500 word breakdown of the single best trade that got my 4% payout #1 in my Road To FTMO PRIME series

I took this one across $700k funded (300k @fundingpips + 400k @FTMO_com )

Similar to my pinned $120k #EURUSD breakdown, I’ll walk you through the logic from Monthly → Weekly → Daily → 4H/1H → 15m → 1m timeframes, showing my full market structure logic and execution.

Every single time frame was in alignment just as in my previous breakdown thread.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

Road to FTMO Prime - Payout 1/4 ✅

Restarting this series with a 4% payout on my 400k funded @FTMO_com account

For background:

- I am currently 2.5 years into trading & funded only for the 4th time ever ($900,000).
- I quit my job as a doctor & went full-time into trading on Day 1.
- I became profitable after month 14 & have withdrawn ~$200,000 since then.

12 months ago I posted a series where I reached 3 payouts of 4% which I have quoted on this tweet.
I then reached 4% on my next cycle. From that moment onwards my trading completely flipped - almost all my trades were not according to my plan and I ended up blowing up.

I later found out, with the help of a trading & mindset coach, this was due to self sabotage. This is something I had never heard of before and didn’t even know existed until I experienced it. I won’t get into it here as it’s a 3000 word thread in itself but to define it:

Self-sabotage in trading is a psychological pattern where a trader consciously or unconsciously engages in self-defeating behaviours that violate their own system and destroy hard-earned profits. It can occur when a trader nears a breakthrough or a new financial benchmark, triggering deep-seated subconscious discomfort.

It’s hard to appreciate as it makes no logical sense but many things in trading psychology don’t - such as why we don’t follow our rules when we know we should. I may expand on this in a later thread if it generates interest but I’m sure many people have experienced this unknowingly and couldn’t explain it. Knowing what it is is the first step to making sure it doesn’t happen again.

At that point I was only 18 months into trading and had only been funded for the 2nd time ever. I still had a lot to learn & many lessons were learnt in the aftermath of the blow-up.

I have developed my trading & psychology a lot since then and will share the ups, downs & lessons as much as I can through the journey to PRIME and then SUPREME.

I will also be sharing a trade breakdown of the single best trade that gets me to the 4% milestone for every cycle.
If I trade my strategy well, each 4% payout should come from only 1 or 2 trades, risking 0.75% per trade. In short, it is a @I_Am_The_ICT OSOK/Silver bullet strategy but for complete reference, I have shared my primary model in a detailed 3500+ word post which I’ve now pinned to my profile.

Tomorrow I will post the NQ OSOK trade breakdown that netted me the 4% payout this week.

My current copy trading setup (using @tradersconnect_) is:

Master account:
- 100k Funded @fundingpips (2-step)
Slaves:
- 200k Funded @fundingpips (2-step)
- 400k Funded @FTMO_com (2-step)
- 100k newly Funded @the5erstrading (just became funded with my last trade)
- 100k @QtFunded 2-step elite (although I’m not expecting to be paid from this with the state they’re in) - 100k @DarwinexZero undergoing calibration (7/15 days)

Follow & set alerts to see the journey.

I always try to reply to every comment so if you have any questions feel free to ask.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

@Leverage_god @FTMO_com Between 2-6 weeks on average. 1.25% maximum risk for A/A+. My strategy typically yields 30-40% WR with average R around 3-4

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

@zingtrades @I_Am_The_ICT @fundingpips @FTMO_com You’re welcome. Study hard 𓀓𓀝

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

$120,000 EURUSD trade breakdown + teaching thread

Wednesday 4th Feb provided an A+ Signature @I_Am_The_ICT OHLC OSOK set up

I took this trade across all my $1,500,000 of copy traded CFD capital which includes:
200k funded @fundingpips
400k funded @FTMO_com
100k funded @the5erstrading
200k funded @AlphaCapitalUK

+ 500k additional evals (@QtFunded , Alpha cap etc)
+ 100k @DarwinexZero account which is undergoing calibration

Study this thread which has taken me 12 hours+ to make (I’m not kidding) with a 3500 word count WITHOUT AI because this is a repeating pattern in the market.

There's 22 parts and I will share my entire trade logic and advanced analysis of market structure from a Weekly -> Daily -> 1hrly -> 15m -> 1 minute/5 second (execution) timeframe.

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

I can’t advise you on that as it’s such a big life decision.
I can only say that for me, staying in medicine couldn’t give me the life that I wanted to live.
Trading was a big risk with no guarantees, but at least it gave me a chance at living the life I wanted. I’m still not there with it yet and things can change fast but I don’t regret it

[Monkeybuttman @monkeybuttman69]

@EbulueP @FTMO_com You have to make every mistake in trading 2 or 3 times so don’t feel so bad. It’s part of the learning curve. As long as you journal or make a rule to stop this happening again, it was just another lesson and part of the game. Wishing you good luck.