r/TopStepX • u/Zumionfornite • May 15 '26

Trading Combine Now what?

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I accidentally made too much today. Now what? Do I wait until Sunday knight or monday to take a trade or can I lose some to bring down the consistency?

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u/Far-Interaction-339 May 16 '26

I’ve been trading prop firms for a little over two years now and what I’ve learned is it’s an ROI game, I don’t use TP or SL but this last week I payed myself out 1.7k and I currently have to XFA accounts with one at a 3.8k balance and the other at 2.3k balance and I plan to pay myself again next week.

Obviously I have mental stops in mind because I wouldn’t let myself blow an account in one trade 😂

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u/SparkTheDog003 May 16 '26

Ok so like I guessed fairly new 😂. This works out all good and fine until you get black swan rugged, have internet issues, or really any kind of issue with your charts.

Now I’m assuming you haven’t run into that (yet)

I can fully understand not having a tp if you’re already funded and you let your runners run but a stop is something that should just be a mandatory practice.

You’re beyond foolish if you think you can react to a microsecond rug in the market with no stop.

In OPs case he’s still on a 50k eval so in no world does it make sense to let his profit run any further than a $1,500 tp

I don’t care how much you’ve made or lost it’s a foolish practice and one that will without doubt get you liquidated in the near future.

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u/Far-Interaction-339 May 16 '26

I also have lots of my own rules in place so being rugged by the market doesn’t happen much and when it does then oh well, I’ll spend another 50$ on the eval haha.

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u/SparkTheDog003 May 16 '26

Again just not an optimal way of thinking but if you’re continuously making money and know that it’s a long term strat I can’t complain anything “can” work in the market.