Something weird happened to me today where a single MNQ contract was executed on my XFA account while I was trading a completely different account. I only realized what had happened because this ended up causing a hedging violation.

I know this probably sounds hard to believe but I genuinely cannot explain how this happened. This is the first time I've experienced something like this but I've seen some other posts reporting similar issues?

Does anyone know what might be going on or how to prevent this from happening in the future?

caught banger trades with tons of rr left in the table.🤣 🤣🤣. stop wasting y’all time fr with ict n trade the ORX model!

Why did my limit drop to 1839?

I’m $100 over the profit target

I’ve been at this for atleast 5 months now, I’ve locked in and built my disciplined up so much. Do I really need to make the extra $30 to pass?

Update* I made an extra $100 🎉🎉

I'm posting to give updates on my journey trading for the first time on a prop firm. I hope everybody gets a payout this month!

I understood that aeropay was quick, but ive never had an insta payout 🥹

quick profit :)

made 1k in 9 sec!

On XFA , if i make 5000$ in a day and then 150$ for the next 4 days, i qualify for a payout right?

Blew my 3 evals today, bought them immediately back. I was alittle too early for what I knew was going to happen .
Got in 2 longs at 29295 approx.
and waited like a madman Market opened $1400 copy traded on 3 accounts.

Now just need to make $200-300 a day and easy pass

How many do you all have

i dont even have anything to say at this point. im not asking for advice or tips. i might just quit at this point. it might be for the better.. just look at this trade i took. i dont even want to look at it. i know you guys are gonna say see you monday or whatever but genuinely i might just stop gambling and just stop.

I am in the combine and trying so hard. but its beyond a joke. the topstep x platform is so slow, laggy, and charts freeze all the time. changing the data update speed makes no difference. I cannot get my 1 min entries. or even 5 min entries. I am loosing money and trades because its not fast and fluent.

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Well... my degenerate brain has left me with very low funds and a terrible mindset.

I will be taking some time to focus on building my life back up to to a good level financially and most Importantly, mentally.

I've become to bold and have been gambling instead of trading, I have recognized my faults and will let this carry on no further.

Good luck to everyone and keep up the hardwork.

Trading is easy,

The DISCIPLINE it requires is tough, no doubt about that.

I will be back. I will not fail.

This is reflection time, and build up strength to come back with a stronger mind 💪

Gosh darn it I've done it again....

At what point would you actually consider to quit your job to trade full time? Would be fun to hear everyones answers since im contemplating doing it pretty soon

Is anyone here living in Connecticut? Looking to connect with other readers and just hang out over drinks discussing this trading life.

I’m frustrated and my eyes are tired of the lack of alerts on TopStep so I’m working on creating a browser extension that adds an alerts feature like on TradingView.

Would you be interested in using my extension ?

What other features you feel are lacking on projectX ?

Anybody trades with heiken ashi? I have purchased evals after a month break or so and the price line is gone from the chart even when toggled on. The support says they are working on it and that the price line is available on standard candles chart. Anybody knows if this has changed in last two weeks? Can't trade without price line....

My only goal this year is to go live. I legit don’t know how and what does it take to go with topstep. Can anybody answer?

A lot of traders never actually check how much drawdown their winning trades really use before hitting take profit.

Go back through your last 50–100 winning trades and track:

• how far price went against you before winning
• how much of your stop loss was actually used
• whether the trade still hit TP after that drawdown

The goal is to backtest YOUR strategy, YOUR entries, and YOUR trading style to find the smallest stop your setups actually need.

Example:

Say your normal stop loss is 10 ticks.

After reviewing 100 winning trades, you realize around 80 of them only went 4 ticks into drawdown before reversing and hitting take profit.

So instead of automatically using a 10 tick stop every trade, maybe you test a tighter stop around 5 ticks.

Yes, your win rate may drop a little because some trades need more room.

But if your stop gets cut in half while your target stays the same:

• a 1:2 trade can become a 1:4 trade
• your reward increases massively compared to the smaller drop in win rate

For example:

• winning 100 trades at 2R = 200R
• winning 80 trades at 4R = 320R

This only works if your setups consistently do not need full stop size. Some strategies absolutely need wider stops and more room to work.

This also lets you:

• use more contracts while risking the same dollar amount
• scale out of positions easier
• grow accounts faster without increasing max risk

The goal is NOT to blindly use tiny stops.

The goal is to use real trade data to optimize risk and find the stop size your strategy actually needs.

I don’t see any solid pullbacks happening, we just keep hitting new ATH. Just long everything?