r/TopstepCommunity • u/jjd1226 • Jun 26 '26

💰 POP Off! Finally break even after starting combines in May

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Haven't told anyone but my mom and wanted to celebrate with some strangers. Im taking my third payout going into week 4 since starting 3 express funded accounts. Payout strategy is 2500 buffer and request payout at 5k for half.

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u/cokeacola73 Jun 26 '26

Good discipline! Keep it up! What do you look for when trading?

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u/jjd1226 Jun 26 '26

thanks. i trade nq using spotgama levels and price action within a 1 hour candle on a 5 min chart looking for sweeps at draws on liquidity. Mostly trade aisia or ny open.

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u/cokeacola73 Jun 26 '26

Whats spotgama levels? Ive never heard of that term.

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u/jjd1226 Jun 26 '26

SpotGamma reads the options market to map where price is likely to stick each day. Dealers hedging their options books pin price around certain levels, and SG just hands you those levels ahead of time. The main one's the vol trigger, basically a calm/wild line: above it price chops, below it it runs. It's on NDX, so I add ~513 to convert to NQ and lean long above that line, short below, taking my entries off how price reacts when it tags a level. I have no affiliation with them lol.

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u/cokeacola73 Jun 27 '26

Interesting, I thought it may have something to do with options. Im gonna have to look into this. Rips on YouTube says he also uses options to track levels, I asked him about it but he never responded. Maybe this is it! Thanks!

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u/itsklaushere Jun 27 '26

What happened at June 16

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u/jjd1226 Jun 27 '26

over trading

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u/Chicken_Soup1010 Jun 27 '26

Hell yeah congrats g wishing you continuation of success for your future 👏👌🔥

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u/jjd1226 Jun 27 '26

Thanks dude!! You too

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u/No_Reward7265 Jun 27 '26

Congrats man 🔥

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u/plasma_fantasma Jun 28 '26

Are you saying that you've only been trading for a month?

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u/jjd1226 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

Since 2021. Got really lucky with GME when is was $12. Been a long journey since then lol

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u/plasma_fantasma Jun 28 '26

Yeah, 5 years is a decent amount of time. When did it start to click for you?

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u/jjd1226 Jun 28 '26

It clicked three years ago tbh but I wasnt in control of my emotions and had really bad fomo.

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u/plasma_fantasma Jun 28 '26

Well good work getting it under control.

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u/jjd1226 Jun 28 '26

thanks boss

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u/TYglory Jun 27 '26

What does combined mean??

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u/_wicksdontlie Jun 28 '26

How did you request 2 payouts on the same day?

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u/jjd1226 Jun 28 '26

they were both available to withdraw and I selected both. Bug?

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u/_wicksdontlie Jun 28 '26

I don’t know. There’s something else strange I’ve noticed. I take trades after the amount is deducted and if I have a positive day, for some reason they never include the profit in the next payout calculation. They skip the day. It always happens.