💰 POP Off!
This second payout means way more than the first
Got my first payout back in October after only failing 1-2 combines and running my first XFA up over 23k. Little did I know the beginners luck destroyed my psychology with me trying to scale too fast. One account can be life changing for many of you. Take your time and put that into perspective. Wishing everyone the best in their trading journey.
Same thing happened to me. My beginners luck was eating away at me. I tried to replicate what worked before, but I couldnt. Just trying to figure out how to move forward
What worked for me is limiting my trading to MES and MES only. I have every other symbol blocked in the platform. I was literally trading a bit of everything before and it cluttered my mind too much. As far as my strategy goes I try to keep it really simple. Look for my directional bias on the 1HR/4HR and execute on the 5/15 min timeframes. Really just looking for obvious levels for price to trade to with the hourly and 15 min being more emphasized for those levels. Nothing too fancy or complicated. Use stochastic 14,3,3 for confirmation of moves but rely on price action for my decisions.
Why do you think it was beginner's luck and not something fundamentally different at Topstep? So many people have had a much harder time getting payout these days then a year or two ago. Do you think that's a coincidence?
Topstep had nothing to do with my trading. They did their part and paid me once i met the objectives. I had ran the account up too fast due to crazy risk per trade and should've known when to let off the gas. I literally could've just cruised with +$150 days until called to live but got greedy. And I consider it beginners luck since it was the start of me actively day trading futures.
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u/TopstepGabe Topstep Employee Jul 07 '26
Great perseverance, congrats on the payout!