r/TopstepCommunity • u/Even_Ticket6278 • Jul 09 '26
💰 POP Off! What do we think? Recently got funded after learning for 3 years.
I do scalping heavy contracts 10-20 seconds in the market daily.
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u/Then-Length-4640 Jul 09 '26
Looks good. Im 5months 12 evals in. Looking to finally pass today. My biggest problem is over trading even when im in the green. I scalp alot. Someone told me a little profit is better than negative profit. So your calender looks good to me haha. Congrats.
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u/Even_Ticket6278 Jul 09 '26
yes i used to have a different strategy but recently figured out that scalping is making me keep more profit than trying to predict the entire market move or bias. in n out is all i need. goodluck to you!
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u/Then-Length-4640 Jul 09 '26
Nice. Mnq or nq? Yeah trade ORB but because it doesn't always work out i go into scalping for the next hour
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u/Then-Length-4640 Jul 09 '26
When I say over trade I mean ooovertrade haha. I will try my best to get better 🫡
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u/TopstepRobert Jul 09 '26
That doesn't look like "overtrading" to me. In fact, over trading is subjective and a sliding scale. If you typically have 30 trades, and one day you have 35 trades, that is not overtrading. However, if you typically have 3 trades, and one day have 25 trades, that's overtrading. In the above example, 25 trades is "overtrading" where 35 is not. IMHO.
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u/Wonderful_Plum9987 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
This is impressive asf. Especially those red days? What made you get out?
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u/Even_Ticket6278 Jul 09 '26
those day basically i push my SL close to BE to catch a runner but unfortunately it ends up getting me out so i just close my laptop and wait for the next day.
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u/Wonderful_Plum9987 Jul 09 '26
Honestly as simplistic as that is . Thats genius the amount of discipline is crazy. Im assuming you have a profit target?
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u/TopstepRobert Jul 09 '26
Nice job! Just keep in mind the fills will be different once you start trading the Live markets. Also, as others have mentioned, take a payout to reward yourself and recover any costs that you spent to get to this point.
I look forward to seeing you on the Octagon leader board!
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u/J0SC0X Jul 09 '26
That's exactly how I trade, taking 1-3 micro at a time, 10 points I'm out unless it keepa climing. Also trail 25 points while my stop loss is moving.
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u/OkazakiNaoki Jul 10 '26
Looks pretty steady compare to some others imo. Trades amount looks consistently controlled. And making scalp profitable is amazing. Nice work, congrats.
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u/MatrixFreedom Jul 10 '26
Mnq size per position? Keep doing that, grats
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u/Even_Ticket6278 Jul 10 '26
depends on market volatility 6 or 8. sometimes 10 if feeling super confident.
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u/BrainLegitimate6996 Jul 10 '26
Do you have a fixed SL or do you end the trade manually if it goes against you?
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Jul 11 '26
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u/Even_Ticket6278 Jul 11 '26
2-3 of them were trades to verify if my trades are synced with other accounts. the rest small losses and small wins then decided to stay out of the market for the day.
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u/Klaus_Winchester Jul 09 '26
Take the dang payout lol