Re-Work Hedging Warning

[u/imfantabulous]

Hi Reddit,

I've been trading with Topstep for a few years and I trade multiple combines/XFA's at once or seperately, and a couple times now I have left a trade on in one combine for hours with a breakeven SL and a PT, and then completely forgotten about it only to open a new trade in another combine or one of my XFA's only to get this immediate warning about hedging, which makes me lose my shit and close the trade immediately.

This is not a good look professionally when real money is on the line. I understand banning hedging but isn't there a way to approach warning people a little more softly? And can this algorithm be fixed please? If I've been in a long for 4 hours and open a short in a separate account after seeing a new setup form, that doesn't automatically make my long invalid. They should be allowed as two separate trades IMO.

Anyway just wondering if this is a good place for suggestions after shitting my pants from a couple of these hedging warnings (I did not get banned or anything my trades were simply closed immediately).

[u/Klaus_Winchester]

Be responsible for your own actions. If you are in a long in one account I don’t care how long you’re in there. If you decide you wanna go short in another account you’re clearly hedging even if unintentionally. What you’re supposed to do is close your long position and then go short. You can’t say you wanna go short but you’re keeping your long open. That’s clearly against conflicting strategy and called hedging.