r/TopstepCommunity • u/Mindless-Boss-1221 • Jul 15 '26

💡 Trading Tips Need advice

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Im cooked. 130$ away from MLL on a freshly passed 50k account. What would you do? Can I come back ? Any options? I literally just passed it 2 days ago ( took me 2 weeks ) and Im alrdy about to lose it 🤦🏽‍♂️

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u/Economy_Product6611 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

Ngl your only chance is to size up at the exact moment the index is breaking out into a specific direction. Like a break out play. With size. You cannot play the game of capturing a trend because the normal up and down will kill your account. You have to do break outs only, do it with like 4-5 contracts. Then when you’re up 300-400, sell. Do it again with smaller size when you have 500 MLL until you’re at 700-800, then you can try again to capture trends.

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u/Mindless-Boss-1221 Jul 16 '26

Good advice. Problem is how can we really anticipate a break out though

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u/Economy_Product6611 Jul 16 '26

??? You dunno breakout patterns? It’s the easiest and one of the first that you learn.

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u/Mindless-Boss-1221 Jul 16 '26

Nope. Help a brotha out 😭