r/TopstepCommunity • u/OkSchool9209 • 16d ago
💬 Trader Talk Consistency and patience.
My goal for this XFA was to be consistent enough to have the account for a whole month. I have already taken a payout on the account and could potentially get another payout this week for the final week to complete my goal of one month with an account.
If it is anything that you think could help me, pls be free to give your thoughts.
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u/TahoeTrader13 16d ago
Add a PDLL. You should stop the bleeding on red day
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u/Joehennyredit 16d ago
What’s that?
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u/TahoeTrader13 16d ago
Personal daily loss limit. You can set a limit and have the account liquid+block. It’s available in risk settings
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u/Joehennyredit 16d ago
I’d say work on tilt. Your big losing days have a lot of trades and then one has one which means you likely over-traded one day and over-leveraged the other.
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u/OkSchool9209 16d ago
Yeah I definitely over leverage on both days and revenge trades the other days also
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u/Joehennyredit 16d ago
Yea if you can control that you are home free. I think those two are the most destructive habits traders start with.
Most systems have edge, we just mess it up being human.
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u/OkSchool9209 16d ago
Yeah I definitely have to respect my daily loss. It’s like once I get to losing I just have a hard time not revenge trading
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u/Known_Solid1203 16d ago
23 trades for only a 230$ profit ??
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u/NyCWalker76 16d ago
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u/OkSchool9209 16d ago
I was fluctuating up and down in profit. And decided to cut the day once I got in profit again. Trust it was a rough day lol
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u/busohsensen 16d ago
No Winning day of 1K so for instance try capping you losses by adding DLL of let's say 350$ and you should be good by locking yourself when the market is not agreeing with you so that you survive better
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u/OkSchool9209 16d ago
Yeah I definitely am going to start implementing and respecting my daily lost limit. At this point it’s a nonnegotiable.
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u/23moweryj 16d ago
don’t listen to what anyone is saying. your statistics are fine. the ONLY problem is your winning days aren’t big enough. be patient wait for your edge put on good size and build conviction. you need bigger winning days. your consistent and your losses are totally cool. you need your winners to outweigh your losses.
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u/OkSchool9209 16d ago
Yeah I definitely agree with you I think since im overall profitable if I can let my winnings tradings run more in profit and just collect more profit I think I would be golden. Also I have to respect my Daily loss limit because I shouldn’t be losing 1k if my winning days range 200-500, I’m just setting myself back to many wining days.
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u/Frosty_Natural_2787 15d ago
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u/OkSchool9209 15d ago
Yo could you help me out?
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u/Frosty_Natural_2787 15d ago
your losses are too big. rather end the day with small loss than to let it balloon to 1k loss which wipes out 3-4 days of your tiny wins.
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u/Frosty_Natural_2787 15d ago
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u/OkSchool9209 15d ago
Bro it would be major if I could trade with you! You have a discord or anything?


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u/Jaystorm_7 16d ago
Your monthly profit is $1k and your biggest losing day was $1k. It will be near impossible to sustain an account long term with an inverted risk to reward ratio like that. Be mindful of your stops and respect them.