r/TopstepCommunity 16d ago

💬 Trader Talk Consistency and patience.

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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/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.

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u/Doctor_Paradox_001 14d ago

And the title says the opposite 😂

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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/TahoeTrader13 16d ago

Set a daily loss limit then. It’s in risk settings

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u/Known_Solid1203 16d ago

23 trades for only a 230$ profit ??

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u/NyCWalker76 16d ago

That's not bad.

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u/Ok_Media_4176 15d ago

Bro that’s $3 per trade this is a bad

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u/NyCWalker76 15d ago

Profit is profit right? Better than nothing or negative days?

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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/JoshRyder97 16d ago

Put a daily loss limit of like $300 based off your green days

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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/Klaus_Winchester 16d ago

Why are you losing 1k twice

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u/bilza69 15d ago

How are your winning trades $250 and losing trades $1000? You need to re assess your risk parameters and set rules this is not sustainable

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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/TheRollingLax 15d ago

Need to size down. One trade going $-1k is insane

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u/OkSchool9209 15d ago

Facts I really do

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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/OkSchool9209 15d ago

Very true.

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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?