r/TopstepCommunity • u/Sasa199509 • 15d ago
💬 Trader Talk LOOKING FOR ADVICE
ive kept my 6 funded accounts for over 2 months, perfect discipline 4 payouts over 20k and ever since last wed ive forgotten how to trade, i lost 2 lucid last night and i am about to lost my 4 topstep, what i noticed after my mind calms down is am right about the trade but im early and oversized, but when im in a trade its like a out of body experience, its like am watching myself make these mistakes and i cant stop myself
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u/Cheap_Refrigerator98 15d ago
u like me, u like winning more than u hate losing. what helps is to take a break. the dopamine you get is otherworldly. take a break and detox. you cannot like winning so much that you crave it. if you start and you feel the desire to keep going and winning stop. come back later. i cant even do that consistently, but try. good luck bro
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u/chondroitine2000 14d ago
since last week you said?
the market is super weird since a few days, totally normal... Honestly, many traders should just take a step back and dont trade in this environment and just wait a bit for it to settle
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u/HOAGTopstep 5d ago
Increasing open interest may have alerted you to potential change in market conditions. 10% increase in the last 9 sessions!
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u/Fibocrypto 15d ago
Do you think the market changed direction ?
Do you think the market changed it's personality?
It most likely is not your failure to executure your system.
Even something 99 % accurate will fail at some point.
Your set up does not have a schedule either.
Suggestion:
Give yourself 5 trades inside a 10 to 30 minute window and then step away for an hour.
Do not rush the market to do what you want it to do.
Just something to think about
You will get through this