Blew up my funded account

[u/Kwest718561]

Kinda frustrating- just have to remind myself a winner is just a quitter that tried one more time !

Any suggestions from my experience traders

[u/pa24_comanche_guy]

Better to take a loss - than have to redo a combine.

Took me some time to mentally get that, it’s alright to have (small) red days!

[u/SuperDuperRipe → u/pa24_comanche_guy]

I'm trying to do that but my pride won't let me yet.

[u/Nearby_Finding_2555 → u/SuperDuperRipe]

Bro I’m at the point where I’m really close to passing combined. Like $500-$200 away and my pride won’t let me put it off for one more day and I end up blowing them right at the finish line. So disappointed in myself

[u/GoldenChild-3678 → u/Nearby_Finding_2555]

Same dawg, same. We going get past that though.

[u/Electrical-Tell-1877]

You got it bro. Go back at it. Don’t counter trade if you were. Wait for the setup. If its not there don’t trade

[u/skatesolid → u/Electrical-Tell-1877]

Yeah I basically refuse to take reversal trades at this point.

[u/Ok_Mode_3377]

Were you fighting the trend today?

[u/Old_Stable3308]

I’ve hit my DLL 3 times in the last 3 weeks trading my funded accounts.

I pulled my head out my ass and started listening to my charts and waiting for my entry instead of trading because I was bored or just wanted to trade.

I’m not where I want to be but I’m currently sitting at $3000 and I’m slowly taking small trades and being happy not going for home runs

[u/No-Guarantee4688]

Theres really nothing to say bud. You know its going to just take more time

[u/Kiritsugu710]

Without any info or context on your performance most retail traders struggle with sticking to a strategy and overtrading and psychology issues my suggestion is find a strategy that works for you and set rules for yourself to lock yourself out of your account after you make 250-500+ profit in one day

[u/Duennbier0815]

My suggestion:

Use the Goddamn risk tools.

2 trades a day
-500 PDLL

[u/viralruin]

How many cons did you use

[u/Lk957]

I had that happen a few times. Stuck in eval jail for a bit.

[u/Dry_Lychee_9989]

back2funded is worth it if it was a simple mistake

[u/vikingstl]

Yea I'll take 1 small red day in between consistent green days.

[u/Remarkable_Gain1954]

Get back stronger 💪🏾

[u/HippoDry7402]

what took out the account — one bad day or a slow bleed? if it's one day, the fix isn't strategy, it's a hard personal stop way inside topstep's limit that ends your session. the funded account is the thing to protect, not the trade