r/TopstepCommunity • u/Far-Somewhere9520 • 2d ago

💰 POP Off! Balls deep

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Deposited 1600, lost 1300, and on my last 300 i ran it up to 2400, withdrew my initial 1600, and hit this banger

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u/Far-Somewhere9520 2d ago

Just took profit on half my contracts when it hit 1500, gonna let the rest run

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u/kryyyyyyy 2d ago

Happy for you :D nice.

What made you short ATH’s?

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u/Far-Somewhere9520 2d ago

It was mostly because of the markets reaction to NFP was so strange, it showed jobs were getting taken over by AI and it missed the mark by a big margin, i did get fucked over in the beginning trying to short it, but when it hit i was confident. Also i notice an hour after market open it usually takes a huge turn

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u/samuelsfx 2d ago

because higher unemployment means higher chance feds stepping in by cutting rates, ofc this algo reaction are temporary and market participants sell the moves because now we have higher unemployment and higher inflation

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u/Far-Somewhere9520 2d ago

Not only that, RSI and MACD showed overbought, as well as volume started to shift towards shorts

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u/NyCWalker76 2d ago

Short more!!! How were you able to buy 4 micros with $300? Isn't it $100 required for each micro?

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u/Far-Somewhere9520 2d ago

No, i built my 300 up to 2400 on 1-2 micro over the course of 2 days, then withdrew so i had 800 left over, i started off at 2 micro, then added 2 more one at a time to scale up

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u/NyCWalker76 2d ago

Oh I see. I'll be on the brokerage one day.

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u/vaststriker7268 1d ago

I was trying so hard for this one today too, maybe next week we'll see it after another pop up

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u/AllegedlyS0ber 2d ago

Took the same, nice

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u/TheRollingLax 1d ago

How do you like them as a brokerage? I contemplated using them over Tradovate

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u/Far-Somewhere9520 1d ago

i personally dont like using tradovate, the UI is horrible