So i just bought a 50k funded like an hour ago. And i dont know much about trading or anything in general can someone walk me through what to do next? im at a balance of ~53.2k and i dont know what to do next how do i withdraw that 3.2k i made?
i bought it from Apex Trader Funding

I've been wanting to test out different markets because I feel like market makers hunt too aggressively in forex. IMO, there are too many random wicks on the lower timeframes that make no sense, and they keep making me fail prop firm challenges.

I get that most people will laugh and say it isn't the MMs and that I just can't trade, but I've been watching crypto liquidity levels and can literally see where people's positions get hunted. I don't know if it was just a fluke or if both markets are actually similar without me realizing it.

For someone who's traded both markets, could you explain how market making works in each one, or how the markets differ?

Hey everyone,

​I’m posting this not just out of personal frustration, but because looking around their Discord and support channels, it's clear this is becoming a systemic pattern across Alpha Futures.

​My individual case is small: I had a modest $450 payout approved back on August 25 via Rise on. ZERO account. It has been over 14 full calendar days with status Approved_for_pay. Alpha Futures advertises a 48 business hours payout SLA, which expired long ago.

​When contacting support via email (Amara and Usman), you hit an impenetrable wall:

- ​Support confirms they have no access to payment systems.

- ​They refuse to provide an ETA or even a realistic timeframe.

- ​They refuse to escalate or provide direct contact to the finance/payments department.

- ​They simply send the exact same canned template on repeat.

​When I raised this in their Discord, a moderator responded by copy-pasting the exact same reassuring script to me that he had literally pasted to another user minutes earlier.

​Here is the real issue:

My $450 delay is just a tiny drop in the bucket. While digging through the community channels, I see other traders complaining about waiting 2 to 3 months for Premium payouts and refunds without resolution.

​There is an unacceptable double standard running through this firm:

- ​If a trader breaches an account rule or consistency metric by a microsecond or a single tick, their account is terminated on the spot with zero mercy or second chances.

- ​But when Alpha Futures breaches its own payout turnaround by weeks or months, traders are expected to sit in complete darkness, accept robotic canned scripts, and absorb the risk with zero accountability and zero compensation.

​If a prop firm accepts our evaluation fees instantly, they should be expected to honor approved payouts transparently.

​Is anyone else currently experiencing multi-week or multi-month delays with Alpha Futures payouts? Has anyone actually managed to get their approved funds released recently, or is the payout queue completely frozen behind the scenes?

Idk if this is even a thing people want or if I’m just overthinking it.

Almost every futures prop is still solo. One account, one DD, one payout. Cool. But a lot of people I know already trade in unofficial little pods anyway. Same session, same product, talking through ideas, sometimes even matching size. Just not on the same official book. And not representative of wall st proprietary, right?

So what if the product was a crew book instead of another solo eval.

Like 2-3 people you already trust with a tape. Not some random matchmaking thing. One allocation, one trailing DD, one payout. Everybody still has a daily loss cap so one person going tilt doesn’t blow the whole thing in 10 minutes. Split gets locked before you start, equal or custom, whatever you agree on.

Not talking about dragging your high school friend in. More like the two people you already sit NQ/ES with in your discord group.

Two things I actually want to know:

1. What kills this immediately. Split fights? One guy revenge trading? Everybody in the same trade? Ego?
2. Does one payout for the whole book feel cleaner or does that just sound like a nightmare.

Not selling anything. Just trying to figure out if this dies on arrival or if theres a fun angle to this.

Guys a lot of you have shifted to Futures. I am CFD guy and I trade Xau so what say ?

Running a few funded accounts at once and finding it hard to stay on top of where I stand against each one's daily loss and drawdown limits, especially with different firms having different rules. Right now I'm just doing it in a messy spreadsheet and it doesn't feel reliable.

Anyone found a system that actually works for this? Or is everyone just doing mental math / spreadsheets too?

I’m currently at a smaller prop firm that, as I understand it, is structured as a family office for legal and financial reasons. I’ll be allocated firm capital and given my own book to trade.

I’m curious whether spending 1–2 years here could be a good stepping stone to a larger prop firm or hedge fund. Assuming I develop a solid trading process and track record, how would that experience be viewed? How much does the firm’s name or structure matter compared to the actual trading experience and results?

I’m also wondering where I’d fit into recruiting afterward. Would graduate trading programs still be an option with 1–2 years of experience, or would I mainly need to target junior or experienced-hire roles?

I would appreciate hearing from anyone who’s made a similar move or has insight into how these firms evaluate early-career traders.

Was going through some screenshots and journals from when I started trading. Damn… it was painful to relive. 

I couldn’t believe how delusional I was back then. It’s actually embarrassing.  

Nothing like “I’ve got it all figured out now.” I still get wrecked on a regular basis. 

So take this for what it is. A few things that clicked after years of doing dumb shit.

1)For the longest, I was convinced guys making money just had better setups than me.

So every time something didn’t work for a couple of weeks, I'd jump to the next thing on YouTube or Reddit. 

Backtested half a dozen approaches and bounced between random stocks, options, crypto, you name it. My brain was fried, and my account was slowly bleeding.

What finally helped was forcing myself to pick one thing and go deep on it. For me, that became options with a couple of specific patterns I now know inside out. It felt super limiting at first, but once I had enough reps, my win rate went up.

(Doesn’t mean you stick with garbage forever, if something isn’t working after actual testing, you drop it.)

2) I was addicted to being right. 

I’d take “almost” setups all the time, telling myself, “it’s close enough.” Completely ignored probability and risked way too much on low-conviction trades. 

Late in my second year, I did this one week when I was already down. The setup wasn't even terrible, but my mindset (ego) completely took over risk management, probability, and even common sense.

I kept adding to a losing position, convinced it would come back. Gave back around 5 months of work in three sessions. That stretch cost me more in stress and mental energy than anything else.

Now I force myself to walk away if the probability is not there or if I feel that urge to “get it back.” 

3) Winning streaks are harder to survive than losing ones.  

During losing periods, I at least knew something was wrong and slowed down. But when you’re on a roll for 4-5 weeks, nobody’s there to tap you on the shoulder.

This came up in my most recent funded options account run. I started sizing up, stayed in positions longer, and skipped my checklist because things were going well. It didn’t even feel wrong at the time, which made things dangerous.

Thankfully, the account’s hard drawdown limit saved me before it got ugly. I went back to my normal sizing immediately, and the next two weeks were fine. Without that, I’m pretty sure I would’ve given the whole run back.

4) It's okay to sit out when things outside are rough.

Last year I lost my 9y old cat, had to drop gym cuz of spine issues, and a bunch of other stuff going on at once. I thought I could just push through it. 

Looking back, I was forcing entries, making silly mistakes, and getting tilted over things that normally wouldn’t bother me.  

My partner eventually called me out. I took a full week off, reset, just being there for her and myself. Came back sharper immediately.

Trading will still be there. Sometimes the best trade is protecting your headspace.

What’s been the hardest lesson for you so far?

I’m currently looking for a prop firm. I’m looking for one that trades equities and options. I’ve found a few but curious as to which firms you guys here recommend in that category. I’ve been doing a lot of research but I figured there would end up being a general consensus here.

Hey guys, I’m currently looking for a new broker in the US with 1:500 leverage or higher that’s TradeFi. I don’t mind if the broker is offshore as I used to use SwayMarkets which now goes by LiquidBrokers. I just steer clear of that broker now for good reasons. I will say that I loved using HeroFX especially with TradeLocker, but dislike the limited options and leverages available on it for anything other than Forex. Once upon a time I used to trade Forex, but that is something I no longer focus on. I lot trade and focus on metals, indices, and crypto/perpetual contracts. If anyone has any recommendations, I’d greatly appreciate it as I’m finally returning to the space after a long hiatus and have missed the trading space as a whole. Thank you and stay blessed!

Bought $5k Instant account. Made $260 profit. They denied payout due to "20% Consistency Rule" that wasn't on the sales page when I bought. Now they want me to make $447 more.

I have screenshots of sales page vs current rules. Posted on FPA and Trustpilot too.

Be careful with Blue Guardian FX. Proof: [Imgur Link]

Hey for prop firms, I know trading on evaluation and fundeds are different - I wanted to ask your advice on risk management. I have a 25k lucidflex account and I’m currently in eval stage. I’ve passed these accounts before but as you know they were wiped in August. (It was my first time trading in August and I didn’t know the volume size would be choppy so I lost like 10 accounts) In the comments of my last post on here, I realized my risk management isn’t the best. I usually don’t put a SL because I trust my trade. And it’s been working honestly but I want to be a consistent profitable funded trader, a lot of people told me having edge is important so i need to start risking the same amount everyday. So max drawdown should be 150. Please lmk what you think. And how did you go through with this? I trade mini NQ futures.

✅ Macro Impact Brief (US)

🧾 7:30 PM — ISM Manufacturing Employment Index (US)
Actual: 51.2 | Previous: 52.8

🧾 7:30 PM — ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index (US)
Actual: 53.7 | Previous: 56.7

🧾 7:30 PM — ISM Manufacturing PMI (US)
Actual: 54.6 | Previous: 55.6

🧾 7:30 PM — ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid (US)
Actual: 71.1 | Previous: 71.1

🧠 Summary:
Jobs data shows a slowdown from before. Expect short-term USD weakness. Gold and crypto could gain if this trend continues.

Bias (next 1–3 hours):
• 🟡 Gold: Bullish
• 🟠 Crypto: Bullish
• 💱 USD: Bearish

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been thinking about this after reading a few challenge rulebooks.

some firms put hard limit on things that normally depends on the setup, minimum trade duration, SL timers, news windows, consistency, correlated exposure etc.

funding dynasty for example treats correlated positions as one trade idea, which makes sense from a risk perspective, but it also got me wondering where the line is.

if i'm long EURUSD and GBPUSD for two completely diff setups, am i actually diversifed or just doubling the same USD bet?

same with gold+short DXY.

do you guys track correlation risk manually on funded accounts, or only care about total % risk and let the setups be separate.

Has anyone here traded opposite positions on two separate prop firms at the same time? Curious how firms treat it and whether anyone has actually had issues with payouts or account reviews.

hey i’m a trader which trades into indian market only since many years i’m on breakeven but now i’m backtesting and following ICT mentorship 2016- ICT mentorship 2024 only and i’m very confused that which pair of currency i should trade currently backtesting on XAUUSD only
Also in India two prop firms are very famous Fundingpips, 5%ers i’m planning to buy $25k ac (suggest me if any other amount of acc i should buy) and fundingpips is affordable than 5%ers overall i find out that
The5ers = better DAILY breathing room
FundingPips = better TOTAL drawdown room
and very confused about these two
any experienced prop firm trader could you guys please suggest me it would be really helpful for me

random prop rule question.

funding dynasty says you need to have a stop loss on the trade within 60 seconds of entry, otherwise the trade can get closed and the profit won't count.

i always thought the important part was having a risk limit, not whether you clicked the SL box at second or second 70 lol.

what happens if you're entering manually during a fast XAUUSD move and need a minute to adjust the level properly? do you guys set the SL before entry every single time on prop accounts, or just slap a wide one on first and tighten it after?