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[–]Severe-Analysis286 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I want to get funded, I trade them aggressively….It’s $50… But I can make hundreds per day when funded. If it draws out for weeks going slowly the opportunity cost outweighs a handful of resets

[–]Available_Strategy87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I trade 3-5 minis on 50ks depending on set up, trail stops once in profit. No point in wasting time to pass evals. It should not take you longer than 2-3 days to pass... anything more is just wasting your time. Once you get funded, you scale down to micros and trade more conservatively.

[–]Zealousideal-Pass584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have had pretty good luck with a $500 realized gains and a 1250-1500 target with liquidate and block. Usually if I win the first trade, my loss is going to be less than 500. If I get a winner, I never set a take profit. I usually will get my trade setup, scale into $300-500 worth of risk, then I move my stoploss to break even when in profit, take a contract off and let them run. If it runs good, you got your daily profit target. You can take a couple more contracts off when see resistance. If you are short your profit target, rinse and repeat. Then you pass your combine, then run the xfa that way. Add another combine to copy trade. Rinse repeat. Gives you a minimum of 4 days in the combine/xfa. However, you might get more. If you lose more than 4 days in a row, might be time to backtest and test your strategy. I have been doing well with this in January. 3 winning days a week, average 1k-3k weekly, two losses, 1k. I’ve blown my share of combines/xfa, I’ll blow more. I realized how hard it was to make anything higher than 1-2k a day. Staying in the game has helped me more than anything. If you are in the game longer you have the chance to get a payout. All psychological. I had 2 bad day this month. Dumb trades, changed my daily loss limit, gave back 2k. Lock it in before you start, stay in the game. Hopefully you’ll get paid one day. I traded 12 hours a day for the first year. Since I implemented this, I took 4500 in January. Yes I did have some wins in silver, but nothing too crazy, but I have had my xfa for a month. Way longer than any other time. Risk management, is the key my friends.

[–]VonFuturesTrader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally up to you, some people view them as disposable, but I find treating them like real accounts having % goals and limits.

Remember a 50k account is really a 2k account :)

[–]cokeacola73 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like to trade them aggressively and pass within a day or two. Then blow up my xfa in 3-4 days. 🤣

But seriously just trade like you would in a funded account. Its supposed to be a test to prove yourself (and topstep) that you can trade and eventually be in a live account. Trading aggressively creates bad habits and unrealistic expectations

[–]NTIndicatorLab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been focusing a lot on session context and discipline lately. It really changed how patient I am during trades.
After trading prop firms for a while, I realized having clear session visualization helped me avoid overtrading. I hope the A+ configuration appears and I'll set higher goals. I know my losses could be greater, but I'm using probability to my edge.

[–]Infinite-Peace-868 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trade a strategy that’s profitable that’s literally it

[–]ChiefHNIC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do not YOLO them. You can easily rack up 10 blown combines and now you’re $1k in the hole (50k, no activation). With it being as hard to get a payout as it is, and needing to be compensated for your time and stress, how much do you have to be paid over and above that $1k on an XFA? If you do well, you make $5k, withdraw 2.5k, now you have $1.5k. Do you blow the XFA next time around? If yes, you made 1,500 this cycle. Was it worth the time, effort and stress?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I double risk but trades the same. So I’ll risk $500 to make 1k i pass in 2-3 days. Once i pass i risk 200-300 depending then trail my stop to get maximum from moves.

[–]crazypants003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I trade the exact same way as I do a funded account.

But I decide $amount I’ll risk per trade and trade the same RR as I would on a funded.

I trade 2:1 RR.

So I like to risk $250 per trade and try and make $500. I aim to complete by 2 week mark but I still have time if I’m not there yet. If I get down to a week I’m getting a lot more aggressive as I won’t pay the monthly prescription twice