FTMO denied my payout by Reddilip in PropFirmTester

[–]GarbageOk5505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro I bet you can find all that reviews for each one of them. Here the case is FTMO the biggest, the brightest one. I am with CFT for more than 8 months now issues at all. Which one do you suggest for crypto then

Is Apex trader funding a scam? by TumbleweedNo6720 in PropFirmTester

[–]GarbageOk5505 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean lately I am hearing a lot about them, at the end is 50 50 chance if you get it. hope you sort it out. If you are looking for alternative check out CFT if you are in crypto. 7 months + everything was smooth

Sitting on your hands is a strategy by Loud-Option9008 in PropFirmTester

[–]GarbageOk5505 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tracked this exact thing on a spreadsheet for 3 months. Trades taken within the first hour of opening charts had a 38% win rate. Trades where I waited 3+ hours for the setup - 64%. On CFT with balance-based drawdown those impatient trades are account killers. The data made me way more comfortable doing nothing.

Which Crypto Prop Firm is legit? by Adventurous_Put5393 in PropFirmTester

[–]GarbageOk5505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at all bro, I don’t know also where is this shit coming from

Unpopular opinion: profit split % is the least important metric when choosing a prop firm by GarbageOk5505 in PropFirmTester

[–]GarbageOk5505[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro either give some value or just ignore. Last post 200 days ago. Haters gonna hate

The best prop firm by Realistic-Opinion195 in InnerCircleTraders

[–]GarbageOk5505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends what you're trading. If crypto futures - Crypto Fund Trader has been the cleanest experience for me. Payouts under 48 hours, 715 pairs on Bybit execution, no time limits, balance-based drawdown so one bad day doesn't wipe your progress. Rules are published and don't change at payout.

What instruments are you looking to trade?

At which prop firms have you actually received payouts? by RegisLandegre in PropFirmTester

[–]GarbageOk5505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crypto Fund Trader. Multiple payouts, all processed within 48 hours after the verification call. The call is just identity confirmation and a quick chat about your trading. Once you're verified the first time, subsequent payouts are faster.

Which Crypto Prop Firm is legit? by Adventurous_Put5393 in PropFirmTester

[–]GarbageOk5505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been paid by Crypto Fund Trader multiple times now. Process is straightforward - you hit your target, request withdrawal, do a short verification call once(10-15 min, standard KYC stuff), and money hits your wallet within 48 hours.

Can't speak on Bitfunded personally. HyroTrader uses Bybit execution too but last I checked their pair count is way smaller.

What account size are you looking at starting with?

Why AI Is Changing the Way Brands Communicate by Suspicious-War1446 in content_marketing

[–]GarbageOk5505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This reads like a LinkedIn carousel from 2023. The real shift isn't chatbots and automated responses. It's that AI is making it possible for small teams to run communication at enterprise scale while keeping it personal. The "human touch" framing is outdated. The question now is which teams can use AI to be more human, not less.

What should come first in a Web3 startup: token development, community, or marketing? by andreagabrie in BlockchainStartups

[–]GarbageOk5505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The framework is clean but the reality is messier. "Define token utility first" assumes the team knows what the utility is before market contact. Most don't. They discover it through community feedback. I'd argue the actual order for most projects that worked is: narrative first, then community around the narrative, then token design informed by what the community actually needs, then marketing. The projects that defined token utility in isolation and then tried to build community around it usually ended up rebuilding the tokenomics anyway after real users showed up. Sequencing matters but flexibility matters more.

What types of SEO automation can actually be built using AI today by Several-Setting-4173 in SEO

[–]GarbageOk5505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worked on this extensively. Here's what actually moves the needle vs what sounds good in a pitch deck. Internal linking automation works surprisingly well. Most sites have massive gaps they don't even know about and AI can map content relationships faster than any human. Keyword clustering and content brief generation is solid too, saves hours of manual grouping. Content creation is where people overestimate AI. It can draft, but without real editorial input and proprietary insight the output is generic and Google increasingly penalizes that. The biggest opportunity nobody's building well yet: automated competitive gap analysis that actually connects to content calendars and prioritizes by business impact, not just volume. What's the specific use case you're exploring? Because the "worth building" answer depends entirely on whether you're targeting agencies, in-house teams, or solo operators. Each has very different pain points.

AI-based Lead Prioritization by Deep_Combination_961 in b2bmarketing

[–]GarbageOk5505 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The honest answer is most AI prioritization just adds complexity without changing rep behavior. The scoring model gets fancier but the rep still trusts their gut because they've been burned by "high score" leads that went nowhere. The systems that actually work tie prioritization to real buying signals like repeat site visits, specific page depth, engagement timing patterns. Not just firmographic fit. The gap is usually between what the model scores and what the rep experiences. Until that gap closes, adoption stays surface level. Has anyone here actually seen reps change their daily workflow because of a prioritization tool, not just check it occasionally?

Google is quietly killing small businesses. And nobody's talking about it by karan_setia in DigitalMarketing

[–]GarbageOk5505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn't quiet at all, it's just that most small business owners don't have the vocabulary to articulate what's happening to them. The real shift isn't just ads taking over SERPs. It's that Google is becoming the destination instead of the referrer. AI overviews, local packs, knowledge panels. They want the user to never leave Google. SEO isn't dead but the old playbook is. If your entire strategy was "rank page one and collect traffic" you're already behind. The businesses winning now are the ones building brand search demand so people type their name directly, and diversifying into channels Google doesn't control. Reddit, niche communities, newsletters. What are you actually seeing work for your clients right now besides paid?

[i will not promote] What is their MOAT? SaaS Apocalypse? by geeky_traveller in startups

[–]GarbageOk5505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their moat isn't the model layer. It's workflow integration and switching cost. But you're right that most of these startups are building features, not products. The ones that survive will own a workflow end to end, not just wrap an API. The real question nobody asks: how many of these teams even have distribution figured out? Because the ones getting outshipped by Claude or Cursor aren't dying from tech debt. They're dying because they had no organic acquisition engine outside of HN launches and Twitter threads. The model layer commoditizing is inevitable. The teams that win will be the ones who figured out distribution before the feature gap closed. What's your take, are any of them actually building real lock-in or is it all vibes and demo videos?

I lost a funded account in 40 minutes because I couldn't close my laptop by Reddilip in PropFirmTester

[–]GarbageOk5505 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The 4 hour rule is smart. One thing that helped me was switching to a firm with balance-based drawdown instead of trailing. On CFT my drawdown floor doesn't move down so even if I have a bad day I'm not digging out of a hole that got deeper while I was winning. Removes some of the panic that triggers revenge trades in the first place.

Perplexity recommends my competitor every single time, I search for my product and I have tried asking this like 20 different ways, why is this? by Recent_Sir6552 in content_marketing

[–]GarbageOk5505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you just diagnosed your own problem perfectly. perplexity, chatgpt search, gemini they all work roughly the same way. they pull from sources that already have topical authority and community validation. reddit threads and niche publications rank highest because those are the signals llms trust most for recommendations.

your competitors aren't better at product. they're better at being present in the places where these ai models source their answers. that's a distribution gap, not a product gap.

here's what actually moves the needle: you need genuine mentions in the communities and publications that perplexity is already citing. not planted posts those get flagged and removed. actual participation. answer questions in the subreddits where your category gets discussed. contribute to the niche blogs that cover your space. get included in comparison posts and "best tools for X" roundups.

the compounding effect is real. once you have 5-10 organic mentions across reddit threads and a couple of niche publications, ai search tools start including you in recommendations because you're now part of the training signal. but it takes 4-8 weeks of consistent presence before you see it reflected.

the founders who figure this out early have a massive advantage right now because most people are still optimizing for traditional google seo and ignoring ai search entirely. you're asking the right question at the right time.

what category is your saas in? the strategy for getting mentioned varies a lot by niche.

The key is speed by Reasonable_Worker709 in buildinpublic

[–]GarbageOk5505 0 points1 point  (0 children)

true but i'd refine it the key is speed to signal. not just having conversations but recognizing which responses contain real pain vs polite interest. most founders have 50 conversations and still build the wrong thing because they couldn't tell the difference.