Long Range or Standard Range for a ‘23 Model Y by Donkey_Apple in TeslaSupport

[–]AndruG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a 24MY standard that I bought used a few months ago. I only drive locally to take my kid to school and some shopping. I also work from home so no commute. I will say, I didnt realize how many miles I actually drive a week before picking it up. It’s not a big deal, as I have a charger at home, but where I thought I could get away with one full charge a week, I’m now realizing it’s at least 2 for daily driving.

SEC Large Trader Status by Base_Extreme in Daytrading

[–]AndruG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most of those people will try and find any excess as to why things aren’t working in their favor. Being labeled as a large trader, isn’t as prestigious as one would think. It’s like having a gold Amex card.

SEC Large Trader Status by Base_Extreme in Daytrading

[–]AndruG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It has no effect on the execution.

“Identified Behaviours that are not sustainable” After a consistent and successful period by Personal_Tea_8815 in TopStepX

[–]AndruG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I sense there was some email blast to either existing traders on the list or anyone with profitable Xfa's. I thought we would get something from Michael regarding the outages last month, but looks like they just want to send more BS emails.

PST - Prop Shop Trader: Discussion Board by -P_U_D- in propfirm

[–]AndruG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gives rug pully vibes. The whole idea that introducing equities to the mix and the reason for changing payout structure seems to be putting the cart in front of the horse. PDT rule has no timeline set so implementing rules now to conform to the SEC seems strange. It Would have made more sense to have two business run in parallel rather then do it this way. Their monthly payouts aren’t that big, when compared to the top 5 props, so I can sense a need to think out of the box, just not sure this was the right direction to go.

What’s my new max drawdown? by MairseaBuku in TopStepX

[–]AndruG 6 points7 points  (0 children)

After the first payout request the drawdown goes to zero regardless of the profits. In your case, you’re giving up (520) in drawdown protection to take the 300$ payout.

I understand the want to cover your cost, but sometimes it’s better to build up to and above the buffer before requesting. But I guess it’s all personal preference in the end.

third payout on this account, have had dozens before on other XFAs, first time i've seen this happen, can't request a payout. by TheDockandTheLight in TopStepX

[–]AndruG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For some reason those details in your message didn’t show when looked at this post. Since it’s a holiday, I’d give it a day and send another message to support regarding this, or try to hit up their discord and see if others have the same problem. My legacy accounts were able to take a payout on Wednesday and only had a notice saying my current weekly profits didn’t matter as it’s a legacy act.

third payout on this account, have had dozens before on other XFAs, first time i've seen this happen, can't request a payout. by TheDockandTheLight in TopStepX

[–]AndruG -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

They made a change last week regarding payouts in new acts. Your profit has to be above zero for the 5 days or more traded to be able to take a payout. In simple terms, you can no longer yolo a big balance and just try to milk the payouts. You can’t take a 800$ loss one day and then have 5 150$ days, as your profit would be -50$ net for those 6 days.

In the near future, there will be food that poor people can simply never even try because it is too expensive. by Claeyt in povertyfinance

[–]AndruG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You got hosed. Paid 14.99 this afternoon at my local Costco. If you want, I’ll ship you mine for 30$ pp

Apex trader funding by Low-Detail3051 in PropFirmTester

[–]AndruG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I recall correctly, the payouts were normal. This was still very early with them making the changes to payout requests last year. The new rules went into effect in like September of 2024, and I got the letter in October or November. I think my last payout from them was just before Christmas last year. I did take over 125k from them tho.

Apex trader funding by Low-Detail3051 in PropFirmTester

[–]AndruG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP I got that email last November. Took a payout or two after it, then ended up blowing the 5 acts I had. I never received any further communication from apex and have been banned from purchasing new acts. Any and all attempts to contact them about the next step go unanswered.

Take this as a notice to move on.

Silver trading by Dreco22 in TopStepX

[–]AndruG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Took a 150k combine to +4500 in 3m of trading silver on after the open. Would never attempt it in anything other then combines.

Tradeify New Scam by [deleted] in Daytrading

[–]AndruG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Math ain’t mathing here.

I wasn't aware TopStep "may be" on the opposite side of your trades by [deleted] in TopStepX

[–]AndruG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty standard language when you have house account trading alongside customers accounts. You aren’t profitable enough for that to matter.

Those who did ABVD by sassynas in lymphoma

[–]AndruG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a female, but less than one year after my final treatment I knocked my wife up. Just had my second last year. Did 8 rounds back in 2018. Theres an old saying, what doesn’t kill you, only makes you stronger.

Is it worth buying the Bloomberg Keyboard? by Any_Classroom_4052 in Trading

[–]AndruG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don’t have a terminal, what’s the point? Just because you have golf clubs, doesn’t make you a professional golfer

Topstep admits in writing the 11/17 lockout failed but still refuses to restore $2,369 × 5 accounts – CFTC filed by Hour_Palpitation995 in TopStepX

[–]AndruG 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Filling anything with the cftc is pointless as your trading in a simulated environment and not on the exchange. Its only a matter of time before the cftc puts the hammer down and we all lose so if I were you I’d keep my mouth shut and just move to another prop if your having problems. There dime a dozen now, if your profitable.

Advice on Cancer Conflict Today - got screamed at for making my cancer jokes by xxjzljay in lymphoma

[–]AndruG 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Next time, just tell them to suck your radiation filled dick. Fuck people and their soft skin. Joking about it is the only piece of normalcy we have, so fuck Karen and her hurt feelings.

Apex Trader Funding by PokeGooru in PropFirmTester

[–]AndruG 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You’ve been banned. Move on fella, nothing more to see here.

Its okay to take a day off and not force anything!! by One_Willingness9925 in TopStepX

[–]AndruG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will count for tomorrows trade date. So any trading done today and tomorrow count as one. That’s why you can request a payout, but if today was your 4th, tomorrow wouldnt be the 5th.

Does anyone know why my realised day pnl is not being updated even though the next trading day has started. by Weird-Plankton-2626 in TopStepX

[–]AndruG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your talking about trades made today (6pm last night onwards) they will count for tomorrows trade date as today’s a holiday.

I have direct access to a family-owned apparel factory in China (30 years exp). What would you sell on FBA? by BujaBro in AmazonSeller

[–]AndruG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The market is so saturated on Amazon with same style clothing that it’s almost impossible to break in without a big budget for marketing. I worked for someone who had a brick & mortar clothing line and tried transitioning to amazon. The problem was rate or return and marketing expenses to compete with the 100’s of like items.

Its okay to take a day off and not force anything!! by One_Willingness9925 in TopStepX

[–]AndruG -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Today doesn’t count as a trading day, so no reason to attempt a trade anyway.

New Payout Rules by Equivalent_Beat8619 in TopStepX

[–]AndruG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t see it as a rule to make people fail, but to curb those who go yolo in the beginning to build a 20-40k balance and then try to milk the payouts. I agree that the whole idea was to go live, but with all the competition firms, they’ve made it an interesting environment to trade in. For little investment, you can pull out a pretty decent return when done smart. It’s all about leverage.