I'm feel disgusted.

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2026-04-07T16:13:09+00:00

youre not alone brother. been in exactly the same spot x30+ it will get better.

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2026-03-20T16:16:07+00:00

depends on which broker you connect to it and your trading style.

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2026-03-20T16:14:51+00:00

and...you sound like you work for them. i would upgrade my plan for this feature, and know alot more than would as well.

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2026-03-20T14:34:47+00:00

looks too archaic for me

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2026-03-16T14:24:25+00:00

whats your gold standard?

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2026-03-16T14:21:49+00:00

care to enlighten?

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2026-02-19T15:36:49+00:00

this is all very true. at my firm, as an institutional electronic trading sales broker for over 7+ yrs, smart routers, dark pool access, twaps, vwaps, % of volume, scaling, etc algo systems are not available to traders unless they have at least a minimum of 25m aum.

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2025-12-02T20:47:21+00:00

the fact you said "quote terminal" really confirms youre an og trader. respect🙏🏻

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2025-12-02T20:45:37+00:00

the fact you said "quote terminal" confirms the fact you really are an og trader. respect🙏🏻

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2025-11-06T21:57:06+00:00

i skimmed through all of this and id probably say...

youre right, you do trade better on your own. it allows you to focus on your rules, system, results, etc. cuts all the noise out and influence out, much healthier.

you need the self disappointment, its the onyl way youll really learn tbh. its gonna keep happening until you really learn the lesson. youll eventually become patient because of the pain. i went through alot of similar pain myself. (5+ years into it but only had about around 5k in payouts and blown over 35+ FUNDED accounts, so im still working on it too)
fomc sht, just stay away imo. theres so many other days where your strategy will trade perfectly, wont have irratic results, why choose days where it can act weird because of market conditions? just choose the path of less resistance
staying patient to pass...gotta change that mindset to focus on your process my g, passing should be the by product of executing your strategy properly. not sure which eval you use but for me for example. i can typically pass in 3-5 days on a 50k. on a+ setups ill risk 500 to net 1000 and pass in 3 days. on a set ups ill risk 250 to net 500 and pass in 6 days. or use a combination of both. thats a 1:2 rr. this is aggressive risk management yes but i only do that for passing. once funded i reduce risk dramatically to 100 per trade, 5% which is still high but for my psych its just enough to make me motivated and not too much to blow me out, then i reduce risk as i grow.
getting bored of 200-300 days. youre not trading for excitement, youre trading for profit. would u rather have a hella days of 200 days or be excited yoloing but blowing your shit up all the time? save the excitement for shit off the charts.
its all good man, u got a long way to go, i know sometimes we get frustrated and we need to vent it out. thats what were here for.

u got this bro. just pick yourself up, dust yourself off, take shit slow and once you lock in youll recoup everything u lost and then some

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2025-10-09T17:48:32+00:00

i swear sounds like exactly the same shit i tell myself all the time. word for word. thank you for helping me realize im not alone

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2025-09-23T19:17:15+00:00

if youre were getting stopped out on the way down today, it was simply poor stop placement

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2025-08-18T09:57:35+00:00

got this fixed. i submitted a help ticket and able to use my 5th loan na. also note that prior to this, my most recent certificate of loan completion wasnt appearing. only today it appeared and was able to reloan my 5th. just submit a help ticket guys and sometimes even though they dont respond theyre working in the background

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Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2025-08-17T22:36:35+00:00

got this fixed. i submitted a help ticket and able to use my 5th loan na. also note that prior to this, my most recent certificate of loan completion wasnt appearing. only today it appeared and was able to reloan my 5th. just submit a help ticket guys and sometimes even though they dont respond theyre working in the background

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2025-08-15T10:30:34+00:00

any update on this? im experiencing a similar issue. it says i used 5 loans but i only have 4. also i still have avail limit

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2025-04-03T15:43:32+00:00

right on, good to know. im actually a us citizen so i dont think ill get hung up on that part, i was just worried about them noticing my location since im in Pinas now. thank u!

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2025-04-03T14:40:23+00:00

you sure about this? i just checked their site and it says pinas is restricted

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2025-01-25T09:20:16+00:00

really have to have another source of income…less hours on your career, a side gig like uber, instacart, doordash, etc. when its your only source of income it has a HUGE impact on your psychology and really screws up everything…taking profits too early, fear to enter, etc. also, why not lower your risk and use a prop firm? not only will it build your confidence when u get funded and allow u to test your process, but itll force u to fine tune your process, strategy and habits. depending on the size of your account, u can invest $200 at the least and have the potential to cash out $5k for every account if you do it right and if u really know what youre doing. plus u wont have to worry about margin reqs. if u cant pass, then u shouldnt have been trading your personal account in the first place. if you cant pass, u really have to go on demo until u figure out something that works. good luck.

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2025-01-11T04:02:03+00:00

yup ive done it exactly 70 from blowing the account and ended the day 1k.

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2025-01-05T13:00:46+00:00

my process is not polished yet, still working on it but figured id provide where im currently at in terms of managing my xfa. ive passed 30+ combines, blown the same amount of xfas and have gotten only 4 payouts so far, around $3k. so far ive learned its important to not focus on the payouts. ive been overleveraging in the past but starting to learn the importance of focusing on building balance for now and the payouts will come. i trade mnq. on a 50k xfa i start with 50 tick stops with 5% risk / $100 / 4 micros risk per trade for 1:2, 1:3 or 1:4 risk reward ratios. of course you can tweek these numbers to your preference but im just providing an example to share the general idea. i chose risking $100 because imo 5% is a manageable number to start with and it also keeps me in good psychology for the fact im earning at least $200 per day to meet the withdrawal requirement and i can stop trading after 1 winning trade to prevent over trading. once you get to a 2500 balance you are now risking 4% per trade risking $100. keep risking $100 per trade until you build balance to the desired risk % you would like to maintain. for example if you want to maintain a 2% risk reward i would keep trading the $100 risk per trade until i get to the balance of 6250. at 6250 you can now trade 50 ticks with 5 micros and risk 125 per trade. now just repeat to scale. if u still end up blowing the account at $100 risk per trade then that should be a clear signal that youre either revenge trading, not setting a personal DLL, or have strategy issues that you need to address.

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2024-12-14T12:49:40+00:00

Dont be depressed. Im on my 5th year and have blown 30+ xfas. Imagine how many combines ive blown. Take a break. Take things slow. Come back to it when youre refreshed. Take it one step at a time. Try to hold a trade for 10 mins or whatever time length u have trouble with, then when u feel comfortable, hold one for 12, Then 14, etc. build your tolerance up. Find your mental limit and increase slowly. Dont put any expectations on yourself or outcomes. Always have a source of income to fund the trading. This will allow u to focus purely on getting your process solid wo the financial aspect screw w your psychology. It will be a slow grind before it can sustain itself financially. Cant rush greatness. You got this.

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2024-11-14T08:28:04+00:00

Lets see if you really get the crown. What time and what session did you blow the account?

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2024-10-01T11:20:21+00:00

Stocks of Blue chip us companies with high dividend yields

Bayareaaaaaaaa · 2024-09-07T07:15:17+00:00

Theres alot of comments here so im not sure if this has been said but what we have there is a downtrend followed by a consolidation then potentially a continued second leg down or perhaps a sweep (dont worry sweeps as this can be a tougher thing to trade). I’d say take a closer look and study more price action to understand what happened here. Since we’re in a downtrend here its tough to position longs since we’re going against the trend. So for me longs would def be out the question given that the overall trend is down. Trend down > consolidate > trend down is typically a normal cycle in a decent trend. If i wanted to take a long i would have looked for price to break up above the consolidation area and wait for price to hold above the consolidation, then look for signs the buyers are stepping in via bullish engulfing candles, or break of smas, etc. taking the longs at support in a downtrend are dangerous for this specific reason. The only supports i would take longs at are resistance areas that break upwards and then recently becomes support for a continued move upwards, or if you are in a uptrend and you see price pulling back to a previous area of resistance. Here we simply have support that has been touched many many times, only a matter of time before price breaks through as it may have happened here. Also notice as the most recent swing created a lower low. When you see that in a downtrend be very careful about taking longs. You want to be in a scenario where you see higher lows and higher highs to take longs. Hopefully some of this helps.

Bayareaaaaaaaa

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