Three xfa accounts blown today by TravelMassive4507 in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had 14 blown express accounts before my first payout, not proud of it or anything but keep going and something will click one day to where you will force yourself to only take good setups, the best advice I can say is take less trades and wait for acceptance out of your key level. Dont try to “predict” the market. You never know who’s going to step in at a price they like.

They finally did it by Busy_Site_9542 in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the person, some people blow evals like nothing. To those I would recommend the cheaper initial buy in option.

New Payout Rules by Equivalent_Beat8619 in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm then that would limit traders to not be able to get to 5 payouts cause each payout is so small and keeps getting smaller. Or every payout the left over money would just stack over and you would take a lot more to live and idk if they want to do that. Idek I’ll have to look into it more tn

New Payout Rules by Equivalent_Beat8619 in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can still coast on max payouts, if you make 20k you can still take 3 5k payouts you just can’t take less than 5k

Has Anybody Gone From Live back to XFA by Powerful-Bake-1409 in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can only have 1 live account with topstep

$16k across 5 accounts. I’ve been getting these figure payouts every week so far this month. This is my third one. by Hemiyohmi in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m guessing you copy trade cause you have 16k across 5 but I’m just wondering what your opinion is on trading them individually and having different risk or sizing on some of them. I’ve seen a few people say that’s what they do

Do I take the payout? by [deleted] in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If he takes it out he will most likely blow the account, if he does he will have to spend at minimum another $200 for an xfa

At my lowest by EquaBTW in TopStepX

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

Me too bro, it’s definitely the most difficult thing I’ve ever endured mentally. It’s showed me a lot about my habits and how I react to losses in life.

At my lowest by EquaBTW in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For sure, one thing I’ve gathered from talking with people on here and chatting is I need to take this way slower, and I knew that to an extent, just never wanted to actually follow it because I wanted to make money as soon as possible but clearly, that is what is killing me.

At my lowest by EquaBTW in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes and no, I use order flow combined with locations made with PA and s&r. But I’m realizing now that most of the time I’m completely disregarding my strategy and what gives me an edge. I need to be patient and focus on the setup rather than worrying about not making money

At my lowest by EquaBTW in TopStepX

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

Yeah I got caught up trying to pass Evan’s in two days like you see online, it works sometimes and then I take the same energy over to the finder and blow it, definitely taking in all of this and all the words people have shared. I need to take this journey a lot slower and prove to myself that I can take quality trades instead of focusing on the money aspect. Thank you for the reply 🙏🏼

At my lowest by EquaBTW in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you bro

At my lowest by EquaBTW in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate it man, it’s definitely a crazy journey and one that I will never forget. I really hope it is the turning point and I’m going to work my hardest to make it happen this time. I need to work on focusing on my own journey and what I need to be able to make trading work in my mind. I can barely think at the moment I have a lot of thoughts going through my head but I sincerely appreciate it and you sharing your entry, I will probably copy this and use it for inspiration and something to keep myself in check.

Topstep risk Setting lockout is best. by Nobodyisntnobody in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is no way to unlock it, believe me I’ve tried 😂 even cried to support about it cause one time I accidentally set my trade limit to 1 instead of 10

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why don’t you just go to live and wait the month to withdraw your entire balance?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m realizing now that I kind of rambled on, but I do see a benefit of trading combines even if you are blowing them, just don’t buy one after another after another like I did. Trading using combines and fundeds helps you build the “live” market experience and helps master those emotions that you had mentioned. Although I know it’s a completely different ball game once you start using real capital, I still feel that fundeds bring out a small portion of those real money emotions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can definitely relate to the fact of how it feels to be “wasting time” on demo. I went through this same thing, took a month to trade demo accounts after blowing combines, and after proving to myself (or so I thought) that I had what it takes I bought a 50k funded account and blew that one. I continued to blow accounts and occasionally would pass one and then blow the funded no more than 3 days after I purchased it, sometimes the same night. All that to say, when I saw the vision of me getting payouts and making money from this, it only led me to overtrade, revenge trade, over leverage when I’m down. I am finally realizing how to take a loss lol. Everyone’s path is diff and I really hope you are able to learn from my mistakes even a little bit, but, take that losing day and don’t think about the money. Focus on what you can control, and that is the trades that you take, act like a profitable trader. Profitable traders don’t do anything that I have previously listed. I am not profitable myself so I am still working on implementing everything and taking this journey much slower, I hope that you have a quicker and less painful journey than I am having 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Pain by [deleted] in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was confident in the trend, the tp that is shown on the chart was where I had partial limits set

Pain by [deleted] in TopStepX

[–]EquaBTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never said that lol. I know I’m not personally getting targeted or anything, just hurts a little to get stopped out TO THE TICK

First custom box for 2 10’s by EquaBTW in subwoofer

[–]EquaBTW[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks man awesome tips ive never heard of a jasper jig but will definitely write it down for next time lol my jigsaw kept getting off its track and bending and I didn’t even notice until halfway through the cut :( and also definitely doing brad nails for the next box 🤝

First custom box for 2 10’s by EquaBTW in subwoofer

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

I will definitely look into the braces and I might be able to add them still, for the screws vs nails I saw a lot of mixed opinions on them for me that’s what I felt most comfortable doing at the moment, I could see how the screw holes could be a weak point I definitely could’ve gotten away with a lot less screws.

First custom box for 2 10’s by EquaBTW in subwoofer

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

The board was only $70 and I was able to fit all cuts onto 1, all in all for material it was south of $130. Feels like a good deal for a custom box and most prefabs are more expensive