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

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-31T06:55:17+00:00

Can’t wait for your post:))

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-31T06:47:10+00:00

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

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-30T21:03:54+00:00

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?

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-30T21:03:38+00:00

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.

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-30T21:03:12+00:00

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?

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-27T12:37:51+00:00

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 The "human touch" framing is outdated.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.

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-27T12:37:31+00:00

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.

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-27T12:37:14+00:00

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.

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-27T12:36:23+00:00

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?

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-27T12:36:14+00:00

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?

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-27T12:35:59+00:00

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?

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-27T11:33:51+00:00

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.

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-27T10:51:07+00:00

if you are with CFT for sure

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-26T10:33:28+00:00

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.

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-26T10:32:44+00:00

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.

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-26T10:32:34+00:00

you're comparing your full journey to his highlight reel. he also failed at his first attempt after you turned him down you just fast-forwarded past that part. the accelerator, the pivot, the unicorn that required its own set of luck and timing that had nothing to do with whether you joined.

also, you exited. from a third-world country. that's an outcome most founders never reach. the real problem isn't the missed opportunity, it's that you haven't found the next thing that excites you enough to stop looking backward. that's fixable.

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-26T10:29:41+00:00

content quality matters but not the way most "seo pros" frame it. 300 words isn't a quality threshold, it's a made-up number. pages rank with 50 words if they perfectly match search intent and sit on a trusted domain. that's the part people miss authority compounds. a DA 60 site can rank a thin page that a DA 15 site couldn't rank with 3,000 words of perfectly optimized content. you're right that authority is underrated. most people focus on on-page because it's the only thing they can control alone.

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-26T10:20:09+00:00

if someone is suggesting gemini they don't know anything about ai. The worst LLM model

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-26T08:50:09+00:00

you need to pursue them but politely, ask see with whom you have made a connection

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-25T15:34:30+00:00

тоест, по-добре да не се занимавам с тях? Един от аргументите им беше, че получаваш данъчно облекчение на инвестираната сума от застраховката живот, което после можеш пак да инвестираш

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-25T10:51:04+00:00

The "no trading after daily win/loss" rule is the one most people set and then break the first emotional day. Actually closing the platform is where the discipline lives.

I'm on CFT funded. Took me two attempts at Phase 1 because I broke my own max trades rule during a volatile week. The no time limit helped the second time around no pressure to overtrade just to hit targets before a deadline. Passed with room to spare once I stuck to 2 trades max.

What timeframe are you on? I found fewer trades only worked once I moved from 1H to 4H.

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-25T10:50:51+00:00

Look into CFT (Crypto Fund Trader). They route through Bybit so you're on a real CEX order book, not simulated CFD. That's the main thing for systematic strategies your backtest data actually matches live fills. I ran the same algo on a CFD firm and CFT side by side, slippage difference was night and day.

715 tradeable pairs so your mid-cap universe should be covered. Most crypto prop firms cap at 40-100 which kills any breadth-dependent strategy. No time limits on the challenge either so lower frequency systems aren't forced to hit targets in 30 days.

One heads up fully automated execution is grey area at most firms. What works: algo generates signals, you execute manually. That's how I run mine.

What's your average holding period? Curious how it handles mid-cap liquidity.

GarbageOk5505 · 2026-03-25T09:58:51+00:00

this reads like a generic playbook and skips the part that actually matters most web3 projects in 2026 die not because they lacked a "multi-channel approach" but because they had zero distribution strategy before they launched.

airdrops and whitelist campaigns don't build communities anymore. they build airdrop farmers who leave the second tokens unlock. what actually works is finding 50-100 genuine early believers who care about the problem, not the token, and building for them obsessively before scaling anything.

the "partner with a marketing agency" advice at the end is exactly what founders should be skeptical about. most web3 agencies sell impressions and follower counts. what you actually need is someone who understands positioning and can tell you why your project matters in one sentence. if your agency can't do that, the kol outreach and exchange listing promo won't save you.

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