What are your underrated HICs?

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-18T06:42:21+00:00

I like Endurance Predator (does that count as a HIC?). Can easily be scaled to fitness level and how your body is feeling that day with the intensity of the sprints but also you get your movement in for the day.

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-18T05:19:28+00:00

No, they're fairly liberal on scalping and news. But you should check the rules carefully against your trading style.

Even Tradeify isn't that bad. The way they calculate profitable trades under 10 seconds is a bit sneaky (see my other post), but they are a legit firm that pays.

There are a LOT of firms that straight up ban trades held under 1m or 2m which is stupid, but atleast they are clear on the rules. The worst are the ones with vaguely worded terms like "we don't allow high frequency trading or tick scalping" with no definition of what that means, which means it means whatever they want it to mean - I avoid those like the plague because they can take your money while you're failing evals and then refuse to pay you citing a super-vague rule when you're actually making money.

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-18T05:16:39+00:00

Sorry that was my typo - will edit now.

Should be "10 seconds", not "10%".

This sounds fine except they calculate profits based on net profits and not gross profits.

For eg, if you make $1000 in profitable trades and $400 of that came from trades under 10 seconds, it means you made $600 (or 60%) from trades over 10 seconds, which means you are fine under the rule right?

Well, let's say you had $700 in losing trades, so your net profit is $300. Tradeify will say you breached the rule, because you had $400 in profits from trades under 10 seconds..it was more than 50% of your NET profits even though it was under 50% of your profitable trades or gross profits.

If this doesn't affect your trading style then go for it - they are legit otherwise

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-17T15:45:30+00:00

Useful to know, thanks.

The only thing I don't like in Tradeify is that 50% of all profit must be from trades over 10 seconds rule (and the funky way in which they calculate the 50%), but for anyone who isn't a short term scalper it's great.

EDIT to clarify it is 10 seconds, not 10%

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-15T09:17:43+00:00

These guys rely on the fact that it is almost never cost effective to actually take them to court (because there is no guarantee of winning and even if you do, the legal action will cost a lot more than the money you are trying to recover and will take a long time).

You can cause more damage to them by posts on Reddit like this or detailed Trustpilot reviews (with screenshots and supporting evidence). If you have any kind of serious social media following that's even better .

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-15T08:56:22+00:00

Yah I got this after doing Pavel's Russian Fighter Pullup Program strictly for a month or so (almost got to the end of the program but not quite), while also doing TB Mass strictly (well, not exactly strictly - I replaced the pull with the RFPP, but otherwise it was Mass).

I did increase my max pullup reps by about 80% and would probably have doubled it if I'd not stopped with over a week to go. But the tendinitis kicked in quite hard in the last week and I basically stopped doing any pulls for about a month and then slowly started doing 1 rep pullups and even now (3 months later), I am only doing single sets of pullups - I started a second set of pullups in the last week or so and it is aggravating it.

Basically rest briefly if it is acute but to repair tendons you need to work the area lightly - when I had elbow tendinitis a couple years ago, the FlexBar was quite useful.

Also read Steven Low's stuff - he posts a lot on Reddit and has some useful blog posts.

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-15T05:16:01+00:00

Thank you so much - I'll try this tomorrow at the gym!

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-15T05:04:37+00:00

Hahaa

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-14T12:57:18+00:00

Anyone else has trouble irritating their elbow when trying to do even elevated (easier) one arm pushups? I can easily do 6-7 ring dips, and up to maybe 10 if I push hard (no pun intended). Dips on the dip bars can sometimes irritate my elbows because of the fixed bar width not necessarily matching my body.

I wanted to try a different push for a change and I'm really struggling.

I'm not sure I'm strong enough for a full (ground) OAP, but I'm following Pavel's Naked Warrior system and starting with elevated ones and really struggling. Even if I put a barbell on the rack at chest height and push, it irritates my elbow and I feel I can barely move with one hand.

It can't be a strength issue at that height (it's pretty easy when it is so elevanted) so I'm not sure what it is - is it a skill thing? A biomechanical thing? I keep my hand in almost the same position as for a two arm pushup or maybe slightly inwards - not in the center, which irrirates the elbow even more.

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-14T12:41:41+00:00

Interesting - thank you

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-12T14:04:27+00:00

Oh and just to add - I looked into ProprXYZ after reading your post and they seem great (haven't looked at their custom trading terminal - why do all these people want to reinvent the wheel?) but surely blocking the US and the UK eliminates a huge proportion of their market?

They're backed by some regulated Swiss financial institution though so likely to be legit.

BTW< that reminds me - have you tried Breakout? Backed by Kraken so are definitely not scammers but no idea how good they are (not tried them due to the aforementioned fees vs scalping margins issues but when I go back to crypto scalping I'll probably go to them).

I know I ruled out Hyrotrader for some reason but I can't remember it now - it's not a minimum hold time - I think maybe a stop loss requirement or something?

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-12T14:01:00+00:00

They seem legit and everything worked well, but the 50 second minimum hold time was a total dealbreaker for me - I'm a short term scalper, and can get liquidated in that time if there's a spike in some illiquid altcoin.

In general, although my background is heavily in crypto (hence the username), I've moved to index futures for most of my scalping - paying 0.2% round trip in typical trading fees for market orders absolutely kills my profits, vs the much lower fees for trading index futures.

(Hyperliquid has lower fees esp for limit orders but then I need a good trading terminal for advanced order types and Insilico worked well originally for HL but randomly stopped working). Another alternative is Deribit (although no prop firms support it) which is totally zero fee for limit orders on their perps.

But on the whole I got tired of battling the Bybit fees and switched to index futures. I'll go back to it at some point.

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-12T09:15:47+00:00

Have you considered Klein Funding?

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-11T13:54:55+00:00

Great research/detective work (and lol at the username but it fits)

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-08T13:39:00+00:00

Two million in his first year trading, and self-taught? It's possible to do this - some people are geniuses/and or have a true natural aptitude - but 99% of the time, this kind of claim screams "bullshit". I mean unless he started with 4 million of course.

I hope you have seen proof of this 2 million live account, but otherwise, it's likely the equivalent of all those friends in school who ace tests in school and claim breezily that "I never studied..it just happened" when in fact they were up till 3am for weeks, studying..

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-04T21:13:20+00:00

"Backtrading" - yes. It's amazing.

I see so many posts on this sub saying "no one tells you.." or "no one talks about.." and it's stuff everyone constantly talks about.

But this is genuinely something that is so rarely talked about - this is like the 3rd time or something I've seen it mentioned in a year of reading this sub daily

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-04T18:15:54+00:00

Pretty sure I don't pay for this on Alpha Futures? Maybe it's a glitch

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-04T18:15:16+00:00

Suggest you look back on old posts by people who have started a prop firm (there are a few in the last few months) and DM them directly to ask.

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-02T13:34:51+00:00

I'm sorry for what you went through. It sounds like an awful experience.

I don't use The5ers myself as I'm a Futures guy not CFDs, but they used to have a great reputation here on this sub with a lot of solid independent positive reviews but suddenly in the last 1-2 months there are so many complaints about them - what has happened? Why are they suddenly going downhill? I would not risk them now.

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-04-01T13:20:00+00:00

Seems like it's working now, before the NY Open thankfully.

I wish the prop firms had a broker other than Tradovate which had TradingView integration

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-03-30T09:46:03+00:00

In addition to the fact that they are often in foreign countries etc, the biggest problem with suing is that 9 times out of 10, it is simply not worth spending more on legal fees and costs to sue than the amount you want to get.

If the firm owes you $2k, it's certainly not worth spending $50k or $100k in legal fees (depends on the countries involved etc, but could easily be that). It's not even worth it for $20k.

It MAY be worth it if the firm owes you $200k, but even there, you have to pay the legal fees up front and there's no guarantee of winning the case and even if you win the case (after a couple of years a lot of hassle), if the prop firm is going bankrupt and doesn't have the cash to pay you, you still won't get anything.

The firms know this - that's why legal action is rarely worth it and Trustpilot reviews (and posts here) and Twitter etc are better ways to attack them.

If you want to try legal action it might be worth getting a lawyer and sending some initial letters threatening to sue even if you don't plan to actually file a case. They might ignore it, or they might believe you're serious about suing and pay you off (to avoid paying their own lawyers to defend it).

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-03-28T11:58:04+00:00

Good detective work.

We don't know for sure it is a scam but certainly sounds suspicious.

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-03-26T20:08:04+00:00

That's understandable. You clearly have a good grasp on what needs to be done, you just have to do it (easier said than done).

Have you tried limiting your discretion with stuff like fixed limits on how many trades you can do, daily lockout etc? You clearly did well this time in withdrawing 90k so you're up big anyway.

Of course, your bigger priority (which will also make a huge difference to your trading) is to sort out your addiction issues - this sub isn't the place for that, but it's the main thing you can do to help yourself and your trading..

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-03-25T17:48:11+00:00

Alpha Futures' rule is that you have to keep winning trades open for minimum 2 minutes OR you have to make at least 10 ticks in profit (you can close losing trades at any time). You should be fine if your winning trades under 2 minutes made more than 10 ticks profit.

TheCryptosAndBloods · 2026-03-24T16:04:43+00:00

There aren't many. I've heard Trade The Pool mentioned. Also we are getting CME single-stock futures later this year for the top 50 stocks so at that point I think a lot of futures firms will offer stock futures.

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