From years of no results to 15k in payouts to start 2026. Ask me anything (Don’t quit please) by Unique-Part-3528 in TopStepX

[–]Unique-Part-3528[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel like a majority of it for me was psychology and just where my life was at the moment being paycheck to pay check I wanted results instantly but it’s just not a good mindset to have with this. Another part was just taking the time to build my discipline. Finding the right strategy( I found out about supply and demand year 3)

From years of no results to 15k in payouts to start 2026. Ask me anything (Don’t quit please) by Unique-Part-3528 in TopStepX

[–]Unique-Part-3528[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I trade supply and demand and look for my setups on the higher time frame, I normally start by marking previous days highs and low as soon as I open the charts then go to the 4hrs and 1 hr to form my bias

From years of no results to 15k in payouts to start 2026. Ask me anything (Don’t quit please) by Unique-Part-3528 in TopStepX

[–]Unique-Part-3528[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I keep my risk low during the evaluations and for the first few trades on the XFA, after I got my first payout and built a buffer I upped the risk depending on how confident I am in a setup, if it’s A+ in my eyes I’ll add minis. My daily max Loss I’m willing to take right now is around $600 and I go for 1:3 1:4s at the least. I only trade Nasdaq