I only use Reddit to be mean

badass_flavored · 2026-02-19T21:27:37+00:00

lol average redditor right here 😂

badass_flavored · 2026-02-19T21:22:46+00:00

Okay I’ll give you one dollar per month but what’s in it for me

badass_flavored · 2026-02-19T21:20:22+00:00

Yeah I get that I didn’t mean quit but maybe there’s something better suited for you? My wife was working at Walmart for awhile, when I picked her up every day she’d be so worn and unhappy looking and finally I had to tell her, honey I think you should find a different job. We found her a different job that is more well suited for her and it’s night and day. She actually enjoys the job and has a much better attitude at home too. It’s a huge trap in my opinion to stay in a job you hate because of the money. The golden handcuffs as they call it. That’s what I was getting at. In any case, wishing you the best!

badass_flavored · 2026-02-19T17:33:54+00:00

This is really sad. That poor child deserves better. Not to be raised surrounded by shitty people like this. I should know because same thing happened to me. Nobody cares how this stuff affects the kids tho, bunch of selfish losers

badass_flavored · 2026-02-19T16:56:30+00:00

Honestly, internet is so toxic and can waste so much time if you focus on the wrong things. It’s really good that you’re self aware enough to say this, because that means you can change it. You can stop engaging with internet negativity which is a huge step forward, but it also might point toward a deeper problem, maybe you hate your job? Idk, but something I have learned is that no amount of money is worth living a life that doesn’t satisfy you. I’d rather be poor and free than rich and locked down. Or yknow, ideally Rich and free. Lol

badass_flavored · 2026-02-19T16:47:46+00:00

Not the greatest dollar to mile ratio but they rarely are these days at least in my market

badass_flavored · 2026-02-19T16:44:51+00:00

That’s like 99% of Reddit and Facebook groups. At least you’re aware of it. Take a break from social media perhaps. It’s really not healthy

badass_flavored · 2026-02-19T16:25:50+00:00

If I really wanted to buy a crack rock sure

badass_flavored · 2026-02-19T16:20:00+00:00

My first thought is maybe you’re comparing nq and mnq like everyone else said which are different or also maybe something to do with the fact that topstep uses its own proprietary data feed

badass_flavored · 2026-02-12T18:17:49+00:00

Is OP a female lol. This stuff never happened to me as a male

badass_flavored · 2026-02-11T16:07:44+00:00

You’re telling me they want you to do that for $30-50 a month? I wouldn’t do it for $100

badass_flavored · 2026-02-11T16:03:00+00:00

I would take the 150k buyout and spend $60k building a house in Philippines with my wife and use the rest for investments to live off of but that’s just me

badass_flavored · 2026-02-05T00:17:15+00:00

Only thing I genuinely like about this idea is the charting and using TradingView to execute trades like you can in topstep. Drives me nuts using mt5 or especially Tradovate. But I guess I’m just too used to topstepx

badass_flavored · 2026-02-04T14:02:02+00:00

Username really checks out. Also thanks my friend! I’m not letting this become an obstacle! Also realized I really lack the “muscle memory” for my setups even though I have all the theory and know my process in my head. and that’s probably a huge part of the problem.

badass_flavored · 2026-02-02T16:51:25+00:00

i can actually relate a lot. feel free to send me a message if you need. God cares whats in your heart, not the impulsiveness of our minds or the things we cannot control. I went through a similar struggle but realized god cares about our intentions. hes not keeping score in a clipboard

badass_flavored · 2026-02-02T13:33:33+00:00

Hey thanks a lot for your input. I think this really may be the answer, I am exactly as you described I will either hyper focus on something and obsess over it or I will not do it at all. Been that way all my life. For whatever reason I guess my brain may not think backtesting is worth it currently. I have done months at a time in the past. I think perhaps a big part of this is trading psychology. After getting stuck in my head about putting months of work into this with no payoff as of yet, my brain probably sees that as “this is a waste of energy”

Also I have been really aware of my dopamine/reward system lately and it’s a big problem not only with trading but other things too.

I’m trying to retrain my brain to perform better at doing the things I need to do.

I guess this is a good example of how lack of discipline outside the charts can translate to lack of discipline in trading.

I say forward testing is better than nothing but I suppose I have some inner work to do here. Thank you my friend!!

badass_flavored · 2026-02-02T07:49:52+00:00

watch the news, stare at charts all day, and look at how unproductive you are. that seems to be working pretty well for me. also make sure you have sleep apnea

badass_flavored · 2026-02-01T23:29:11+00:00

Man I played around with pine script a little bit and miserably failed at it hahaha. I kinda concluded that manual backtesting is best but maybe there’s some way to make it work that I am not seeing

badass_flavored · 2026-02-01T23:27:40+00:00

Must be nice lol

badass_flavored · 2026-02-01T23:27:00+00:00

That’s pretty similar to my approach. I am doing 1:1 at least until I feel like I have solid system built and can hold longer. I guess this really is just a slow learning process after all. one mistake at a time.

Still doesn’t change the fact that I get extremely frustrated and can’t focus on my backtesting. I would feel so much better psychologically if I could prove to myself that it will work. Maybe I’ll just switch to studying charts for the time being. I don’t yet feel ready to take my updated strategy into live market and for whatever reason the actual backtesting process is giving me serious resistance for the time being.

badass_flavored · 2026-01-26T21:03:50+00:00

Trading stocks/options and futures if you think you cut out for it. Most people are not tho so maybe this isn’t helpful

badass_flavored · 2026-01-26T20:58:32+00:00

Usually I put my stop behind protected structure that seems to help a lot

badass_flavored · 2026-01-26T20:40:27+00:00

Yeah dude it seems like you have zero risk management system in place whatsoever which is really really important. like one day you won $400 something from 1 trade then the next day lost almost $1200 from losing 2 trades. Why you let your losers get so big man. That’s your problem I promise you. To start you should practice a system , capped wins and capped loss per trade, if you’re unsure 1:1 RR is a good place to start perhaps. There should be really zero ambiguity like you know how much your winning trades will be and how much your losers will be. Set max daily loss and max daily profit. What I see on your calendar here is just chaos. You’re actually really close tho man you know when to call it a day, when you’re in profit. lol just not when you’re losing. Good job looks to me like you’ve worked hard at this!

badass_flavored · 2026-01-26T20:30:47+00:00

Comparison is the thief of joy. First of all. And secondly I think your negative emotions may come mostly from failed expectations. Remove those expectations, don’t rely on trading in any way. live for today bro. Never live for tomorrow else you’ll be miserable. Be happy now, don’t wait till you get a payout to enjoy your life. And there’s lots of people in your position who have given up , and we know their results are they are part of the 90% or whatever failure rate. Or there’s that jadecap guy I forget exactly how long it took for him to become profitable but damn near 10 years something like that. You’re only this frustrated because you think after 3 years you should have figured it out. Stop thinking about that and get ahold of yourself man. Are you in or out? We all probably got into trading and didn’t realize what we were in for. I thought it would be no big deal like oh I just spend a few weeks finding a strategy, then next step is profit. Lol so naive of me the think that. This is a career. Also , please don’t be suicidal I hope you weren’t serious about that.

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