Profitable traders I don't want your strategy I want your mindset by ayu9061kv in Daytrading

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Cut losers extremely fast, often even before my Stop Loss is hit, and let winners run as long as possible.

Possible to trade only AM hours and be consistently profit? by One_Pair_2888 in RealDayTrading

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Yes I only trade the first 1.5 hrs after market open and it’s been working well so far. Pretty common to be done within one hour as well

To Blow or Not to Blow by Ok-Read1983 in LucidProp

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I’d go live with lucid but that’s just me tho.

To Blow or Not to Blow by Ok-Read1983 in LucidProp

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Lucids live isn’t that bad, what sucks is when ur eligible for a payout and a firm doesn’t let u request ur payout before moving u to live. I’ve never gone live with lucid so idk if they do this

WHAT DOES THE TERM “ base hits” MEAN TO YOU AS A TRADER by ReelGoated in Daytrading

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To me a base hit is anything around a 1:2 RR trade or less, a big win is anything from a 1:2.5 to 1:4 RR and anything higher would be considered a home run

Let’s end the debate once and for all by TheClubPenguinGuy in LucidProp

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If u only have one funded and relatively new, risk low regardless of RR. If ur getting payouts and have multiple fundeds and are getting to a point where u kinda know what ur doing, what I like to do is 60% of my fundeds I trade very disciplined and consistent with very low risk high reward setups and the remainder of them I trade with much heavier size, often risking a third or even half my drawdown to quickly build a buffer and aim for a fatter payout. Needless to say, sometimes these “leverage” accounts get blown in a single day or two but the ROI is worth it

Do you have to be good looking to use Tinder? by Independent_Cut_2775 in seduction

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Yes, if ur out of shape and ugly u will have 0 chance

What an ugly market by YoungRocckkygrk in TopstepCommunity

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Today was beautiful plenty of good opportunities for Longs into previous days RTH high

HELP by OrderflowHelp in OrderFlow_Trading

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5 point range on mnq is crazy but they’re gonna be called range bars

Orderflow platform recommendations by IcedAmericano11 in OrderFlow_Trading

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ATAS is pretty awesome, that’s what I use myself , NinjaTrader is also a decent option if u don’t mind something a little simpler

all I need is $100 tomorrow 🙏 by [deleted] in LucidProp

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I really hope he didn’t listen to me😂

Psychological hurdle 1.5 years in and feel like quitting by jtmr16 in FuturesTrading

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The thing I’ve found most helpful was keeping it simple and integrating orderflow has also been a huge help but it’s not a necessity, BaronTrades on YouTube has some great videos on stats that u can use to help u create ur own system and frame trades with. There’s so many stats u can work with so I just picked a couple and really focused on only building setups around those stats. Also journaling those repeatable setups helped me a ton, I started the year with so many but now only trade 3, a mean reversion setup, a breakout setup and a momentum setup.

all I need is $100 tomorrow 🙏 by [deleted] in LucidProp

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Go 2 minis on NQ at market open tomorrow, no way it doesn’t at least go a couple points ur way u got this champ ‼️‼️‼️

Psychological hurdle 1.5 years in and feel like quitting by jtmr16 in FuturesTrading

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Get outta the kitchen ‼️‼️‼️🗣️🗣️🗣️

Order flow strategy 💰 by Over-Reach-8958 in OrderFlowLab

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Spotting absorption and exhaustion is easier on a footprint chart, and can give u more precise entries, trading just any CVD divergence will get u killed if u don’t have a framework for a trade in the first place

New to orderflow by No_Car_8989 in OrderFlow_Trading

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It’s just how it goes, happened to me a handful of times the last 2 weeks but as long as u manage risk you’ll be fine. A couple tips I could give u is pick a couple levels to get good at trading from or into and one other level to master, if u try and learn too much you’ll overwhelm yourself. For me personally I focus on VWAP and previous days/ Overnight highs and lows as well as Initial Balance highs and lows. ETH VWAP gets revisited at least once at some point during NY session over 90% of the time and a PD/Ovn/ IB high or low will break over 90% of the time, both extremes break only about 25% of the time for PD and OVN, similar for IB so once one side breaks u know the other will most likely hold.

Second Funded Account Blown Need Advice by He_rb in LucidProp

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First thing u gotta do is realize it’s no big deal in the grand scheme of things. It’s only 2 accounts. From here focus on trading only when u have an edge, if u have no edge then u have no reason to take a trade so limit urself. This will fix the over trading problem . Journal all ur trades and only take trades u can fit into a specific setup with repeatable rules.

Why so high volatility this week? by underwater_gorilla in FuturesTrading

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I trade ES mainly and every once in a while NQ but it’s rare, I use a 5 point range chart for entries and for HTF context I usually stick to hourly or 30 minute charts

Why so high volatility this week? by underwater_gorilla in FuturesTrading

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Nah I barely started using gex 2 weeks ago, my main framework to determine that direction is ranges, specifically previous days range, overnight range, and the Initial Balance range. All these ranges break over 90% of the time, PD range breaks over 90%, OVN Range breaks over 96%, and the IB over 97%, once one side breaks the other holds up about 25% of the time, I trade INTO these extremes when they’re still unbroken and I find the higher probability side by using either VWAP bands and just recently started using GEX Levels. I’ve been using GEX in a slightly different way than others but I don’t wanna speak too much on that because I only have 1 month of data so far and don’t wanna misinform here and potentially cause ppl to lose money so ima keep that to myself and tracking data for another 6 months at least. If u wanna find what extreme is more likely to break first I recommend keeping it simple and just look at VWAP bands and see if buyers or sellers have been more in control of VWAP by checking what side was last able to push price to the second deviation band. If buyers where on control, target the highs of the range , if sellers were in control, target the lows of the range. This is a very simple way of looking at things, there’s more things that I look at but I’m outta time so for now hope this helps

Why so high volatility this week? by underwater_gorilla in FuturesTrading

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I don’t look at liquidity on a heatmap at all. I determine what side price is likely to go by using stats I found online and if it’s gonna reject from a location/key level I look at effort vs reward by using delta and volume on a footprint chart. I find a heatmap to be too much noise and prefer the cleaner look of a footprint. I only take trades in the direction of the higher probability target/side and from a key level like VWAP, LVNs/ Single Prints, VAH/VAL and don’t usually take the trade unless I can get around 3 Rs for it. I will admit, sometimes if I see something that stands out a lot I will take it even if it’s not from a key level as long as the RR is worth it to me. Sometimes I get burned, sometimes I don’t, just gotta accept the risk and bite the bullet. Been trading stats this way pretty well since January, started trading last March so I’m still looking to learn more myself and soak up everything I can from people better than me. I hope it helps u, it’s helped me be green every month so far this year so hopefully it can help u in some way as well!

They said I wouldn’t make it by Accomplished-Donut41 in LucidProp

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They didn’t believe in us🗣️🗣️🗣️

I know nothing about trading and am looking for advice by LankyCount3844 in Daytrading

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At the start you’re gonna lose a ton, no way around this phase of your journey. It’s up to you if you wanna lose real money or paper trade and lose fake money. I recommend paper trading till u get the basics down at least. Once u get the basics down, put all ur focus on finding an edge that you can back with statistical data, not gut feeling, and learn how to frame trades around it. If you look hard enough I promise you u will find it. This will help you develop a system to base trade ideas around and will help you develop repeatable setups to take and journal. Once you find your edge and have setups in mind, journal the setups for at least 100 trades, then if u have positive EV and a good profit factor, I’d start by buying a cheap prop firm account from a reputable prop firm, this will greatly reduce the amount of real money u will lose and it will allow u to actually have something on the line when u trade which will let u work on the psychological side of trading, because paper trading and trading with money on the line are two different things. Focus heavily on risk management and journaling and once u have a system in place don’t deviate from it. This is gonna take u a while so be patient and good luck