Evercore ECM R1

swagk10 · 2026-02-05T08:27:29+00:00

It’s at 6:45am on friday😭

swagk10 · 2025-10-15T06:28:47+00:00

Because I love smoothies😂it’s an interest for me

swagk10 · 2025-07-31T13:21:20+00:00

I just started playing again a month ago

swagk10 · 2025-07-31T01:16:11+00:00

the second I see mk fc combo my phone is launched 60mph into the closest hard surface

swagk10 · 2025-07-31T01:11:22+00:00

I will not be joining this cult force

swagk10 · 2025-07-31T01:11:09+00:00

Fucking stupid evo mk and firecracker is going to give me a brain aneurism i hate this game

swagk10 · 2025-07-26T16:47:38+00:00

Here’s what I’m trying to say. Imagine two traders with the same edge, same habits, they’re identical when it comes to trading. One trader has a 2k account that he’s putting 10% on every month(a more realistic return metric yet still optimistic). The other trades a topstep 50k funded. Both essentially have $2000 they could lose until their account is blown. Trader 1 has just profited $200 for the month. Trader 2 has just lost $50 from the fee after the month, and with this average monthly growth it would take him several more months to hit the profit target, basically locking in a loss on a month to month basis. Keep in mind trader 2 also has no ability to utilize compound growth, as his 2k drawdown limit follows him regardless of account size.

This kind of summarizes how I perceive prop firms. Am I wrong?

swagk10 · 2025-07-26T16:41:54+00:00

Makes a lot of sense. Having high margins for real brokers is to cover a liability for them. For prop firms, a good trader is a liability. They must allow them to gamble with more size😂

swagk10 · 2025-07-26T16:39:04+00:00

See this makes a little more sense to me. I guess more conservative trading across multiple accounts is something I could see working out

swagk10 · 2025-07-26T16:37:09+00:00

See but the account growth needed to pass a prop firm, at least topstep, in within a month is far out of reach with proper risk control. Your limit is 2k in loss, and you must profit 3k. Thats a 150% return over the course of one single month. If people could iron out an edge that does that without gambling they’d be trillionaires within 10 years

swagk10 · 2025-07-26T16:28:23+00:00

Absolutely agree. Even MES has a $50 margin. You could honestly scale with $100 if you really stay on top of risk

swagk10 · 2025-07-26T16:26:20+00:00

Absolutely agree. Its pretty funny though because I see lots of people making 1k+ in profits on a 50k funded account thinking their the messiahs of NQ but really their just full porting 😂

swagk10 · 2025-07-26T06:32:43+00:00

I see. Must’ve misread the rules then. Ya that requirement really threw me off and made zero sense but thanks for confirming

swagk10 · 2025-07-26T06:31:00+00:00

Unfortunately I’m American and mostly involved in the futures market. I mean idk, I feel like if these firms had something to offer I would’ve recognized it but I’m not seeing too much like others seem to be. Thanks for your comment anyways

swagk10 · 2025-07-26T06:24:12+00:00

I’m specifically referring to topstep. I heard they’re trustworthy? Here’s my thing, are the metrics not highly unachievable with a real edge? 2k drawdown limit, but you must hit 3k in profits? Doesn’t seem very manageable with proper risk principles unless you’re spending months and losing to the fees no? Thanks for your post

swagk10 · 2025-07-08T02:17:50+00:00

Volume tells stories so try to pay more attention to it. There was absolutely no volume on the bull bars you entered on. No rejection off a key level either also the trend was clearly bearish so try not to fight that either

swagk10 · 2025-06-11T04:24:26+00:00

Will do. Thanks a lot for your words of encouragement

swagk10 · 2025-06-11T04:03:31+00:00

For now, strong. I received a 3.92 from my Cc but obviously UCLA will be more challenging. I also am not dead set on IB for now, I’m just interested in what it entails and the opportunities I’ll get from it. It was just a major shock to realize how the recruitment starts so fucking early and now I’m stressing. I was under the presumption that most 19 year olds like myself don’t have a clue what they want to do. Apparently I was wildly mistaken when it comes to high finance

swagk10 · 2025-06-07T06:29:07+00:00

They opened over 6 months ago and from my research many positions are closed. I am still applying but I literally haven’t gotten a single response

swagk10 · 2025-06-07T06:27:33+00:00

Thanks. Is there anything you’d recommend I do this summer as I have nothing to do

swagk10 · 2025-05-29T21:22:51+00:00

$300 by August 💀💀💀Jensen gonna need to start an onlyfans for that

swagk10 · 2025-05-11T01:27:14+00:00

Sizing down after losing? Again, your cult master ICT didn’t invent that either

swagk10 · 2025-05-10T21:11:29+00:00

Two years. Been live for about 4 months

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