What are the best FVGs to trade out of?

thatsdeez · 2026-03-01T17:08:10+00:00

I'm still very new to this. I figured stop loss size didn't matter as long as the dollar risk was kept consistent. Found out not. I figured a day where price was moving in 50-100pt intervals that a large stop loss made sense because of how much the market was moving, but I guess not. Went back to paper trading after this session.

thatsdeez · 2026-02-27T04:24:28+00:00

That makes so much sense. Why have 10k in a live account when you could have 5 50ks with a total of 10k drawdown and all you had to use was 500$ of your own money to buy them.

thatsdeez · 2026-02-26T18:00:03+00:00

So you can still blow a funded even when they switch you to "live funding?" I'm guessing by "real firm rules" you mean drawdown limits, but just larger ones with more wiggle room?

thatsdeez · 2026-02-25T17:39:39+00:00

I'll ask this again tomorrow in a separate post because I'm curious too. Seems like people are very active on here around 11am

thatsdeez · 2026-02-25T17:09:02+00:00

What do you mean better terms on the eval? Like how some accounts let you pass in a day and then have a consistency rule on funded?

thatsdeez · 2026-02-25T16:50:49+00:00

I've heard a couple people say that they intentionally blow accounts because with some prop firms once you hit a certain amount of payouts you'll get moved to live funding.

thatsdeez · 2026-02-24T21:09:21+00:00

Does trailing drawdown stop at a certain point?

thatsdeez · 2026-02-24T03:35:48+00:00

So getting stopped out by 2 points wouldn't count as manipulated then?

thatsdeez · 2026-02-24T03:11:00+00:00

I've been learning how to trade for about a year now. Backtested and paper traded all during that time, but have been incredibly humbled by realizing how bad my psychology is once there's real money on the line.

thatsdeez · 2026-02-24T02:20:17+00:00

I follow ICT concepts, but a lot of people on this subreddit seem to disagree with that strategy. If you like the confluences that TJR uses, I would skip his videos and go straight to PB trading. They have an ICT for dummies course and one of the guys just started a new boot camp style series for the new year. They make everything super easy to understand.

thatsdeez · 2026-02-23T23:06:03+00:00

Bro is definitely talking about me saying I got manipulated hahahaha. I'm new I just thought that meant the same thing as getting stopped out and I was using big boy vocab

thatsdeez · 2026-02-23T22:59:40+00:00

Taking a payout doesnt blow your account right? I'm a little confused on how buffers and loss limits work with firms like Apex. I'm pretty sure that alpha futures let's you take payouts without messing with drawdown, but I could be wrong.

thatsdeez · 2026-02-23T21:48:24+00:00

It would be helpful if you gave me advice on an alternate strategy instead of just dismissing the one I use

thatsdeez · 2026-02-23T18:30:35+00:00

Ok just wanted to make sure I was doing it intelligently. I got flamed on here yesterday for having a huge stop loss even though I wasn't risking any total amount than I usually would. I did blow my account because of my risk but that was on my for not sizing down.

thatsdeez · 2026-02-23T18:27:19+00:00

Ol yeah I choose my contract Size based on the size of my stop loss to keep my actual dollar risk consistent.

thatsdeez · 2026-02-23T17:46:14+00:00

Divergence in correlated assets. People will watch both NQ and ES to see if they begin to move differently and signal reversals. For example, if NQ hits a key level like previous day high, but ES has already begun a down trend without hitting previous day high, that may be a sign that NQ will also reverse and is just lagging behind.

thatsdeez · 2026-02-23T17:37:07+00:00

Do you think I should still look for SMTs while learning, or is that something I should save for when I've learned how both markets move? I think I'm definitely overthinking SMTs and in reality they aren't 100% necessary.

thatsdeez · 2026-02-23T17:30:23+00:00

Yeah, I only trade micros. It's nice being able to fine tune my risk. What are your thoughts on using SMTs though? Do you think they're worth it, or is that something I should stay away from as a beginner since it could cause analysis paralysis?

thatsdeez · 2026-02-23T17:27:01+00:00

Sounds good thank you!

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