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Financing & Funding - Trade Our Capital, We Absorb The Risk

  • #1
  • First Post: Edited Dec 10, 2019 10:48am Dec 9, 2019 8:20pm | Edited Dec 10, 2019 10:48am
Looking for reliable trader funding without impossible performance requirements?
Those firms are a dime a dozen and they charge hefty fees to 'fund' you. Yet more rare than the occasion where a trader is in profit is the occasion that they actually fund anyone!

The odds are against you every step of the way while they promise you 60, 70 and 80% of the proceeds while you take zero risk. Do you really think that's what they are offering? Think again!

ClearStreamFX is an in house proprietary hedge fund with Education, Financing, FX Credit and Wholesale Brokerage in it's arsenal. Clients come to us seeking education second to none while others are seeking funding or brokerage services in a stand alone environment.

Seeking Funding or Financing? You've found the right place! No statistics to monitor - simply 150 Trades Per Month at 10/1 Leverage and a Net Profit over a 60 Day period and you're qualified for payouts of 50% of returns with additional funding that matches your monthly net return after payout. It's simple!

We Fund Traders DAILY in amounts of $ 2,500 to $ 20,000 and what's best, is that you decide the level of equity and we provide the Credit in a LIVE Production account the day you register! No more demo accounts, those don't engrain live trading in your experience! To read more visit our Capital Allocation Program.

Need an education and capital? We have you covered there as well! Take a look at our CAP Plus Program.

Our funded traders, from DAY ONE, trade on the worlds best spreads as narrow as 1/10 of a PIP, with Round Turn Commissions of $ 3.50 to $ 4.00.. With these conditions almost anyone can trade with profits!

Trade for 50% of Profit While WE ABSORB THE RISK!
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  • #2
  • Edited 10:48am Dec 10, 2019 8:53am | Edited 10:48am
This post should provide guidance in consideration of Prop Funds or Trader Financing.

Cost is not the only factor and in most cases is the least important factor while the most important caution of prop funds is how much they promise to pay in compensation. The institutional market pays traders between 25 and 30% of revenue. Retail market does not provide significant benefit to substantiate paying more than 50% considering the fund absorbs ALL the risk. Firms that promise to pay you more than this are MORE interested in the subscription revenue from your wallets than you trading their capital. Which is then why we come to the crucial analysis of determining if they are a valid source of capital for your funded trading accounts.

Performance Statistics and Requirements

If the objective is profit. Burdening the trader with metrics that are nearly impossible to achieve are only formed to create the 'firewall' to not actually funding a trader. If the asset used to fund the account is capital, the cost is 'opportunity cost'. If it's credit, then the funding itself is paid for by the subscription which gives access to the capital. ClearStreamFX only requires a minimum trade frequency and a NET Profit after 60 Days to qualify for compensation.

Live Vs. Demo or Simulated Accounts

If your Prop Fund provides you a Demo or Simulated Account during qualification. Drop Them, they are not qualified internally to provide you the tools to prove yourself thoroughly with live trading of other peoples money. You need to have the experience of trading in a live environment and a demo account is not a professionals method of choice. ClearStreamFX ONLY provides LIVE accounts for qualification phase. From Day One, you're trading Live.

Leverage Limitations

Prop Funds may start traders on demo or live but the telling sign of intent is how much leverage is permitted on live accounts. Again, if the objective is profit and a traders performance metrics are proof positive of quality trading then limitations on credit only serve the purpose of limiting returns which then 'disqualify' traders from compensation or make their subscription term significantly longer as the objectives are harder to reach. ClearStreamFX Provides 50/1 Leverage for all funded accounts.

Risk Tolerances on Daily or Lifetime Thresholds

Without diving into multiple chapters of trade flow warehousing and A/B Book Management, Risk Tolerances from the Traders Perspective should be rather clear and objective. Reach a 4% Drawdown on any given day and your trading stops until the next day. Reach 15% Maximum Lifetime Risk and your trading is halted. At this point, most funds will require you to resubscribe and start 'fresh' with more funny munny on demo account. - Utter Garbage. When a trader reaches Max Lifetime Risk, exposure and any hedging costs are analyzed, but then again, these are real costs on real accounts. The Trader may then continue where he is by remittance of hedging costs or start fresh. Traders Choice. ClearStreamFX wants traders to profit. The costs are to cover the issuance of credit and to manage risk so the trader can do what they do best without the stresses of risk. We manage that risk!

Requirements for Minimum Profit Levels

Prop Funds requirements for profits present a conundrum for the trader. The metrics tend to be on the 100% per annum side, while risk tolerances and leverage are established to work against the trader. ClearStreamFX has NO Requirements for Profit. Just be Net Positive for a 60 Day Period.

Requirements for Minimum Trade Frequencies

You're trading for profit in the most lucrative yet also most demanding industry there is. What does trading high frequency do? It establishes a baseline for trader statistics and style of trading. Again, without going into multiple chapters of A/B Book Management, for an in-house firm that maintains it's own liquidity and brokerage and fund operations, trade frequency provides a buffer of revenue that covers hedging risk associated with providing a trader with a profitable structure to trade from. ClearStreamFX provides complete transparency for traders seeking an ultra efficient means of trading funded accounts while we manage the flow and all risks.

Spreads and Commissions paid from Account Activity

As previously stated, ClearStreamFX maintains a full suite of operations. Trade finance (FX Credit Lines), Brokerage Operations, Education and Analysis. Our objectives are for profit but we also maintain significant intellectual property for trader analysis. We know that traders perform better under better trade conditions and although there are firms that offer quasi capital, they do so with abusive spreads and high commissions. These again, only serve the purpose of making the goal of funding qualification more difficult to achieve. Let's look at wholesale rates for a moment. The major pairs are priced at .1/.2 Pips all day long yet some prop funds offer low grade pricing of 7/10ths of a Pip with $ 7-9 commissions tacked on top. ClearStreamFX is built by traders for traders. CSFX Delivers the best pricing under the best conditions and our funded traders generate returns.

Education.

The conditions which CSFX Delivers Trader Funding stands alone. There's no comparison in conditions, risk tolerances, leverage, qualification requirements or costs. But when you add in the Educational Services - The Choice is Clear. Visit Our CAP Plus page and see what Daniel did. No trading confidence or ability to profit prior to taking the course which is included in CAP Plus. Then just two weeks later, a 32% Gain with every day providing positive returns! From 0 to 60 MPH in about 2 seconds!

ClearStreamFX is a proprietary trading firm that offers Education, Trader Finance, Brokerage and Consultancy Services. Whether you're a fund, signal provider, corporate trader or simply a retail trader looking for a better solution, you've found it.

For those seeking brokerage services, ClearStreamFX does NOT Accept Traders from the United States of America or other jurisdictions where providing services would be contrary to the resident's local law.
The charts are wrong but the world accepts what it doesn't know.
  • #3
  • Dec 10, 2019 4:04pm Dec 10, 2019 4:04pm
Quoting Csfxtrading
This post should provide guidance in consideration of Prop Funds or Trader Financing. Cost is not the only factor and in most cases is the least important factor while the most important caution of prop funds is how much they promise to pay in compensation. The institutional market pays traders between 25 and 30% of revenue. Retail market does not provide significant benefit to substantiate paying more than 50% considering the fund absorbs ALL the risk. Firms that promise to pay you more than this are MORE interested in the subscription revenue...
Until now I think I've read all the trader funding options advertised on FF and anywhere else they may pop up! I've found the typical disappointments with all of them, it's one condition or the other that turns me away. After reading and re-reading this thread in case I missed any pitfalls I find that everything they say here is right on point with contrast to every other fund I've had experience with. Let's see what they have to say! CS can you give some insight into your education approach?
  • #4
  • Dec 10, 2019 4:41pm Dec 10, 2019 4:41pm
Quoting CarlLaFong
{quote} Until now I think I've read all the trader funding options advertised on FF and anywhere else they may pop up! I've found the typical disappointments with all of them, it's one condition or the other that turns me away. After reading and re-reading this thread in case I missed any pitfalls I find that everything they say here is right on point with contrast to every other fund I've had experience with. Let's see what they have to say! CS can you give some insight into your education approach?
Hi Carl - Education - A Tough question as it's extensive in itself and may very well need a thread on it's own but I'll give you the short version. The chart's are wrong, sure the pricing is accurate as that's a given. But the charts that are available to traders on 99% of platforms are wrong from a technical aspect of not providing you market transparency. Sure you can have a series of downward candles with one up candle in the middle, but is that really an upward candle or is it just a candle that failed to synchronize with the flow of transactions when perfect timing of the minute open and close wasn't quite 'perfect'?

I've spent years as an institutional trader because i had something that most don't have. Transparency. So to give you a few tidbits to chew on, knowing the charts were wrong from a fundamental aspect, and that market transparency wasn't going to be available for my asking, I had to be engineered.

But education specifically is for most traders the ability to start fresh and forget what you know, as obviously, what most traders know at this very moment hasn't worked yet! Once you understand how the market moves, you can then keep your focus on the right hand edge of the chart with a dynamic approach. If you visit our CAP Plus page you'll see results from a recent student Daniel. Daniel came to us with zero trade confidence and completely lacked any ability to derive profit from trading. Just a week later, a complete reversal with daily profits for a 10 day period. But to get there it took transparency and an understanding of micro-structure with some instruction from coaches who have gone through the very same process - almost anyone can learn to trade given the right circumstances, information and tools. I hope this helps!

History doesn't matter - in fact, it's garbage. The psychological foot print of traders matters! It's how we react.
The charts are wrong but the world accepts what it doesn't know.
  • #5
  • Dec 11, 2019 9:33am Dec 11, 2019 9:33am
To step the toes into the water and experience execution and pricing with CSFX. Anyone that registers this week, CSFX will provide a CAP Account with $ 100.00 Funded as a Trial. Msg us here and let us know you've registered. Now, a funded account cannot be withdrawn but you can trade it for profit. 60 Days with a NET Profit and 150 Trades/Month at 10/1 Leverage or equivalent in volume.
The charts are wrong but the world accepts what it doesn't know.
  • #6
  • Dec 12, 2019 12:35pm Dec 12, 2019 12:35pm
Quoting Csfxtrading
{quote} Hi Carl - Education - A Tough question as it's extensive in itself and may very well need a thread on it's own but I'll give you the short version. The chart's are wrong, sure the pricing is accurate as that's a given. But the charts that are available to traders on 99% of platforms are wrong from a technical aspect of not providing you market transparency. Sure you can have a series of downward candles with one up candle in the middle, but is that really an upward candle or is it just a candle that failed to synchronize with the flow of...
Well, you certainly seem to know your stuff, unfortunately my day job is getting in the way at the moment which is a chore/bore however you want to look at it . As soon as I can free up some time I will be in touch ! cheers Carl.
  • #7
  • Dec 12, 2019 12:54pm Dec 12, 2019 12:54pm
Quoting CarlLaFong
{quote} Well, you certainly seem to know your stuff, unfortunately my day job is getting in the way at the moment which is a chore/bore however you want to look at it . As soon as I can free up some time I will be in touch ! cheers Carl.
I look forward to it. I've considered putting a few more educational focused comments on here, stay tuned I guess there's a good likelihood.
The charts are wrong but the world accepts what it doesn't know.
  • #8
  • Dec 22, 2019 6:35am Dec 22, 2019 6:35am
Quoting drookpa
{quote} Nice to read your posts. Will be happy to read some more as well. Deciding of trying CSFX Cap. Seems you know what you are taking about and it.sounds better comparing to other funding options around.
There are options, but knowing the background of those options disqualifies them from the start. Yes they promise you high payouts while they give you targets and metrics you'd need to thread a freight train through a needle. It assures them that they really don't have funding in mind, it's purely subscriptions. That's validated as well when they offer you services on 'private' platforms or through simulated accounts. Effectively you're paying for a demo account and their ability to watch you on a demo account. That throws a monkey wrench into the prospect of using them.

There are a few of us trader funding firms that provide live accounts during qualification and we certainly do that but that's because we manage our own risk internally while the others that provide live accounts for qualification do two things. B Book all clients or require you to thread the freight train through that needle again, without such you'll never be paid your share of return.

So know the source of your funding, know the model behind it. Understand their warehousing of risk and execution model. At that point you'll find that CSFX is the only place to go for both affordable funding and consistent payouts with additional funding allocations on a monthly schedule.
The charts are wrong but the world accepts what it doesn't know.
  • #9
  • Dec 22, 2019 8:36am Dec 22, 2019 8:36am
Let me just clarify one thing - even if I am 1 dollar positive at the end of 2 months then qualify for capital?
  • #10
  • Dec 22, 2019 10:36am Dec 22, 2019 10:36am
Quoting Csfxtrading
Looking for reliable trader funding without impossible performance requirements? Those firms are a dime a dozen and they charge hefty fees to 'fund' you. Yet more rare than the occasion where a trader is in profit is the occasion that they actually fund anyone! The odds are against you every step of the way while they promise you 60, 70 and 80% of the proceeds while you take zero risk. Do you really think that's what they are offering? Think again! ClearStreamFX is an in house proprietary hedge fund with Education,...
I have been looking through various forums and funding services on the internet and came across this post.

Everywhere that I have looked for FX funding so far charge ridiculous fees, have at least one, often two stages of qualifying with a broker they specify, before they allow you to trade real money and I cannot see the incentive. with them and moved on. One offer 30% profit share BUT I have to be profitable for 6 months using their brokerage (Live) before I am even considered for funding...yeah right!

You seem to be offering a really good deal but I don't understand what your article means by "WE ABSORB THE RISK". ?!

Why would you take on my risk? What if I lose the money you are funding me with? If I had a bad week or even month and lost some money what happens?
Do I need a confirmed history of trading and/or need to provide a report to prove this as prop firms seem to demand this as a minimum?

I am really interested in this offer but just need clarification before I click the application.
StuUK
  • #11
  • Dec 22, 2019 4:58pm Dec 22, 2019 4:58pm
Quoting Trader-Doc
Let me just clarify one thing - even if I am 1 dollar positive at the end of 2 months then qualify for capital?
Yes. One dollar positive as long as you have the minimum number of trades, 150 Trades @ 10/1 leverage, or 30 Trades at 50/1 Leverage However you want to mix it up.
The charts are wrong but the world accepts what it doesn't know.
  • #12
  • Dec 22, 2019 5:03pm Dec 22, 2019 5:03pm
Quoting stuuk
{quote} I have been looking through various forums and funding services on the internet and came across this post. Everywhere that I have looked for FX funding so far charge ridiculous fees, have at least one, often two stages of qualifying with a broker they specify, before they allow you to trade real money and I cannot see the incentive. with them and moved on. One offer 30% profit share BUT I have to be profitable for 6 months using their brokerage (Live) before I am even considered for funding...yeah right! You seem to be offering a really...

We absorb the risk while you're in qualification and during production. It's the same account, all on a live environment. Absorbing the risk is taking the flow of order execution and warehousing it internally if it's against market directions, or if it aligns with market directions we cover risk on the open market. All of this process is fully automated based upon your individual trading performance. So we're able to keep better risk control than what most traders are able to do themselves on their own accounts.

This is how we're able to fund, and absorb risk.

To your last question. We use credit lines, the cost of the service covers the risk in 90% of situations, this is buffered by the frequency of trades in generating cash flow on the trade frequency. This allows us additional hedging for the cost of warehousing. So the subscription covers the credit issuance, the trade frequency covers the fluctuations and if you're consistently profitable that covers all the gains with external warehousing. - There - That's pretty straight forward to the point.
The charts are wrong but the world accepts what it doesn't know.
  • #13
  • Dec 23, 2019 4:39am Dec 23, 2019 4:39am
Ok I think I understand. I don't really get some of your language such as 'during production' & 'warehousing'. Your company obviously deal with more knowledgeable clients that understand these terms. I don't sorry. So in simple terms, you will allow me to trade with a small amount of live money that ClearstreamFX put in a ClearstreamFX Broker MT4 account and I can trade with your tools and you have education to help me be profitable using your strategy? When I prove my trading is profitable you increase my balance?

Sorry if I sound think, I just want to make sure I understand because I think this sounds really good so long as I have understood the offer correctly.
StuUK
  • #14
  • Dec 23, 2019 9:57am Dec 23, 2019 9:57am
Quoting stuuk
Ok I think I understand. I don't really get some of your language such as 'during production' & 'warehousing'. Your company obviously deal with more knowledgeable clients that understand these terms. I don't sorry. So in simple terms, you will allow me to trade with a small amount of live money that ClearstreamFX put in a ClearstreamFX Broker MT4 account and I can trade with your tools and you have education to help me be profitable using your strategy? When I prove my trading is profitable you increase my balance? Sorry if I sound think, I just...
Exactly! A net profit, minimum number of trades and we increase funding monthly to match your returns.
The charts are wrong but the world accepts what it doesn't know.
  • #15
  • Dec 27, 2019 6:55am Dec 27, 2019 6:55am
Can we use any strategy when we use your funding?
  • #16
  • Dec 27, 2019 8:56am Dec 27, 2019 8:56am
Quoting Dore
Can we use any strategy when we use your funding?
Yes Dore -

We have no restrictions on the strategy you use. Long Term, Short Term (We don't want you holding positions into holidays or weekends) but other than that no restrictions at all.
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  • #17
  • Dec 28, 2019 2:39am Dec 28, 2019 2:39am
Hi,

For example, an allocation of 2500usd. A monthly 125usd
Subscription is needed. In order to qualify after 60 days with any net positive, I need to pay for 2 months.
Am I right?
After 60 day subscription, whatever profit will be 50%.
Am I right?
A 4%drawdown for daily and 15% maximum drawndown.
Am I right?
Can explain what happen after 15% maximum drawndown. Don't really understand.
After qualify, what kind of % target profit for what %growth? Can't see any offer.

The website doesn't haven't any black and white clear
Rules and offers. Seem so flexible and give me the feeling
That things may change along the way.
  • #18
  • Dec 28, 2019 3:12am Dec 28, 2019 3:12am
Quoting jinsen
Hi, For example, an allocation of 2500usd. A monthly 125usd Subscription is needed. In order to qualify after 60 days with any net positive, I need to pay for 2 months. Am I right? After 60 day subscription, whatever profit will be 50%. Am I right? A 4%drawdown for daily and 15% maximum drawndown. Am I right? Can explain what happen after 15% maximum drawndown. Don't really understand. After qualify, what kind of % target profit for what %growth? Can't see any offer. The website doesn't haven't any black and white clear Rules and offers. Seem so...
Yes it's simple but no moving targets, those are what you'd see at prop funds that promise you 80% of the profit. (laughable at anything more than 50%) After you're profitable there are no fees as long as you maintain the volume requirement which is relatively simple. If you breach the 15% your time to qualify starts over as well does the subscription.

For Growth target, there is None. Minimum volume and net positive number is a return for us. Any positive return every 30 days is matched by us. There are a LOT of pie in the sky numbers and metrics other prop funds offer and require. Those unfortunately that offer you anything more than 50% payout are not being straight forward. We give you the best combination of risk, platform conditions, qualification requirements and goals. Without those trading becomes a chore, it's meant to be profitable. We want everyone to be trading with the best conditions. What the majority of the other firms offer is done so because they are less interested in you trading their capital than they are with the subscription to a demo account. Sad but so true.

All the best Jinsen!
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  • #19
  • Dec 28, 2019 9:48pm Dec 28, 2019 9:48pm
For the same currency, if I open consecutive trades.
Example, after I open I trade. I open another trade 1 minute later. 30 seconds later, I open another trade.
All in all, I got 3 trade open now. Some prop company
Consider that as 1 trade.

If I long term, and is in the trade. Regardless win or lost trade. I definitely have to hold through holiday or weekend.
So is it a no to hold holiday,weekend trades?
  • #20
  • Edited 4:25am Dec 29, 2019 1:38am | Edited 4:25am
We don’t permit holding through weekends or holidays unless hedged fully.

You’re building positions which is normal. Although I personally trade in positions and not individual trades per se, they are considered individual trades.

But- the volume requirement of 150 Trades a month is at 10/1 leverage. That is satisfied with any cumulative turn over. 150@10/1 75@20/1 30@50/1

individual entries at 2/1 do not count unless you have 750 of them.
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