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  • #1
  • First Post: Jul 27, 2025 4:21am Jul 27, 2025 4:21am
Situation:
I am long term loser. Lost and refunded personal account many times.
I have tried online funded companies, got funded 15 times and lost all
the funded accounts. I lack consistency. I expect different results doing
the same stuff. Its time to try something different. That is why I opened
this journal. It might help me get more consistent and do less stupid things.

Goal:
Starting 2026 taking payouts at least 2400$ per month.

How:
Full focus on trading first 3 hours from London open. I trade gold with basic
technical analysis. Trading with horizontal levels. Buying support selling resistance.
I also may trade with indexes first 1.5 hours of US open but London open session is a must.
I keep using online funding companies. Re-start on Monday.
I might be wrong , I have been wrong before
  • #2
  • Jul 27, 2025 9:10am Jul 27, 2025 9:10am
I asume you are working on getting funded at the moment?
May I know which is your choice of prop firm and why?

Thank you.
Join me as I become a legendary trader. See my journal.
  • #3
  • Edited 10:29am Jul 27, 2025 10:16am | Edited 10:29am
Quoting Milenafx555
I asume you are working on getting funded at the moment? May I know which is your choice of prop firm and why? Thank you.
I was funded by both and I want to get funding back from both.

Apex Trader Funding - Funded Trader Program
Good price and I can trade on Sierra Charts.

Homepage - TradeDay
Backup. As they say in military "One is none and two is one"
Good price and if they take me live its also possible to trade via Sierra Chart.

I was funded also by Topstep: Elevate Your Futures Trading Journey
but I don't like them anymore. They have zero choice of trading platforms.
I might be wrong , I have been wrong before
  • #4
  • Jul 27, 2025 10:55am Jul 27, 2025 10:55am
Ah. Good luck. I left the prop firm scene long time ago because I didn't like trading under tight restrictions. Back when I was more observant about prop firms, there were only a few considered to be legitimate, namely FTMO and MFF (lol). 5% as well, but their model was a little different.

For a while, I had a 300K (I think) MFF account. But I found myself spending way too much time waiting to get a good entry so as to avoid drawdown.

Do prop firms still have a tight limit on how much "aum" you can hold with them? I used to "fund" prop firm traders with prop firms lol. Once they hit the maximum limit (I think it used to be around 2x largest challenge account), I would buy prop firm accounts under my name and give them access. We then do a 50-50 split on the paid out profits.
Join me as I become a legendary trader. See my journal.
  • #5
  • Jul 27, 2025 10:59am Jul 27, 2025 10:59am
Quoting Milenafx555
Ah. Good luck. I left the prop firm scene long time ago because I didn't like trading under tight restrictions. Back when I was more observant about prop firms, there were only a few considered to be legitimate, namely FTMO and MFF (lol). 5% as well, but their model was a little different. For a while, I had a 300K (I think) MFF account. But I found myself spending way too much time waiting to get a good entry so as to avoid drawdown. Do prop firms still have a tight limit on how much "aum" you can hold with them? I used to "fund" prop firm traders...
Trading the traders...
  • #6
  • Jul 27, 2025 11:11am Jul 27, 2025 11:11am
Quoting Milenafx555
Ah. Good luck. I left the prop firm scene long time ago because I didn't like trading under tight restrictions. Back when I was more observant about prop firms, there were only a few considered to be legitimate, namely FTMO and MFF (lol). 5% as well, but their model was a little different. For a while, I had a 300K (I think) MFF account. But I found myself spending way too much time waiting to get a good entry so as to avoid drawdown. Do prop firms still have a tight limit on how much "aum" you can hold with them? I used to "fund" prop firm traders...
I have use only futures contracts trading funding companies.
I think futures "props" are less restrictive than CFDs onces. Basically only max loss limit and that's all.
Example with Tradeday max position size you can get is 25 mini contracts and with Topstep 100 mini contracts.
For gold 1 point value with max position 2500$ and 10'000$ with Topstep but you need to built up accounts size first,
they have scaling plan. More profits in account bigger size you can put on.
I might be wrong , I have been wrong before
  • #7
  • Jul 27, 2025 1:15pm Jul 27, 2025 1:15pm
Quoting Mandariin
Situation: I am long term loser. Lost and refunded personal account many times. I have tried online funded companies, got funded 15 times and lost all the funded accounts. I lack consistency. I expect different results doing the same stuff. Its time to try something different. That is why I opened this journal. It might help me get more consistent and do less stupid things. Goal: Starting 2026 taking payouts at least 2400$ per month. How: Full focus on trading first 3 hours from London open. I trade gold with basic technical analysis. Trading with...

Gold...not easiest item for confident trading
Think slowly, decide quickly
  • #8
  • Jul 28, 2025 2:01am Jul 28, 2025 2:01am
Quoting Angoeswild
{quote} Gold...not easiest item for confident trading
Is there any easy instrument to trade ?
What is best for you to trade in London session ?
I might be wrong , I have been wrong before
  • #9
  • Jul 28, 2025 7:34am Jul 28, 2025 7:34am
Quoting Mandariin
{quote} Is there any easy instrument to trade ? What is best for you to trade in London session ?
Hi Mandarin,
most suitable for me in London session are EUR, GBP, DAX.
Think slowly, decide quickly
  • #10
  • Jul 28, 2025 8:15am Jul 28, 2025 8:15am
DAY 1

Couple of good trades today but mainly got chopped. Gold futures contract in rollover.

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  • #11
  • Jul 28, 2025 8:17am Jul 28, 2025 8:17am
Quoting Angoeswild
{quote} Hi Mandarin, most suitable for me in London session are EUR, GBP, DAX.
I have trade them all. These all luck ugly for me on 5m ,1m timeframe.
Gold is only instrument that have given 15 funded accounts.
I talk levels from 15/5m chart I trade between them.
I might be wrong , I have been wrong before
  • #12
  • Jul 29, 2025 3:30am Jul 29, 2025 3:30am
First hour trades.
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Happy with short from 1 and addon 2 and out at 3.
Short at 4 okay too but as it failed to go lower
reversed to long at 5 and out at 6 bit before horizontal above.
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  • #13
  • Jul 29, 2025 3:46am Jul 29, 2025 3:46am
man what stretergy or method you using ...or just simple price actions...
  • #14
  • Jul 29, 2025 3:59am Jul 29, 2025 3:59am
Quoting notabdullah1
man what stretergy or method you using ...or just simple price actions...
Ideally I like to buy support and sell resistance. Short resistance and cover support. First I like to see price touch the level and
I enter on the move away from level. Basically simple technical analysis and simple price action. More important for me is price
moving away from level than how price is moving away.

Looking next trade in green box location.
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  • #15
  • Jul 29, 2025 4:09am Jul 29, 2025 4:09am
Quoting Mandariin
{quote} Ideally I like to buy support and sell resistance. Short resistance and cover support. First I like to see price touch the level and I enter on the move away from level. Basically simple technical analysis and simple price action. More important for me is price moving away from level than how price is moving away. Looking next trade in green box location. {image}
so just basic price action and seeing the PA at levels and not trading the breakout ....nice one
  • #16
  • Jul 29, 2025 4:16am Jul 29, 2025 4:16am
Quoting notabdullah1
{quote} so just basic price action and seeing the PA at levels and not trading the breakout ....nice one
Lets see how it works out.
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  • #17
  • Jul 29, 2025 4:20am Jul 29, 2025 4:20am
Quoting Mandariin
{quote} Lets see how it works out.{image}
good luck ..and you trading futures ryt??
  • #18
  • Jul 29, 2025 4:29am Jul 29, 2025 4:29am
Quoting notabdullah1
{quote}good luck ..and you trading futures ryt??
Yes. But its fake money
Its simulation I like to get funding back from ApexTraderFunding and TradeDay.

I was lucky, stop was close
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  • #19
  • Jul 29, 2025 4:35am Jul 29, 2025 4:35am
Quoting Mandariin
{quote} Yes. But its fake money Its simulation I like to get funding back from ApexTraderFunding and TradeDay. I was lucky, stop was close {image}
nice man ....vist my thread too sometime..
  • #20
  • Jul 29, 2025 5:09am Jul 29, 2025 5:09am
Quoting Mandariin
{quote} Yes. But its fake money Its simulation I like to get funding back from ApexTraderFunding and TradeDay. I was lucky, stop was close {image}
Third hour trade

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Toke long from resistance to support level at 1. Expected direct move to target.
But as gold did many pullbacks I close trade bit before initial target at 2. Its also last weeks low area.
I might be wrong , I have been wrong before
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