Anyone trading with a Prop firm

The5ers wider spreads are normal, so small price differences and stops not triggering can happen. Always check charts on the prop firm’s platform to match their pricing.

Greetings
I started a 5k 1 step challenge with PTB (Plutus Trade Base) , I made my first trade, sold XAUUSD
lot size = 0.1
Risk is 1% per trade
I use bollinger bands
I made +1.5%, that's all for the day.
My goal is maintain consistency in both , trading and risk management.
spreads was fair, smooth execution without slippage.
I will update this thread every time I make a new trade.
I'm also open to hear what traders say

My Second 5K 1-step challenge from Plutus Trade Base (PTB)

Today I made a loss of 0.75% in XAUUSD
First trade was a sell
0.03 lot size
0.25% sl and 0.5% tp
1:2 risk/reward ratio
Price dropped! then spiked fast toward moving average.
I thought this could be a signal that this is support and reversal is happening .
So I decided to enter 3 more buys
0.3 lot size
Tp 0.5% and sl 0.25%
1:2 risk reward ratio
price moved in sideways and dropped again now I'm down 0.75%
what do you think about that>what went wrong?
How can I avoid this in the future?
how to recover the best way possible?

I’m a 20-year-old day trader with just over two years of experience in the markets. I recently passed my prop firm evaluation and am now a funded trader. Over the past couple of years I’ve put in serious work — backtesting strategies, reading books, and listening to podcasts — all with the goal of constantly improving. Now that I’ve proven my profitability and consistency by passing the eval, I’m looking to take the next step by surrounding myself with more experienced traders. I live in a very rural part of England, so finding like-minded people who are actually serious about trading is almost impossible locally. I’d be incredibly grateful if any of you would be open to letting me join your group/chat. I’m eager to learn from your knowledge and experience, especially around advanced strategy, risk management, and trading psychology. In return, I’m committed to bringing value wherever I can and, further down the line, passing on what I learn to help others who are in the same position I am now. Cheers.

Hello friend, I am an ambitious person, just like you. I'm from Mexico, and if it's hard to find like-minded people in England, it's an odyssey here! I would love to connect with you and other traders who share the same passion. I'm 23 years old and have been in the industry for a year and a half. I would love to chat and share thoughts about our strategies.

Today's Progress
In my second PTB (Plutus Trade Base) challenge, I bought 0.03 lot of XAUUSD.
Tp 0.5% and sl 0.25%
1:2 risk reward ratio.
Market went up nearly to take profit order and retraced down to my entry point.
and again up, I sold at +0.25%.
first I thought I exited too early. But I watched the charts, price again went down and even more than my sl was.
I felt bad at the first and then I realized it was the best choice.
what do you think about it?

I finally put my PTB (PLUTUS TRADE BASE) account to work today, using it as my dedicated crypto and weekend trading account. I took a 0.22 BTCUSD sell on the M1 chart using my Bollinger Bands setup.
My setup for this trade:

1. Stop Loss: 0.25%
2. Take Profit 1: 0.5% minimum
3. Risk/Reward: 1:2

The trade hit the stop loss — but here's the painful part. After stopping me out, price did exactly what I predicted and dropped sharply, which would have hit TP1 comfortably if the trade had survived. This is the most frustrating scenario in trading — being right about the direction but wrong about the SL placement.
Looking back at the M15 chart, the mistake is clear. The middle band (moving average) on the higher timeframe was acting as dynamic resistance, and a smarter SL placed just above that moving average would have been tighter, cleaner, and would have kept me in the trade for the full move down.
As David Paul always teaches, patience and structure are everything. His words ring especially true today: "I put my orders where the massives put their stops" — that spike into the upper band was a textbook stop hunt by the big players before the real sell-off. I saw it, I called the direction, but my SL wasn't protected properly.
Execution on PTB was smooth — instant fills, no slippage, and the platform performed well during weekend conditions. The analysis was right. The direction was right. The lesson today is purely about SL placement and timeframe alignment — always structure your stop on the higher timeframe before executing on the lower one.
Right direction. Wrong SL. Full lesson noted. On to the next one.

Before assuming anything about spreads, I’d zoom in on the exact timestamp of that move and compare the bid/ask data during that session. NZD pairs can behave differently depending on liquidity conditions, especially outside peak hours.
Also worth checking if the stop was sitting on the bid or ask side sometimes what we see on the chart doesn’t reflect the trigger side clearly.
If the deviation is consistent across sessions, then it’s something to question. But if it’s isolated to certain.

Hi everyone,

I have been trading with DNA Funded, which turned out to be the best option for me. I am limited to using trade locker which I actually love, but its got its pit falls. The firm in general has an amazing support staff and fair rules. The rules used to be better, they just tightened the max and daily drawdown percentages which really pissed me off. The firms rely on you breaching your account and buying another one more than they rely on making profit off of your successful trades once you complete the challenges, but that's typical for all firms. I particularly love this firm because there are so many forex pairs available. Please let me know if you have any questions. I am here to help.

Warm Regards
Wilson

Hello guys, has anyone tried the new freedom plan on PTB,?whats your experience would you advise me to try or not, i wanted to try but first wanna here your experience, I will appreciate your response

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5ers didn't pass my due diligence tests, something not quite right about them in my view, they were too vague about their rules and I needed written consent to trade with an EA. My view, stick with FTMO for classic prop, and Darwinex for something more serious with FCA regulation