Trade #1 image Going to document all my trades The rules of trading for me will be based on the H1 Supply and Demand commonly found across FF. & something I have been using but have found only really works as often as I need on higher time frames.

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020

Starting a new combine - Moving up from $50k accounts to $150k as the volatility is picking up and from what I know based on my experiences at the beginning of this journey is that volatility can kill a $50k account pretty quick unless you get in ...

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020

Break Even day today. I got myself in and out of trouble a few times and looking at the lower time frames there are many levels that the algos will probably want to clear out, so I am just going to sit and watch from the sidelines for the rest of ...

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020

yes, TST offers a Forex path. TSTFX You trade through MT4

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020

image Just to remind myself that 1 bad day of not following the rules, (in this case over-leveraging) can undo 4 days of discipline

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020

Been thinking about one of my problems that should I address, may give me some more consistency. Greed is a real problem, needing to be correct is a problem, listening to others is a real problem, not following your rules is a real problem. Many ...

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closing out for the week. Before we get into today's trading, what did I learn (again). $50k TST Futures account with a $1k daily drawdown is too small an account to be trading multiple e-mini contracts. You may get away with it on most days, but ...

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Feels like I made the same $200 many times today. Unfortunately due to the nature of this business I also gave back that $200 as many times as I made it. In one trade long now. Feel positive I'll get home with something.

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020

bad day today. wasn't that I picked the buy the dip as the strategy that bothers me, it's the fact that I leveraged up. So one simple, losing trade - reckts your account, in terms of the lovely 33º rising equity slope. Now it has a trough, where a ...

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image 3533.50 held, as per my super bullish hypothesis. Which means that this price action has the potential for a lot higher today. After an hour of US open trading, I am happy with my $200+ and as a way of not being greedy, keeping humble, ...

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Yesterdays POC is ~3509 It could be said that the market has run up pre US open and these longs are traditionally weak hands. If this comes out in the wash when the US market opens, the 1st target could be something to so with yesterdays Val High, ...

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Things to do when you're not in the Flow of the market (for whatever reason). Demo trade, practice your setups. Read. Write down your trade plan (again). Watch the charts. Get away from the monitors more often than not. Trade very very small.

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020

Days and weeks that usually screw me over if I over trade. FOMC - about 3 hours before, during, and then after the event into the close. NFP - most of the week leading into NFP, seems the market is prepped for a level and then reprices after the ...

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I am being ultra-cautious at the moment, not sure I am feeling the market vibes correctly, so this is the time to stick to first principles and buy and sell at very very good areas. But when you're not feeling in the flow, it is also the time to ...

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image Slow day today as London was on Bank Hols. Decided to start the week off on Micros as I wasn't sure if we would get some directional moves. Daily chart is over extended to the upside, so shorted the MES but had to be AFK at the start of the ...

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image Todays trading plan image Todays trade on the ES image Finished for the day and the week. Hit double my daily target so , don't want to give that back. Plus 3500 could be the chop line for the rest of the day, who knows???

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020

I think you used to be able to. Not so long ago TST stopped using Tradingview, but they worked that out and now you can use Tradingview again. Maybe Sierra charts will come back.

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020

image I am trading 2 micros, so take the number of trades and divide by 2 and you get a fairer rep of how busy I was today. Too much going on and a lot of rotations around volume, meant that I was in and out a lot, more than I wished for. However, ...

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image After the FED talk today this is my current trading plan

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020

image Todays trade plan image target hit All went exactly to plan, apart from the bit where the market dips down and gives me an entry FML. was able to make $90 and happy to be +ve but what a complete miss.

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020