JoinProp pays for prop firm challenge accounts at The Trading Pit, SFX Funded, Blue Guardian and AIFO on behalf of selected traders, who publish every step of the attempt on their own channels. Last updated .
Prop trading is usually told through screenshots and highlight reels. The Real Prop Challenge exists to show the rest of it. JoinProp covers the cost of the challenge, then steps back. The traders here run their own accounts, hit their own drawdowns, and write their own updates in their own words. Nothing is scripted and nothing is edited by us.
It is part of how the JoinProp community works. Rather than telling people what prop trading looks like, we let traders show it, week by week, whether the run ends in a payout or a blown account. Each profile below tracks who is trading, which firm and account they are on, and where they are right now.
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All 206 posts from across the challenge, newest first. Each update carries its paid-partnership disclosure and risk disclaimer.
Paid partnershipPeter shares a video of how he traded during the first week of his challenge account, covering his average winning and losing trades and win rate. He says he finished the week well, having reached 20% of the profit target. The same video went out on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and X.
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Paid partnershipShe shares a weekend review of her last trade on the JoinProp challenge account, with the full video on YouTube. She says a trading edge matters, and so does having the right environment to put it to work.
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Paid partnershipShe calls JoinProp one of the best prop firm comparison platforms out there, saying it makes it much easier for traders to compare firms, understand the differences and choose a challenge that fits their strategy and goals.
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Paid partnershipShe announces that she is taking her JoinProp trading journey beyond LinkedIn, documenting the setups, the decisions, the wins, the losses and the lessons as it unfolds. She says she uses JoinProp to compare prop firms and explore the industry, and will trade with The Trading Pit for this challenge. No promises about the outcome, just the real journey, one trade at a time.
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Paid partnershipHe manually closed a EURGBP short as the week ended. He had expected it to reach his take profit sooner, but chose to secure the profit rather than hold the position over the weekend. His takeaway: flexibility, discipline and risk management are part of the process, and now it is time to review and prepare for next week.
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Paid partnershipHe invites his followers to read his full journey with The Trading Pit on the JoinProp prop challenge, documented trade by trade on his JoinProp profile page.
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Paid partnershipHe closes the week with $366 in profit, after recovering a previous loss. He says it was about staying disciplined, managing risk and following his trading plan, with a simple risk principle of protecting capital and risking no more than 0.5% of it per trade. His goal is to pass the evaluation, meet the requirements and gain access to capital.
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Paid partnershipHe says running multiple accounts has brought both blown challenges and profitable runs, and that the real takeaway is the forced improvement in his discipline and execution. He says he is on track for payouts this month while the 10K challenge keeps bringing a mix of pressure and excitement. He is documenting the full process, including reviews, adjustments and raw data, and notes new allocations added from Maven Trading and SFX Funded.
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Paid partnershipAswin announced that he passed the challenge and unlocked funded status with The Trading Pit, and thanked JoinProp for the opportunity and support. He says the real work now begins, with the focus on discipline and consistency.
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Paid partnershipIbtesam said his $60K 2-Step Challenge had been down nearly 5% in drawdown and is back in profit with +$325 today. The challenge is powered by SFX Funded, and he says the journey continues.
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Paid partnershipTrade 5 was a trade on MGCZ2026 (Micro Gold Futures) on the 5-minute chart, sized at 10 micro contracts, and it hit its stop loss. He says gold was moving strongly upward and breaking short-term structure, and the setup did not play out as expected. His lessons: respect the stop loss, never increase risk to recover a loss, check momentum and structure before entering, and protect capital first.
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Paid partnershipIbtesam announced his paid partnership with JoinProp: a $60K 2-Step Challenge powered by SFX Funded. He says he will trade mainly XAUUSD using SMC, liquidity grabs, order blocks and trap trading. No trades or results are posted yet.
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Paid partnershipZahid reported +$454 profit for the day, a strong comeback after the recent losing day. He says he stayed patient, waited for the opportunity and followed his plan.
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Paid partnershipHe is in a short position on EURGBP, following his trading setup and waiting for the market to develop. The trade is still open and the outcome is not decided. No entry, size or levels are given.
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Paid partnershipHe reported taking a stop loss on EURAUD the day before and called it another losing trade, saying losses are part of the business. His stated priorities are to accept the result, review the trade and keep to the process without forcing the next opportunity. No size or amount is given.
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Paid partnershipAli said he took three consecutive losses between Tuesday and Wednesday, all from setups that met his A+ criteria, and that this does not make him question his approach. He says he keeps to his risk management parameters whatever the last trades did, and is done for the week. He recommends JoinProp, citing no maximum daily drawdown and relatively flexible rules.
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Paid partnershipTrade 3 is a short on MNQZ2026 on the 1-hour timeframe, entry 31,444.25, stop loss 31,483.50 and take profit 31,368.25. It reached the planned take profit for +$152, a reward to risk of about 1:1.94. His lesson was patience: one win does not erase a loss, and what matters is consistent execution, controlled risk and learning from every trade.
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Paid partnershipHe posted a sell call on gold (XAUUSD) at 4173, saying he is targeting the downside and managing risk as always. The post lists a target price of 4184, which is above the entry, so the target is not recorded here as a trade level. No result is given yet.
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Paid partnershipTrading update, 6 October 2026: Odu described his previous session. After his strategy was confirmed he took a trade in the Asian session and secured a profit, then closed the position when the market started consolidating instead of forcing another trade. He took a few more trades in the London session with the same approach, and at the time of posting had held a sell on XAUUSD for about three hours on a confirmed setup. No result figures are given.
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Paid partnershipEdwin posted an order flow breakdown of GBP/USD with a bearish bias: a rejection from the 1.32777 to 1.32850 supply zone on the 30-minute chart, a break below channel support and below the 1.32502 pivot, with downside targets at 1.32300, 1.32268 and 1.32008 and invalidation above 1.32850. It is a market analysis rather than a record of his own trade, and no result is stated.
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Paid partnershipHe posted a buy call on gold (XAUUSD) at 4138, with a stop loss at 4131.5 and a target of 4179. No result is given yet.
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Paid partnershipA small win on a GBPCAD short, giving him another opportunity after the recent stop caused by the spread spike at market open. He calls it just another trade executed according to the plan and says small wins and small losses are part of the journey.
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Paid partnershipAnother bull flag in the morning, finishing in profit on the DAX after two trades. In the afternoon he opened a winning long on the Dow Jones Index after waiting for the first 15 minutes of the New York open.
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Paid partnershipClosed the previous day up $7.71, using the smallest position size during the first week to get used to the pressure. After a losing first trade he opened two more and both were profitable.
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Paid partnershipPeter announced he is teaming up with JoinProp again for a Real Prop Challenge. The goal is to succeed and get funded, but either way he wants to show the real process rather than just the final result. Shared as a Day 1 video on YouTube and as posts on Instagram, TikTok and X.
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Paid partnershipOn 5 October he was long XAUUSD on his 60K 2-Phase challenge and went down about 1.3 percent. When the setup was invalidated he closed the trade rather than wait for the stop loss. The next morning the setup confirmed again, he took a new buy and has recovered about 0.6 percent so far.
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Paid partnershipAdeyemo announces a 1-Step evaluation with SFX Funded for the final quarter of the year. He says consistency comes down to risk management and discipline, with risk-to-reward as the key principle, and plans to document the journey on LinkedIn and evaluate the SFX Funded experience.
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Paid partnershipHe woke up to his first loss on the 25K challenge account after waiting for the setup to play out, and took it with humour. He says 19 trades are left.
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Paid partnershipIn the New York session he chose US2000, where the lower and higher timeframe ranges were both bullish. Price swept liquidity below the range and reversed higher, giving a Turtle Soup confirmation, and the long reached its 1:1 target. The same setup ran across several accounts, including Topstep, The Trading Pit and Apex.
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Paid partnershipBack for a new challenge with JoinProp, this time a 5,000 CFD challenge with The Trading Pit. Over the coming weeks he will share what really happens behind the scenes, the good trades, the bad decisions, the pressure, the wins, the losses and the lessons. The goal is to get funded, but either way he wants to show the real process rather than only the final result.
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Paid partnershipHis first update. SFX Funded is now officially part of his active allocation. The 1-Step model with no daily drawdown caught his attention, and he says it comes with clear trade-offs but offers an interesting dynamic to test. He is diversifying across several firms and model structures, and says managing this many accounts at once is new territory that comes with some nerves.
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Paid partnershipHis GBPCAD position was stopped out at the market open by a spread spike, while the same position is still running on his other prop firm accounts where the spread did not trigger the stop. He is a little disappointed to lose a trade to unusually high spreads rather than the market move, but says you cannot control the spread, only your risk and execution. No frustration and no revenge trading.
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Paid partnershipHis first update. A 2-step evaluation account with SFX Funded. After years trading Forex his view is that having a good strategy is one thing and having the discipline to follow it when the market tests you is another. He says he will document the wins, the losses, the drawdowns and the trades he got wrong, with no cherry-picking and no promises about the outcome.
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Paid partnershipAnother missed entry on GBPJPY. Her new point of interest was never reached and price made a new entry zone instead, which she chose not to chase. Price has now mitigated that zone and rejected, so it may be respected, but it could still return to her original level. Either way she is waiting, preferring to miss a move than force an entry, and is watching the New York session.
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Paid partnershipHis first update. He says this is more than an attempt to pass a prop firm evaluation, it is a test of his discipline, risk management and decision making. He will journal the setups he takes and the ones he walks away from, and the profits and losses as the account progresses, with the waiting periods left in.
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Paid partnershipAt the Asian open the bullish alignment on Nikkei 225 Cash was clear, with Turtle Soup confirmation on the 1H and the 4H. The long reached target on several Topstep and Apex accounts and on one The Trading Pit account, but on another The Trading Pit challenge account he used too much size and lost it. A good analysis does not compensate for poor risk management.
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Paid partnershipAnother correct BTCUSD prediction, posted without result figures or trade details.
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Paid partnershipImportant New York session releases kept him out of anything new. The GBPCAD short is still running and currently in profit, and he saw no need to force another trade when a position is already working to plan. Sometimes the best trade is no trade at all.
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Paid partnershipA setup rather than a result. His focus was 4152: a rejection there would open further bearish continuation, while the point of control holding as support could give gold bullish strength and a push toward 4196. No entry, size or outcome is stated.
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Paid partnershipGold had sold off into a short range around 4177 to 4185. Rather than chase the downside he waited for a liquidity sweep and a reclaim, positioned ahead of the 14:30 CET PCE release. PCE came in softer than expected and gold expanded upward. He reports the trade added 1,083 dollars, taking the account from a 100,000 dollar starting balance to 101,083 against a 106,000 target.
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Paid partnershipA tape reading video on his Charts and Beyond channel, credited to his SFX Funded account, posted to Instagram and TikTok. The caption carries only the title and the date, with no direction, size or result, so no outcome is recorded.
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Paid partnershipThe setup did not work out and the day closed 122 dollars down. Not every day ends in profit and the loss is part of the process, with no revenge trading and no forcing trades, back to the plan.
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Paid partnershipAfter reviewing her last GBPJPY loss she adjusted the zone, accounted for inducement sweeps and waited for a 15M to 5M fractal confirmation. Price invalidated the whole block before giving the market structure shift she wanted, so she did not chase it. She is watching for a return to the 15M MSS order block as a possible reclamation entry. Her lesson: being right about direction is not enough, execution still matters.
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Paid partnershipHe opened a short on GBPCAD after waiting for the entry conditions his setup calls for, and the trade is now running. Follow the plan, manage risk and let the setup play out, with no forcing and no emotional decisions.
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Paid partnershipHe worked through XAUUSD, US2000, Nasdaq, S&P 500, GBPUSD, EURUSD and DXY before settling on gold. The bearish 12H range was clear and the monthly range kept supporting the downside, so he waited for confirmation at the order block and entered short. Planned at 1:1 and target reached at the 12H range, with the take profit adjusted rather than forced because the entry came slightly later.
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Paid partnershipHe posted a GBPUSD setup as a before and after pair of charts. The caption states no entry, size or result, so no outcome is recorded.
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Paid partnershipThe NZDUSD trade closed at stop loss after running far longer than he expected. Sometimes a setup needs time to develop and sometimes the market simply invalidates it, so accept the result, review the trade and keep learning from the journal. No revenge trading, no forcing the next opportunity.
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Paid partnershipTwo trades on the day. The first lost 116 dollars, the second made 305, for a net gain of 189 dollars. A losing trade followed by a strong recovery, with the focus unchanged: stick to the setup, manage risk and stay disciplined.
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Paid partnershipA tough start to the week ended his challenge. The XAGUSD trade finished at break-even and his open short on CADCHF hit the maximum drawdown limit. His read was that some weeks a swing trader is meant to keep following the trend rather than trying to catch the turn. He says he will try again.
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Paid partnershipThe buy order she left open over the weekend had already triggered, and at the market open the spread took her out for a 99 dollar loss against the 84 dollars she had risked. She re-entered after a 15M change of character risking 47 dollars, and during London the move was invalidated with price using the demand area as inducement. No win yet on the challenge, and she is publishing the losses as well as the wins.
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Paid partnershipHe announced winning a 5,000 dollar funded account from JoinProp, thanking the team for the opportunity and the trust, and said it was time to trade smart and aim for the payout.
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Paid partnershipWith the challenge over he reviewed the firm from the inside rather than from its website. Across the prop firms he has traded, SFX Funded had some of the best spreads he has seen, with swaps and other charges comparatively low in his experience.
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He woke to a breach email and published the full reflection himself. Three losing trades had put him 3R down, then a position he was convinced about reversed while he hunted re-entries that were not there. On the same morning those trades closed in losses, a setup he had waited days for reached his point of interest, and he entered without confirmation and without sizing down. Heavy XAU selling at the start of the week finished the account.
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Paid partnershipA 226 dollar profit on the day, from one setup he took and managed as planned. One trade at a time, no rushing and no forcing.
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Paid partnershipThe GBPJPY sell she was watching played out to her target without ever tagging the sell entry. That same level was her buy entry on the other side of the setup, and it triggered the day before, executed on the challenge account to a defined risk plan. Price has not travelled far from entry yet, so she is waiting rather than calling it.
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Paid partnershipA tough week that he closed at a loss. He describes the market as a battlefield where a trader fights his own emotions, ego and thoughts each day, and takes from it that there are better weeks ahead.
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Paid partnershipFirst experience with the The Trading Pit account, with all three open positions green for a combined 339.22 dollars: gold up 212.25, bitcoin up 133.38 and US30 up 15.98. These are floating positions rather than closed results.
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Paid partnershipThree trades on the day: one loss of 120 dollars and two winners totalling 254 dollars, for a net of 134 dollars. He calls it a reminder that one losing trade does not define the day.
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Paid partnershipHis last trade of the week is still open and ranging close to its stop. After a GER40 trade ran about 3.5R and reversed, he made a couple of poor decisions chasing it back, and is stepping away from the challenge account to focus on his personal account before returning with a clearer plan.
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Paid partnershipA slow week. Price still has not reached her points of interest for either the sell or the buy, and she is waiting rather than forcing an entry or trading just to have something to post.
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Paid partnershipAnother opportunity taken according to his setup and plan, closing 178 dollars in profit overnight. One opportunity at a time, with no rushing and no forcing.
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Paid partnershipDay 8. Two planned shorts, both reaching target: XAUUSD during the Asia session with the daily range as the objective, then the Russell 2000 during New York after liquidity was taken above the open. Position sizing came in under his intended risk, so the day returned about 0.5 percent instead of 1 percent.
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Paid partnershipA short video from a Nasdaq, NQ, session posted on his Charts and Beyond channels alongside the SFX Funded partnership. The caption does not state a direction, size or result, so no outcome is recorded here. The same clip went out on Facebook, TikTok and Instagram.
Paid partnershipDay 0. He is putting the FoxAI quant system through an SFX Funded evaluation and will publish the good trades and the bad, the profits and the losses, and the final result, arguing that a system should be judged on documentation rather than on selected wins.
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Paid partnershipTrade 2 on the 50,000 dollar Futures Prime account, a short on MNQZ2026 with entry near 30,483, stop at 30,540 and target at 30,356.75, a reward to risk of 1:2.21. He waited for the retracement after a clear break of structure. The trade is still open.
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Paid partnershipAnother solid day in the challenge with 269 dollars booked. He says he took the setup, managed the trade and let it play out, one trade at a time, with no rushing and no forcing.
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Paid partnershipDay 7. A clear bearish bias from London Lunch into the New York open across Russell 2000, Nasdaq and S&P 500 gave him a short, and although the move offered more, he held his predefined 1:1 target and took profit there.
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Paid partnershipThe XAGUSD silver trade closed at a loss, with a stop he suspects was too tight, though he is still watching the reaction from buyers and the volume. He also opened a GBPJPY buy the night before, currently floating at a loss.
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Paid partnershipA loss on BTCUSD and a breakeven close on GER40 leave the account at about $57,700, roughly 4R down. He is sitting out the rest of the week to focus on his personal accounts and will return to the challenge next week.
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Paid partnershipStill no trade taken by midweek. She is watching GBPJPY and waiting for price to validate the levels she marked, and has shifted from the original sell idea toward a potential buy rather than forcing the short.
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Paid partnershipA second stop loss, this time on a long on AUDCHF. He notes that not every setup works out, that losses are part of the game, and that the key is keeping risk under control and staying committed to the process.
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Paid partnershipA long on EURUSD closed at stop loss. He says losses are part of trading and that what matters is accepting them, protecting the account and staying disciplined enough to wait for the next valid setup.
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Paid partnershipOpened a buy position on silver, XAGUSD, on the 4 hour chart, his first trade of the challenge. He had been watching the pair since last week after the strong buy reaction to the FOMC, and says it may be the only position he takes this week.
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Paid partnershipAnnounced the start of his Real Prop Challenge with The Trading Pit. Over the coming weeks he will share the trade ideas, the executions, the wins, the losses and the lessons, and says he wants to show the process rather than only the final result.
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Paid partnershipA much better session on the AIFO challenge, closing the day 224 dollars in profit. He says he took the setup, managed the trade and let it play out, with no rushing and no forcing.
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Paid partnershipHis first trade on the new futures account is closed at a loss. Price moved higher instead of rejecting the 30,523.50 zone, the stop at 30,631.00 was hit and the trade cost 215 dollars. He notes the risk was defined before entry, with no moving the stop and no revenge trading, and says the journal will document losses as well as wins.
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Paid partnershipA quiet session on the AIFO challenge, booking around 26 dollars in profit, which leaves the account at roughly 13 dollars of drawdown overall. He says these are small steps and there is no need to force trades.
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Paid partnershipSays Monday is always a difficult day to take trades. He took short positions on XAUUSD, EURUSD and GBPUSD in the early hours of the New York session, based on his strategy, and closed all three execution orders in profit.
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Paid partnershipOpened the trading journal on his new 50,000 dollar Futures Prime account with a short idea on MNQ, the December contract, on the 1 hour chart. Entry 30,523.50, stop 30,631.00, target 30,229.25, risk 215 dollars against a potential 588.50 dollars, roughly 1 to 2.74. He plans to wait for a rejection at the 30,523.50 resistance zone rather than chase the move.
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Paid partnershipJoinProp moved him off the 10,000 dollar CFD account and on to a 50,000 dollar Futures Prime account with The Trading Pit, following his own request. From tomorrow he will document every trade on LinkedIn, wins and losses, first the entry and the setup behind it, then the result, the management and the lesson learned.
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Paid partnershipAnnounced his Real Prop Challenge, a 50,000 dollar futures challenge with The Trading Pit. He says most traders only show the wins and he will show everything, documenting the journey in real time with complete transparency.
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Paid partnershipOpened the AIFO challenge with a loss of 39 dollars, after the position had to be closed before the weekend market shutdown. He says one trade does not define the challenge and the process does, and will be back next week.
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Paid partnershipWaited for his setup to play out and reported that all three trades delivered, on EURUSD, GBPUSD and XAUUSD.
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Paid partnershipThe GBPCHF short reached take profit. He notes it is good to see the process paying off again after the recent losses, but says one winning trade does not change the approach. The 20,000 prop account now stands at 19,620, with no chasing and no revenge trading.
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Paid partnershipReported a second losing trade on the 60,000 challenge account. Now 2R down, he is halving his risk until he is back to breakeven, then will reassess, and in the meantime will only take the trades his strategy permits.
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Paid partnershipTook a short on XAUUSD and a long on USDJPY, both of which worked, recovering half of his previous loss. His takeaway is that as long as risk is managed the market gives the losses back, and that losing and winning trades are both part of consistency.
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Paid partnershipReported that the challenge is over. He overtraded through a busy session, ended up close to the maximum drawdown level with little room to manoeuvre, and a last large position to save the day did not work. He says he learned a lot about himself and thanked JoinProp for the opportunity.
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Paid partnershipShared a winning S&P 500 trade on Instagram, calling it a banger, and closed with a partnership message for SFX Funded, that when skill is not the problem capital can be.
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Paid partnershipNo setup appeared, so he took no trade and framed it as part of the job, that sometimes the best trade is no trade at all. He signed off saying he is back in the game with AIFO.
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Paid partnershipReported a tough session. He held a short on XAUUSD into the FOMC data release and was stopped out instead, the largest stop loss he has taken in the challenge so far, which he puts down to emotion and impatience taking over.
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Paid partnershipDay 5, no position taken. Significant expansion had already developed during the London Lunch session before the New York open, so rather than force a setup or chase the market he stayed on the sidelines and closed the day flat.
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Paid partnershipThe USDCHF short opened on the A+ H4 setup hit its stop after last night’s news. His framing: a setup can be valid, the analysis solid, and the trade can still lose. Risk management is what keeps you in the game. No revenge trading, no forcing the next setup. Take the loss, reset, wait.
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Paid partnershipA GBPJPY sell lookout she let go rather than chase. The plan was confirmation and ideally a retest, but she missed the change in the state of delivery until the move was already underway. She stuck to the plan rather than chasing, and would rather miss a move than abandon her execution plan because price is moving without her.
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Paid partnershipPosted again the same day to say that hard work always pays off, thanking the whole JoinProp team for the $200,000 Challenge Account Giveaway and Omer Rapaport in particular for staying in contact with her throughout the process.
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Paid partnershipA new trader joins the challenge. She has been selected as the winner of the $200,000 Free Challenge run by JoinProp, thanks the team for the opportunity, and says she is looking forward to getting started and documenting the journey as she goes.
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Paid partnershipBack in the challenge, this time with AIFO. He frames it as a return after everything the market has taught him, the wins, the losses and the mistakes, with the focus narrowed to discipline, risk management, consistency and execution. He says he will share the good, the bad and everything in between.
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Paid partnershipPlus $24.60 from a single trade. His first reaction was that it was too little, then he reframed it as the discipline he has been trying to build. He could trade the news tonight and has decided not to, because he does not want to start overtrading again.
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Paid partnershipDay 4 and the setup finally appeared. His 1H to 4H ranges were all bearish into the New York open, he waited for confirmation rather than anticipating, took the short on his CRT strategy and it reached target. His note: trading is not about being in the market every day.
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Paid partnershipA partnership promo rather than a trade update. A short reel telling followers that if they want capital to trade he has SFX Funded, with a discount link to go through. Posted to Instagram and Facebook.
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Paid partnershipTrade 1 on the $10k account, a planned XAUUSD short. Entry around 4,351, stop around 4,361, target around 4,334, roughly 1 to 1.7. Gold pushed strongly into resistance at 4,351 to 4,352 and he is looking for rejection there and a move back to the lower support area. Invalidation defined before entry, and no increasing risk on emotion.
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Paid partnershipA new trader joins the challenge. Teaming up with JoinProp and Eleonex, he plans to share what actually happens behind the scenes over the coming weeks: the trade idea, the planning, the execution, the wins, the losses, the decisions and the lessons. The goal is to get funded, but either way he wants to show the real process rather than just the final result.
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Paid partnershipFirst trade on the $60,000 account and it was a loss, and by his own account an avoidable one. He left limit orders on from Friday evening, forgot to remove them, and Monday opened volatile enough to stop him out before he ever saw the positions. About 1R down, nothing dramatic, and the goal from here is to follow the process properly.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result was plus $45.50. He is really pleased with the day and says he can genuinely feel himself coming out of the hole, while being candid that the earlier losing streak affected him quite badly mentally. Keep going, stay disciplined.
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Paid partnershipA new trader joins the challenge. Approved for the Eleonex 10k through JoinProp and starting today, with no big promises attached, just a decision to show up every day, trade with discipline and document everything honestly, including the setups he skips and the mental battles along the way.
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Paid partnershipTwo things he learned testing the SFX account. The drawdown can trail running equity, so an account $1,000 up on an open trade can breach its limit if the trade reverses into the stop. And news trading is allowed, but stops do not always fill where you placed them, so a position held through CPI or NFP can cost far more than planned.
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Paid partnershipRound 2 begins, this time with SFX Funded on a $25,000 One Step account. He is open about the first run: he tried The Trading Pit and failed after coming very close to the target, which reminded him that you cannot control the outcome, only the execution. The detail he is most struck by is that this account carries no daily drawdown limit.
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Paid partnershipOpened a USDCHF short off an A+ setup on the H4 timeframe. The trade is still running, so the outcome is not decided. His focus is trusting the setup, following the plan and managing risk rather than reacting to every price movement.
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Paid partnershipThe XAUUSD level she marked on Saturday did not hold. Price reacted around the area, but the trade she took from that setup ended in a loss, and price has since continued to invalidate the level, so she has stopped looking for a reaction there. Her takeaway is that a level can look valid in analysis and still fail once price gets there, and the answer is not to keep forcing the same idea.
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Paid partnershipA short note rather than a trade update. His view is that the market offers plenty of opportunities to make money, but only to those who know how to wait for them and recognise them, and he notes that the journey continues with JoinProp.
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Paid partnershipCame clean about significant losses at the start of last week, which he had kept private until now. After the losses he tried to win the money back with much larger position sizes, which left him very little room to manoeuvre. He is direct about the pattern: he speeds things up when the challenge feels too slow, and this is the second time it has happened, both times right after a winning streak. Today he took another $106.70 in profit.
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Paid partnershipDay 2 and another day flat. NASDAQ, S&P 500 and gold gave no clear bias, but the Russell was clean, with every range he uses bullish from 1H up to 2-Day. At the New York open price went straight to the highs of the 1H, 3H, 4H and 6H ranges, all around the same level. He wanted the full CRT sequence, a Turtle Soup, mitigation below the 3H range, then an entry near the 0.5 Gann level. It never developed, and bias alone is not a reason to enter.
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Paid partnershipWeekend review of the losing first trade. The direction had been right, so the study focused on the entry and the invalidation, specifically what goes wrong when a lower timeframe confirmation is used inside a higher timeframe setup. She has marked a new entry inside the same zone because she still believes the level is valid until price says otherwise, and she is waiting for the open rather than forcing a recovery trade.
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Paid partnershipBack for a second challenge. He has been offered another 2-Step evaluation account, a $60,000 CFD challenge with SFX Funded, and he will document the whole journey on LinkedIn. No cherry-picking the wins and no disappearing when things get difficult, so the decisions, the trades and the drawdowns all get published.
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Paid partnershipTrade 1 on the new $20k account and it was a loss. A long on XAUUSD off her higher timeframe bias was stopped out before price ran. The problem was the entry model: she worked with the lower timeframe confirmation invalidation while the main 4H CHOCH invalidation was wider, so price swept her stop and then continued with the original bias.
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Paid partnershipDay 1 and no trade. The CPI release at 14:30 had already produced a significant expansion across NASDAQ, Russell 2000, S&P 500 and XAUUSD, so waiting for another clean expansion into New York would have meant forcing a setup. Higher timeframes stayed bullish, particularly on the Russell, while the 1H and 3H structure showed bearish pressure, and he saw a Turtle Soup after the sweep at the open. Conflicting signals, so he stayed patient and observed.
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Paid partnershipDay 1 of the challenge and already up $1,600. Price reached a premium zone, the first entry was stopped out, then price rejected strongly around the CE of the range at the level where my stop had been taken. That confirmation made it an A+ setup, and I took the short for an 8R target. First day with SFX Funded, and the spreads were tight.
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Paid partnershipTeaming up with JoinProp From Zero to Funded for a Real Prop Challenge with SFX Funded, and I am documenting the whole journey here: the wins, the losses and the lessons in between. Hopefully mainly wins.
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Paid partnershipNo trading today. The session brings major US economic news, including the August CPI inflation report, and the market is weighing the Fed’s next rate decision. When volatility and uncertainty are high, protecting capital matters more than forcing a trade. There will always be another setup. Capital preservation first, trading second.
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Paid partnershipOur exciting and fascinating journey into the world of trading continues thanks to our partners. I have decided to give it another go and carry on the collaboration with JoinProp From Zero to Funded. Same account type with The Trading Pit, a new challenge.
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Paid partnershipDay 2 of the challenge, one trade again and another green result. $1,158 on the day, $2,755.30 total on the account in two nights. A continuation trade on the Nasdaq: price made a strong leg, paused and left a small pivot in favour of the move. I waited for the pivot to hold, entered, and exited at 6:1 risk to reward. I did not chase the move, and that is the difference between trading and gambling.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: -29.30 USD. I had just two trades today. I would consider it a small loss. I missed the bigger moves during the day, but at least I gave it a go. The price action justified both of my trades.
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Paid partnershipAfter two years trading with prop firms, I am taking on a new Real Prop Challenge with JoinProp and The Trading Pit. My trading is focused on CRT, Candle Range Theory, and through this challenge I will share the real process: the setups I take, the trades I leave alone, the wins, the losses and the lessons along the way.
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Paid partnershipYesterday another trade ended in a stop loss. The setup was valid according to my model, but the market invalidated the idea. No revenge trading, no emotional entries, no chasing the market. A loss is not a failure if you respected your rules. One trade does not define a trader, the process does. Posted on LinkedIn and X.
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Paid partnershipJoinProp From Zero to Funded has given me the opportunity to take on a Real Prop Challenge with The Trading Pit, and I am bringing you along for the ride. It is another opportunity to put the lessons I have learned into practice and document the process honestly, including the psychological side of the journey.
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Paid partnershipFirst night of the challenge, and it closed green. One trade, $1,597.50 on the Nasdaq, taken on the 1 minute chart with pure price action: price ran into resistance, I waited for the reversal to confirm, then took a clean 4:1 risk to reward. The plan for this challenge is deliberately boring: one trade per trading day, no overtrading, no revenge trading. Posted on LinkedIn and Instagram.
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Paid partnershipI was invited to trade a proprietary account as part of the JoinProp From Zero to Funded challenge at The Trading Pit, and I am going to document the whole thing here, in public. Starting tomorrow, after every trading day I will post the day’s trades with real numbers, wins and losses, the good calls and the mistakes, and the running result.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: -42.70 USD. Unfortunately, I was not able to execute two of my trading ideas properly. In my defence, I did have a break-even trade earlier in the day. The good news is that there will be plenty of economic news tomorrow, so there should be no shortage of opportunities.
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Paid partnershipDocumenting the trading journey with a XAUUSD trade outlook, shared as a chart of the setup he is watching.
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Paid partnershipToday I took a long position on GBPCAD, and the trade reached my take profit. A good reminder that patience and discipline are essential. The goal is not to catch every move, it is to wait for the setups that fit the plan and execute them with proper risk management. One trade at a time. The journey continues. Posted on LinkedIn and X.
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Paid partnershipDocumenting the trading journey with a GBPUSD trade outlook, shared as a chart of the setup he is watching.
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Paid partnershipA new trading week begins. A fresh week means a fresh mindset. After last week’s results, the goal remains the same: stay disciplined, manage risk properly, and wait patiently for the right opportunities. Hopefully this week brings some high-quality setups and winning trades. No need to force the market. We wait, we execute, and we let the process do its work. The journey continues. Posted on LinkedIn and X.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: +63.20 USD. A scalping day, and not an easy one after Non-Farm Payrolls, but he took what the session gave him. The loss on the Nasdaq was recovered on the Dow.
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Paid partnershipAnother loss, another lesson: a USDCHF loss brings the 20,000 USD account to 19,770. Losses are part of trading, and what keeps you in the industry is protecting the account and respecting the process. The week is over, no need to force anything. Posted on LinkedIn and X.
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Paid partnershipA fundamental data outlook for the day ahead, flagging the releases he is watching before the session opens.
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Paid partnershipA reminder that the best traders do not need a 90% win rate. Most consistently profitable traders win around half their trades, so the person on your timeline claiming 95% while selling a secret strategy is selling you something else.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: +92.20 USD. Two mistakes early, positions left open through the news and a late entry, all ironed out by the close. He recovered a 170 USD drawdown inside the same session and is happy with the day.
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Paid partnershipA loss yesterday, profit today: the same NZDUSD setup that lost reached target the next day. The 20,000 USD account sits at 19,800. No revenge trading, no emotional decisions, just execution and risk management. Posted on LinkedIn and X.
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Paid partnershipThe power of patience on USDCHF: a channel breakout with the 0.81249 demand shelf defended, entered long at 0.81273 on the retest rather than chasing, stop at 0.81150, targets 0.81380 and 0.81500. Risk 18.45 USD, 0.37% of equity, well inside his 25 USD per-trade ceiling.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: +71.80 USD. He entered on an H1 resistance break for a few minutes, then again on the overnight high break for a smaller win. He did not let the Dow position run, and spent time practising position management on demo.
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Paid partnershipSystematic execution versus emotional trading on BTCUSD: no FOMO orders in mid-range, wait for structure. A wick rejection in the 78,300 to 78,400 supply zone triggered two short scale-ins with the stop above 78,850, TP1 hit at 77,728.65 and the runner moved to breakeven.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: -19.10 USD. He is still not letting winners run, and he raised position size too early, something he now wants to wait another month to do. He got off lightly, with no significant loss.
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Paid partnershipA small EURUSD long on an admittedly imperfect entry, managed properly and closed for a small profit. After a drawdown, the 20,000 USD account is back to 20,084. The goal is not perfect trades, it is managing mistakes and controlling risk.
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Paid partnershipA new Nasdaq reel: one loss, one win, walked through trade by trade. Cross-posted to Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, and his first update since returning to the challenge.
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Paid partnershipExecution over bias on BTCUSD: an initial short near 78,000 was invalidated by a 30M close above 78,002.83, so he flipped, scaled into three longs at 78,031 with a stop under 77,750, and rode the expansion past 78,240. Invalidation points are execution triggers, not failures.
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Paid partnershipHigh versus low probability execution on BTCUSD: price trapped in a downward regression channel after rejecting the 81,500 supply zone, with rejections at 77,800 to 78,000 offering the higher-odds continuation toward 76,914 and 75,000. Counter-trend longs need a 30M close back above 78,000 first.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: +43.60 USD, found on the Nasdaq. It could have been several times bigger, but he did not chase price, and with tighter stop-loss management some of the trades had more in them. He finishes the week on a positive note.
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Paid partnershipA session recap built on trade management: a US30 long from 53,592.15 hit TP1 at 53,690 for 98 points with the stop moved to breakeven, and gold held the 4,588 to 4,593 zone before running past 4,626. Trailing the stop locked +15.20 USD on the session.
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Paid partnershipAnother counter-trend EURUSD long, closed manually before the London session opened. Protecting capital and avoiding unnecessary exposure beat squeezing the last pips, so he waits patiently for the next setup.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: +21.30 USD. Another day that started with losses, until the third attempt caught a long move on the Dow that covered a losing Nasdaq trade. He thinks he could have held it longer.
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Paid partnershipA full week of consecutive stop losses, equity at 18,107.68 USD and a peak to trough drawdown of 9.46%, with roughly 3.5% of usable drawdown left. His job right now is protecting the runway, not making money.
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Paid partnershipA small counter-trend scalp on EURUSD, taken on price action with a clear plan and controlled risk. Trading against the trend asks for more discipline, and he is happy with the execution before waiting for the next setup.
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Paid partnershipDefine pain: one pip away from his limit, overnight, with nobody at the desk to take the retracement. He posts it as it happened, proof that it is hard to break a trader’s heart only because the market keeps trying.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: +21.80 USD. Two losing trades on the Dow to start, then a switch to the Nasdaq that saved the day. The final number could have been better, but he is satisfied with how he turned it around.
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Paid partnershipA heavy USD calendar for the New York session: Core PCE, preliminary GDP, the GDP price index, durable goods, personal income and spending. He is watching price action and avoiding unnecessary exposure around the releases, because sometimes the best trade is no trade.
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Paid partnershipTwo break-even trades on EURUSD. Not every trade needs to end in profit: protecting capital and managing the position to plan is part of the process, so he stays patient and waits for the next opportunity.
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Paid partnershipA textbook AUDUSD setup that still lost. Volume profile, liquidity and targets all lined up, and price invalidated the structure anyway. His takeaway: losing on a good setup is the cost of doing business, so focus on process, respect the sample size and walk away on schedule.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: +38.60 USD. One trade on the Dow Jones, then he stopped for the day. Grab a solid profit early in the afternoon session and run with it, a plan he hopes to stick to for a long time.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: +40.80 USD. Finishing a Friday in profit. He’s still building capital for larger position sizes through August, hoping for faster progress toward the profit target from September.
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Paid partnershipTwo stop losses on EURUSD, and he owns the reason: his own stubbornness. Now sitting around −1% drawdown. When the market invalidates the idea, you accept it and move on – stop losses are part of the job.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: +7.20 USD. He missed a few of the bigger moves but still closed the day green – and it’s Hungary’s national day, so he’s off to celebrate. Twice.
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Paid partnershipMarket structure breakdown across gold and silver: a clean buy signal off the demand baseline near 4,302.31 on XAUUSD, with multi-timeframe confirmation over emotion keeping the edge sharp in a high-volatility regime.
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Paid partnershipGBPCAD tested his patience: the trade sat negative through the whole London session, then closed in profit during New York. Trust the plan, manage risk, stay disciplined.
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Paid partnershipSeydou’s challenge run has come to an end – this attempt did not pass. He documented the journey openly the whole way, and takes the lessons forward to the next run.
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Paid partnershipFollow-up on the XAUUSD outlook: strong volatility on the buy side today, but no stop-out – price never triggered his entry level, so he stayed out. He’ll wait for a clearer setup rather than force it.
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Paid partnershipLost the $20k challenge account – and it stings more because of how it happened. It was up at $20,960; today a broken order fill on USDJPY, mid-entry, undid it. He documented the whole journey, start to finish.
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Paid partnershipNew XAUUSD technical outlook: watching for a sell if price retests 4428.30 on the 1-hour and closes below. Documenting the journey with The Trading Pit.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: −$57.70. He didn’t finish green, but frames it as expected after a strong winning streak – process over any single day.
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Paid partnershipNew reel – a live gold (XAUUSD) futures trade, walking through the setup and execution. His message for anyone without the capital to trade: get funded through The Trading Pit with promo code MAHESH for a heavy discount.
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Paid partnershipStop profit secured on USDCHF – and the pair kept running toward his original target. No regret protecting the trade and locking in profit to plan: you don’t need to catch the entire move to trade well.
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Paid partnershipMonday Market Blueprint: scaling the account past $20,066 with disciplined execution on XAUUSD and USTEC (NAS100). His rule for the week – patience over FOMO, letting the signals confirm setups instead of chasing price.
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Paid partnershipShared a new reel across Instagram, TikTok and Facebook – a funding promo: don’t have the capital to trade? Get funded with a heavy-discount code, MAHESH, for The Trading Pit.
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Paid partnershipAfter passing two funded accounts recently, I failed one I was sure I’d pass – overconfidence around the CPI numbers. Stopped out twice at 2.2% risk, then price turned exactly as I’d expected. Failure is part of the business; I’m starting another challenge at month-end.
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Paid partnershipShort on EURGBP hit take-profit exactly as planned. Patience, discipline and risk management did the work – once the setup’s executed, let the market do the rest.
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Paid partnershipPosted a XAUUSD (Gold) 4-hour technical outlook and opened up his trade-signal group – documenting the whole journey here, the wins and losses alike.
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Paid partnership3R done on GER40 and break-even is now set – the trade is risk-free. I’ve done my part and I’m letting the market do the rest.
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Paid partnershipShared a GBPUSD 4-hour technical analysis on price action, and asked the community: prop account or personal account – which do you prefer, and why?
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Paid partnershipOops – my 2.6R S&P 500 sell hit stop-loss after I refused to move to break-even (my rule: B.E only after 3R). Watching 2.6R turn into a loss stung, but no revenge trade and no bending the rules. Balance now $20,569.
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Paid partnershipShared a new Gold trading reel (13 August) across Instagram, TikTok and Facebook – with a heavy-discount promo code, MAHESH, for funded challenges with The Trading Pit.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: +$76.70. Took an early $28 loss on the Dow, then a winner brought the day green. It could have been bigger, but I’m satisfied – closing winners at 2R consistently would make a solid long-term edge.
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Paid partnershipCapital preservation over everything. US30 was a volatility masterclass – I sized down and closed roughly breakeven through two news spikes, staying patient instead of forcing trades. Today: a high-probability NAS100 short off the 0.5/0.618 Fib zone at 29,800 ahead of U.S. inflation.
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Paid partnershipThe hardest part of trading is waiting for the right position and the right entry point.
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Paid partnershipTook 2 trades this morning – EURUSD and GBPUSD. Out at break-even on EURUSD, stopped on GBPUSD. Currently down 0.45%.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: +$21.70. I didn’t let it run so it was modest, but I finished the day green. I’m piling pressure on myself this way, so I need to let go and just stick to the process.
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Paid partnershipUp +7.5%. Took my GBPUSD setup and added positions as it moved in my favour – closed +1.3% yesterday, +7.5% today. Not predicting or chasing, just executing the same process over and over.
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Paid partnershipToday is CPI day, so I’m staying out. High-impact news brings volatility, and protecting capital beats forcing a trade. No setup, no trade – I’ll be back when conditions are right.
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Paid partnershipJust opened my first trade on the $20K prop firm challenge account – risk kept to 0.25%, and I could hold it all week.
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Paid partnershipStarting a new journey with JoinProp – I’ve joined the Real Prop Challenge, and I’ll be sharing every step of the attempt here.
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Paid partnershipNew partnership, new journey – I’ve officially joined the Real Prop Challenge with JoinProp. Trust the process; let consistency do the talking. 📈
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Paid partnershipI lost my last trade on JP225 – held through Friday’s invalidation, hoping. That’s trading. I’m 2 of 7 lately, yet the account is still +$700. Exactly why I keep preaching risk management: a bad run doesn’t have to become a bad account.
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Paid partnershipExcited to share I’ve been offered a sponsored trading challenge by JoinProp – I’ll document the whole journey: setups, wins, losses and lessons.
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Paid partnershipOfficially joining the JoinProp initiative as I take on The Trading Pit $20,000 CFD Challenge – documenting my process across NAS100, US30, USOIL and BTCUSD.
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Paid partnershipToday I’m happy to announce I’ve officially joined the Real Prop Challenge in partnership with JoinProp. Looking forward to seeing where this journey leads.
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Paid partnershipQuick scalp before the London session. I took a short position on GBPUSD, looking to capture a short-term move before the main session gets underway. The idea is simple: execute the setup, manage the risk, and let the market do the rest.
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Paid partnershipQuick scalp before the London session. Took a short on GBPUSD, aiming for a short-term move.
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Paid partnershipBTC finally did its thing. After holding the trade for days – watching price come close, pull back, and test my patience – TP finally got hit. I closed a little earlier ahead of the news; the profit was already there and I had no reason to give it back. Profits secured. Account now sitting at $20,988+. JP225 is in a little drawdown, but we’re still very much in the game. One trade doesn’t make the account, one loss doesn’t break it either. Happy weekend my LinkedIn fam.
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Paid partnershipToday the focus is on the USD high-impact news – NFP, Unemployment Rate, and Average Hourly Earnings. After taking a stop loss on EURUSD yesterday, my trading week is most likely over. There’s no need to force trades ahead of major economic releases. Sometimes the best decision is to protect capital, stay disciplined, and come back with a clear mind. See you back in the markets on Monday.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: +6.00 USD. I was in the red during the morning session, but I managed to recover and finish at break-even by the afternoon. Looking at the week as a whole, I can say it was a successful one. This is the sort of consistency I need to keep producing in the future.
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Paid partnershipChallenge account update. EURAUD decided to remind me that this thing is called a challenge for a reason. Took the loss. Balance now sitting at $20,350+. But we move. Currently have two positions running: BTC buys and JP225 sell – both still in profit. The interesting one is BTC: I’ve been holding this trade for 4 days now, today makes it day 5 and it still hasn’t reached TP. I’m starting to see some signs the move might be losing steam. If price breaks below 64k, I’ll probably close it and take whatever the market gives me. No attachment to the trade – if the reason for staying in it disappears, I’m out. Let’s see how today plays out. Just like I promised from day one, I’m documenting the entire process here – the wins and losses, the waiting, the decisions nobody sees.
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Paid partnershipYesterday I took a short position on BTC, but my execution wasn’t good enough. After entering the trade, the price action didn’t provide the confirmation I was looking for. Rather than hoping the market would move in my favour, I closed the position manually as soon as it was slightly profitable. In my trading journal I consider this a break-even (BE). Every trade is a lesson. Good trading isn’t about being right every time – it’s about managing risk, staying disciplined, and following the plan.
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Paid partnershipShorted BTC yesterday. Poor entry and no PA confirmation, so I closed slightly green and logged it as BE. Discipline > hope.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: +106.60 USD. I only took one trade today, which shows good discipline – the market wasn’t particularly good this morning, so I didn’t open any positions. I’m pleased with the result. I did close my position earlier than I should have, because my dad surprised me with an ice cream and I decided to close the trade instead 🙂 That was a mistake on my part, as the trade could have made three times as much if I’d let it run.
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Paid partnershipThe $100k Futures Challenge didn’t go my way this time. I took some solid wins along the way, but a stretch of losses eventually closed the account. A few reasons: I got a bit overconfident after good days and forced some lower-quality setups, didn’t stick to my risk limits as tightly as I should have, and let a couple of emotional decisions creep in after drawdowns. Classic lessons. Still, I had a blast putting in the work and testing myself – walking away with clearer rules and better habits. Huge thanks to Omer Rapaport, JoinProp, and The Trading Pit. Already looking forward to the next one. The journey continues.
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Paid partnershipDocumenting the whole journey here – the wins, the losses, and the lessons in between. Hopefully mainly wins! The XAUUSD trade outlook I posted earlier took me out on TP. Trading carries risk; past performance isn’t a guarantee of future results.
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Paid partnershipToday’s result: +49.40 USD. I finished the morning in profit, so the signs were already looking positive for the day. Throughout August I’ll be continuing the challenge with smaller position sizes – I need to build up a bit more room for manoeuvre before increasing my position sizes later on. So far, everything is going according to plan. Let’s hope the positive momentum continues.
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Paid partnershipTeaming up with JoinProp | From Zero to Funded for the #realpropchallenge, and I’m documenting the whole journey here – the wins, the losses, and the lessons in between. Hopefully mainly wins! XAUUSD outlook: buy on a 1H close above. Trading carries risk; past performance isn’t a guarantee of future results.
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Paid partnershipWatching EURUSD. Waiting for a retracement to my POI with buy-side liquidity. May short the pullback on LTF before the main setup.
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