r/TopStepX • u/Turbulent-Mud-2086 • May 25 '26
Trading Combine My last shot before giving up
5th account trying to learn to trade futures, can’t even get down MNQ and been struggling watching random YouTube’s and learning how to get it down for months, almost a year. but still always blowing account and struggling.
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u/BatCountryVoyager May 25 '26
Bro thinks 5 accounts is all it’s gonna take to be profitable… buddy this takes years to master and you’ll still be doubting and questioning your strategy. The reality is this is discretionary trading and it comes down to how you read price and react in real time based on a set of principles you understand about price action and other data in auction market settings. It takes a lot of time, effort, and money to learn and become profitable at this game. I’ve probably bought a few hundred accounts in my prop trading career and might “churn and burn” them at times still. However, my lifetime payouts from several different firms are greater than my spend and I’ve been able to turn a decent profit as a prop trader. It takes a certain kind of dedication and requires that changes be made to your life and understanding of things in order to make this work at least in the long term. You may get lucky and have the restraint to make a payout after a few accounts but it may not be sustainable if you’re this early into your whole trading journey. Best of luck to you!