Topsteptrader

Discussion in 'Prop Firms' started by deaddog, Jun 25, 2013.

  1. 1) Contests, without risk limits, encourage recklessness. Simulated trading is never the "same" as live trading. :(
    2) Theoretically, if 100 additional (TST) traders all started live trading with 15-lots of outright, front-month, crude oil, all at the same time, the algos and commercial users would destroy them like whales eating herring "stuck at the surface of the water". :eek: :D
    3) ? .... ! ..... You've taken your account from $6,000 to $9,000 in the last week? I'm looking forward to reading your chapter in Market Wizards-5. :cool:
     
    #1061     Aug 10, 2014
  2. Turveyd

    Turveyd

    No 5.5k to just under 9k in 2months, but 7k to 9k in 2 weeks :)

    Disaster is always just one trade away lo
     
    #1062     Aug 10, 2014
  3. some people are greedy.
     
    #1063     Aug 10, 2014
  4. Turveyd

    Turveyd

    Greed is good, greed helps counteract the fear of losing :)

    It's the fear of losing, which makes trading so hard!
     
    #1064     Aug 13, 2014

  5. "2-3 weeks I was told."

    Did they give you funding? You obviously proved that you can pass the combine, even with Jr Trader rules.
     
    #1065     Aug 18, 2014
  6. I am in the process of getting it right now. Already got Green Live badge. will start either later this week or next Monday I guess.

     
    #1066     Aug 18, 2014
  7. Maverick74

    Maverick74

    Ok, so I got this bit wrong. Mea Culpa. They claim to have funded over 400 traders in 4 years with 76 last year and 47 this year so far. That's a lot more then I estimated. That's about 7 traders a month or two a week.
     
    #1067     Aug 18, 2014
  8. i wonder how many of that 400 traders can still make profit for TST? i guess not as much as 20-30 traders.
     
    #1068     Aug 18, 2014
  9. 1) You got "that" eMail too. :D
    2) For the sake of "intensive accounting analysis", if a funded trader loses funding but regains it, does that trader get counted once or twice in the 400 tally? :confused:
    3) What about traders who've lost it and regained it two or more times? :confused:
     
    #1069     Aug 19, 2014

  10. The email makes no distinction between funded traders who remain Jr Traders vs. those who have made Senior Trader, so it's anyone's guess as to how many "can still make profit for TST" since only Senior Traders can qualify for withdrawals.

    However, if a Jr Trader pays a markup in commissions and exchange fees, then I guess you can call that "profit" for the backer.
     
    #1070     Aug 19, 2014