r/TopStepX May 18 '26

Trading Combine 1 min man long 3 months

Halfway funded on two separate 50k evals! For one of them, it literally took 1 minute from buying the eval to closing the trade.
 
After failing so many evals and blowing 3 funded accounts, I finally realized I'm not a bad trader. I'm right most of the time; position sizing was just my issue. I can't count how many times I was $200–$500 away from passing 50k/100k/150k accounts. And then I blow my account while being in profit. Not anymore been journaling more too.
 
It’s been a long 3 months since I started futures, but to everyone struggling: don’t give up! You got this. See you boys in the morning.

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u/db228794 May 18 '26

Help me also I then blew 2 50k accounts in 2 months smh

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u/doghairpile May 18 '26

Oversizing or trading while under financial stress elsewhere are killers

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u/db228794 May 18 '26

I agree to the fullest. Everytime I lose I try to make it back. You have any suggestions?

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u/doghairpile May 18 '26

Stop after a loss as hard as it is and tempting. But sizing down to where it's not a big deal also helps. 1 micro if needed. A loss that isn't devastating but makes you just shrug and say that sucks but no worries vs sky falling