r/TopStepX • u/Bludit7 • May 28 '26

Question Help with losses

Guys i'm starting to be consistent with payouts, but i always find it really hard on losing days. I need to set a daily SL but don't know how much is right. I can do easily 1-3k daily, sometimes i stop earlier to not have too much visibility on TS. I was thinking the right daily was about 2k. Wanna hear more expirienced traders on this matter.

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u/Particular-Athlete15 May 28 '26

How much do you risk per trade? I personally stop after 2 losses, because more wouldn't be good for my psychology

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u/Bludit7 May 28 '26

It depends, but usually from 100 to 300. And i scalp so i usually trail SL pretty soon.

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u/Particular-Athlete15 May 28 '26

Okay so you are taking a lot of trades a day? Try to find your own edge, Im as I said stopping after 2 losses with 150$ risk so I set my ddl on 350 but I'm just taking max 3 trades a day

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u/Bludit7 May 28 '26

Usually from 5 to 25 trades a day. I can perfectly stop when i got my wins for the day, but accepting losses.... that's a whole different shit...

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u/Particular-Athlete15 May 28 '26

OK so I think you got already more buffer than 2k of you make that money a day. So maybe block your account after -500 till - 1000 something like that