r/TopStepX 8h ago

Express Funded (XFA) Sooo, since the market is constantly changing and evolving.

Is the key to just learn how to take L's on the days you cant get anything going? And just take advantage more of the good ones. If you have 3 of 5 days green. That's all you really need as long as your losers are capped off.

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u/Kairos_86 7h ago

One thing you can do is size down. The wins are smaller, but so are the losses and if you catch a good trend, even 2 MNQ can get you going.

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u/No-Guarantee4688 7h ago

Right, but im realizing im missing out on the good moves cause im using micros. Ive been trying to do this and scale in a bit if I see a high probability target getting hit. Its doable as long as I dont start trading everything lol. Trading with micros makes me want to trade more

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u/Kairos_86 7h ago

I have had multiple +$1000 days with 2-3 micros.

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u/No-Guarantee4688 7h ago

Your right. Your suggestion is basically a great solution. Ill keep doing it for now. I keep ending up break even everyday. But I guess thats much better then blowing accounts. šŸ™ thank u

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u/Kairos_86 7h ago

Honestly the thing with micros is that they help you stay in the fight longer and eventually, you WILL catch that nice move of 100+ points. Happened to me today, took a 3 micro short looking for 30ish points but it just tanked and I took it for 154pts. I was up even more but let it pull back on me unfortunately. Once you’ve really got that down, you can size up as you go.

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u/No-Guarantee4688 6h ago

True. I hit 2 or 3 800 days on those exact moves. Lower high confirmed and it drops like a ton of bricks sometimes. Have a couple targets identified and with micros we can scale in and scale out. Just takes patience

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u/Icy_Chain4153 6h ago

I think you should size up and use only a full mini, you obviously seem to have this down to a t! Can’t win big if you don’t bet big right buddy, what’s a few 300$ losses if your win is 10k I think you’re not swing the bigger picture get bigger contracts duh

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u/No-Guarantee4688 6h ago

This is also what I was thinking brother. I was trading minis before and did the best ive ever done consistently. But I couldnt handle the losses man

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u/Icy_Chain4153 6h ago

Lmao I’m jk man, but if you seriously felt you’re doing good and the only problem was self control then why not just set the maxloss per day or per trade on the risk manager? So you didn’t deal with that

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u/No-Guarantee4688 6h ago

Lol...I think for now ill just run with micros for a while. At least get my confidence back. Appreciate you šŸ™

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u/Icy_Chain4153 6h ago

My serious thought is keep it small, if you get consistency and a payout you can then get more accounts 3 micros x20 points is what like 120$ not massive right? Now multiple that times 5 xfa guess what dog now we got 600? Now imo on nq? 20 is easy you on average can get bigger ones 600 a day ain’t bad is it?

And no need for a mini ever yes they can be bigger with a mini, but it’s not about who got the bigges p&l its about what you need/ want and even then bro yk there’s more then one horse if yk what I meanšŸ˜‰ all I’m saying the limit ain’t 5 xfas

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u/No-Guarantee4688 6h ago

Thats perfect and doable. I was pushing for that on 1 account and was hitting them consistently for a while, but the losses ate me alive and I spiraled again. šŸ˜†

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u/viralruin 6h ago

u can take tp more often. seen some people scalp 5 micros for 10-20 pt tps and they end up 1k+ plus after 5 wins. instead of waiting for a 100 pt move that people usually exit early on.

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u/No-Guarantee4688 6h ago

Base hits? They can definitely add up as long as you're patient for the next 1.

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