Wild moment for our team! Topstep has been setting the bar in this industry for a long time. They built theirs…we built ours... and now we get to put it all together. I’m fired up to get to work with these guys. Big things ahead. Not hype, more true innovation!

🧐 Whether you pass in 8 days or 15 days isn't going to be what matters in 3 months. Change your mindset.

Traders spending 20k in evals/resets to boast about making 5k in payouts is a symptom of the problem. We’re doing the opposite. Slowing traders down so they actually have a shot at building something real. Something scalable. Without losing their house or their confidence in the process. It’s time to put the carnival shoes away.

We are probably the only ones with no min trading days or consistency or caps or trailing drawdown in funded stage.

🚨 Prop firm hidden fee alert Hidden fees kill traders. Other props: Almost $6 NQ Round-Trip Us: $2.30 Same contract. Different game. Scalpers Welcome. (Yes, in live too)

🏆 How to survive a trading competition: 1. Wait. Don’t trade. Wait some more. 2. You are already ahead of 90% 3. Survey the 5% that are positive 4. Risk only what’s needed to move towards the top 20

🤔 Imagine what would happen if the prop firms competed on making traders better and not just on price or max number of accounts.

Too many “sim funding” shops are sitting there hoping you fail before payouts. You can feel it from the details of their programs. We’re different; when you win, we win. That’s the beauty of live uncapped payouts.👊🏽

20 Red Flags I Hear/See As a Futures Prop CEO 1. Napkin-math-projecting exactly how much you think you'll make with your 100% green days each year 2. Complaining about the props instead of actionably practicing new behaviors 3. Saying you should just trade a personal account after quickly blowing 10 evaluations in a row 4. Seeing a post about a big payout on X and spending all your time copying their indicators 5. Refusing to trade micros if the daily risk calls for it 6. Frequently slamming into your automated daily loss limit 7. Single timeframe analysis, or having multi timeframe on your screen but only looking at single 8. Many redundant indicators (you don't need 5 indicators to determine volatility of one timeframe) 9. Obsessing about tooling over process 10. Moving your stop before you've earned the right 11. So focused on entry locations that you suck at exit plans 12. Always having excuses for poor execution and big loss days instead of self reflecting and adjusting 13. Searching for secret hack strategies that can be profitable without needing to put on almost any risk 14. Saying you DCA as if it's your strategy, when you are just uncontrolled adding to losers 15. Not knowing about planned major news events each day that will affect the markets you say you trade 16. Risking your entire evaluation on NFP Friday because you “had a feeling” 17. Letting one green trade emotionally validate a terrible process 18. Blaming the ominous algos 19. Not knowing your introspective signals that lead to tilting and poor execution 20. Always complaining about chop but not learning to adapt or avoid it

@shanselman I thought #WinGet could use a UI. Let me know what you think: wingetit.com/

😱We moved 60 traders to our live brokerage accounts in October alone. Our live transition speed (24-72hrs) is the fastest. Our seats on the exchange = extremely low execution fees. Our free 1-on-1 coaching in live = guidance and risk management you can’t get alone. Join our desk and make the most of your edge.

🤔 Little insight from a Prop CEO Trying to pick tops and bottoms in the market is already difficult. But trying to pick them, while overleveraging, is why I watch many fail.

Can you handle a red day? 🔴 Many traders can’t handle a red day. They keep trading until they finish every day green, no matter what....or blow the account in a single day. Guess what happens more? Statistically, you’ll eventually get all green days if you reset enough. You’ll even feel like you did something right. But nothing about that will keep you in this game long term.

❤️‍🔥TFD 2.0 Beta is heating up! We invest heavily in custom tooling for our prop traders because (quicker than any other company in the space) they're managing OUR live capital. 🏃‍♂️ Prop firms should be running the marathon with you. Supporting your edge and letting you escape the noise. Let's make more together. Shouldn't that be the point of your prop partnerships? Our undisputed, best-in-class platform is centered around the trader, their risk management, optimizing setups, and scaling edge. Not failing you faster. 🎯 Real-time trade setups/tagging, idea management, screen recording, voice recording, advanced reporting, 1-on-1 coaching, and a ton of stuff you didn't even know you needed yet. Features that yield results. (More beta testers needed -- apply at the @TheFuturesDesk Discord!).

@TheFuturesDesk 2.0 will be another leap above. Because while others are still rebranding rule changes as “innovation,” we’re actually improving trader performance.

There's nothing to deny when it's live capital.

When I first started trading I thought it was just an easy math equation I'd be able to solve. You know how that goes. A little backstory on me For the last 2+ decades I've been working with large gov't/fortune-500 companies, observing their processes and then building fully custom software to improve human performance, fit exactly to the business. As part of that, my team would build the exact reports (and custom ones) so they could use that information to further improve employee/agent performance. I've always been on the cutting edge of technology. Development is my first true obsession. I started trading 5 years ago and I came into this community seeing (and experiencing!) the problems with traders and their individual struggles. My life's work has been all about providing ways to improve my customer's performance.** The idea of finding ways to "fail" them or ruin their performance is not even slightly on my radar. My team is fantastic and I think combined with my unique skill combination, we're going to bring a substantial positive change to this space. We don't care if we're the biggest, we are focused on the mission and we are relentless. We're going against the trend. But we are relentless. Comparing us to other props might be confusing or seem worse. But we've picked a bottom because we think we can start to turn this ship around, so you'll see there are a lot of small differences that add up to quite a different system.

🤔 Take one eval. Pay a small recurring fee. Spend a few months actually learning your system and building the routine you know you want. Your personal P&L curve would look way better than the downward spiral most traders dig by buying, blowing it, and buying again. But it’s hard to ignore the FOMO story: “I might’ve made 50K…” even when the habits they have now wouldn’t get them within a mile of it.

The traders I want? The ones who got banned without a reason. 🧠 You’re not the problem. You’re the edge.

Not losing capital over a long period of time is progress. That flat stage is usually the bridge between chaos and consistent growth.

Here is the truth: If you are not ready to hold a funded account, you are just wasting money on evaluations. You are not learning. You are just spinning a wheel and hoping it lands your way. You will get lucky sometimes and rewarded for whatever madness you were doing. Take care of your future self. Be ready before you leap. Stop ruining your life collecting evaluations like trading cards. 🔥🧠

Confidence comes from data not dopamine. Track your wins, see your progress. 👽

**Shortcuts are scams.** Your brain wants comfort when the market gets tough. That comfort looks like big size, doubling down, or skipping the review. Say no. Stick to process and let time build your edge.

The rules at almost every prop won't matter if you size down dramatically and have even a slight positive expectancy. Save a reset, tag a friend.

If you keep finding yourself in the boom–bust cycle, watch this piped.video/uk5_nwHahl8 The CFTC says: “Past performance isn’t indicative of future results.” I'd also add: "Good or bad, your last few trades aren’t the truth, they’re noise. Stop letting recency bias rebuild your plan every week."

Let’s do it. Take a picture of your trading desk/setup to enter! 📸

Not every market has edge every day. ES might grind. NQ might chop. GC might sleep. CL might explode. If your setup only fits one of them, you won’t be trading every day and that’s exactly how it should be.

Green means green

ProjectX Traders, if you do manage to connect from your lcoation, always have a stop loss with every order.

There’s a moment when every trader wakes up from the carnival. We’re here for the traders ready to stop repeating the same cycle and start managing our capital effectively. At TFD, structure replaces luck, and consistency replaces the reset loop.

Just follow the CME rules with us. We will put you live faster than most any firm.

🤔 If a trader can “pass” a prop evaluation in a day or on one or two lucky trades, is that really an evaluation or just marketing dressed up as one? The shortcut always comes at a cost. After you pass, the fees creep in, payout restrictions drag on for months, and denials hide in the fine print. The risk doesn’t disappear. It just gets spread out over the trader for a longer period of time.

🤔I have yet to see a TradingView backtest that wasn’t curve fitted and carries any value. These will not get you onto our desk and will likely keep you chasing the golden indicator combination until you give up on trading altogether. But to the automated traders with a deeper understanding of statistics, carry on.

Mental capital drains faster than money. Five firms. Ten gurus. A dozen strategies. All withdrawals. 🧘‍♂️ Focus is your only deposit.

Stop being anticipatory ⌚ Wait for your areas of interest. 🦄 Don't hallucinate about what's actually happening. 👁️ Accept reality. 🫵🏽 Don't force the trade.

Be less optimistic you know when the market will turn. And be more optimistic that it'll continue what it's doing.

Before you go watch your favorite influencer stream for entertainment on Monday. Stop, read, and reflect

When traders get it. They get it.

The market doesn’t care what you want today. Trade your process and what’s in front of you, not your feelings. 🧠

Assume base hits until you actually see a home run trade setup. Most days are base hits. Size for the context. Home runs = A+ trades 🅰️ Base hits = B trades 🅱️

🧬 Evolution of a Trader 🟥 Phase 1: Damage Control You learn what not to do. Painful, but often necessary. 🟨 Phase 2: Stability You stop blowing up. Risk is managed. You hold the line. 🟩 Phase 3: Expansion You push your edge. You size up. You trade with clarity.

Everyone wants to predict the market. Few actually anticipate it. One’s ego. The other… edge. The thing is, predictors are obsessed with being right. Anticipators just stay ready and adapt. That’s the real difference between chasing the market…and trading it

Feeling hopeless with your trading? Size down your max contracts until you feel nothing in your p&l. Now the quality of execution of your trade setup is more interesting than your balance.

Stop having hope when the trade is going against you. Save that for the clear winners.

Double down on your edge. On your strategy. On your process. 👇🏽 Stop blaming psychology every time things go sideways. And you can still use discretion, but you do need a plan. Trading without a process is like showing up to a new job with no training. Of course you're feeling overwhelmed and without direction 😵‍💫 Dial in your process first ✅ Then deal with what’s left in your head.

@jonasatia In tech 20+ years myself. Coming from software/open source communities to this one, I'm still astonished by some of the ways traders are treated. Although Affiliates have been critical, they have the same bias as the prop firms. Additional participants need to be made up of those without any affiliation.

Your success is our mission. Invites rolling out soon! Sign up at thefuturesdesk.com/

Another chance to hop on our desk with some credits. Kyle puts it all out there, good or bad. Gotta respect it. He's just as excited as we are about what TFD 2.0 could do for him.

This is wild

See you guys at 8PM ET! Giveaway included.

Next time, skip 🦘 the Trading Influencers and the hyperbole. 🤖ChatGPT: ⌨️"Do some deep research on the various ORB strategies (all common timespans) in Futures equity markets and find out where the most evidence of positive expectancy is and then turn that into some baseline strategies. Lean on the statistics and do a meta study when you can to find any correlations with a low P value from your judgement" ⌨️ chatgpt.com/share/6875c1d8-f…

At some point we are all just talking about about a brokerage account

A light but important Saturday read 👇 All that chart time means nothing if it’s mindless or fueled by bad habits. Start trading with intention. Structure your approach. Otherwise, you're not just wasting time; you might be reinforcing the wrong behaviors. 🔗 jamesclear.com/beginners-gui… (P.S. His book is a must-read too.)

Out-of-pocket models start noble 💼 But as risk stacks 💸 So do weird rules 🤹 And trader trust erodes 🌪️

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❤️‍🔥Here it is! This is the video to watch today. A huge example of what makes us different. piped.video/watch?v=byE3Uy-u…

Join the giveaway and some great community conversations in the TFD Discord.

Ain’t it wild that helping traders improve is somehow a differentiator in this industry?

I've suggested this a lot recently to my traders. 👇 The market is shifting. Be sure you have a way of using recent volatility in a couple ways to determine what a reasonable expectation should be for your trade targets/stops. A lot of traders were doing well in that macro uptrend and got into a good cadence. But you can't stay married to old volatility decisions, like X point targets and Y point stops. My advice? Your system needs something like ATR to be naturally adaptable in major/minor shifts of the market.

Going live in 20 minutes (yes, with giveaways) with @Rizzo_Trades !

This is far too common in this space!

@TheFuturesDesk's core model is not a funded company. This is proprietary trading. 1. Payouts should come from live markets. 2. Get traders into LIVE accounts as responsibly as possible. 3. Because of 1 and 2, focus on the traders, improve their performance and work backwards from there. 4. Heavily lean into custom/proprietary tech and human interaction.

To be fair, we’ve been doing reset extends billing date and realtime trade processing since 2024. But, still respect! you’ve got a bigger boat to turn.

I'll be on stream in 30min, join us for some trader chat and giveaways.

Let's catch up on a call

Catch-22: Don't assume trading issues are psychological. Without a technical edge, continued trading will lead to psychological problems.

For the past few months, my team and I have been working on a revolutionary Futures prop firm. For more info, updates, and discounts: Follow @TheFuturesDesk Sign-up at thefuturesdesk.com/

One thing is undeniable: the Dunning–Kruger effect runs deep in traders.

Anything more than 80/20 isn't looked too kindly upon by certain regulatory bodies

Master these 3️⃣ fundamentals if you're serious about improving your trading. 📊 A thread 🧵⬇️ #trading #TradingTips #TradingStrategies #tradingpsychology #RiskManagement @TheFuturesDesk

Depends on account and contract size.

🧐When price stretches 1-2+σ from the mean, that can be a decision zone. Fades work beautifully when structure and order flow confirm it, but if volatility’s still expanding, that mean is just a mirage. Std deviations don’t stop price, they adjust to it.

YOU need to stop trading... Let your trading SYSTEM trade, you just need to EXECUTE

@TheFuturesDesk is launching very soon! We see ourselves as a tech company first. We're blending the traditional proprietary desk along with new tech + hands on coaching to create something that's never been seen before. Stay tuned!

We seem to be the only one doing it

Most trade setups don't present themselves as picture perfect. Screen time is what helps you spot the little bit that makes up the human discretionary edge. The same edge humans still have over AI behind the wheel of a Tesla...for now. Strengthen your edge at @TheFuturesDesk

Even more flexibility and trader control coming to our assessments!

Whenever I come across double dashes in content — I can’t help but assume that — it’s generated by artificial intelligence. 🤖🦾

Huge win

By far, the best straight-to-funded account you can get is Dorman Trading.

This is what it's all about. The standards in this space are getting raised.

No random rules here

With Rithmic / @Tradovate / @projectxtrading / @TheFuturesDesk all building tech with a focus on risk, I wonder how the sim props are going to adapt to getting better traders?

Just do it for 50 trading days and then you will get a capped version of it

For every early exit that stings, there’s a late exit that spirals. Possibility tells you this time is different.

Great job! I think just the tiniest bit of reduction on your max daily loss and you can lean into those winning days. First glance at the dataset, definitely a relationship between your number of trades in a day and your worse days. Keep it in mind the next time you sense extra trades. Your long term recovery attempts aren't paying off. Stepping back works for you. For now, just keep on those base hits an lets get you into live!

Working on something big... About to make waves🌊 More details to come soon.

This looks like TradeSyncer's assumption on how the IDs worked at ProjectX was just wrong. Unless I'm misunderstanding.

Your machines are compromised, not your passwords. They are likely watching everything in realtime.

Nice one @TheOneLanceB piped.video/watch?v=o7DfwJTC… Base hit recovery

“Works fast on my machine”

I might be late to the game, but #ChatGPT artifacts are awesome. Paste the prompt below to see why for yourself and then reply with the answer it gave you. I’ll put mine first.👇 📝 Prompt (paste below) I want you to act as a strategic AI consultant. Using everything you know about me from my past ChatGPT conversations, generate a list of the top 10 most useful and highly personalized ChatGPT Artifact use cases for me. For each use case, include: 1.A clear description of what it does 2.Why it is so good for me personally, based on my goals, habits, or business 3.How I would implement it step by step in my current workflows

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Learn the nuances of Footprint trading with @niels_trades live Q&A now 🌶️ piped.video/watch?v=CosfKz2t…

At @TheFuturesDesk we will never penalize our traders for doing well. Since we put you in a LIVE brokerage account, we are happy when you make profit! + Daily payouts without any consistency or min days, coaching, and realtime journaling, and advanced analytics.

At @TheFuturesDesk, we offer 1-on-1 coaching, along with quantitative strategy development to all of our traders on the Live desk. This hands-on approach has an immense impact on nurturing and mentoring our traders. Personalized coaching helps you refine your strategy, sharpen your execution, and gain a deeper understanding of yourself, and the markets. We want to give you the chance to receive a FREE coaching session! Here's how: Join our Discord and tell us the TOP 2 things you are currently struggling with as a trader. discord.com/channels/1255936…

Can’t blame traders from playing that game given the opportunity. But if you are going to compare, it needs be done based on virtual drawdown lost, not total cost of evals.

Everyone wants conspiracies but this is what really happens

I’ve been in tech, professionally, for 25 years. I’ve seen many overhyped inventions. AI is not that. Everything is about to change. You must adapt. Many jobs will become useless.

Total virtual drawdown to total payouts.