No, all it takes is patience, consistency, and knowing when to shutdown your computer and call it a day. I blew through a couple accounts before it finally clicked for me.
That's why you open a brokerage account under a llc and don't keep more in there then you need to trade with. They can sue you all they want and wont get a dime.
Missed out on trading yesterday, would have made a nice 500+ profit
had orders rejected because they where set to GTC instead of Day.
8/5 short day, didn't run the entire session
2 trades
1 loss $-130
1 win $80
Total with commission $-60
Combine start date 08/04
50K continuous
Trading from 2am eastern to 2 hours before the session close
1-2 contracts max
Fully automated no manual trades
07/25
1 trade
+895
Balance 30,690
Didn't trade it this week, total profit for July with 1 contract per trade $5,690
22% gain
For August I'm going to run it on a continuous topstep trader combine and see how it does. I'll post more details when I start the combine.