Recent content by WMorin

From my conversations with John Hoagland, the possibility of scaling up your positions and increasing you daily loss limit and drawdown are all negotiable given a good trading record and consistent risk management

Correct. I believe that in all probability that if a trader manages to make it to double digit lot sizes that they would begin an llc and begin trading for themselves. Keep more of the profits. This is the beautiful thing about topstep. It could be a safe launching point for traders with no...

Very true. You are only allowed up to 3 lots to start in your funded account after a $100k combine. I traded an average of 3 or 4 lots during the combine.

I agree that most may not want to share their profits with the public, some do. Last I saw in one of the chat rooms was someone saying their PnL went from $40000 to $50000 in that week particularly. I get the feeling that was above average performance for himself. But in my time in the chats...

Maybe the most public change to the company recently is the change to a single combine. But, before this happened, only weeks before, TST had two major announcements for their funded traders. The first, based on the training that funded traders are more successful if they pay themselves and...

Not much slippage. I trade between 800am eastern and noon. High volume but the 30yr is not very volatile. I use limit orders for every entry. I rarely don't get filled at my desired price. I won't take a trade unless I am confident that a 5 tick stop won't get triggered. Increasing lot size...

I'm using this, that's awesome

Pekelo, londonkid, and Xela thank you for your comments. I love the "anyone can trade". I failed in the funded account once. I learned from it. I was being stretched a little thin at the time, if you care to read about it, it's in the blog. I got back up, re tested, and I'm back in. I traded...

Right on! So I came into this thread to try and get an idea of the concerns people had about the combine and such. Please feel free to ask here still, I have an Ama started that is getting me done god questions tohttps://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3vd7s8/iama_executive_chef_and_day_trader_ama/

The following is directly from my newsletter, I took out the parts about my affiliate discount code, I don't want to sell anything here. I worked hard on my website so if by chance the people I help would like to help me, I'll get a small commission if they use the 20% of discount code at no...

Trading for the moment is an alternative income for me. Until I can develop a good cushion. I am a chef so I work weekends, take a weekday or two off. I can get three trading days in a week. I typically don't trade past noon anyway. But this is the point, if I can find an alternative to what I...

That is exactly me. Wow, you guys are thorough. It really brings a smile to my face with the good comments here. I am met with a lot of resistance when I let some of my friends and family know what I am trying to do. I have a goal in mind for myself and my family. I'm working very hard to reach...

I am a new member. Trying to get a feel for what the questions and concerns are about topstep. I am a full time Head Chef, 80 hours a week, especially during this holiday season. I have managed to learn trading and become a funded Topstep Trader with my little free time. I've started a blog to...

I am a funded trader for TopstepTrader. I can help answer any questions you may have about the Combine or my experience so far. I am trying to help others become day traders and help them pass the Combine and get a funded account. Let me know what your questions are, thanks guys.