At least, you're honest enough to tell us what happened.
Many guys would have just disappeared without a trace.
I wish you best of luck for your next attempt (although I'm not recommending this Prop firm 'scam' to anyone!).
It's not the fact that you're claiming to be an expert and profitable trader that causes all the negative and skeptical posts in your thread.
It's about the fact that you are trading a sim account and doing only 1% per month and not fully disclosing your DD AND on top of that, claiming that you...
3 x 24" monitors is still way cheaper and provides more resolution.
On top of that, if one is defective, you just need to replace it, not the whole setup.
But maybe it's just me.
All trades executed on stocks listed on an US Exchange are reported to an exchange (and print on the tape), even trades filled on dark pools.
OTC stocks (so called pink sheet) are not listed, hence not reported.
6 months of backtesting results is not enough. You need at least 2 years. And results from out-of-the-sample data as well.
But it seems promising at first
Profitable algos don't need to be complicated. Sometimes, simple rules with a few tweaks all that you need.
If you are using a broker offering a good demo environment (meaning realistic fills), then there shouldn't be any difference between demo and real trading, except for the psychological aspect (which could have a huge impact for manual traders).
IB has a good demo (or paper) trading environment...
SML has probably a different definition of drawdown.
Personally, 80% of the time, I'm in a drawdown (if not more). In fact, traders are not in a drawdown period only when they make a new peak.