FINALLY passed TopstepTrader's Combine!

Saying you passed a trading test is one thing but claiming long-term profitability with the intent of trolling is another. The OP got the reaction he was looking for.
 
userque said:
Yeah, not referring to anyone in particular in this thread, but generally speaking: Everyone's a tough-guy/expert/genius/guru when behind a keyboard. People weren't so rude prior to the interwebs...uncalled-for disrespect had real-world consequences. The typical hater message is: 1) You can't do it. Or if you are, in fact, doing it; the message becomes: 2) You can't do it much longer.

If everyone was required to post their trades live or use a service that tracks their trades, we'd have an environment more conducive to encouraging others to share information.

Recent message from Denzel Washington to haters:

“Those who can, do, those who can’t do talk about those who can. Now can you or can you not? Or are you just one that sits on the sideline to talk about other people or can you step up?”

I suspect these types of haters suck at trading. And they say misery loves company.

Congrats to the OP...TODAY! What difference does it make to me whether he ultimately fails, or achieves his goal. Saying congrats at passing a milestone doesn't cost me anything. If he achieves his goal, I'll say 'nice job!' If he doesn't, I'll say 'nice try!' GL next time!
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I couldn't agree more with everything you said. Good vibes for the win :)
 
lovethetrade said:
Saying you passed a trading test is one thing but claiming long-term profitability with the intent of trolling is another. The OP got the reaction he was looking for.
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Who claimed "long-term profitability"? I was simply sharing my journey... *shrug*
 
LOL...this reminds me of that scene in "The Devil's Advocate" where Al Pacino is berating God saying, "Look, but don't touch....Touch, but don't taste....Taste, but don't swallow!" If you trade on SIM they say, let's see if you can do it in a Combine. If you do it in a Combine, they want to see FTP...after that, a check. Then a year of profitability could be luck, so they want to see 5 years...geeze...lol.
 
FreakofNature said:
It's called encouraging the guy, we not calling him super-trader, just sending some good vibes, some best wishes on his acceptance; I just said "good job" LOL
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Is that kind of like encouraging 100 people to get on a sinking boat knowing that 95 will drown ?o_O
 
Overnight said:
If you want more, I have it. The above type of performance CANNOT be had with TST and their rules. It is impossible.
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Why do you think that is so ?

Why would a firm who gets paid when you get paid want to create rules that limit your success ?
 
Overnight said:
It was an arbitrary amount to make the math easy. Nobody gave me a thorough answer that checked out. And of COURSE it's a paper account. If I had the amount of money needed to make that happen I'd be quite pleased. But it is conceivably possible. The point being, it cannot happen unless you can hold contracts through electronic trading close, which TST does not allow.
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That's a whole different ball game on risk exposure. Why do you need to hold through the close ? I believe they allow trading at the reopen so in theory you could hold the position for 22 hours?
 
On you combine it says 33% win rate ?

I thought tst required 45-50% or better to pass ?

How many contracts were you trading and what product ?
 
cQUOTE="Pekelo, post: 4331911, member: 39548"]That is one big ass size of pile of bullshit. There are plenty of profitable traders who wouldn't pass the combine, Big Mike is one of them.[/QUOTE]Can you back that up; that Little Mike is a successful trader...let's see the proof.
 
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