Review of One up trader

Im sure the rules wont be to much of an issue the funding model is attractive. i didnt see the typical rules on your site i wasn't sure if they were hidden or not thanks for clarifying. Thats something to note no trailing drawdown, weekly loss limit good better than TST or Oneup in that regard. So for the live account there is not rule of being positive every x days or must trade a percentage of the volume you traded during your challenge?



They have two loops to jump over. Basically one has to make $2500 goal twice while risking $2000. It means you have $2000 and have to make $5000. Then without discount they are more expensive. Multiple it by those challenge stages and failures and time needed to achieve those goals. Basically I would go with Oneup trader again. IMHO they are better than TST and this NKOB.
 
They have two loops to jump over. Basically one has to make $2500 goal twice while risking $2000. It means you have $2000 and have to make $5000. Then without discount they are more expensive. Multiple it by those challenge stages and failures and time needed to achieve those goals. Basically I would go with Oneup trader again. IMHO they are better than TST and this NKOB.


Surely if you are adding the profit targets together to make $5,000, then you must add the downside from the 2 stages together also? Over 2 stages you have $4,000 to make $5,000.

I'd also argue that we are the least expensive if you are aiming for our Gold account which scales to 35+ lots. We also guarantee that you are live trading. You don't remain in simulation when you pass the Challenge. But then...different traders want different things and live trading with big size isnt the end goal for many. That's understandable.
 
Absolutely no hidden rules. If it's not on the website, it isn't a rule.

The only 'difference' between the Challenge rules and the Live rules is that in live trading we ask that you not waste time by not trading... We require you to have trading activity 10 days of each month. That is stated in our FAQ.

Our approach is to try incentivize traders to be positive more days than not by having a scaling plan that gives bonus trading size if 50% of trading days are positive over time.
What is considered trading activity just 1 trade a day for 10 days?
 
Yes...that is considered trading activity. Obviously, we would prefer and recommend you trade more than one trade per day, 10 days per month if you are to follow the path of the best traders on the live trading floors of our partners in Dublin or Split but yes, that is the minimum requirement.
 
They have two loops to jump over. Basically one has to make $2500 goal twice while risking $2000. It means you have $2000 and have to make $5000. Then without discount they are more expensive. Multiple it by those challenge stages and failures and time needed to achieve those goals. Basically I would go with Oneup trader again. IMHO they are better than TST and this NKOB.
Yes I would prefer Oneup to the 2 step $5k profit target but i might attempt theirs one day just because.
 
Started my evaluation with Oneup trader. I discovered NASDAQ for myself. I have always looked at Crude. But in all sincerity, from what I already see over back testing and trading NASDAQ for 2 weeks. Crude is not a very good day trading instrument compared to NASDAQ. I always depended upon big winners with Crude. Nasdaq is more in tune with me as a trader. Trading 2 and a half hours a day. 9:30 to 12:00 a.m. EST
 
Hi caacapital,

To your initial question, graduating from the TraderDock Challenge will lead you to trading in a live environment not simulated. You will switch to Live mode within TT and you will then of course note that orders you enter in the DOM are impacting the live market as opposed to being simulated orders.

The 2-Stage nature of the Challenge reflects the training requirements for trainees aiming to become professional traders on the trading floors of our partner firm. To your question, yes, if you can achieve the $2,500 profit target in Stage 1 and Stage 2, you proceed to live trading with a Bronze account. We wanted to make the Challenge performance-based. Rather than paying for extra size/risk in live trading you earn it by performing better in Stage 2 as per the below table:

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So, let's say you achieved $2,500 in Stage 1 and proceeded to Stage 2 where you again have achieved $2,500. You are entitled to go live at this point OR, you can continue to trade with the aim of making $500 extra to earn our Silver account or $1,500 extra to earn our Gold account. Of course this is also a risk decision - do I risk my entitlement to go-live at Bronze (by losing money to go below the $2,500 level) so that I might potentially achieve Silver or Gold?

Is it easy to graduate from the TraderDock Challenge? Absolutely not. Neither is professional trading. We try to bring what we see works successfully on a professional trading floor into our TraderDock Challenge and will continue to innovate and add more features in the coming months.

There is some confusion about the structure of our Challenge. It is clear that we are not explaining the above as clearly as we can on our site...we will work to improve this. Appreciate your interest!

Hello, I notice on your image it shows the 35 lot allows for a daily loss limit of $1,500

However, on the TraderDock website, the 35+ lot shows only a $1,000 daily loss limit.

I am curious which one is correct?
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What is your reasoning for choosing the daily loss limits on 35 lot vs 5 lot

As I don't understand how someone can trade 35+ lots with only a $1k daily loss limit. RT commissions on 35+ lot would take around $200 (20%) leaving it to be more like a $800 loss limit and if trading the Nikkei(NKD) with $25/tick value that is less than -1 tick allowed for 35+ lots

Oneuptrader 25 lot package has a $5,000 Daily Loss Limit which seems more reasonable.
 
Hi @Times,

As with both physical trading floor and remote trading and indeed anywhere where a risk manager has your best interests and the firm's best interests at heart, you will not be able to move directly from simulation to 25 or 35 lots of trading size.

There is a scaling plan. Everyone begins with 2 or 3 lots and works their way up the ladder in terms of trading power based on their profitability.

If someone has the ability to trade 35 lots and they are literally clipping with 35lots each trade then regardless of downside, they are likely to blow up their account pretty soon as they are not exhibiting any understanding of risk management. There are millionaire traders on the live trading floor in Dublin with the ability (if they see everything line up) to trade 1000 lots in their respective markets and still some of them have agreed with the risk manager to stop trading if they are $1,000 down in any one trading session. Risk management is about protecting the trader from themselves. Perhaps OUT allow $5k of real money to be lost on your first trading day??

However, all of these factors depend on your strategy, your market, your track record, your profitability and as per the scaling plan, the capital that you have accumulated in your trading thus far.

So $1,000 daily loss is definitely sufficient to make $5,000 per month consistently. Do that (as is the requirement for our floor traders) and then we can have the next conversation.

The fact that we can scale to 35+ lots is easy. Like a previous post mentioned, we could have said 500lots or 1,000 lots. It's all based on starting small and scaling to size with success. Do OUT allow you to trade 25 lots live in the market and lose $5k real money straight after coming fresh off the simulator? Because if so,we cannot match that level of crazy, and if not, then we are not really comparing like with like.
 
FWIW I received an email recently about being able to take the eval for half off from TraderDock - who this thread seems to be about now. Anytime I see half off, I see they are running out of traders to take the challenge. Now I wonder why that would be an issue?

Makes you wonder what the real business model is.
 
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