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was halfway through an evaluation when my prop migrated to a different platform and broker backend. suddenly the spreads and server times were different, my pending orders behaved oddly, and it threw off two trades. they say the rules and targets carry over unchanged. anyone been through a mid-challenge backend switch and did it cause real problems?

i log them daily with a script. 90 day avg for aud long: tickmill best, then pepperstone, then ic, vantage worst. tickmill wins by like 3 bucks/lot/month. not huge but real for carry size

just remember theres no compensation scheme on those licenses, so whatever you deposit is the max you can lose at the broker level. for 100 bucks whatever

both right. if you genuinely have an edge and want more real size, the cleaner path is to size your personal account properly on its own risk terms, not to chain it to the props trades. mirroring correlates the two perfectly, which is the opposite of sensible risk management. independent sizing beats blind doubling.

divergence can be found on any oscillator: RSI, MACD, Stochastic, momentum indicators. RSI is most popular because its simple. some traders prefer MACD divergence claiming its less noisy. in practice they give similar signals at slightly different times. the specific indicator matters less than how you use the divergence concept.

ok mods said make a thread for intros so the pinned one stays clean. drop how long youve traded (live not demo dont lie), what brokers, what you trade. one thing you wish someone told you early.

ill go: 6 years, mostly majors + gold. pepperstone now, was on exness till the leverage thing. lesson = size kills you not the entry

screenshot of the history export is fine for closed accounts, just make sure broker name + dates show. myfxbook is just preferred when the acc is still live cause you cant edit it after

ive been doing prop futures with topstep for a year, profitable but small (around 6k taken out total). thinking about adding forex to my routine and considering whether to:

a) stay with topstep, use their forex offering
b) take a small the5ers challenge for forex
c) keep them separate, run both in parallel

topstep forex is newer and i hear the rules are tighter than their futures product. the5ers seems more battle tested for fx.

any blend traders here doing both products successfully?

swiss bank deposit insurance covers up to CHF 100k per client per institution. FINMA also enforces strict capital requirements on brokers (much higher than CySEC or ASIC). if the broker fails, the path to recovery is more direct and well-tested. its not magic but the legal infrastructure is unusually trader-friendly.

did this switch last year. the profiles and templates transferred perfectly. the one thing that didn't: saved workspaces that had positions shown from the old account obviously don't carry over (the new broker has different position ids). also check that your symbol names match between brokers - some use EURUSD, others use EURUSDm or similar variants which breaks indicator inputs that reference symbol names.

my actual numbers to make this concrete: year 1 down 12%, year 2 up 18%, year 3 up 31%, year 4 up 28%. not a single year of 100% returns. but compounded over 4 years that's a meaningful number. the realistic path is much slower than marketing suggests and much more achievable than the 'most traders fail' framing implies if you treat it as a craft.

what account size were you on and what were the evaluation fees? and which program type, standard evaluation or instant?

ecn brokers absolutely have slippage on news. they're passing your order to actual market liquidity which thins out drastically in the second before and after a big number. the difference is the slippage should be more random and bidirectional rather than systematically against you. spreads can go 50-100 pips wide on ecn during high-impact releases too.

most prop firms have news trading restrictions - cant hold positions during high-impact news, cant open during release windows, must close before specific events. each firm has slightly different rules and 'covered' news lists.

for traders who include news catalysts in strategy: how restrictive do you find prop firm rules in practice? do they cause you to skip otherwise profitable setups?

eightcap has been mentioned a few times in this forum lately. asic regulated, low spreads, supports both mt4/5 and ctrader. on paper looks like a competitor to pepperstone razor.

before i open and fund an account, want real opinions from people actually trading with them. specifically: execution quality at high volume periods, customer service if something breaks, withdrawal speed.

bonus question: anyone compared eightcap directly to pepperstone for scalping?

ive tried supertrend, half a dozen moving average crossovers, various 'trend' indicators off the marketplace. they all do the same thing: tell me the trend confidently right after the move already happened.

is there anything that identifies trend with less lag, or is lag just the unavoidable price of any trend tool and im chasing something that cant exist?

the observation-first approach is exactly it, and the key is that it has to be your observation from your screen time, not a claim you read. when you noticed the pattern yourself, you understand its context and limits in a way no borrowed strategy gives you. then the testing tells you if your eyes were right. that loop, observe, hypothesise, test, refine, is how every real strategy gets built and why it earns your trust.

the prop firm space has exploded and im genuinely unsure what to believe. supporters say its the only realistic way for a skilled but undercapitalised trader to access real size. critics say its a fee farm that profits from selling challenges to people who mostly fail. whats the honest read in 2026, having watched a few firms rise and collapse?

forex.com (gain capital) has been around forever, US regulated, parent company is publicly traded. they used to be the default for US retail traders. with the rise of newer offshore-leaning brokers, less people seem to discuss them.

for those trading with forex.com currently: how is the actual experience? execution, withdrawals, support? worth staying or worth migrating to a tighter-spread alternative?

usually a combination: regulatory pressure forcing cost cuts, market share loss pushing aggressive monetization of remaining clients, internal restructuring causing operational disruption. when you see multiple negative changes in a 6-month window (wider spreads, slower service, new fees) thats a sign the firm is under pressure. monitor closely or move.