ok separate from the challenge being hard, IF you pass and make profit, do they actually send the money. heard horror stories of firms moving the goalposts at payout time, "you violated rule 7.3" suddenly. whats real
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are grid/martingale EAs ever worth it or always deathcontroversial one. everyone says martingale = death. but some people swear they run grid bots for years with proper risk caps and survive. is it actually possible to run one safely or are those people just in their lucky streak before the blowup
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the 90% lose stat, is it the brokers fault or oursalways hear "90% of retail loses money". brokers love blaming us, traders love blaming brokers. whats the actual split. is it bad brokers, bad psychology, leverage, or just maths
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dual monitor trading setup, worth the upgrade or overkillhow much does a second monitor add to my setup cost? is it really worth investing in
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how do you actually handle tax on prop firm payoutsstarted getting regular payouts and realised i have no idea how to treat them for tax. is it self-employment income, a contractor payment, something else? im not asking anyone to be my accountant, just want to know how other funded traders actually categorise and handle prop payouts so i dont get a nasty surprise.
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is ftmo still the benchmark in 2026 or have others genuinely overtaken itfor a first ever funded attempt, should i just go with an established benchmark name even if the deal is worse, to reduce variables?
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gold has been the only thing really moving, anyone still bothering with majorsis golds behaviour really that different from a major pair, or does the same support and resistance reading basically apply?
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trading psychology after a big loss - whats actually helped you recover?when you went back to trading, did you do anything different in your strategy or was it more about emotional reset?
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mt5 drops connection right at london open every day, anyone elseevery single morning around london open my mt5 loses connection for 20-40 seconds. just long enough to miss the move im actually watching for. broker says its my end, my isp says line is clean.
running mt5 on windows, decent fibre connection, not a vps. happens on two different brokers so i dont think its broker side. anyone figured out what causes this specifically at session open?