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so whats the actual safe alternative for automating, if not grid

double tops and bottoms are supposed to be the simplest reversal pattern, two pushes that fail at the same level. yet i keep entering on what i think is the second top only for price to push through and make a third higher high. for such a simple pattern im surprisingly bad at it. what am i getting wrong about reading double tops and bottoms?

so the practical protection is basically withdraw small and often so no single payout is big enough for them to bother fighting?

if one setup makes all the money, is it crazy to just trade only that one and drop the rest entirely?

is now (early 2026) a bad time to start trading then? should i wait?

are there prop firms doing instant funding that are actually reputable or is it mostly newer firms using it as a hook?

discovered the bar replay feature on tradingview and it seems useful for practicing reading charts without the benefit of hindsight. but i'm not sure i'm using it in a way that's actually building skills vs just going through motions.

how do people structure their replay practice sessions to get maximum benefit?

what's the one thing you'd tell yourself at the start of year one, knowing what you know now?

how do i properly stop windows from rebooting on its own, ive tried pausing updates but it still happens eventually?

does the daily loss kill switch need to run as part of the EA or can it be a separate watchdog, in case the EA itself crashes?