rolling-window stats are the objective referee that overrides the boredom. when the metrics say the edge is intact, you have permission to keep doing nothing different and ride it out. when they drift , you have evidence to adapt. either way youre acting on data instead of the emotional pressure of a flat curve. that referee is what keeps a flat period from becoming a self-sabotage period.
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e8 funding, deep dive after 8 months of funded tradinge8's scaling: after 3 consecutive profitable months meeting certain criteria (positive return, low drawdown), your funded account size doubles. theoretically can scale up to $1M. i scaled once. the criteria are specific but achievable if your stratgey works consistently.
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mean reversion on gold, does it actually work or is gold a trenderthey often will conflict and thats fine. you treat them as separate accounts effectively. weekly trender holds a long-term long, intraday mean reverter takes a short for 4 hours, both work because they harvest different inefficiencies. just make sure your aggregate position sizing accounts for net exposure.
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markets.com keeps adding fees, anyone else jumping shipyep got the same notice. left them in october for ic markets and havent looked back. their fee creep over 2024-2025 was relentless. spreads quoted vs spreads actually got worse every quarter.