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one more that helped me close evaluations: i stopped thinking about the target and tracked only my rule-adherence. ironically, focusing on hitting the target made me force trades, while focusing purely on following my plan let the target arrive on its own. manage the process, the number takes care of itself near the end.

the troll diagnosed it correctly. the last-day blowup is the same tilt that exists in normal trading, only now its career-ending instead of annoying. so the real fix isnt a finish-line trick, its addressing the revenge impulse itself: a hard daily loss limit you obey without exception, and stepping away after any loss near the target. treat the symptom near the line, but fix the tilt everywhere.

i'd push back gently on 'take a break' advice. sometimes it makes things worse because you have time to ruminate. for some traders, getting back to small consistent trading FAST is what rebuilds confidence. depends on personality. know yourself.

this is already a better month 1 than most people have, because you identified the actual problem: planned trades positive, impulsive trades negative. that single finding is worth more than the small loss cost you. month 2 has one job, cut the impulsive trades. if you simply stop taking the unplanned ones, your own data says youre profitable. you found the leak in month 1, most people take a year.

the troll describes the worst tier accurately and its a real danger, several collapsed firms were exactly that, paying old traders from new fees until the music stopped. the diligence that protects you: how long has the firm operated, do they have a long verifiable payout history, and is their funding model transparent. a firm thats paid consistently for years through different conditions is structurally different from a six-month-old one running on hype.

opened a small account 4 months ago to test. execution has been good, withdrawals processed within 2 business days (3 successful withdrawals). support responsive. customer base is growing but they havent had a stress test like a black swan event yet. for newer brokers, smaller accounts to test is the right approach.

after MFF shut in 2023, a wave of new prop firms appeared trying to fill the gap. some legitimate ('blueguardian', 'fundednext', 'alphacapital'), some clearly fly-by-night operations that have since gone quiet.

for those who tried multiple post-MFF prop firms - which ones actually held up over 2024-2025? specifically interested in firms that demonstrably paid out consistently for 18+ months.

trying to evaluate where to send my next eval fee.

i pyramid into trends, never into ranges. rule: initial 1R risk position. when price moves 1.5R in my favor and forms a clean new structure, add 0.5R risk. trailing stop moves to break-even on original after first add. second add at 3R if it keeps running, stop trails to lock 1R minimum on original. its mechanical so i dont have to argue with myself.

had IG premium for 18 months until i consolidated brokers. real differences: spread improvement maybe 0.1-0.3 pips on majors (small but real), dedicated rm was actually responsive and useful for complex requests, execution priority during news periods noticeable. for trader doing 100+ lots per month or sitting on £100k+, premium pays for itself in execution quality.

traded admiral markets for 2 years 2023-2025. genuinely solid broker. execution good, support responsive, withdrawals reliable. they have great educational content too. theyre less discussed because they market less aggressively in the trader influencer ecosystem. but for actual trading quality, theyre right up there with the big names.

raw spread = the broker shows you near-interbank pricing then charges a separate commission per lot. its more transparent than the markup model. to compare properly you log spread + commission + slippage over hundreds of trades on identical setups. eyeballing the spread display tells you almost nothing.

saw the same pattern through 2025. their service quality dropped noticeably after the regulatory changes earlier in the year. tracked my actual costs vs 2024 - up about 22% in effective trading cost. moved to vantage 3 months ago, not regretted it.