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passed a challenge with a new firm, requested payout, got hit with a 'consistency violation' i never agreed to fought a month got 40% in the end. stick to the old ones people

the real bank thing matters more after a mauritius shop eats 4k of yours went to saxo after exactly that. sleep better trade smaller no regrets

low-touch is the realistic target and its still a great outcome. the people who intervene constantly usually dont have a tested system, theyre discretionary trading through an EA wrapper. a genuinely validated system needs monitoring and periodic maintenance, not daily fiddling. if you tweak it every week its not automated, its manual with extra steps.

almost everyone who answers this honestly names a psychological or risk shift, not a technical one, which tells you something. people spend years hunting a better setup when the unlock was almost always accepting losses, sizing properly, and following a plan. the strategy was usually good enough far earlier than the trader was. the click is when the human catches up to the method.

exactly, separate hitting the target from satisfying the day count. after target is reached, the remaining days are an administrative formality, not a trading opportunity. tiny size, best setups only, or the minimum activity the rule actually defines. the mistake is treating the leftover days as time to keep really trading, which is how people give it all back.

for me it was 100% psychology i had a decent system, then id move my stop, double down, revenge trade. the strategy was fine, i was the bug

off topic but its kind of nice trading ny in the evening with a coffee, way less stress than scrambling at london open before work used to wreck me

paid for one for 6 months ended down 1200 plus the subs. the 'mentor' blocked me when i asked for the full track record. lesson learned i guess

yes very normal and very dangerous. that feeling of certainty is usually confirmation bias amplifying. the experienced traders i know are usually MORE uncertain about each trade than beginners. theyve learned that high conviction = warning sign. low to moderate conviction = healthy state for taking trades.

failed 5 challenges before i passed one spent more on fees than i made on the first payout lol. now im breakeven on the whole adventure. mixed feelings

yes. trailing stop = stop loss that moves with price in your favor but doesnt move against you. example: long entry at 1.1000 with stop at 1.0950. price moves to 1.1080. you trail stop to 1.1030 (BE+30 pips). if price drops, stop triggers at 1.1030 locking 30 pips. if price keeps going up, you keep trailing higher. mechanical way to protect profits while staying in trade.

dont ignore it, reframe it. its a useful target on individual trades: when you enter, you should structurally have potential to reach 3R based on chart structure. but in execution you'll often close earlier when conditions change. thats not failure, thats adaptive trade management. the goal is positive expectancy not hitting a specific R number.

if you have over say $250k that you actively trade, dukascopy or a swiss prime broker option is genuinely worth the friction. for under $50k account size, the safety differential vs a good cysec broker is real but probably overpaid for in execution quality lost.

been funded with funded peaks since september, received two payouts in january and february. writing this up because i couldn't find much recent experience when i was researching them.

the short version: they pay, rules are reasonable, customer support is decent but not excellent. longer version below in replies.

the edge-versus-movement distinction is key. gold is seductive when its trending hard but its a different beast, bigger ranges, wider spreads, sharper reversals. plenty of major-pair traders have donated to gold thinking volatility alone equals opportunity. if you want to trade it, treat it as a new instrument to study and demo, not a familiar one you can just point your existing strategy at.

well put. evaluation front-loads the difficulty, instant funding back-loads it into harder live rules. neither removes the difficulty, they just relocate it. the evaluation model is usually cheaper to test whether you can actually meet the firms requirements, since the fee is lower and you find out before committing more.

the gap is only a problem if you need continuity for your analysis. for most people journaling is about process reflection, not historical record-keeping. treat today as day one, note that you took a break, move forward. the shame loop of not journaling because you didn't journal is completely unproductive.

overall rating from your experience - would you recommend them for someone looking at their $50k account specifically? and how does the challenge difficulty compare to something like ftmo or e8?

+1. CTI's evaluation philosophy is solid but the application is biased toward certain trader styles. their funded rules around 'max 3 trades per day' would crush scalpers who need more setups, and crush swing traders who hold longer.

talking to other traders honestly. not bragging, not commiserating - really analyzing what went wrong with someone who'd seen it. my mentor at the time made me write a 1 page 'what i'll do differently' and made me read it before every trade for a month. simple and effective.