If a prop firm updates its weekend holding or news trading policy mid-evaluation, do you adapt your strategy or look for a firm with more stable terms?
How are you all feeling about the markets this Monday?
Just checking in, still grinding or taking a short break?
Who’s trading the London session today?
What’s one thing you’re grateful for in your trading journey right now?
Drop your current challenge progress (even if it’s not looking great).
Anyone else finding it hard to stay consistent lately?
Quick check-in: how’s your account looking this week?
What’s everyone focusing on today, evaluations or managing funded accounts?
How do you mentally prepare before starting a new evaluation?
Do you celebrate small wins during a challenge or stay completely neutral?
What’s one mindset shift that improved your prop trading results the most?
Have you ever ignored a firm’s rule because you thought it wouldn’t be checked?
How do you deal with the urge to “make back” a losing day the next session?
Do you find it harder to stay disciplined with small account sizes or large ones?
When you win 3 trades in a row, do you slightly increase your risk percentage for the 4th trade, or keep risk strictly flat across all setups?
Data revisions (like NFP or GDP revisions) often trigger unexpected volatility. Do you track calendar revisions as closely as primary data releases?
Do you track midnight open prices (like New York midnight open) to determine intraday bullish/bearish bias, or do you focus solely on swing structure?
1-minute entries offer razor-sharp Stop Loss placement but come with high market noise. Do you prefer 1m refinements or stable 5m confirmations?
If a clean setup forms 30 minutes before the Friday daily close, do you execute or leave it alone to avoid weekend holding risks and spread widening?
Have you ever experienced 1-2 second order delays on prop servers during heavy news releases? How do you factor potential execution latency into your strategy?
How important is the first trade of the day for your overall challenge performance?
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Do you prefer scaling into positions or entering full size at once on evaluations?
Do you use StreamDeck or custom keyboard shortcuts to enter and exit market orders instantly, or do you stick to standard order execution windows?
Prageeth Dilshan
David Temitope Deleoye
Earl Christian