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The March jobs report smashed expectations!

I just requested a payout on Apex with their new program and it got approved INSTANTLY This has never happened before... Usually it takes 3-4 business days Holy shit they are changing the industry

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every prop firm trader I know who's blown an account in the last 90 days blew it on a friday this isn't a coincidence. friday is designed to take your money here's why: institutional desks reduce exposure before the weekend. that means the order flow that creates your edge between 2-5am and 8:30-11am is thinner on friday than any other session day thinner order flow means: wider spreads on entries faster stop hunts with less volume behind them false displacements that look real but have no follow-through ranges that expand just enough to trigger your entry then reverse the setup looks identical to Tuesday's setup. same sweep. same displacement candle. same FVG but the volume behind it is 30-40% lower your 3R target that runs clean on Wednesday stalls at 1.5R on Friday and reverses into your stop you didn't do anything wrong. the session did here's the data: i pulled 6 months of NQ setups identical model. identical confirmation criteria. identical entry logic Monday through Thursday win rate: 51% Friday win rate: 36% Monday through Thursday average R on winners: 3.1R Friday average R on winners: 1.9R same setup. same criteria. same system friday alone destroyed the monthly edge of three traders who were otherwise profitable one trader was net +$6,200 for the month across Monday-Thursday. friday's alone cost him -$4,800. his "profitable month" ended at +$1,400 because he didn't treat friday differently the fix is almost offensively simple: option 1: don't trade friday. period. your week is monday through thursday. friday is for review, journaling, and preparation for next week. this alone would have saved every blown account in the last quarter option 2: trade friday at half size. 0.25% risk instead of 0.5%. accept that the session has less edge and size accordingly. the reduced expectancy gets offset by the reduced risk option 3: only trade Friday if the setup appears in the first 30 minutes of your session window. if it doesn't confirm fast, the volume isn't there. close the platform the traders collecting consistent monthly payouts aren't trading five days a week. they're trading four days a week and treating Friday like a rest day with optional participation one fewer session. significantly higher monthly returns. because the session you removed was the one dragging everything down your model works. it just doesn't work the same every day of the week stop pretending all sessions are equal. they aren't. the math proves it I teach session selection and the exact day-of-week framework inside my free Discord. Live sessions every morning with real data on which days have edge and which days are traps. Link in bio.

It’s big update o’clock. Last time we tried making improvements, people got mad. We’ve reviewed the feedback traders have been respectfully (or disrespectfully) providing. Here’s attempt number 2. Live Remastered, LucidMaxxing, and Plan Updates & Upgrades: A Memoir (🧵1/10)

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I don’t think it’s discussed how destructive these idiotic negative narratives and stereotypes of big cities have destroyed the life outlook for so many right-wing young men Most of the good entry-level jobs, a significant chunk of college educated women, etc are in blue cities