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@devahaz Or healthcare, California has had universal healthcare on the ballot before. People save more money that can be used on housing.

Rich Blue states need to figure out cost of living, with housing of course at the top of the list, otherwise they’ll keep losing productive citizens to places where $75k/yr can provide a decent lifestyle

@aw_trades_ Dark mode ^^

If I learned and traded the 2022 ICT model, do I have to make my TradingView charts white...

@mcuban Given that it seems like executive orders are the new norm for policy, you might have a better chance at changing it as president ^^

Not gonna happen I’m on a mission to fix healthcare. And I will

@CoachDBA I agree with you but instead of having an FTP program just put in caps that are reasonable, it's already capped at 10 accounts per month, but it seems the resets are the issue, just make it 2/week per account instead of 2/day. Save the man hours and the drama.

Everyone struggles, including myself many times! Nothing but respect to fellow traders. But this lotto ticket gambling mindset is why firms are cracking down. "I purchased quite alot, because you know. I just need that one good trade." "I didnt read the rules, I exploited them."

@dk_fx421 @MichaelPatak @PPHeadquarters Yes because ACH and FedNow are US only, basically they are an API bank that a number of companies use.

@MichaelPatak @Tivs @PPHeadquarters Isn't Aeropay US only?

Your payouts are not fast. From request to bank account, regardless of Wise or ACH, it’s at LEAST a 48 hour process. That is not fast compared to your peers.

@MichaelPatak @PPHeadquarters Why not add plaid for bank verification and RTP?

@PPHeadquarters Agreed. But you Always get them … and we got fast coming with Aeropay launching in a week or so. That will be in mins .. ach and wire. Ya not that fast but you alway get them. The topstep way!!

@devahaz @fed_speak Most will talk with you as long as you initiate, but otherwise it's too risky for the driver to initiate conversation. Also too many taboo topics that could risk tip/rating.

@fed_speak I mostly only take uber to the airport. Still find the majority are into talking, but less than before, especially in SF.

Uber drivers don’t really talk to you much anymore huh

@MichaelPatak Maybe build an account status on the dashboard that shows how close you are to FTP. A green, yellow, or red dot in the top right. Then a trader could choose to slow down instead of it being a surprise. Or a page where you can see your possible violations.

Should there be a “Cool-down” period or something like after a blown account in the Trading Combine or in an XFA that you take 15mins or an 1 hour or even call it a day before starting in a new XFA or TC... or not … maybe we have a countdown until your new account gets activated… help you clear your mind .. reflect on your prior trading, journal a bit or go make a sandwich

@fxbendy @MichaelPatak All those already exist in TSX, it's up to you to set them.

@MichaelPatak why does it need to be on the account level and not within the topstepx risk parameters. would be cool to see a ‘trade cooldown’ after a trade gets closed (maybe even option for cooldowns based on trade outcome)

Should we add a DLL to TC and/or XFA ? Maybe it decreases the price a bit or increases or allows you to open up a bit. Any thoughts on this that we should consider?

@MichaelPatak I think the issue with a lot of these ideas is making blanket restrictions because some people aren't taking personal responsibility. Also you have the TFP for people who act irresponsibly. I'd like to see more features and fixes on the platform.

@traderDanielle @MomAngtrades Eh, not really that crazy, the last time NYC raised property taxes was 2003 under Bloomberg and he raised them by 18.5%. Everyone is comparing NYC to FL, FL has raised property taxes by 35% over the last 5 years.

@MomAngtrades 9.5%?! Craziness. NY, WA, and CA are going to lose all of the highest earners with their taxes.

If you voted for this clown it should be illegal for you to leave NYC. Don’t to mess up other areas with your low IQ beliefs.

@L0m3z @devahaz But then a sub wouldn't be a sandwich.

@devahaz Only if you separate the bun at the seam

Yes. The concept of “family resemblance.” I used to play a game with students where I asked them to define what a sandwich is—very common example of the point—and they’d say something like “two pieces of bread with a third thing in the middle.” “Okay what about a hot dog? Is that a sandwich? And what about open face sandwiches that only have one slice of bread? And if it’s enough just to have one piece of bread with something over the top, is pizza a sandwich? And while we’re on the topic of pizza, if I stack two slices on top of each other, is that a sandwich..? And what is bread anyway? Is a tortilla “bread?” Or what about the low carb option at In N Out where they put your burger inside two pieces of lettuce, does that mean it’s no longer a sandwich?”… and so on. Pretty quickly you see that these things have fuzzy, highly porous boundaries, much like all socially negotiated categories like the difference between horror movies and thrillers, or sure why not, white culture and Hispanic culture, and you can either therefore deny the possibility of categories (much in the manner of deconstructionists like Derrida, eg), deny that we can say “there is something called a sandwich,” or live within the limitations of categories and meaning while still acknowledging the plain and pragmatic fact that these terms are used because they are *useful.*

@devahaz That's not the point, the Dow is over 50,000!

@Tivs I mean obv they’re pre-prepped dinner packs Tivs, don’t be silly. More importantly, they’re in stock right now, pls get one immediately and report back!

Lol everyone talking about $5 Costco and grocery store rotisserie chicken, the article is talking about New Yorkers buying $48 rotisserie chickens from this place

@iApeXPump @owensd @KrysAlpine That wouldn't make sense, you only start with 20% of your total balance available.

@Tivs @owensd @KrysAlpine Its 30% of the total balance not $1200.

These posts piss me off b/c they peddle their prop firm codes to everyone. There's a lot of stuff to rightly complain about Topstep, but this isn't it. Notice the lack of disdain for Tradeify and Lucid's live program. Apex's constant denials? Nope - they get paid from them.

@owensd @KrysAlpine I agree with this, my only issue is the shoulder tap 30%, the math for that only really works if you're going live with a max allocation of your account (50k, 100k, 150k). But if you are called up to live with $20k, you have $4k capital but only $1200 till shoulder tap.

You buy a $50k account and run it up to max. Topstep has two options: 1. Let you just milk it for 5-6 payouts with the minimum profit, which costs Topstep $30k. 2. They move you live. If Topstep puts $50k in your live account (real money) and you continue yolo'ing and blow it over the course of a few weeks (the DLL is like $2k, or maybe you can get it expanded). Topstep is out $50k. Topstep is like... nah, I'm not risking the full $50k anymore. We'll still give you your $50k, but it's going to be locked behind profit targets. So you start with $10k. Topstep is now risking $10k of capital. You hit $3k profit, Topstep gives you another $10k. You then proceed to blow the account. Topstep is out $20k now instead of $50k. Or the $30k from your milking plans. Best case for you is you hit your $15k net profits, you get your full $50k from the XFA, Topstep is making $1.5k on your $15k payout. They are still out $50k. I don't know what is scary about what we've seen with Topstep. Lucid already has an escrow program that is worse. Tradeify's live move is even worse than that. TFD straight up is like no, we aren't paying you from sim money, we'll just move you live with a small capital start. Apex laughs itself to the bank as people keep blowing 20 accounts at a time. I will concede that the new live rules should only apply to newly activated XFAs (with the option a refund on a passed eval that hasn't been activated). If that's the scary part you're referring to, then ok. But everyone is out here like, "oh, my hard earned sim profits are mine!". No, they are not. All the firms that have a live program clearly state they can move you live at any time. Also most of these traders are just trying to game the system b/c you only need one max payout to break even on like 50 accounts, so they are just yolo'ing. Sure, the failed attempts are good for prop firms business, but if you want to be able to make money as well, the firm needs to have risk controls in place to prevent huge payouts from pure gambling.

@MichaelPatak I agree with what he is stating, and I also understand you have a business to run. My only real criticism is the new live structure is far more punitive with smaller balances. E.g. if I go live with $20k, start with $4k, but really only 30% of that, so $1200.

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@MichaelPatak @Patrickwieland @nuttybartrading

@Patrickwieland @nuttybartrading Trader or Troll... ? Gotta pick a lane

Hey you know of all the people in this industry if @nuttybartrading is calling you out you fucked up…. Do better @MichaelPatak

@remercurize @devahaz With stocks, a lower dollar means higher conversion when repatriating money from euro to USD. International companies benefit from this, getting more in the conversion. Commodities like oil and gold go up because the international market is in USD a low dollar takes more to buy.

@Tivs @devahaz But in this case, if we say the dollar has fallen by 10% and stocks have risen by 11%, are we saying the rise of stocks is mostly offset by the reduction in the dollar? That the *real value rise* (or whatever) in stocks is closer to 1%?

This rant didn’t come off like she thought it did when she practiced it in the mirror last night

@remercurize @devahaz Equities and the dollar have an inverse relationship, normally they move opposite each other. Sometimes they will move together but it's rare and usually a signal of something uncertain about to happen.

@Tivs @devahaz The dollar has fallen a little more than 10%, right? And the DOW has increased about 11% since November 2024’s highs, right? How directly do those correlate? (This is an honest question, I’m learning)