In 2025, I’ve had $227,000 in payouts from my live trading account. Since taking those payouts, I’ve hit a rough patch, down $80,000+. I could’ve taken the easy route, "Sim Farming" reset after reset, cycling through 100s or 1,000s of accounts to rack up payouts for selling courses or affiliate links. That might have padded my bank account more & looked more profitable...but that’s not the right way. It doesn’t help traders grow, it doesn’t push the industry forward, and it doesn’t challenge me to improve. This year, I'm at one LIVE account, one firm, ZERO resets, ZERO combines, ZERO other account purchases. For 2025..... I’m at +$227,000 in inflows and $0 in outflows with prop firms and my bank account. Sure, the haters are going to say not 100% of my money earned was from the LIVE account, of course... I traded XFAs and a live account simultaneously when it was available.
