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My 30K Continuous Combine with Topstep Trader

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 saikodi 
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I got started with the 30K Continuous Combine last week on Apr 21 2015. I have decided to document the journey to see how far I get and what it takes to become a funded trader. :-)

I made a post on my personal blog site about it here: https://passionforfutures.wordpress.com/2015/04/25/getting-started-with-topstep-trader/

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 saikodi 
Seattle WA/USA
 
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After the end of first week (3 days of trading), so far so good. Here are the results:

I documented it on my personal blog.

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I started with the Continuous Combine on Apr 21 2015 with a 30K starting balance. Today is Apr 25 2015. So that marks the end of the first week of Combine – 3 trading days. Below are screenshots from Topstep Trader Dashboard showing my account status at the end of 1st week (3 trading days).

I think I did pretty good. NinjaTrader shows over 90% win rate. I did not configure NinjaTrader with commissions. Hence, it shows slightly more P/L but the Topstep Trader dashboard reflects the correct P/L since it shows net P/L after commissions, fees, etc.

Euro FX (/6E) Trades



Gold (/GC) Trades



Crude Oil (/CL) Trades



Finally, here is the screenshot from NinjaTrader account performance tab:


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Off to a good start, then. Good luck with this.

(Might it be possible or advisable to use a slightly bigger size of print on your blog? I can't easily manage print that small, and that's with a full-sized monitor: anyone with a small monitor/laptop/tablet may perhaps find that size nearly unreadable?)

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 saikodi 
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Off to a good start, then. Good luck with this.

(Might it be possible or advisable to use a slightly bigger size of print on your blog? I can't easily manage print that small, and that's with a full-sized monitor: anyone with a small monitor/laptop/tablet may perhaps find that size nearly unreadable?)

Thanks! I will look increasing the font size on the blog!!

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 saikodi 
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Thanks! I will look increasing the font size on the blog!!

I looked into it but unfortunately the custom theme I have on the blog isnt letting me change the font size. Thats kind of stupid though. :-( I guess you will have to increase the font size in your browser if its not readable.

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 saikodi 
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At the end of the 4th day, here are the stats:
Posted at: Topstep Trader Status ? End of 4th day | Passionate about Futures Trading!

Euro FX (/6E) Trades


Gold (/GC) Trades


Crude Oil (/CL) Trades – no CL trades


Here are the trades I did today from NinjaTrader executions tab:


Here is the Account Performance tab in NinjaTrader showing that I did 8 trades and 7 were winners.


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Sai Kodi

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Very interesting. Good luck.

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You're off to a very good start! Best of luck.

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Saw your blog and you had a reset a few weeks ago ..

How are you doing now?

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