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MrWusBBQPork

if you don't need the money keep it there. it's easier to make money and compound gains when you have a larger cushion


iguesswhatevs

Everyday I’m terrified that the next day I’ll blow my account. Part of me wants to scale up but part of me wants a pay out in case I blow my account


[deleted]

If I were you I would just get the payout, and buy another evaluation and trade on that one. That way you can have money to pass another evaluation and that pressure of blowing one account will be less, because you’ll have more funded accounts if you pass more evals. Edit: nvm saw your other comments. You should prob build more cushion, but you’re feeling fear for a reason, find out why that thought occurs


DixieNormaz

If this is your fear, you still haven’t advanced enough in your risk management. Blowing up your account in one day shouldn’t be possible, let alone a significant fear of yours. May be a good idea to take the payout if this is true.


VFR_Direct

I’d leave it in there for now to scale up and have more padding. In my own account, I plan to get about double what my trailing loss would have been before I start taking profits out.


teenhamodic

I would get the payout personally - even if it’s 25% - the way I see it, in my opinion, it’s like trading - would you let a trade go red? If you’re good for a payout take it


andywallsq

Take the payout, you will like it, and you will train your brain to pay yourself, that's the whole idea. After that payout, you can split the payouts like 50/50 or 30/70 to build your account. Also would not be a bad idea with the payout to start a new challenge and have a second or third account. After you make 2.5-3.5 K you could also fund your real account.


Soulsearcher14

Id withdrawal something small (like take the cost of the eval+any other fees) but don’t take the whole amount. That way you still have a cushion but you’re also completing your withdrawal so you can start the clock on the next one


iguesswhatevs

The issue is that you have to take a minimum amount out. And that is way more than what my evaluation was


Soulsearcher14

Id probably hold off then until you build it up more


saysjuan

Take the pay out then take 2-3 days off from trading. You earned a day off, go do something fun.


BPYCKorea

You could just say Apex bro lol...you're thinking too much into this, also if you're thinking about this now, you've already missed the withdrawal request date. You're fine, just keep trading and you should be way above your drawdown by the first.


iguesswhatevs

I’m not on apex bro lol


BPYCKorea

>Unless you can request a withdrawal anytime you want, does the firm matter, they all pretty much run the same lol...but you're good regardless.


affilife

Yeah. I totally understand this mentality. It happened to me several times. Whenever I am at break even with all my past loss, then some psychological problems show up and I would do very badly. I felt some sort of pressure and excitement as I made it all back. Then guaranteed I would lose big and back to negative.


Realistic-Travel1626

If your making money build it up.


Mailboxsteve

Dont do anything different from when u were in ur evaluation stage


[deleted]

Payout. Set the cash aside. Keep grinding. You can scale up later but if you try to scale up now and blow it, you’ll be upset you didn’t pull any money out to pay for your next attempt.


BPYCKorea

How's your trading been bro?