PAYOUT REQUEST #16: Taking the payout, regardless of what happens to the account tomorrow.

Quick update, I've not been posting any of my trading progress this week. I've just had too many things going on for the past month and it's been really hard for me to trade with the mindset I need. Continuing to show my progress at a time when I'm lacking the right mindset wouldn't be a true reflection of how I go about my trading usually. One of the projects I've been building is to help put time back in my hands, which I know will benefit my trading journey in the long run. I'll definitely be back posting my journey daily but I can't promise exactly when that time will be in the near term.

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FUNDED ACC - DAY 8: 3W 0L

My attention span for trading has been really off over these last couple of weeks. I've been trading worse than usual. I've found myself super invested in the projects I've been working on in the side alongside PayoutLab. That definitely makes it harder for me to have that level of focus I know I should when I'm trading. Staying up late a lot over the past month doesn't help either. Been grinding hard, but I'm enjoying it. I know I can do better.

FUNDED ACC - DAY 7: 1W 2L

FUNDED ACC - DAY 6: 3W 2L

I will no longer be using @tradesea. The customer support over there lacks accountability for obvious reasons. I'll get used to using Tradovate once I'm done with these accounts. I'm very disappointed because they have a nice platform but act blind to the most critical issues with it, even if you present them with evidences. The freezes aren't normal. You just can't have a delay of many seconds happen frequently on your platform and say everything is okay on your side, making the excuse that it's a CME related issue.

FUNDED ACC - DAY 5: 3W 0L

FUNDED ACC - DAY 4: 5W 2L

Returns with a $2,000 balance: 2025 May: 20.14% (eval) June: 42.73% (eval) July: -3.21% (eval) August: -38.99% (eval) September: 66.52% (eval) October: $2,324 (xfa) 💰➡️🏦 November: $0 (xfa) December: $515 (xfa) 💰➡️🏦 2026 January: $872 (xfa) 💰➡️🏦 February: $831 (xfa) 💰➡️🏦 March: $5,470.35 (xfa) 💰➡️🏦 April: $1,176.78 (xfa) 💰➡️🏦 May: $550.58 (xfa) 💰➡️🏦 Could be a lot better. I've struggled with patience a lot this month, and risk management hasn't been good in crucial moments, particularly when the trades are working in my favour. Need to work on that!

Breakdown of my trading-related costs (cumulative): Total costs: $118.32k (prev. $16.26k) Total costs covered: 64.05% (prev. 68.78%) Prop firm related costs: $16.14k (prev. $14.32k) Prop firm related costs covered: 72.71% (prev. 78.13%) Expenses were high this month, and it wasn't helped by the back and forth that happened on that one Apex account for half of the month. Consistency and buffer rules created an opportunity cost of taking additional payouts. Besides that, I could've done much better with controlling expenses. That's the goal for June.

FUNDED ACC - DAY 3: 2W 0L

FUNDED ACC - DAY 2: 0W 2L

Nothing worse than going Long when you were looking for Shorts, realising later you got rekt lol.

FUNDED ACC - DAY 1: 0W 3L

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Back in the game!

I'm the kind of person that ruminates a lot. I'm in my own head on a daily basis. Constantly thinking about what happened, what will happen etc. Recently something has changed. I've reached a state of peace I've not felt in a very long time. Nothing bothers me much anymore. I have faith in God that everything will work out as planned.

I blew the account today so that leaves me with no funded accounts, and that's okay. I'll be posting again once I've loaded up on some fresh funded accounts. ✌️ I've been very busy with other things outside of just trading. I'm in a good place, and I'm confident I'll put on a bigger run than what I've produced in the first half of the year.