I analyzed 200 losing traders who came to me for help

These were the 7 most common mistakes that kept them broke

(avoid these and you're already ahead of 90% of traders): 1. Chasing high RR without understanding the math

67% of the traders I analyzed were aiming for 3R+ on every single trade

Their average win rate? 32%

They thought high RR meant more profit

But they didn't realize that with a 32% win rate, they were going through 5-8 losing streaks regularly

And those losing streaks were destroying their prop firm accounts before their edge could play out

Most of them had breached 10+ funded accounts

Not because their strategy was bad

But because they couldn't survive the variance

Lower RR with higher win rate would've kept them funded and actually making payouts

I blew 100 prop firm accounts before I became profitable

Now I do $5-20k a week in payouts

Here’s what changed to become profitable (learn from my mistakes): 1. Getting data on my system

When I first started trading - I would buy prop firm challenges before I even knew I had an edge

This is one of the dumbest things you can do as a trader

Buying challenges before you have a verified edge is just donating money to prop firms

Before you start to buy challenges, make sure you have:

•200-300 backtested trades
•3 months of profitability on demo / a small live account

Too many traders skip these basic steps at the start and it causes them to lose $1,000s, if not $10,000s before they make any progress

If I had waited until I had a proven edge to start buying challenges I would’ve saved a lot of money - and would’ve been able to scale my funding a lot faster when I was profitable