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Davigle:
My Trading Journey in 2025

I started the year with a prop firm capital $5k Phase 2 challenge. For the first time in a long while, I finally made it to Phase 2 in December 2024, after so many failures. I was exhilarated and so optimistic about passing the challenge. Unfortunately for me, I ended up blowing the Phase 2 challenge because I was trading aggressively; I wanted to pass the challenge fast so that I could make money and take care of my needs. Also, I had joined the Alexas58 competition, and on the first day of the competition, I crashed out of it.

I was so devastated, and I finally made a choice to cut down on my risk. At that time, boss Mr. D FTA (aka market2profit) shared a post about a guy who took more than one whole year to pass a $10k challenge and has gone on to withdraw many times from the account, stacking multiple accounts ending in a million-dollar funding. I was moved and motivated to go "Team InfoFirst" fully by taking it slow and steady. And so, I began a bi-weekly challenge of hitting 5% on an FTMO $10k trial account. Also, at the start of February, I won a Quantekel Power $5k 2-step challenge with a 35% consistency score and a 6% profit target for both Phase 1 and 2, with a 3% daily drawdown and 6% maximum drawdown.

At the time, a lot of bosses here discussed the issues with consistency scores at length and how to go about it. I remember vividly boss Fmaster Donsheddy and many others were strategizing on how one can meet up to the consistency score rules, but I didn't pay attention to all that they were discussing. I was so focused on hitting my targets without breaching the daily drawdown. I began trading it slowly, and by mid-March, I had met the profit target for Phase 1. I was so happy and rushed down to share the good news with the FTA family. Due to my excitement, I did not pay attention to my consistency score, which was over 100%—yeah, it was that bad. Boss Fmaster was the one who called my attention to it because I was waiting for a congratulatory mail and login details for Phase 2, but I got none. That was when it hit me how serious the issue of the consistency score was. Then began my struggles, and I battled bitterly with it.

Also in March, I won a Liquid Market $10k 3-step challenge with no consistency score, a 7% profit target for Phases 1, 2, and 3, a 5% daily drawdown, 7% maximum drawdown, and 35 maximum trading days. By April, I passed my Liquid Market $10k Phase 1 challenge. At that time, I was going through very serious financial stress; I was completely broke and didn't even have data to trade. I had always used Stark VPN as a backup whenever I ran out of data because they gift free 50MB of data daily on MTN. I activated it and then logged in to my MT5 and traded my Quantekel $5k challenge. This ended up breaching my account as I got a mail for a violation of IP address by using a VPN; hence, my account was hard breached.

Realizing what had occurred, I was completely miserable and shattered. I remembered sharing the news with the FTA family, and Mr. D FTA (aka market2profit) called me out and rebuked me with strong words. I honestly won't lie, I was deeply hurt. In my grief, I vowed to avoid all prop firms that have consistency scores; I developed a strong dislike for anything related to consistency scores. I'm also glad to say that I took the scolding without any grudges but with humility and remorse. Then there were bad reviews and bad Trustpilot ratings on Liquid Market. Also, at the time, I remembered either Zimuzor or Bee passing the Liquid Market $10k Phase 1 challenge but being refused Phase 2. Due to that, I abandoned my $10k challenge with them and went back to trading the FTMO $10k trial account, aiming for 5% bi-weekly.

For the remaining months of April, May, June, and July, I was trading my cent account and FTMO $10k trial account. During that period, I was hitting my target of 5% every two weeks back-to-back. Also in that period, I had won a CrystalBallMarket and a SwayFunded $1k 2-step challenge, and I blew both of them up. I then traded a lot of accounts with Vebson prop firm, where I failed some and passed some. For the ones I passed, I needed to pay for the account in order for me to proceed to Phase 2, so I abandoned them. It was a really challenging period for me because I was working on reducing the number of trades I take. I remembered earlier on, within Feb or March, Alexas58 challenged me to stick to trading only one timeframe because I was trading the 15-minute chart but through multiple timeframe analysis. So, I made a transition to the 4-hour chart because I realized that I didn't have the luxury of time to be day trading, and it was at that moment I decided to go into swing trading fully.

By July ending, I won an Instant Funding $5k 1-step challenge. "I’m so fuckin back"—that was how I felt winning the account. I reflected on all my previous failures and challenges, and then I went on trading the account more cautiously than I had done before. I traded the account from August till September, and by mid-September, I got my first breakthrough in 2025. I passed my Instant Funding $5k 1-step challenge and got to the funded stage. However, I was hit with another setback; after receiving my congratulatory mail and my funded certificate, I was asked to pay $55 to gain full access to my funded account.

Boy, I was broken again because $55 was approximately 88k Naira as of then. I had just recently got a job, and my salary is just 70k, of which 30k goes for my monthly transportation to work. I definitely could not raise the money. I began to feel desperate and was contemplating borrowing money to pay for the account, but I've always maintained a strict principle to avoid being in debt by all means, so borrowing money is a big "no" for me. I went on Trustpilot to see the reviews on Instant Funding, and it was very bad, with many reports of Instant Funding scamming their customers by not giving them access to the funded account even after paying the $55 fee. When I checked the official price of the Instant Funding $5k 1-step challenge on their website, it went for $49, so it looked fishy. I tabled it to the FTA house, which encouraged me to abandon the account, and so I did.

Also in September, I had joined the FundedNext monthly competition while participating in the Alexas58 competition as well. I hit 70% within the first two weeks of the month and decided not to trade the account until the end of the FundedNext monthly competition, hoping that I would definitely be among the top 100. But I was not. In my grief, I shared my ordeal with the FTA family, and Mummy Cindy took pity on me and bought a Nostro $5k 2-step challenge on October 1st. I was also among the winners of the Alexas58 competition, where he got me a NairaTrader $200k 2-step challenge, but I blew the account in the first week of the month.

By October 14th, I passed my Phase 1 challenge and moved on to Phase 2. Then, a calamity struck me. I missed two solid trades in the 3rd week of October, either of which would have passed my Phase 2 challenge. Then, in the last week of October, at the start of the week, I missed another successful trade that definitely would have passed my Phase 2, all playing out according to my analysis. I was devastated and couldn't keep my cool; this made me both over-trade and revenge-trade, leading my account to a soft breach for violation of the 2% risk rule on Nostro. Fear struck my heart, and I got back to my senses. I then contacted Nostro support, and my account was unfrozen. I thought about the shame and disgrace I would feel on FTA if I blew the account and how I was going to face Mummy Cindy, so I vowed never to allow such a thing to happen again. I then did a lot of intensive mind reprogramming on myself; I motivated the shit out of myself.

Also at the time, someone from the FTA family who wishes to remain anonymous (of which I'm very obliged to do so) bought me a Maven $5k 2-step challenge on November 1st. Within the first week of November, I made my second breakthrough in 2025 by passing my Nostro Phase 2 challenge and getting to funding. I was so happy that at last, I finally made it to the Promised Land. But I didn't know my joy was going to be cut short abruptly. After passing my KYC, Nostro refused to give me access to my funded account, using the soft breach issue as an excuse. I was deeply hurt, but I didn't waste time grieving my loss. I focused on passing my Maven, and by November 14th, I passed the Maven Phase 1 challenge. In the 3rd week of November, I passed my Phase 2 challenge, getting to the Promised Land once more.

I passed my KYC with Maven and was granted access to my funded account. I was so happy that I finally made it, and I wanted to follow Donsheddy's footsteps in steady withdrawals by aiming for low-hanging fruits. Within the last week of November, I had made 1% (which is $50) on the account, but I could not withdraw it. Maven had scheduled my withdrawal window to be opened on December 9th, meaning I had to wait till December 9th before I could make a withdrawal request. And then, my greed struck me.

I had been battling with my phone for a very long time; I use a Tecno Pop 2 Power 1GB RAM phone which I have been using since December 2022. I've used the life out of the phone and have longed to change it. Also, Christmas is around the corner, and I have been planning a "Detty December" for my family. I wanted to celebrate Christmas in a big way with my family with my first withdrawal. I began to dream and fantasize about the good feelings. I began to reason that waiting two weeks to withdraw $50 was too small and paltry; I could make more in that period, like $200 or $300. Even after the profit split, I'd still be well off. I will use $100 to get a brand-new phone while I use the rest to celebrate Christmas with my family and get everyone a gift, including my dad and mom. That felt like a worthy deed, but alas, I didn't realize that my greed had taken over and was already doing the thinking for me.

As you may be guessing by now, disaster struck again, but in a subtle way. When the first week of December came, I was already in a drawdown of 1%, but I wasn't bothered; rather, I was overconfident. I said to myself that I've seen and been through worse than that and got out. I was in a deep drawdown of 6% on my Nostro Phase 2 challenge and got out and hit my target all in a space of 2 weeks without gambling or taking crazy risks. I still did the same again on my Maven Phase 1 challenge; I was in a 5% drawdown and came out and hit the 8% profit target within 2 weeks as well. "I've seen worse and I got out, there's no need for me to be afraid or panic"—that was how I felt. To be candid, I was cautiously trading the account, but December turned out to be a bad month for me as I was in a losing streak. Before I knew it, 1% drawdown became 3% on the 2nd of December.

Now, all this while, I had completely forgotten that Maven had a trailing daily drawdown based on either balance or equity, and it is very sensitive to floating PnL. I thought it was fixed and that I never lose more than 2% of my account in a day, which is $100. So I was down to $4,840, which was a 3% drawdown, and then I had another 2% loss on the 3rd of December. I got a mail that I breached my account due to daily drawdown.

You can imagine the pain I went through seeing the mail. Of course, I am deeply ashamed to say this; after inspiring so many folks here, I still end up as a failure. I couldn't come out to say the truth, but I also know that I can't hide the truth forever because sooner or later it's definitely going to get suspicious. My biggest pain is that I am back to square one after all my efforts and endeavors. My goal was to end the year with at least a funded account, and I got there three times without being able to hold onto any.

BTCproMax:
Well said...

Let us all agree that by this time next year, we all will be sharing testimony and not failed account.

2026 WILL PAY THE BILLS by God's willing 🙏🙏

BTCproMax:
Weldon bossmi...
Looking forward to your next competition.

Please let me quickly shift this in...incase of any other competition that will be organize by our president or any other boss here, please do us a favor of using another broker and not funded next...

I'm currently having IP issue with fundednext... Can't log in to my account... That was why I couldn't partake on this previous competition organized by 001.
There may be many others (like me) having this same issue.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

leocollins:
Omo I was once like you and I said the same thing here,but now I know the important and difference of trading prop firm account,prop firm is very important for your growth bro..am getting one a prop firm next year.

samfelly:
2026. N500,000,000. Doable. Forex

Mrcashout247:
If you are a forex trader that is very good . message me on Whatsapp 09069200184.i have a group where you will work with other good forex traders in the game to trade for foreign investors and companies.

Please only good forex traders please

OneCandleAway:
Do you know them personally?

Anyway I don't care for Nigerian politicians, especially these Yoruba ones. They hardly give back to the society except there's something to gain.

iichidodo:
Fibonacci mehn, that sh#@t is witchcraft, f*#k.. And we are still growing this b$*tch, hopefully we get it to 500$ by Christmas

iichidodo:
I dropped that call long before the party started, hell even after I communicated with you, it was still at infancy.. But never mind, we go again...stay tuned.

iichidodo:
You sell Bitcoin with me?...It's not too late to try and sell Bitcoin, stake with everything you have, then hold position till noon or till you see the money you are satisfied with... You're welcome.

iichidodo:
Who's selling Bitcoin with me?..

iichidodo:
Only if you will be a good boy...

iichidodo:
I know these withdrawals from my forex account comes from the blood,sweat and tears of others. I'm so sorry ..

Lanshile:
Gbpchf sell
Entry: 1.06708
Sl:50 pips

pipfisher:
Here is why I don't care about prop firm again. In order to avoid losing an account, one spends so much time trying to pass a challenge because of too many rules that is besides the manipulations going on at the back end. Manipulation like fake slippage. That one is too common among prop firms. It happened to me severally and got me frustrated. Imagine having your SL executed at 3x or 4x the actual risk you placed.
Now, a 10k account is approx 90usd. If I pass such account, I probably will be happy to see 500usd from such account. After having thought about it, I felt it was better I risk 100usd per trade, if the trade goes well I see nothing short of 3x from experience. Sometimes 6x to 8x in pairs like GBPNZD and JPY pairs. If I lose the 100usd, I fund again from previous profit. This gives me a better peace of mind because I am certain there will be no stories with my withdrawal and no unnecessary manipulation.
The attached screenshot is my current trade on USDCHF. I placed trades until my MARGIN LEVEL comes down to 300%. This creates a little room for some draw down because I am treating that 100usd account as SL. If all things go as planned, I should be living this trade with nothing short of 450usd. I feel better trading this way now.
The only thing is that this my method requires having an edge over the market, else you may need to fund more than twice before hitting a successful one.

Alexas58:
There is something funded next does
They do a monthly competition I am also participating on it to win some prizes.

I thought I should let the house know too


Any opportunity we get in horning our skills should not be taken for granted.

All these little competitions here and there
Helps to keep your game more tight and upstrong because you are always playing

And as long as you are in the system, you will keep on figuring out new things

Alexas58:
Registration for December competition starts today!


All participants who want to enter should quote me with their usernames and indicate interest

Same way we have been doing it.


Prizes to be won
200k naira trader account for 5 persons


Leggo !! We will play for 3 weeks

Let’s present certificates for the house

pipfisher:
I take approximately one signal or two at most in a month because these signals are from H4 candle sticks. However, I keep adding positions to those signals for every new signal that forms on the H1 candle until I reach my exit target.
The first trade is a cumulative of 2 mini lots , the subsequent trades are 1 micro lot.

pipfisher:
What even made me give up on this prop firm nonsense is the slippage. Like on so many occasions my 1% risk was filled at 3% lost They will tell you it's the news yet same trade on my personal account didn't have any issues.
Prop firm has given me the best gift that I needed to kill the Market, which is refining my strategy and being able to wait for the very best setup. Now I can wait 3 to 5 weeks for one trade to complete it's build up. I go in hard, hold till my exit rule is established.

LincolnOnyeabor:
Read up on posts by this moniker geedot

He is Goated in using Volume in trading

Alexas58:
I am only interested in volume when I want to buy a position

If I am buying a position and it's making new highs

If it's to make another new highs, I'll check if volume increases on the new highs.
Because it takes a lot of power to push a boulder up a hill, so it needs a lot of buying power to make a trade move up
A trade can always fall on its own without much pish and volume


But volume is always paramount when going up

Alexas58:
Liquidity grab on btc?
If this candle closes at 96k, then we can say that the 80k region acted as a liquidity swap, as indicated by that candle stick that refused to give a full close and then lets see where today's close would be.

If this theory is correct, we can see a mini pump to 100k

Veenbanks:
Market reserved just a pip to TP. Take partials or move your stop loss to break-even.

Veenbanks:
Market reserved just a pip to TP. Take partials or move your stop loss to break-even.

DXYY:
Well said, my main concern is just giving it to someone who will not be able to lead the thread, cos not everyone have the time to be able to come up wuth something that will move the thread, some people are just busy, like now since you left us Alexas58 is the only one trying to push the thread, the number of pages on the thread at this time of the year is a testament

LincolnOnyeabor:
Yes boss. You are absolutely right sir.

I have stopped flipping, it is to grow the account i am working on presently. On my next deposit

CaptainJune:
If this was consistently profitable for you there would have been no need for you to seek who would contact you for it. Stop selling dreams to newbies (as only newbies will fall for this marketing strategy).

Meklex:
Please, I really want to learn forex trading. I don't want to learn through YouTube because the videos are scattered and many. I just need a roadmap I can follow.