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Eaglepixel:
I don’t think it should be debated, NL gave us the platform and we must acknowledge that as Info first said, same idea with what i was saying, but was quarterly.

We allowed both to run simultaneously and y'all noticed all the traffic went to tg, if not for Alexa we already lost the momentum here...

[quote author=Davigle post=137989672]Hey family please I need your help
I'm about to win a free 10k 1 step challenge but first I need just only 3 invites
https:/ /discord. / GeGCJCaq

Pls 🙏🙏🙏 help a bro[/quote
Done

bestmutiu2019:
Boss I don dey thirst for your post here

I will drop an update later today

Donsheddy:
Lets do this, can we get 200 pips from this 🤔

138 pips secured on this one...

Donsheddy:
Sl adjusted...
Lets see how it goes

Sl now at BE....

Let's ride this

Donsheddy:
Lets do this, can we get 200 pips from this 🤔

Sl adjusted...
Lets see how it goes

Lets do this, can we get 200 pips from this 🤔

Lets go 2026 🔥🔥

puskin, dominique, FOD, naijacutee

Please lock this thread.. fta 26 is active

Present...
Happy New Year...
Let's goo

samfelly:
Mo ti pa te o (I don close shop o). Till next year, chief.

Hope our host is active

TradingGod:
My 2025 trading journey can be summarized by this Holy Scripture:





My 2025 trading year has been pivotal for me because this is the year I finally got funded and received my first payout.
After starting the year strongly, I entered into a deep drawdown in the month of May, but I thank God that my risk management strategy saved my account from blowing up.



2025 TRADING YEAR — EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Total Net R: +65R

Total Months: 12

Profitable Months: 7

Breakeven Months: 4

Losing Months: 2

Highest Month: October (+21R) 🏆

Worst Month: May (-11R) (“Bloody May” 🤧)



January: 1 win in 10 trades, ending the month at -2R

February: 3 wins in 7 trades, ending the month at +11R

March: 2 wins in 14 trades, ending the month at 0R

April: 1 win in 3 trades, ending the month at +3R

May: 0 wins in 14 trades, ending the month at -11R (Bloody May 🤧)

June: 1 win in 3 trades, ending the month at +3R

July: 8 wins in 26 trades, ending the month at +16R

August: 10 wins in 40 trades, ending the month at +18R

September: 1 win in 12 trades, ending the month at 0R

October: 3 wins in 14 trades, ending the month at +21R (my highest recorded R for a month 😃)

November: 1 win in 12 trades, ending the month at 0R

December: 1 win in 10 trades, ending the month at +6R

Total R recorded for the year: +65R


WHAT I LEARNED

- You can ask God for a profitable strategy, and He will gladly give it to you (Matthew 7:7). I am a living testimony to this truth, because the strategy I currently use was given to me by God Almighty after I asked Him for help.

- Simplicity is king in this business.

- Patience, pain, probability, and persistence are the four parts of the process—you need all four to be profitable.

- Your trading psychology depends on how well you understand the ins and outs of your strategy.

- Profitable traders focus on the process, while unprofitable traders focus on the outcome.

- Trade execution is everything in this business.



WHAT I’M WORKING ON

- Inconsistency: I’ve noticed that the trades I enter often hit SL, while the trades I fail to enter end up hitting TP. This can be fixed by being battle-ready and consistently executing my setup whenever I spot it on my chart.

- Entry timing: I sometimes miss trades due to poor timing when spotting and executing setups.



WHAT I HAVE IMPROVED ON

- Patience: Understanding my strategy has helped me become more patient. I know what I want from the chart, and if I don’t see it, I sit on my hands until I do.

- Improved psychology: Accepting that strategic losses as part of the game has helped me to trust my strategy during losing streaks.

- Identifying my entry trigger.

- Sticking to what works.

- Reducing revenge trading to the bare minimum.

- Trading only one strategy: 2025 is the year I stopped trading multiple strategies and became serious with just one. Instead of jumping from strategy to strategy after a losing streak, I examined and refined my strategy into a simpler and more effective version.

- Journaling all trades that followed my strategy.

- Focusing on the process instead of the outcome during losing streaks.



ADVICE TO NEWBIES

- If you feel confused or want to give up, ask God for direction (Psalm 119:105).

- Trust the process regardless of the outcome.

- Understand the four parts of the process:
I. Patience: Waiting for the right setup to mature, waiting for TP, and the Patience to endure to the very end.
II. Pain: Strategic losses are part of the process—profitable traders experience losing trades too.
III. Probability: Trade outcomes happen at random. Don’t cry if your A+ setup hits SL and your C setup hits TP.
IV. Persistence: Keep showing up, even during losing streaks.

- Don’t tell everyone you trade forex—let your results do the talking.

- Don’t trade prop accounts if you haven’t found your edge yet. Instead, hunt for giveaway accounts on Twitter while refining your skills on a demo account.

- Be intentional—do the right thing at the right time



SUMMARY

2025 has been a pivotal year in my trading career. I finally found a strategy that suits my lifestyle, passed multiple accounts, got funded, and received my first payout. I am ever grateful for my progress in 2025, and I am super hopeful that 2026 will be even more glorious for us all, in Jesus’ name. Amen 🙏

I will have to add this your monthly data format going forward next year

Davigle:
Yessssssssssssss
Finally

Im excited about it 😂😂

Mt5 coming to dnafunded

What i learn from this year.
I think l learnt a lot this year but above all this was two crucial stuff i learnt this year,.
I got to understand how to exit the market, jt use to be a big challenge for me, i got to understand that exit strategy is as important as entry strategy and i started working on it, hopefully i get better and better and i found a way to improve the habit of trading and opening multiple positions tho i haven't conquered it completely but its something i worked on greatly this year and it helped me alot..
My knowledge on the market improved greatly, how i analyse the market, i discovered off things i usually ignored in the past and i think I'm a better trader now compared to the start of this year..


AREAS THAT STILL NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.

I still need to work on my decision making and patience, i tend to have fomo when i miss out on my setup, so i desperately need to improve that aspect also i still need to improve on my exit strategy, adjusting sl and trading without sl have cost me and i need to work on it...
Next year I wont enter a trade without sl.
I tend to lose my psychology when in losing streak, i always have this overconfidence that all my trades need to end in profits and when jt doesn't i tend to revenge trade, this is something i need to work next year...
I lost my ability to be patience and i need to bring back my own self....


ADVICE FOR NEWBIES.

Patience, your ability to manage your risk will determine how far you will go, opening a trade is not difficult but managing the trade when i. Loss and in profit is a big challenge. Sl should be a must,

nzechu:
ah so no hope of gold reaching my number 2 bouncer today

E shock me

What do you think...
Tp opened for now

luckynzo:
One of my major problems wey blow many accounts. But I thank God I'm over that now. Only one trade at a time.

When I think about it now. It's such a foolish way to trade. How will you be in a losing posture and open up more positions basing the decision on hope that price will reverse.

And I used to do this while trying to catch the top or button of a move. And price will keep going against me. And I'll keep adding positions because I think price will reverse. Chai!!!

I don mature small for this game oo. I really thank God.

I use to do it to and it never ends well

Davigle:
Yes ooo

And they're hellbent on taking over Taiwan next year, no wonder Japan is also preparing to go to war with China, Japan that has been very peaceful for how many decades

You think they will be successful in doing that?

Davigle:
Yes ooo

And they're hellbent on taking over Taiwan next year, no wonder Japan is also preparing to go to war with China, Japan that has been very peaceful for how many decades

They want to test there military strength...

Davigle:
China and US tensions

I definitely expect US to also respond to this threat, trump get coconut head o

Dem dey threaten usa

I'm looking at selling gold today

Davigle:
August 2023 was when I made the decision to be a dedicated FTA member

And when you look at my screenshots, there was only one thing that never changed.....


Low battery 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Compare that with donsheddy, im battery dey always full

I dey sleep for betting shop 😂

Davigle:
True true FTA is back small, 3 pages in 1 day


But I still miss my TG branch 😭😭😭

No place like home 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

What i am looking at

Closed at entry

Gold bears might be up to something

Fta back and boiling

infofirst:
Wow. Interesting that silver got to 50 as far back as 1980. I just read it up. I quite agree with you that silver is yet to get to her promise price looking at the strength of the monthly candle. We might get to 100in January.

Silver looking like the new bride

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.

Interesting read and trust me 90% of traders here me inclusive can relate to all you've written but you know what this experiences is what shapes us to be better... Deep down look closely you will see immerse growth and payout is already around the corner.....
No one got you to those levels you did it all yourself meaning you can still do it again and this time even better...

Alexas58:
Accounts are to be given to
1. Eagle pixel
2. Kelly Bentley

Accounts won.
Nairatrader 200k account

They've been paying so far
Well give them a try.
And we hope our winners can get funded, they've shown excellent trading skills in the online competition


Thanks for playing

Congratulations guys

seeteazain:
1. What I learned during the year
I learned that constantly changing strategies after a few losses is not the right approach in trading.

2. Areas that still need improvement
I discovered that I still need to work on my risk management and patience, as both play a major role in maintaining discipline and protecting capital.

3.Areas I improved on and how they shaped my trading journey
I improved significantly in waiting for proper trade setups and applying better risk management.

4. Mistakes other beginners should avoid
New traders should avoid rushing to accumulate multiple prop firm accounts. It’s better to start with one account, master discipline, and build consistency before expanding.

Nice takes it can only get better from here..
Im still compiling mine, wetin i see for 2025 e too loud