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Prop Firm Panic + Silver Madness: Did You Survive This Week?
For those who live by the lot size and die by the drawdown…
This one’s for you. 🫵🏻
Smart takes, spicy deals, and enough alpha to melt your Discord.
Let’s dive in..
🔥 The Opening Print
When you realize the real strategy… is surviving the rules.
📈 What Hit The Desk
This Week in Prop Land:
🥷🏻 TopStep: Hacked or Just Panic - Rumors swirling after traders spotted unusual login alerts. Official story? “Everything’s fine.” Traders? Not so sure.
We received threats of a purported attack on our systems this afternoon. We have no indication of any actual breach or attack having occured, but we continue to investigate as we take all threats as credible.
Out of an abundance of caution, we applied a forced password reset to
— Topstep (@Topstep)
2:46 AM • Jun 7, 2025
🚨 Payout Claims: Fact or Fluff? - Are those multi-million dollar prop firm payout banners real, or just marketing BS? 👉 Here’s the deep dive
🔐 Tradeify CEO: “Change Your Passwords NOW” - Whether it’s smoke or fire, the message is clear—rotate those logins ASAP. Time to rotate those logins.
🚨PLEASE READ EVERYONE IMPORTANT!!!!! 🚨
We have received word that there has been two different cyberattacks/data leak issues going on in both some of the largest props and even smaller firms as well. Both seem to be from the same malicious hacking group.
Users are being sent
— Brett Simba (@BrettSimba)
1:33 AM • Jun 7, 2025
🖼 From the Charts
Silver: moon mission or midlife crisis??!
@SI traders, we salute your bravery 🫡
🤑 Spend It
Cos you’re not doing this for fun.
🛥️ New Yacht Drop + Maiden Voyage – For when your “weekend reset” includes a captain and crew.
⌚ Hublot Big Bang 20th Anniversary – $40K to make sure you never miss the opening bell (or a flex).
🖥 98 Inches of TradingView – The kind of monitor that makes your first payout feel like pocket change.
🧠 Legends Speak
“The desire for constant action irrespective of underlying conditions is responsible for many losses in Wall Street.”
– Jesse Livermore
📂 Desk Favorites
Actually bookmarked. Not just skimmed and ghosted.
🎥 TopStep x Lance Bretstein – Founder Michael Patak talks shop, funded futures, and lessons from the trenches. [Watch here]
💥 APEX 80% Off – Challenge junkies, this one’s hot. All evals discounted. [Grab it here]
🔭 Bookmap in Action – Watch the order book like Neo sees code. Depth, liquidity, games. [Dive in here]
That’s your scroll. Now go back to dodging slippage and chasing edge.
– The PTR Desk
🧩 P.S. Riddle Me This…
I show you the past, hint at the future, and live in the now. Traders chase me, fear me, and blame me. What am I?
(Reply with your guess — first correct answer gets a shoutout next week)
👋 Got a meme, chart, or confession to submit? Hit reply — we might feature it next week.