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- 🔥 Tilted, Banned, and Bracketed: Just Another Week in Prop
🔥 Tilted, Banned, and Bracketed: Just Another Week in Prop
📬 Prop life ain’t for civilians.
It’s high risk, high leverage, and zero room for excuses.
If you’re funded, fighting for it, or flat-out fried… this one’s for you.
All the chaos, edge, and inside scoop — straight off the desk 👇
🔥 The Opening Print
When “just one more lot” turns your Friday into a funded-account funeral.
📈 What Hit The Desk
What Went Down in Prop This Week:
📉 Dollar cost averaging = outlawed now?
Cool, cool… what are we allowed to do — pray and YOLO? 🙏🎯
Avoid @fundingticks like the plague !
I wasted $500 so you don't have to.
You're not allowed to DCA? This isn't the Robbin cups. Did the firm not do it's due diligence that when you say no DCA, it won't sell in futures. Did they not even conduct a focus group before launching
— Apple Trader (@illeniumBitcoin)
11:10 AM • Jun 23, 2025
💀 Emotional damage level: 9 Apex accounts deep.
Tilt mode: activated. RIP eval streak.
Emotional damage.
Today, I messed up, broke rules, and went into tilt mode. This has happened before and feels almost inevitable.
I may never trade with Apex again. It’s been a wild ride, and I’m grateful for over a year of trading with them!
I’m not even mad tbh. Trading is
— Fredrik Molnar (@FredrikMolnar)
11:08 PM • Jun 22, 2025
🚨 Topstep Update:
Bracket orders. Alerts. Contract limits.
Landing in July — which means way fewer “I forgot the stop” excuses.
Bracket orders come in July and I think alerts too and contract limits.
— Michael Patak (@MichaelPatak)
2:10 AM • Jun 27, 2025
🖼 From the Charts
🪄 Nasdaq + VWAP = Thursday Tape Magic
VWAP tagged. Algos activated. Resistance? Never heard of her.
🤑 Spend It
What’s the point of edge if you don’t flex it once in a while?
🏛️ Cipriani Suites: Because you didn’t scalp 40 points on NQ to stay at a Holiday Inn.
Check the view
🧨 McLaren W1: 217MPH. 1258BHP. Technically still qualifies as a “daily.”
Spec your future problem
🛩 Fighter Jet Experience — Be the Missile: Hop in an L-39 Albatros jet, hit 4G turns, and dogfight your trading stress away. (Yes, you actually fly.)
Fly it here
🧠 Legends Speak
“It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important — it’s how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.”
– Stanley Druckenmiller
📂 Desk Favorites
The rare finds we didn’t just bookmark to look productive. These actually made the cut.
🔥 BrightFunded – 30% Off Challenges. New challenge, new discount. Use code SUMMER30 and go again:
👉 Pick your size and start the clock
🧠 New from LuxAlgo: AI backtesting just got a glow-up. Plug in your ideas and let the machine do the math.
🔗 Check it out
🤑 Top One: 40% Off All Challenges: Code: DOUBLEDOWN
For when your edge is questionable, but your coupon game is elite.
Snag the deal
That’s it from us. The charts are flat, but your game plan shouldn’t be. See you in the Monday chaos.
– The PTW Desk
🧩 P.S. Riddle Me This…
I start your session and measure your fate.
High and low, I help you calibrate. I’m not just a time — I’m a battleground gate. What am I?
(Reply with your guess — first correct answer gets a free eval)
👋 Got a meme, chart, or confession to submit? Hit reply — we might feature it next week.