Okay, so I've been doing some research, and I think I'm going to switch from Forex to Futures because the ROI on Futures Prop Firms seems to be better specifically because of cheaper challenges.

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I just got this super helpful emote from Prop Firm Match! Not affiliated just super helpful.

https://traderspost.io/ Have you heard of this before? I don’t know anything about it. I'm listening to a podcast rn, and it sounds like it's manual trading with automation. Not affiliated.

Well… here it is. I pushed what I thought was a “big improvement” to the exit logic — and the backtest immediately reminded me that the market doesn’t care about my feelings. The good news? The risk engine behaved like a champ. Even with exits acting like a confused intern, the drawdown stayed controlled and the system didn’t implode. The filters did their job too: Blocked bad environments, avoided junk conditions, and kept the bot from overtrading. The only thing that fell apart? The exit logic. The whole thing. Completely. This is why we build in public. You don’t learn anything from a perfect equity curve — you learn from the ones that make you question your life choices. Cleaning it up next. Round two coming soon. Here’s the chart: