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I Flew 4 Students to Miami to Trade Live With Me | Ep. 7

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Key takeaways

Finance

Finance-Focused Summary (Prop Trading / Live Futures-Style Sessions)

  • The video documents a week of live prop trading, using a repeating set of trade patterns tied to session opens—especially the Asian session and the 6:00 p.m. (“New York AM”) reference price.
  • The host’s stated progress goal is ~$2.5M in prop firm payouts, with ~$1.7M already achieved at the time of filming (and the host requests an early payout during the week).
  • The core trade thesis throughout the week is mean reversion back to a “fair price” (often anchored to prior session levels such as the Asian open and especially the New York AM price).
  • Entries commonly use continuation/displacement setups, and the host/scaling approach emphasizes aggressive scaling across multiple funded accounts when the bias is aligned.

Overall concept: identify a bias, fade/mean-revert toward the anchored “fair price,” and scale risk when the setup is aligned across accounts.

Instruments / Assets / Tickers Mentioned

  • No specific ticker symbols or asset names (e.g., SPY, ES, NQ) are mentioned in the subtitles.
  • However, repeated language such as “points,” “DLL,” “prop firm funded accounts,” “contracts,” “Asian session open,” “6:00 p.m. open,” and “gap fill” strongly suggests index futures / intraday futures-style trading, though the exact underlying is not named.

Prop Firms / Platforms / Account Types (Strategy Context)

  • Topstep
  • FundedNext
  • Trade the Five (brand referenced multiple times)
  • TradiFi
  • MFF (mentioned as multiple accounts)
  • Evals: evaluation accounts prior to funding
  • Funded accounts: active capital accounts at prop firms

Performance Metrics & Key Numbers Called Out

Payouts / Realized Results (Host)

  • Topstep payout: $3,000 finalized/sent to bank (Monday).
  • FundedNext payout: $1,400 (Tuesday).
  • An additional Topstep payout attempt failed after “they sent me live again” (Tuesday note).
  • Overall week progress: ~$1.7M payouts at filming time; goal $2.5M.
  • Other payouts mentioned:
    • “2,200 or so dollar payout” from Funded Next (later in the week; exact date unclear).
    • Thursday: an account qualifies for a payout; the host “requested live,” with a referenced payout amount of “4250” (“there we go. 4250”).

Intraday / Trade P&L (Across Accounts)

Monday

  • “Quick win” on a funded account (amount not clearly tied to a named symbol).
  • Total Monday tally referenced: $5,000 200 and something / 5250 for the week (spoken as “5250 for the week” after the $3,000 payout).

Tuesday

  • Trades include:
    • ~38 points continuation short
    • Multiple reversions back to “fair price”
  • One live win described as “$700 win on two” (Asian session).
  • Another Topstep funded trade mentioned as “2,500” (units unclear; likely points or dollars).
  • A “strong day” includes multiple shorts and payout-related outcomes.

Wednesday / Thursday

  • Overnight trade examples mention:
    • $3K win on a funded account
    • $9K overnight (Trade of Five)
  • Another comment: “14k profit there” (qualifies for payout).
  • Thursday “boat day” recap includes:
    • a trade win described as ~$4,000
    • another account up ~2k
    • group totals like 12k / 4k / 8k

Contracts / Leverage / Scaling

  • A student exchange described “shorted the top for eight contracts”, manually closed, producing “a solid 8K” on a funded account.
  • Host cautions:
    • “wouldn’t recommend unless you have a lot of fundings to get there.”
  • Emphasis:
    • Scaling is feasible when you have “a bunch of accounts,”
    • but size increases should be approached carefully (implicit warning via the student/host exchange).

Explicit Strategy / Methodology Framework (Step-by-Step)

1) Session-Anchored Mean Reversion (“Fair Price”)

  • Determine a bias on higher timeframe direction.
  • Define the reversion target:
    • Often anchored to the New York AM price.
    • Overnight trades aim to revert back to the New York AM price of the previous day.
  • Entry mechanics:
    • Look for continuation/displacement candles and breaks of structure.
    • Execute mean reversion toward:
      • Asian open
      • the “fair price” zone
      • or a gap fill area
  • Profit-taking:
    • Commonly hold until gap fill completes or price returns to the anchored level (e.g., “back to the open,” “back to 6:00 p.m. price,” “gap being filled”).

2) Risk Management Emphasis (Prop-Account Specific)

  • On funded accounts, use a larger stop loss when trading in the direction of the established bias.
    • Rationale: with bias aligned, the equity curve is expected to move more favorably; larger stops reduce premature stop-outs and improve expected value.
  • For evals:
    • Use limit orders to sell at multiple lower structures during a downward move when expecting continuation.
  • Speed note:
    • “prop firms, speed is key.”

3) Overnight Execution Approach

  • Place limit orders when going off-chart.
  • Timing:
    • around 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
  • Order structure:
    • set multiple limit orders “sell all the way down.”
  • Overnight thesis:
    • capture reversion back to the New York AM price anchored from the prior day.

Recommendations / Cautions Stated

  • Aggressive scaling caution:
    • “wouldn’t recommend unless you have a lot of fundings to get there.”
  • The host implies the method performs best when:
    • you accurately identify/maintain the bias, and
    • you match risk/stop size to that bias on funded accounts.

Disclosures / Disclaimers

  • No explicit “not financial advice” disclaimer appears in the provided subtitles.

Presenters / Sources (Named)

  • Primary presenter/host: Not explicitly named in the subtitles (“I” / “my” narration throughout).
  • Individuals mentioned in dialogue:
    • JJ
    • Quinn
    • Deuces
    • Richard Mille (mentioned as a brand only, not a presenter)
  • Prop firms / platforms providing accounts/payouts: Topstep, FundedNext, Trade the Five, TradiFi, MFF

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