u/Primary-Music2138

Anyone else here grinding prop firm accounts?

I’ve been stuck in this weird cycle for the past 2 months with 25k accounts. The frustrating part is I usually get very close to passing (sometimes within $100), then one bad loss turns into revenge trading and I end up blowing the account.

I mainly trade Gold and MNQ.

I’ve tried 50k and 100k accounts too, but I noticed I still trade like it’s a small account anyway, mostly 1 micro lot while risking around $60–$80 per trade regardless of account size. So I figured: if I’m trading that conservatively, I might as well stick to 25k accounts and try to pass them faster.

Curious how you guys deal with the mental side once you’re close to the payout/pass target. Anyone else struggle more psychologically near the finish line?

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Hey all,

31M; Working in a semiconductor/AI company. Wanted to get some opinions on my current situation.

• Total stock portfolio: ~100k SGD
• Cash: ~17k SGD
• Mostly individual stocks (not ETF-heavy)
• 4.4k SGD take home salary after CPF & ESPP (idk if that matters)

I’m not too concerned about my cash position. My main concern is the market itself.

With how strong things have been lately (especially in tech/AI), I’m starting to feel like we might be getting into bubble territory (this topic been going around for a while now but still). I don’t want to ride my portfolio all the way up and then back down if a major correction happens.

At the same time, I know trying to time the market can go wrong if it keeps running higher. Most of my holdings are in Micron (MU) currently which has run up a lot!

So I’m debating:

• Stay fully invested
• Trim a portion (maybe 20–30%)
• Sell more aggressively (like 50%) to lock in gains

Questions:

1. Would you trim at this stage or just hold through volatility?
2. Is selling ~50% too aggressive?
3. How do you decide when to de-risk vs stay invested?
4. How do you balance locking in gains vs letting winners run?

Appreciate any insights, especially from those who’ve been through previous cycles.

Thanks!

EDIT: To everyone who chimed in so far, thank you!
Yes, I work in semicon and I have a strong conviction that the cycle will continue, at least for a few months. But if something happens midway (say a bearish fundamental news) and my portfolio drops down, that'd be really bad to see. Also, MU is a cyclical stock and it'd take ages for MU to see this kind of numbers should a correction happen.

The reason why I have a large portion of my holdings in micron is because, I used to work there and had my ESPP contributions going on back then when it was USD 60 - 70.

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