Disliked{quote} People risking 1000 (within daily limit) to make 200. Statistically this has a 80% win rate even with a coin flip. Same for straddling/strangling news or opening. TST rules don't seem to prevent it. I think they will start facing more problems in the next coming weeks, now that Apex became tougher in rule enforcement.Ignored
Regarding the news : this cannot be used in challenge because if the trader wins too much, he will be penalized by the 50% rule and his final target will seriously increase. On the other hand, in fact, gamble with your funded on a news seems possible but the scaling plan will seriously reduce the gain (40 points on the Nasdaq with 2 contracts would only make 1600 dollars) There is therefore no edge particular. This is why a gambler will very quickly move on and attack other models. Topstep solved the problem for me in a very elegant and simple way (unlike Apex which needs dozens of videos and completely crazy and subjective criteria)
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