u/wr1ngller

made 3 payouts on September, rather than making a big home run, realized this is more peaceful

my strategy : i use higher time frames and some other datas to prepare daily key levels, and that will be the foundation for that day, tpo and other thing i mentioned as my statergy is referred at those key levels
heatmaps are use to fund inefficiencies that has been made at those levels, dom and time & sales are used to look how fair that inefficiency is . if everything comes aligned and found a perfect inefficiency i will wait for the liq to get swept around those price then wait for a reclaim at that price then enter on retrace

my risk: 150-300 per trade
rr : minimum 1:2
only trading nq

Left calendar is August. That was mostly NQ minis, sometimes ES and GC. Right side is this month after I dropped to micros and started taking it slower.
I trade two funded accounts. Requested some payouts this month from the August balance.
How I actually trade: TPO for the day’s auction, heatmap + footprint for where size is sitting, DOM / time & sales / L2 for the tape, and some inchart concepts for bias and levels. Location first, then the tape for timing. Not a single-indicator system.
August was the first month it really stacked. There is a -$5.7k day in there so it’s not a perfect calendar. After that month I switched to micros on purpose. I don’t want to turn one good month into “size up and give it back.”
I’ve never put my own money on these setups. Only funded so far. That’s the part I’m stuck on.
What I actually want opinions on:

After a strong month on NQ minis, did going back to micros help your execution or just make you sloppy because the $ per tick felt small?

What would make you comfortable going live with personal capital vs staying funded and just withdrawing?

Not asking anyone to bless the numbers. Just want the “I did this and it went badly / it was fine” version

i accidently clicked on rank protection, please undo it. i need my gems back