The Euro Trader

I'm a EURUSD only swing trader and passed a $50k Lucid Flex account within a week. As a swing trader I never understood the big deal with Futures props or why they became so popular. I've taken the time to try and understand a little more recently and felt the only way to understand it would be to experience it for myself - and go through the process. So I purchased a Lucid Flex account last week - and am within $200 of hitting the $3k target on a $50k account. First time ever doing Futures - and I've been trading them the exact same way I have always traded. EURUSD only on the 4hr tf for entries and exits. So far from what I can tell is that it's the cheap cost of entry that reels people in. The challenges are "maybe" easier to pass as they are quicker to pass (6% required and no daily loss limit) but there are also consistency rules and an end of day trailing DD of $2k to contend with which shouldn't be a problem for an intra-day trader anyway. So I'll give futures props the win when it comes to speed of passing an eval. After that, should you get to funded I really still don't see the attraction as the payouts are limited to $2k for a standard $50k acc which is what most people go for as far as I know (due to the favourable max loss/profit ratio required). You can buy 5x $50k accts with firms such as Lucid and Tradeify so IF you make it to payout and copy trade all your accounts that's a $10k payout with 1 firm on x5 accounts. Not only that - but you are limited to 1 contract on the first 1k of profits, then 2 contracts once you hit $2k etc.. so it's basically another added phase once you're funded as you are limited to what you can do (maybe not a bad thing). AND you are also required to build a $2k buffer I believe before you can even withdraw? So to withdraw $2k on a $50k acc you need to make $4k? Once you get into it the only thing my learning experience so far has led me to believe is that we have a LOT of desperate traders with very little cash to invest in a proper CFD challenge. Which then leads me to believe 90%+ of the space is filled with gamblers who are uneducated in the craft of trading. If I were to say the word 'Personal account' to a lot of younger people nowadays they would most likely look at me with a confused face. For me - the payout potential just doesn't get me going. As someone whose been used to 5k-40k payouts over my 21 months trading CFD props (I haven't traded props since April 2025) the amount of money you can make with a CFD 2step program is far greater imo. Happy to have someone more experienced in the Futures space comment below and convince/educate me otherwise. Hopefully I can pass this account and get to a payout but I'll continue to document the process here! I've just purchased 4 more accounts with Lucid to copy trade as all this effort for a potential $2k payout just isn't the one. Let's see how it goes. Not only that, but I've also decided to purchase 5x $50k accounts with Tradeify on the Select Program. It's basically the same as the Lucid Flex account but the eval stage has a 40% consistency rule instead of 50% consistency like the Lucid Flex accounts. I'll continue to document and update on my progress but more importantly I look forward to your comments/questions below!

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