From $50K to $270K: How Nick Stewart Scaled His Live Account

From $50K to $270K: How Nick Stewart Scaled His Live Account

From The Day Trading Show by Austin Silver

August 15, 2026 · 48 min · Season 1 · Episode 239

About this episode

Nick Stewart discusses his journey of scaling a trading account from $50K to $270K and shares insights on trading strategies and psychology.

Nick Stewart is BACK!! In today's podcast, he reveals how he scaled from a $50K live account to $270K+ in withdrawals this year by ditching prop firms and sizing up to 10x on high-probability setups. 🎟️ ASFX Futures Bootcamp 2027 – Tampa, May 13-14 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/bootcamp He breaks down the copy trading strategy that lets traders manage multiple funded accounts simultaneously, shares the psychology of handling big losses (he took a $21K hit in one day), and explains why futures payouts beat CFDs for consistency. Plus: Trade Set journal launch, UK bootcamp announcement, and NYC event details for the community. Connect with Nick: https://www.youtube.com/@TimeToEatTrading 🎯 Sponsor: Prop Firm Match — Compare 40+ prop firms side-by-side. Code MATCH 🔗 https://www.propfirmmatch.com/?a_aid=asfx 🔄 Sponsor: TradeSyncer — 30% off w/ code ASFX 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/ts 🎥 Trade Live With Me — Free 7-day trial 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/first 0:26 — Family update: 4 kids, life's good 2:13 — Nick confirmed as Bootcamp 2027 speaker (first teaching gig) 4:54 — Futures payouts easier than CFDs (no drawdown seesaw trap) 8:22 — Evals - instant funded for new traders (cheap learning…

People in this episode

Host: Austin Silver

Guest: Nick Stewart

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Sponsors

Prop Firm Match, TradeSyncer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ASFX

Books & works: Trade Set journal, NYC event, UK bootcamp

Places: Tampa

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