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Daniel Holmes discusses his aggressive strategy for passing prop firm challenges and scaling trading accounts.

Daniel Holmes shares his aggressive 2-day prop firm passing strategy, how he risks the entire account on trade one, and his 15-minute Gold breakout setup. Full episode + show notes: https://tradingnut.com/daniel-holmes/ Key moments - [01:50] At 29, depressed and broke, I literally typed 'top earning jobs in the world' into Google and found trading. - [07:13] Adding indicators like EMAs and Bollinger Bands threw away two years of my progress. - [09:34] Longevity in the game is key; if you show up with intent to do better than yesterday, you will improve. - [10:53] With prop trading, blowing accounts is just part of the cycle to get to the payouts. - [12:30] Experience is the only thing that actually forces you to stick to your trading rules. - [16:19] If what you anticipated to happen doesn't happen, you are wrong—start managing the trade immediately. - [18:11] Expect the worst on every trade. The market owes you nothing. - [25:53] Prop firm trading is a cycle of blowing accounts, getting funded, getting a payout, and repeating. - [28:28] On a 50K Topstep challenge, I will risk the entire account on the first trade to make 50% in one day. Watch…

People in this episode

Host: Cam Hawkins

Guest: Daniel Holmes

Topics covered

• prop trading
• trading strategies
• financial independence
• risk management
• trading psychology

Keywords

• prop challenges
• trading strategy
• risk management
• Gold breakout
• trading psychology

Sponsors

BlackBull Markets, FTMO

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Topstep

Books & works: Trading Nut

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