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Toronto Trader
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First post on here: Something that has intrigued me greatly about the increase of popularity in prop firms is how it dramatically changes the dynamics of the EV equation by reducing the Risk variable and increasing the payoff variable a great amount allowing trading strategies that have long term negative or breakeveven ev to re-formulated into positive EV. This causes many traders to think they have a positive EV strategy that would fail in actual markets
Dec 28, 2025 · 06:09 PM · 29 views
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Ali-Troy79
@ali · Dec 29, 2025 · 05:14 AM
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prop firms make way more money from traders who blow there accounts or not pass the tests then from those who are trading.
the conflict of intrest is crazy, yet traders just jump in, makes you wounder if prop firms aqtually provide margin for trading or is it just a big pyramid.
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@macro
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@macro · Dec 28, 2025 · 06:20 PM
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I petition for those so-called prop firms to be renamed as premium paper trading ponzis.
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Mit Patel
@mmpatel · Dec 28, 2025 · 06:52 PM
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I’ve traded with plenty of prop firms; this is 100% accurate. Most traders aren’t optimizing for longevity; they’re optimizing for a quick payout. Blow the account? Buy another. That’s the model.
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