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I know a trader who keeps passing prop challenges… but never sees a withdrawal This guy is sharp, talented and always passes multiple prop challenges. Everytime he passes one, he feels so happy and tells many persons about it, sometimes even posts it on social and the world thinks he has finally “made it”. Painful to say that few days or weeks later, he blows the account 🥹 Pass challenge. Blow account. Pass another one. Blow it again. Sometimes like that I’ve woken up and seen him staring at the charts at 3am… He doesn’t talk much, just sighs. He’s not angry but you can tell he’s exhausted. One day he said to me: “Amzi, I pass these challenges, I trade like I know what I’m doing but I never actually withdraw anything 🥹 I don’t even know what it feels like to see real money from this market.” That was deep because I’ve been there too. I felt it in my bone marrow. At that point, it wasn’t even about the money anymore. It was the shame. The countless disappointments. The pressure to prove to everyone that you are actually good at this. Meanwhile, you are already good enough. So I told him: “STOP TRADING TO PROVE ANYTHING, TRADE TO GROW FOR YOURSELF.” He listened. He started trading more calmly and gradually. And one day, he pulled out one small withdrawal. $100. That $100 meant more to him than any certificate or funded account ever could. Because for the first time, he had actually taken money out of the market. Real Money he could touch. Money that proved to him that he could actually do this. See eh, if you are stuck in that pass-blow-pass-blow loop, listen 👂 Your skill and edge might actually be working very fine. You may not need another strategy. You may not need another prop firm. You may just need to slow down and learn how to manage yourself after you get funded. Trade slowly and gradually. Not to prove anything to anyone, but to yourself first. Withdraw for yourself and not for anyone else. Because sometimes that first small withdrawal is worth more than every challenge you’ve ever passed. I wish you the best 💜 ©Amzi Timothy