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  • | Losing $10K in Crypto

    00:00

  • | Passing the 25K Evaluation

    00:41

  • | Michael’s Trading Journey

    01:23

  • | From Crypto to Stocks

    02:47

  • | Returning to Small Caps

    03:31

  • | Best Trading Time Window

    05:10

  • | Daily Pause Risk Control

    06:05

  • | 25K Account Performance

    06:42

  • | Building a Profit Cushion

    07:20

  • | DFNS Short Trade Breakdown

    09:06

  • | Building the Funded Buffer

    12:23

  • | Treat Evaluations Like Real Money

    13:17

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Trade The Pool

Michael C.: From $10K Crypto Loss to $25K Funded Trader

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Michael C. shares how he became a $25K funded trader with Trade The Pool, the US stocks and ETFs prop firm, after nearly two years of trading. He started out trading on his phone during work breaks, lost about $10K day trading micro-cap crypto, and then moved to stocks.

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Release: 03.09.2026

Views: 672

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