At just 20 years old, Ty Feutz has pulled over $200,000 from futures prop firms. Discover how he survived 20 blown challenges, transitioned from New York to the Asia session, and his exact 15-minute range breakout strategy.
Full episode + show notes:
https://tradingnut.com/ty-feutz/
Key moments
- [03:45] Ty started trading while working as a welder, initially losing money in crypto before taking a five-month break.
- [05:48] Finding a mentor with a single, proven, simple approach prevents getting lost in the 'YouTube strategy rabbit hole'.
- [07:39] When you get good at trading, less is more. Fewer trades typically mean higher quality and better probability.
- [09:08] The market's P&L is the ultimate disciplinarian. Eventually, you get so sick of losing money that you force yourself to stop making the same mistakes.
- [13:02] Ty blew roughly 20 cheap futures challenges before passing his first one and securing his first $1,500 payout.
- [14:14] Ty used to trade the grueling New York session (1:30 AM to 2:30 AM NZ time) before walking to his 6:00 AM supermarket job.
- [16:25] Transitioning to the Asia session allowed Ty to trade Gold and NQ during sustainable, local daytime hours.
- [17:18] His prop challenge strategy involves aggressive scaling: risking up to half the account on high-quality setups to pass within 2 to 4 days.
- [21:05] Transitioning from prop firms to personal accounts can be psychologically difficult because personal accounts don't allow cheap 'resets'.
- [26:49] Journaling provides the concrete data needed to filter out unprofitable conditions, such as cutting out London session breakouts.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYCd_UzTbQ4
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