Cryptic Hustle One Candle Setup
The first practice challenge passed. The next one failed in ten trades. The first pass did not repeat.
▶ Watch the video- Trades
- 49
- Win rate
- 35%
- Profit factor
- —
- Reward : risk
- 2R
- Biggest drop
- —
- Net result
- —
Win rate and trades from the trade log export
A dash means the video did not report that number.
The test
- How I tested
- Manual replay
- When
- Not said in the video
- Market
- MNQ
- Trades
- More than one stretch of trades. See below.
- Risk per trade
- Not said in the video
- Fees
- Not said in the video
Every trade, charted
49 trades on MNQ across Challenge 1 and Challenge 2, from the trade journal export for this test.
- Win rate
- 34.7%
- Profit factor
- 1.07
- Net
- $309 · 4.4R
- Biggest drop
- -$1,021 · 7.0R
- Longest losing run
- 5 trades
Would these exact trades pass a 50K challenge?
Same trades, same order, same days. Each trade is resized so a 1R loss costs the amount you pick. Rules checked 2026-09-16; evaluation only, payouts not included.
| Firm | Starting on day 1 | Starting on each day in the log |
|---|---|---|
| LucidDaily | Not finished ($874) | 0 of 47 start days passed · 0 failed |
| LucidFlex · My Funded Futures Rapid | Not finished ($874) | 0 of 47 start days passed · 0 failed |
| Tradeify Select to Flex / Select to Daily | Not finished ($874) | 0 of 47 start days passed · 0 failed |
| My Funded Futures Rapid EOD | Not finished ($874) | 0 of 47 start days passed · 0 failed |
| Apex Trader Funding EOD | Not finished ($874) | 0 of 47 start days passed · 0 failed |
| Topstep Standard XFA / Consistency XFA | Not finished ($874) | 0 of 47 start days passed · 0 failed |
| Take Profit Trader Test to PRO | Not finished ($874) | 0 of 47 start days passed · 0 failed |
“Not finished” means the log ended before the target or the drawdown was hit. A short log leaves many late start dates unfinished. Run thousands of random orderings in the simulator →
Trade log
Challenge 1
Download PDF · Challenge 1Download endpoint checked 2026-09-22. Contents may differ from the video; see source notes.Challenge 2
Download PDF · Challenge 2Download endpoint checked 2026-09-22. Contents may differ from the video; see source notes.More from the test
- Instrument
- MNQ
- Rules
- $25,000 LucidFlex-style evaluation: $1,250 profit target, $1,000 max drawdown, 50% consistency rule
- Setup
- 5-minute New York opening range, 1-minute FVG confirmation, stop behind candle 2, 2R target
- Challenge 1
- PASSED - +$1,330 profit, 43.24% WR, PF 1.45, $513 max drawdown
- Challenge 2
- FAILED in 10 trades - 1 win / 9 losses, 10% WR, PF 0.26, -$1,048 after commissions
Where the numbers come from
Checked Sep 22, 2026. These numbers come from the video and the trade journal export charted above. They are backtest or simulated results, not live trading, and not financial advice.
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