Eddy's New York Breakout (Volume Profile + FVG)
This is my New York breakout. Over 4.5 months it passed an FTMO-style test. It made about $2.52 for every $1 it lost, and the biggest drop was 3%.
▶ Watch the video- Trades
- 52
- Win rate
- 71%
- Profit factor
- 2.39
- Reward : risk
- 1R
- Biggest drop
- 3% (~$300)
- Net result
- just under +21%
A dash means the video did not report that number.
The test
- How I tested
- Manual replay
- When
- Not said in the video
- Market
- MES
- Trades
- See named results below
- Risk per trade
- Not said in the video
- Fees
- Not said in the video
The numbers
Every trade, charted
52 trades on MES, from the trade journal export for this test.
- Win rate
- 71.2%
- Profit factor
- 2.40
- Net
- $2,093 · 20.9R
- Biggest drop
- -$300 · 3.0R
- Longest losing run
- 3 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 | Passed on trading day 36 | 19 of 52 start days passed · 0 failed |
| LucidFlex · My Funded Futures Rapid | Passed on trading day 36 | 19 of 52 start days passed · 0 failed |
| Tradeify Select to Flex / Select to Daily | Passed on trading day 36 | 19 of 52 start days passed · 0 failed |
| My Funded Futures Rapid EOD | Passed on trading day 36 | 19 of 52 start days passed · 0 failed |
| Apex Trader Funding EOD | Passed on trading day 36 | 19 of 52 start days passed · 0 failed |
| Topstep Standard XFA / Consistency XFA | Passed on trading day 36 | 19 of 52 start days passed · 0 failed |
| Take Profit Trader Test to PRO | Passed on trading day 36 | 19 of 52 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
Full 2026 replay, including trades after the challenge target
Download PDFDownload endpoint checked 2026-09-22. Contents may differ from the video; see source notes.More from the test
- Instrument
- MES
- Timeframe
- 5-minute, New York time
- Rules
- FTMO higher rules: two steps, 15% profit target, 10% max drawdown
- Survival test trades
- 36
- Survival test wins
- 26
- Survival test losses
- 10
- Survival test win rate
- 72%
- Survival test profit factor
- 2.52
- Survival test net
- +15%
- Full 2026 trades
- 52
- Full 2026 win rate
- 71%
- Full 2026 profit factor
- 2.39
- Full 2026 net
- just under +21%
- Full 2026 wins losses
- 37 wins / 15 losses
- Best RR in simulator
- 1.5R (64% WR, $2,100, PF 2.65)
- Worst day
- Tuesday, 40-43% win rate
A note
This is my own setup. Some choices are fixed rules. Some are judgment calls.
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.
Original video ↗