u/CustardOk7073 ·
Reddit — r/algotrading
· July 11, 2026 at 19:29
· ⬆ 15 pts
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The post questions whether a martingale strategy on cheap futures prop firm evaluations can consistently pass and yield payouts.
The author is actually critiquing a friend’s naive belief that this approach outperforms quantitative hedge funds, presenting it as a flawed idea.
Quality assessment: noise – the post is a rhetorical discussion with no data, backtest, or rigorous analysis; it’s a thought experiment about a known risky strategy.
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Why not take advantage of futures prop firms that allow martingale?
Leverage how cheap they are and pass the account by doubling the contract amount at each level the price goes against your trade
If you’re wrong, you lose the $80 you paid for the evaluation, if you’re right you pass the combine and get funded.
On your funded account, you use martingale with the lowest amount possible and manage risk
You practically can’t lose. And then it becomes a matter of time before you request multiple 4 figure payouts.
Is anyone already doing this on Topstep, Tradeify, or other futures prop firms?
(I’m posting this to show one of my best friends who recently started trading that he didn’t solve the mysteries of trading in his first month and come up with a strategy that outperforms all quantitative hedge funds combined. I want him to see what others say)