$100K in payouts.Bought his wife a house.
“Used 100k in payouts from Topstep, Lucid, and Apex to close on it.”
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“Used 100k in payouts from Topstep, Lucid, and Apex to close on it.”
“I wasted thousands on evaluations and I couldn’t blame anyone but myself.”
“I didn’t mentor hop, I didn’t try different strategies, I trusted in PJ and his models since the beginning.”
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On August 25, 2026, Manny was on his way to the final inspection of a house he had just bought for his wife. He closed on it with $100,000 in prop firm payouts from Topstep, Lucid and Apex. A year earlier he was stuck on YouTube lessons, bouncing from one Discord to the next looking for an edge. Then he found PJ Trades. The summer that followed paid for the house: a $65,000 July, then $30,000 in seven days in August.
“I’m headed out to the final inspection of the house I just bought for my wife. Used 100k in payouts from Topstep, Lucid, and Apex to close on it. Thanks for everything.”
Manny45 · Aug 25, 2026
Hiep found success fast, then found out how fast it can disappear. He took over $20,000 in payouts in January 2026, got greedy, scaled up too quickly and blew countless funded accounts and evaluations. Inside the Discord he simplified everything: fewer accounts, steady payouts, realized cash over max payouts. Since then Alpha Futures, Futures Elite and Lucid have all paid him, with five-figure months to show for it.
“I wasted thousands on evaluations and I couldn’t blame anyone but myself. My confidence and ego were through the roof after that huge month, but I had to change.”
hiep · Apr 23, 2026
Fin started trading in March 2025 as one of PJ’s earliest students. He took his first evaluations that August and earned his first payout two months later. He never chased a new strategy: he mastered PJ’s model, stayed consistent, and by mid-2026 had withdrawn more than $150,000. Now he’s part of the team, trading the Asia session live and teaching members the same model.
“I didn’t mentor hop, I didn’t try different strategies, I trusted in PJ and his models since the beginning, and well the proof speaks for itself.”
Fin · Jul 13, 2026