Shadowing Practice: Asking the TOP 5 Prop Firm Traders How to PASS - Learn English Speaking with Video

Have you ever wondered what the top prop firm traders do to get to where they're at?

Worry not, because today we are not only going to talk with one, two, we are actually going to talk with five of the top prop firm traders out there.

These traders together have made over four million dollars in payouts with prop firms, so they know what they are talking about.

And today I'm going to get them all to join me and I'm going to ask, what is your biggest tip to pass a prop firm challenge is

because that is step one of getting funded and

if this video gets to 4 000 likes then i'll make

sure to make a part two where i'm going to ask

these traders with over four million dollars in payouts what their biggest tip to reach a payout is

so let's get this directly started

and let's start with kyle jade cap he has profited over

1 .2 million dollars with prop firms he's currently starting a youtube channel again

so make sure to subscribe there's going to be a link in the description

and he made a whole twitter thread on how he profited already over 1 .2 million dollars with prop firms and

so kyle is one of the top traders the number one

with more payouts is actually here in this video too

so let's jump on a call and ask him what his biggest tip is okay

so we're here with kyle

and i just want to ask straight up what is your biggest tip for passing a prop firm challenge yeah

so in my opinion

when you're trying to pass a prop from challenge let's say without failing one is

when you are at your initial balance depending on

if you get a win or a loss

that next trade is going to determine what your next risk is

so the deeper you go in a drawdown the easier it

is to smooth out your equity curve by reducing your risk

so let's say on phase one if you want to start out one

or two percent risk if you lose you cut the risk in half

if you win you can possibly keep the risk the same

or double the risk

so approach the challenge as where am i in relation to my starting balance

and you know based on those next series of trades

or next trade you're gonna adjust your risk accordingly

and that's gonna help you stay alive in the challenge long

enough for you to be able to find those A plus setups and then pass the challenge eventually.

Okay thank you and just for people to know what was your total payout amount?

Yeah so after I get paid from SFT it's gonna be a little over 1 .2 million.

Yeah that's amazing that's amazing.

Next up we have Paladin one of the co -founders of SFT, Skilled Funded Traders.

But before founding SFT, he actually made over $400 ,000 in payouts.

And so let's jump on a call and ask Paladin what his biggest tip is.

Directly straight to the point, Paladin, what is your number one tip for traders that want to pass a prop firm challenge?

My number one tip would actually be the people who you look up to in this industry, right?

Do not copy how they approach their challenges.

How you approach a challenge it all depends on your circumstances these people you look up to they probably have

so many funded accounts where they'll do a challenge risk two

three percent whereas you you're using your entire paycheck to do a challenge right

so for that reason you have to go very conservative you have to go a little maybe one percent

or zero point five percent risk something that doesn't make you emotional right

so my number one tip

when approaching these challenges is do not look at the people above you

but look at where you are your circumstances

and then determine how you want to approach this challenge yeah that's sick

so money management inside of the problems

and outside that's that's actually a really good tip paladin how

many payouts have you done thus far in total the last i saw was last month

which was a little over 400k

but this year in 2024 i've already withdrawn about 15 000

and we're only four weeks in that's great that's it with eu ranging

next up we have andrew nfx andrew has currently six million dollars of assets under management

and he has been banned basically from all of the firms out there

and now you ask yourselves why

because he uses a similar strategy to me of risking four percent

and trying to pass in one maximum two trades

or blow the account

but he does it on a way bigger scale that's why

he has six million dollars of assets in the management

and that's why he's profited almost or already let's ask him on the call

if he has already close to one million dollars in prop from payouts

so that's going to be interesting to hear let's get into it andrew what is your biggest takeaway for people

that want to pass a challenge what helped me become a

six million dollar funded trader was just going very aggressive with

challenges i know a lot of people call it gambling but

if you play it very smart

so let's say you have one thousand dollars to buy an account most people just buy one challenge

and then they blow it right just buy four accounts

and go risk daily drawdown basically on a high probability setup

so don't just gamble away risk four percent on a setup

that maybe it's your a plus setup

and you go for a one to two

if that's your usual risk reward you pass it

and then you need one more win basically one to one on phase two you can lower the risk

so usually what i did was 4 .5 risk uh phase one

and then phase two i would go like two percent risk

or 2 .5 just so it gives me more trades

but that's why i managed to reach six million dollars funding also

because i have a very high win rate

and you know i went for multiple accounts not just one account okay that's fair

and have you reached one million dollars in payout yet not yet

but i will calculate everything i will do a post about it

but i think i'm very very close i'll probably hit it

within a few months for sure next up we have dan chung not only a great mentor of mine

but also a great friend of mine this man i don't understand

but he constantly is posting on twitter like 10k day like fucking 5k loss

and i'm like bro well how do you get

so many setups he got funded with over 1 million dollars just in one month

and he's constantly getting payouts from prop firms

which you can check in his youtube channel or his twitter

which both are going to be linked in the scripture

so let's jump on a call with dan and ask him what his number one tip is.

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Being straight to the point, Dan, what is your number one tip to pass a prop firm challenge?

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Number one tip is two things.

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Number one is proof of concept and confidence.

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Proof of concept is ultimately understanding that the strategy that you have, the edge that you have actually works, right?

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Like that's so important.

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You can't go and trade your account with actually the proof of concept.

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So that comes with back testing, sample testing, understanding your psychology, understanding yourself and understanding that the whole thing will pan itself out over a period of time

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because if you don't have any of

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that no matter what you do it won't work right because

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if you don't have a profitable strategy you can get lucky you can get lucky once

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and this is actually one of the worst things

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that can happen to trading is to taste the success by getting lucky trading a strategy

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that doesn't even work but you just got lucky with those wins got a payout

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and you think it works

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and then you spend the next five years doing the same shit

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and not getting results because you don't actually have the proof of concept

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so the proof of concept is key over a period of

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time that's number one then number two is confidence confidence is actually understanding with an unwavering mindset

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that the work that i put in the proof of concepts

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and all that work i put in works and

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that i have to stick to that because it's simple everyone who's watching this

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or anyone who's trading for a period of time has gone

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through a losing streak guess what happens in your losing streak

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your confidence goes what happens in drawdown your confidence goes

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but the question is okay let's take a step back why like why is your confidence wavering just

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because there's a negative balance on that just because you've lost a trade

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but isn't that supposed to be part of the process isn't

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that actually part of the proof of concept haven't you gone through your back testing

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and your sample testing and understood that okay cool i can actually have a six

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or eight trading period losses

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that i just have to draw about the risk as soon as i've had four

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or more right so then if i have four losses i know

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that if i do go into this period i'm going to dynamic risk

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and take risk off of the table and drop it down

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so that if i do go into or

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if i do go further into drawdown the damage is minimum

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and then when i call back up and

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when i'm in break even then i can put the wrist back on

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and size it back up

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so it's incredibly important to have these two things number one the proof of concept understanding

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that the edge works over a period of time

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that your strategy works you've got a team and you've got people

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and you're developing it and you've seen the proof of it

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and then how number two is the confidence to understand that you will be successful and you will fucking win.

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Absolutely love that.

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And then just for reference for the people that are watching, how much in payouts have you done?

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Probably like 250K, something like that.

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And then I think now actually in my total career of trading, I've done 750K or 740K.

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So this year I'll break a whole million in total in terms of my actual profits from the markets.

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And this year I'm going to try and hit half a million on payouts.

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Absolutely love that last

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but not least we have the number one prop firm trader

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in terms of payouts he has also been banned basically from a lot of firms

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because what he does is way too risky for firms

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and he has made over two million dollars with prop firm

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and yes we are talking payouts

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so right now pasquale is number one trader with all of these prop firms in terms of payouts

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and so let's ask him what his number one tip is okay

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so right now we are with pasquale the number one trader with pop firms

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which has racked up over two million dollars in payouts is it two million two

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and a half a bit

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so what is your number one advice for traders to pass

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pop from challenges i think the the first thing is a

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question do you actually know what's going on do you know

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the rules do you know the trading style do you know

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what does it take to take this challenge you don't have

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to have like a super set up plan trading plan

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because anything can work if you want to do pure technical it will work

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if you want to do like discretionary

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if it will work anything can work in trading i think

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most traders have no patience they want to pass a challenge in a day

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or two which is possible

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but it's not the right way to do it you have

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to realize it's more of a career choice you have to treat it as

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if you will do this for next two three five years

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and not get rich quick scheme because it's it's not working

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so patience is a big thing take it slowly

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if it takes you 30 days a month two months a half a year it doesn't really matter

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because in the end there's a funded account and there's actual money behind

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and a big big opportunity for you because of of that

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because they want to pass quickly a lot of people over leverage

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and put up way too large positions try to to max send it on a 20 lot 30 lots

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and try to pass it in one trade

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but what are the chances there are no shortcuts in this business

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and that's coming back to the having a plan you know not to throw money

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and throw a trade in

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and hope for the best i really like to take a

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step back it also helps you with the mental game

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because this is a big part of trading keep mentally stable through everything and

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if you take the one hour chart four hour chart daily

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chart the movements are way slower you have time for yourself

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and i think that's a good approach like to take it slowly the final point i'd say is stay disciplined

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because discipline is probably the most important for everybody

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because you can't get caught up in form

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or greed fear it's just doesn't work it's the common mistake

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that 99 of all traders have you have to stay calm under pressure whether it's drawdown

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or winnings yeah yeah that is your number one skill

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when you're running like 1 million

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and you're like oh let this run to 1 .2 you get no emotion on running profits

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or running drawdown because again comes down to confidence too

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which is very very important this is basically it a video packed full of information

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and don't forget

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if this video gets to 4 000 likes then i will

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make sure to do a part two where i ask all of these traders again

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that have made over four million dollars in payouts what their number one tip to get a payout is

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so i hope you guys enjoyed make sure to leave a comment with your favorite takeaways of this video

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and if you do you are in for a five challenge account giveaway

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so i hope you guys enjoyed and i will see you next week peace

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Asking the TOP 5 Prop Firm Traders How to PASS”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: challenge, payout, risk, firm, trader. This video has 207 sentences and 2496 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:04. The speaker talks fast, about 207 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
payout noun		An amount of money paid out.
trader noun	/ˈtɹeɪdɚ/	One who earns a living by trading goods or securities.
prop noun	/pɹɑp/	An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
drawdown noun		The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).
paladin noun	/ˈpælədɪn/	A heroic champion, especially a knight.
kyle noun	/kaɪl/	A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.
takeaway noun	/ˈteɪkəweɪ/	A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere.
circumstance noun	/ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/	Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.
streak noun	/stɹiːk/	An irregular line, as is left from smearing or motion.
setup noun	/ˈsɛtʌp/	Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
patience noun	/ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/	The quality of being patient.
depend verb	/dɪˈpɛnd/	To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
discretionary adjective	/dɪsˈkɹɛʃəˌnɛɹi/	Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
paycheck noun	/ˈpeɪ.t͡ʃɛk/	A periodic payment, usually in the form of a paper check, received by an employee from an employer for work performed.
shortcut noun	/ˈʃɔːtkʌt/	A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
make over verb		To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them.
look up to verb		To show respect or admiration for (someone); to see (someone) as a role model.
step back verb	/stɛp ˈbæk/	To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.
back up verb		To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
come down to verb		To reach by moving down or reducing.
go through verb		To travel from one end of something to the other.
put up verb		To place in a high location.
set up verb	/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/	To make ready for use.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	Have you ever wondered · have made · has profited
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	has been banned · be linked · been banned
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	people who you · two which is

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 49 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/, discretionary /dɪsˈkɹɛʃəˌnɛɹi/, shortcut /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: discretionary /dɪsˈkɹɛʃəˌnɛɹi/, unwavering /ˌənˈweɪvəɹɪŋ/, probability /ˌpɹɑ.bəˈbɪl.ə.ti/, accordingly /əˈkɔɹ.dɪŋ.li/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like payout, trader, prop.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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