constantin | process-driven trader

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2.3K followers433 posts readOn X since 2014NQ, Live funded accounts circle3 creators here follow them

In short Trades NQ, ES and gold using Indicators and Algorithmic. Trades with Topstep and Tradeify. Streams on YouTube.

Overview

Read from 433 posts, 66 of them between Sep 1, 2026 and Nov 8, 2026, about 7 a week. Among them: 26 losing trades or red days, 6 results (2 with an image) and 5 trade calls with an entry, stop or target.

Markets: NQ, ES, Gold
Methods: Indicators and pivots, Algorithmic
Top topics: Psychology, Risk management, Journaling, Win rate and R multiples
Trades with: Topstep, Tradeify
Streams on: YouTube

What they disclose

Labels paid promotions

0 of 1 promotional post marked #ad or as an affiliate link

Discloses spend against payouts

No posts found that state their spend

Posts losing trades too

26 posts show a loss or red day

Posts trade calls before the result

5 posts with an entry, stop or target

Shows images with result claims

2 with an image, 4 without

Partnered with prop firms

No firm partnerships found

Posts per week

Last 26 weeks, reposts left out

May 18Aug 17This week

Shaded weeks are before we started reading their posts.

Posts per week
2026-05-18	2
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2026-06-01	1
2026-06-08	1
2026-06-15	2
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2026-06-29	7
2026-07-06	5
2026-07-13	7
2026-07-20	6
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2026-08-31	4
2026-09-07	2
2026-09-14	12
2026-09-21	8
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2026-10-05	7
2026-10-12	7
2026-10-19	3
2026-10-26	5
2026-11-02	9
2026-11-09	0

How they trade

Trades NQ, ES and gold, using Indicators and pivots and Algorithmic. Their posts most often mention psychology (110), risk management (80) and journaling (36).

Markets

Posts that name each, of the 433 read

34 posts

3 posts

Forex

3 posts

Methods

Posts that name each, of the 433 read

Algorithmic

31 posts

Indicators and pivots

24 posts

Price action

13 posts

ICT / Smart Money Concepts

10 posts

Market profile

6 posts

Opening range

4 posts

Topics

Posts that mention each, three or more

Psychology 110 Risk management 80 Journaling 36 Win rate and R multiples 34 Backtesting 30 Break and retest 8 New York open 8 Key levels 6 Initial balance 5 Breaker blocks 4 Opening range 4 Order blocks 3 Trendlines 3 VWAP 3 London session 3

For example

…The 09:30-09:45 Opening Range Breakout (ORB) on NQ is a highly reliable momentum signal. • Edge: 96.7% probability of hitting 10 points; 89.7% chance of hitting 20 points. • Why: NQ isDec 10, 2025View on X …morning prep live in front of my mentees on crude, NQ, ES, gold and DAX, then took an ES long on the call and narrated the stop and the invalidation bar by bar. The routine is the same everySep 18, 2026View on X

Posts trade calls with an entry, stop or target5 of the 433 posts read.

…of the breakout candle. Standard: Mid-point of the range. • Take Profit: TP1 (Bank): +10 Points (97% Hit Rate). Secure the bag. TP2 (Target): +20 Points (90% Hit Rate). Move stop to breakeven.Dec 10, 2025View on X …first upper level, straight into +0.5 → That push stalls Short at 29,537. Stop at 29,597. Target at 29,302, sitting right at the −1 level. 60 points of risk for 235 points of reward. RoughlyOct 22, 2026View on X

Posts losing trades and red days too26 of the 433 posts read.

…rigid mathematical guardrails, I ensure that no single losing day can wipe out the progress of my winning streaks. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Successful tradingJan 17, 2026View on X …moment, because the size was set before the open. My only losing trade was my smallest position of the week. That’s not luck. It was the trade I had the least conviction in, and I sized it thatNov 3, 2026View on X

Show posts that name NQ · 33

Oct 21Day 1 of my Topstep evaluation: -$1,037. That's more than a third of the $3,000 profit target, gone in a single trade. Five trading days later the…Jul 29893 weekend gaps. 17 years of NQ. One question: when Sunday opens away from Friday's close, does price come back? Counting only gaps bigger than…Jul 8378 points short on NQ overnight. Holding it took zero discipline. Look at the leg: red candle, red candle, red candle. The entire move. My rule is…Oct 13"Most accurate" is written on almost every indicator sold online. Almost none of them tell you what accuracy was measured against. I build…Nov 3Passed a $150K futures challenge today. One week of trading. +$8,044 on an $8,000 target. People will look at that and think the lesson is speed. It…May 5The NY open is a wicked learning environment. You can take a great setup and lose. You can violate every rule and win. The feedback is noisy enough…Jul 14One sentence has saved my students more money than any indicator I've ever built: The wicks do the damage. The bodies tell the story. Last week's…Oct 22I shorted NQ this morning near the high of the move. Not because it "looked toppy." Because price had reached a level where my data says the odds…

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Show posts that name ES · 2

May 7Most weeks set their extremes by Tuesday close. 77-80%, across NQ / ES / GC / DAX / EURUSD over 4,357 weeks of data. The **Weekly Initial Balance**…Sep 18𝐈 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 multiple 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞. On Monday I built the full…

Show posts that name gold · 2

Jan 28Yes this also works with GC/GOLD - Working on an update May 7Most weeks set their extremes by Tuesday close. 77-80%, across NQ / ES / GC / DAX / EURUSD over 4,357 weeks of data. The **Weekly Initial Balance**…

Show posts that name indicators and pivots · 24

Sep 9Harsh truth about your "strategy problem": You probably don't have one. I've reviewed hundreds of trading plans. The strategies are usually fine. Not…Oct 14I wish someone had told me these in my first year of trading. (Nine harsh truths about trading.) 1. Growth often looks like a drawdown: You found…Mar 4Updated the NY Open Edge indicator to v2. It classifies the Asia-London session relationship into 4 patterns and predicts which side of the London…Jul 8378 points short on NQ overnight. Holding it took zero discipline. Look at the leg: red candle, red candle, red candle. The entire move. My rule is…Oct 13"Most accurate" is written on almost every indicator sold online. Almost none of them tell you what accuracy was measured against. I build…Nov 11The Weekly Review That Improved My Win Rate Every Sunday, I spend 30 minutes on this exact process: Step 1: Data Extraction (5 min) Export week's…May 5The NY open is a wicked learning environment. You can take a great setup and lose. You can violate every rule and win. The feedback is noisy enough…Jul 14One sentence has saved my students more money than any indicator I've ever built: The wicks do the damage. The bodies tell the story. Last week's…

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Show posts that name algorithmic · 31

Sep 2The most expensive rules in a trading plan are the ones nobody ever tested. An exercise from process audits I run. Take your written plan and mark…Dec 3$10,000 of expectancy advice in one post: – A 40% win rate can outperform an 80% win rate. – Backtest 100 trades before you trust anything. –…Oct 28My first 3 years trading were humiliating. I would spend hours journaling emotions and reading psychology books. If I was starting over, the first…Jan 27NQ Magic Hour - NQ Magic Hour Pro is a probability-based mean reversion trading indicator built exclusively on NQ futures backtest data. The…Dec 2My rules for being a Systematic Trader (These are my non-negotiables) 1. Risk the same fixed % every trade. 2. Execute only A+ setups defined by the…Oct 23An easy way to fix your trading consistency is to simply remind yourself: - You don't have a psychology problem - You have a structural problem -…Oct 22I shorted NQ this morning near the high of the move. Not because it "looked toppy." Because price had reached a level where my data says the odds…Nov 1310 Pre-Trade Checks That Prevent 90% of Losses I built this checklist: Market Context: 1. Major news in next 2 hours? 2. Trend day or range day? 3.…

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Prop firms

Trades with Topstep and Tradeify.

Rules and payouts they post about

Posts that mention each, three or more

Daily loss limits 43 Consistency rules 6 Passing evaluations 3

TopstepTrades with8 posts

Nov 24If you trade with @Topstep, what’s the actual issue here? The rule isn’t extreme. Take a simple example: You’ve got $6,000 and you withdraw $3,000.…

Show posts that name Topstep · 8

Oct 21Day 1 of my Topstep evaluation: -$1,037. That's more than a third of the $3,000 profit target, gone in a single trade. Five trading days later the…Jul 8Todays performance on my 25k static @Topstep account Jul 125k Static Topstep Challenge... @Topstep Nov 25Nice @topstep Sep 2745 days. $50K → $59,644. (+19.3%) 27 winning days. 5 down days @Topstep It was preparation: 👇 Daily pre-market analysis Key levels marked before…Jun 14𝟑 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬. $𝟓𝟎𝐊 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭. +$𝟒,𝟑𝟓𝟕.𝟕𝟒 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭. Didn’t overtrade. Didn’t gamble. Just stuck to the plan. ✅ 8.72% return ✅…Nov 24If you trade with @Topstep, what’s the actual issue here? The rule isn’t extreme. Take a simple example: You’ve got $6,000 and you withdraw $3,000.…Oct 10$nq - @Topstep accounts.... 2mnq

TradeifyTrades with4 posts

Oct 7Another payout approved from Tradeify today. $1,500. Not from the $50K evaluation I passed last week. This one comes from a different funded account…

Show posts that name Tradeify · 4

Oct 7Another payout approved from Tradeify today. $1,500. Not from the $50K evaluation I passed last week. This one comes from a different funded account…Jan 1712 Trading Days into January. 11 Wins. 1 Loss. Most traders start January with "New Year, New Me" energy. By the third week, that energy is usually…Oct 16Level 1 of 10: passed. Tradeify just dropped a new challenge called Level Up. Ten levels. Fresh $50K account every level. One rule: don't lose…Oct 2Just hit Level 8 · Runner on @tradeify. #Tradeify

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What they sell

No paid products found in their bio or posts.

Results they posted

6 results in the posts read: payouts, passed evaluations and live accounts, in their words. 2 came with an image.

Oct 31, 2026Nov 7, 2026

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Nov 7, 2026Says they received or requested a payout.No image Nov 3, 2026Says they made $150K.Image Nov 3, 2026Says they made +$9,819..No image Nov 2, 2026Says they made a profit.No image Nov 1, 2026Says they made a profit.Image Oct 31, 2026Says they made a profit.No image

Learn from them

1 thread or post where they explain how they trade.

A post on New York open.

The NY open is a wicked learning environment. You can take a great setup and lose. You can violate every rule and win. The feedback is noisy enough that most traders fall back on feel — and feel…

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New York open

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