SageTrade
@trades_sage
Prop Firm Trader & Operator | Breaking down firms, payouts & rules | Building in the space & trading daily
In short Partnered with Take Profit Trader. Trades with Topstep and Tradeify.
Overview
Read from 201 posts between Nov 23, 2024 and Oct 27, 2026, about 2 a week. Among them: 2 losing trades or red days, 6 results (1 with an image) and 0 trade calls with an entry, stop or target.
- Partnered with
- Take Profit Trader
What they disclose
Labels paid promotions
0 of 18 promotional posts marked #ad or as an affiliate link
Discloses spend against payouts
4 posts mention what they spent
Posts losing trades too
2 posts show a loss or red day
Posts trade calls before the result
0 posts with an entry, stop or target
Shows images with result claims
1 with an image, 5 without
Partnered with prop firms
Take Profit Trader
Posts per week
Last 26 weeks, reposts left outMay 11Aug 10This week
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| 2026-05-18 | 7 |
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| 2026-08-03 | 3 |
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| 2026-09-28 | 1 |
| 2026-10-05 | 1 |
| 2026-10-12 | 1 |
| 2026-10-19 | 3 |
| 2026-10-26 | 3 |
| 2026-11-02 | 0 |
How they trade
Not enough trading posts read yet to say.
Streams their trading live4 of the 201 posts read.
Prop firms
Partnered with Take Profit Trader; trades with Topstep and Tradeify.
Apr 7No firm beats @TakeProfitLLC's 25k accounts right now. I have no code to sell you. $90 to start. Pass in 2 days. Daily payouts. Hit $10k and you're…
Show posts that name Take Profit Trader · 15
Mar 25Glad to see TPT reversed course and reinstated the accounts. I was the first to publicly call out TPT for issues and clearly the pressure mattered.…Jul 15🚨Current LIVE Prop Deals: @TheFuturesDesk – 50% off + NO activation fee (Code: PFC) @FFNFunding – 50% off + BOGO + NO activation fee (Code: PFC)…Jul 15Between @TheFuturesDesk, @FFNFunding, and @TakeProfitLLC you can stack 12 LIVE accounts in under 20 trading days. $200/day per account = 📈…Jan 14The top three firms are selected based on various stats—this is not a list of my top recommendations! In fact, Apex is at the bottom of my list. This…Jan 14The Big Three prop firms based on publicly available info: 1️⃣ APEX 2️⃣ Topstep 3️⃣ TakeProfitTrader Who will rise to challenge for a spot in the Big…Feb 24This person is misrepresenting your firm - As a partner he should be immediately banned.Feb 24Another fraud bites the trust. @lanto_trades tried to “win” a public bet by posting a screen recording claiming his TPT spend is under $300k then…Apr 7No firm beats @TakeProfitLLC's 25k accounts right now. I have no code to sell you. $90 to start. Pass in 2 days. Daily payouts. Hit $10k and you're…
The latest 8 of 15. Search all of them on X
Nov 4Everyone’s quoting “only 3.5% of Topstep traders get paid” but that’s misleading. It’s 3.5% of combines, not traders. Topstep’s own 2024 data shows…
Show posts that name Topstep · 39
Dec 17Honest question: Will you keep trading with Topstep while platform instability continues or wait until execution reliability is proven? 👇👇👇Dec 17Yesterday, Topstep was set to launch Topstep Brokerage. MP said he couldn’t even sleep. Then… ProjectX crashed. Again.Dec 17Topstep traders are having their worst week in a long time. Platform crashes, instability, and zero confidence in execution. Execution is everything.Dec 10Topstep quietly became the most reliable futures prop in the US. No chaos. No sudden rule changes. Just huge, consistent payouts and real trader…Dec 10🚨 APEX IS COLLAPSING Apex is bleeding market share so fast...hence the promos Meanwhile? Topstep paid out 10× Apex last month. Traders aren’t dumb.…May 19Topstep is slowly realizing “we were first” doesn’t mean “we’re still best.” - Competitors moved faster. - Daily payouts in live accounts are now the…Aug 25Topstep’s 250K account sounds insane on paper: $10K MLL $5K soft DLL $25K payout cap But the payout math is way tougher than the headline. You need 5…Jun 18Double payout caps… for traders who never get to use them 😂 He was eligible for ~$20k. Topstep “promoted” him to live with an $8k account, a DLL,…
The latest 8 of 39. Search all of them on X
May 21If the @Tradeify Grand Cup qualifiers taught you one thing, it’s the power of ONE contract. You do NOT need 5/10/15 contracts to make money in this…
Show posts that name Tradeify · 4
May 21Most traders would become instantly more profitable if they cut their size in half and doubled their patience. Yes, some traders used instruments…May 21If the @Tradeify Grand Cup qualifiers taught you one thing, it’s the power of ONE contract. You do NOT need 5/10/15 contracts to make money in this…Aug 20Got 7 payouts in one firm and 1 payout in another mad about the one that you got 7 in Make it make senseApr 30If I was starting in prop today and actually trusted my edge, I’d stop chasing random discount codes and do this: Buy 5 accounts at each: •…
Also posts about Alpha Futures and MyFundedFutures.
Partnered means they post the firm's code, affiliate link or sponsorship, or carry its badge on X. Trades with means they post about their own account there.
What they sell
Runs a free community.
Free communitiesDiscordOpen
Links to a Discord group.
Results they posted
6 results in the posts read: payouts, passed evaluations and live accounts, in their words. 1 came with an image.
Apr 30, 2026Sep 14, 2026
Image attachedNo image
Sep 14, 2026Says "48% of traders moved live blow up on Day 1. Prop is great at measuring payouts, but terrible at measuring".No imageSep 8, 2026Says they have $100k in total payouts or profits.No imageJun 18, 2026Says "😂 He was eligible for ~$20k. Topstep “promoted” him to live with an $8k account, a DLL, and profits he".No imageMay 22, 2026Says "about to withdraw massive payouts are getting moved to ONE live account with a $3k drawdown while the rest".ImageMay 20, 2026Says "easiest way to reduce sim payouts: Tell traders they’re “going live.” Then delay it for months with no".No imageApr 30, 2026Says "one - get payout and reinvest But the end goal should be live with these firms. All of these firms have no".No image
Learn from them
4 threads and posts where they explain how they trade. The most saved are below.
A 3-post thread on liquidity sweeps.
🚨 VEST COULD BE THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE PROP INDUSTRY. Or one of the biggest risks to traders. Everyone’s arguing A-book vs. B-book, but they’re missing the BIGGER picture. 𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧
A 3-post thread on risk management.
🧵 FUNDINGTICKS JUST CROSSED A LINE FundingTicks rolled out a major rules update today. Every change was applied retroactively. This isn’t a tweak. This is a fundamental breach of trust. Let’s…
Show all 4 threads and posts
Oct 27, 2026🚨 VEST COULD BE THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE PROP INDUSTRY. Or one of the biggest risks to traders. Everyone’s arguing A-book vs. B-book, but…67 savesDec 18, 2025🧵 FUNDINGTICKS JUST CROSSED A LINE FundingTicks rolled out a major rules update today. Every change was applied retroactively. This isn’t…19 savesSep 7, 2026Futures prop isn’t going anywhere. Most futures traders aren’t moving to crypto perps just to deal with worse spreads, less liquidity,…13 savesDec 24, 2025Let’s stop pretending this is a comeback story. When a trading platform melts down and the response is “we brought the original builder…1 saves
What others say
None recorded. We read 20 posts by other accounts that name them next to words like scam, refund or banned, and none were about their own trading. Send a correction.
Who they talk to
In the NQ, Tradeify partners circle with @thelab, @DamnGoodTrading, @jmutrades, @UncleBugatti and 12 more. 21 creators on this site follow them, 9 of them both ways.
Creators on this siteProp firmsOther accountsSolid: they reply to, quote or mention them · dashed: replies, quotes or mentions of them · thicker: more often
Replies, quotes and mentions in the posts read: from them, or to them by others.
@Topstep17 from them
@lanto_trades12 from them
@tradekage8 to them
@TakeProfitLLC7 from them
@jmutrades6 from them
@TradersParadise6 from them
@MichaelPatak5 from them
@Patrickwieland5 from them
@DamnGoodTrading4 from them
@Tradeify4 from themCreators here they follow 14
@Jduntrades ⇄@AnthonyCrudele ⇄@austinsilverfx ⇄@breakoutprop@VestExchange@KCTrades777@_Shark_Trading@TradesByMatt@TylerG_Capital ⇄@DamnGoodTrading ⇄@jmutrades ⇄@UncleBugatti ⇄
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