{"id":142704,"date":"2026-09-21T13:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.traderscale.com\/success-journeys\/lewis-daniels\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T08:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T08:23:04","slug":"lewis-daniels","status":"publish","type":"success_journey","link":"https:\/\/www.traderscale.com\/de\/success-journeys\/lewis-daniels\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Daniels"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":910,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142704","success_journey","type-success_journey","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"person_photo":142557,"list_photo":155840,"country":"gb","country_flag_image":null,"pronoun":"his","title_line_1":"","title_line_2":"","hero_quote":"\u201cStay patient, stay consistent and, most importantly, don\u2019t keep strategy hopping.\u201d","hero_video_link":"","total_payouts_amount":"$1,312.17","number_of_payouts":"4","highest_single_payout":"$631.68","joined_traderscale":"20260401","number_of_accounts_before_first_payout":"2","total_number_of_accounts":"15","info_title":"Discover how one trader turned $331 of challenge fees into four times that in payouts.","info_text":"

Lewis had been trading for almost two years before he came to Traderscale, and by his own description he was “strategy hopping, impatient, sloppy and not consistent”. A former mentor pointed him our way, and the price of a $10K challenge made it an easy thing to try.<\/span><\/p>

It did not go smoothly. He failed his first challenge, then the next seven, before finally passing one. That is around eight failed attempts in all, which he puts down to impatience and overtrading rather than any flaw in his strategy.<\/span><\/p>

Since then he has taken four payouts totalling $1,312.17<\/strong>, across two funded accounts. On their own those are modest numbers next to the five and six figure withdrawals elsewhere on this site, but they are worth measuring against what it cost him to get there. Every challenge he has bought comes to $331.90 in total<\/strong>, most of them under $50 apiece. His payouts now come to almost four times everything he has ever spent.<\/span><\/p>

That is the point of a $10K account. The entry price is low enough that a single payout can clear the whole cost of learning, and Lewis has put the money straight back into more evaluations. He has since scaled up to $25K and $50K challenges.<\/span><\/p>","timeline_title":"Every account, in order.","timeline_subtitle":"The breaches are part of the story. They're what make the payouts mean something.","timeline":[{"account_label":"$25K Phase 1 assessment","date_label":"October 2026","status":"active","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":null},{"account_label":"$50K Phase 2 assessment","date_label":"October 2026","status":"active","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":null},{"account_label":"$10K Phase 1 assessment","date_label":"October 2026","status":"active","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":null},{"account_label":"$50K Phase 1 assessment","date_label":"September 2026","status":"passed","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":null},{"account_label":"$50K Phase 1 assessment","date_label":"September 2026","status":"breached","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":null},{"account_label":"$10K Funded account","date_label":"September 2026","status":"active","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":[{"payout_date":"16 Oct 2026","payout_amount":"+$211.90","verify_url":"https:\/\/arbiscan.io\/tx\/0xff3c628903638efc6e3db310efdbd92d55f0c1da17d6b4ea082fef2ae82c2555","chain":"arbitrum"}]},{"account_label":"$10K Phase 2 assessment","date_label":"September 2026","status":"passed","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":null},{"account_label":"$10K Phase 1 assessment","date_label":"August 2026","status":"active","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":null},{"account_label":"$10K Funded account","date_label":"August 2026","status":"active","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":[{"payout_date":"13 Oct 2026","payout_amount":"+$631.68","verify_url":"https:\/\/arbiscan.io\/tx\/0xb84c0ee523f11d235a56d2aad344a8b28d619c03eed468f144b777bfbec7c9f7","chain":"arbitrum"},{"payout_date":"28 Sep 2026","payout_amount":"+$195.50","verify_url":"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/tx\/0x766e2c24968687ff51b84def9d65ad8baf3fc8e8c78d36d078507b4e23e8fb1b","chain":"ethereum"},{"payout_date":"02 Sep 2026","payout_amount":"+$273.09","verify_url":"https:\/\/arbiscan.io\/tx\/0x70b1aaa2417d46934a4155cf1ba5bc3d827cca4d0644bcb305b952f9699ecee4","chain":"arbitrum"}]},{"account_label":"$25K Phase 1 assessment","date_label":"July 2026","status":"active","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":null},{"account_label":"$10K Phase 2 assessment","date_label":"July 2026","status":"passed","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":null},{"account_label":"$10K Phase 1 assessment","date_label":"June 2026","status":"passed","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":null},{"account_label":"$10K Phase 1 assessment","date_label":"May 2026","status":"passed","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":null},{"account_label":"$5K Phase 1 assessment","date_label":"May 2026","status":"breached","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":null},{"account_label":"$10K Phase 1 assessment","date_label":"April 2026","status":"breached","amount":"","etherscan_url":"","payouts":null}],"page_has_this_section_2":"No","quote_text":"","quote_author":"","page_has_this_section":"Yes","section_title":"Lewis\u2019 $10,000 Two Step Funded with three payouts totalling $1,100.27","screenshot_image":143862,"screenshot_caption":"","certificate_images":[{"certificate_image":193181,"certificate_link":"https:\/\/arbiscan.io\/tx\/0xff3c628903638efc6e3db310efdbd92d55f0c1da17d6b4ea082fef2ae82c2555"},{"certificate_image":193166,"certificate_link":"https:\/\/arbiscan.io\/tx\/0xb84c0ee523f11d235a56d2aad344a8b28d619c03eed468f144b777bfbec7c9f7"},{"certificate_image":143847,"certificate_link":"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/tx\/0x766e2c24968687ff51b84def9d65ad8baf3fc8e8c78d36d078507b4e23e8fb1b"},{"certificate_image":142587,"certificate_link":"https:\/\/arbiscan.io\/tx\/0x70b1aaa2417d46934a4155cf1ba5bc3d827cca4d0644bcb305b952f9699ecee4"}],"page_has_this_section_3":"Yes","q&a_title":"From eight failed challenges to a payout that paid for them all","q&a_item":[{"question_text":"How long had you been trading before joining Traderscale, and how would you describe your experience level at the time?","answer_text":"

Before starting an evaluation with Traderscale, I had been trading for almost 2 years. Like most traders, I was strategy hopping, impatient, sloppy and not consistent with my trading.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"What made you decide to try a funded trading program, and why Traderscale specifically?","answer_text":"

I heard about Traderscale through my previous mentor, who had nothing bad to say about the firm. He suggested I give one of the $10K challenges a go, and the price for the evaluation was really attractive.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"How many challenges or evaluation accounts did you purchase before passing?","answer_text":"

I failed my first challenge and then the next 7 challenges before eventually passing my first account, so around 8 failed attempts before my first pass.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"How many attempts did it take to pass each phase?","answer_text":"

I’ve failed a number of challenges and also passed multiple phases since then, but I don’t have an exact number of attempts for each individual phase.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"If you failed any attempts, what went wrong, and what did you change afterward?","answer_text":"

Looking back, it’s hard to pinpoint one reason, but I’d mainly put the failures down to impatience and overtrading. Those were the biggest things I struggled with.<\/p>

Over time, I learned that patience and consistency were much more important than constantly trying to force trades.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"What account size did you start with, and did you scale up over time?","answer_text":"

I started with $10K accounts. Since progressing and passing Phase 1s, I’ve now purchased a $25K account and plan to continue scaling into larger accounts.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"How many funded accounts are you currently trading?","answer_text":"

Right now, I have 3 evaluation accounts with Traderscale and 2 passed $10K accounts.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"Roughly how long did each phase take you to complete?","answer_text":"

I couldn’t really put a fixed time on each evaluation because I only trade when I see my setup. That could mean trading once a week, once a day or sometimes even waiting much longer.<\/p>

I don’t want to force trades just to complete an evaluation quickly.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"What does your trading strategy or approach look like?","answer_text":"

I use the Daily, 4-hour and 1-hour timeframes to establish my overall bias, and I execute my trades on the 5-minute timeframe.<\/p>

I look for a previous session liquidity sweep followed by a fakeout. From there, I look for a 5-minute break of structure (BOS) and aim to enter around the 0.618 Fibonacci retracement level.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"What almost made you quit, and what kept you going?","answer_text":"

Failing multiple challenges was difficult, especially early on, but I kept going because I knew failing evaluations was part of becoming a better trader.<\/p>

Over time, passing challenges showed me that progress was possible if I stayed patient and consistent.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"What\u2019s one specific moment from this journey that stuck with you, good or hard?","answer_text":"

One thing that has always stuck with me is how I felt after blowing my first evaluation.<\/p>

Even though I knew failing happens to even the best traders, at the time I thought it would never happen to me. It humbled me very quickly.<\/p>

I’ve failed many challenges since then, but I’ve also passed many since, and that experience helped change my mindset.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"How long was it from signing up to your first payout?","answer_text":"

I signed up to Traderscale around 4 months ago and received my first payout about a week ago.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"How much was your payout, and how did it feel to receive it?","answer_text":"

My first payout was $273.<\/p>

It might not seem like a huge amount, but when you realise I originally paid around $50 for the account, that’s roughly a 5x return compared with what I initially put into the account.<\/p>

For me, it was proof that the process can work.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"What did you do with it, or what does it mean for your life?","answer_text":"

I’m putting the money back into more evaluations because I know that in trading, a big part of the journey is about scaling and gaining access to more capital.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"Was there anything about the payout process that surprised you?","answer_text":"

The biggest surprise was how fast and straightforward the payout process was.<\/p>

There wasn’t any messing around or unnecessary difficulty compared with experiences traders can sometimes have with other prop firms.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"What would you say to someone who\u2019s on the fence about trying this?","answer_text":"

If anyone is on the fence about trading or trying a prop firm, my advice would be to take the leap.<\/p>

You never know where it could take you, but you also need to accept that failing challenges can be part of the process.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"Looking back, what\u2019s the one thing you wish you\u2019d known when you started?","answer_text":"

The biggest thing I wish I knew from the beginning is that trading is all about patience and consistency.<\/p>

Without those two things, it’s very difficult to become a successful trader.<\/p>

Stay patient, stay consistent and, most importantly, don’t keep strategy hopping.<\/p>"}],"page_has_this_section_4":"No","video_section_title":"","video_items":null},"yoast_head":"\nLewis Daniels - Accelerate Your Financial Journey with a Fully Funded Trading Account<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.traderscale.com\/de\/success-journeys\/lewis-daniels\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lewis Daniels - Accelerate Your Financial Journey with a Fully Funded Trading Account\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.traderscale.com\/de\/success-journeys\/lewis-daniels\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Accelerate Your Financial Journey with a Fully Funded Trading Account\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61556992185100#\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-23T08:23:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.traderscale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Preview-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.traderscale.com\\\/de\\\/success-journeys\\\/lewis-daniels\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.traderscale.com\\\/de\\\/success-journeys\\\/lewis-daniels\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lewis Daniels - 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