{"id":193160,"date":"2026-10-23T08:07:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T08:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.traderscale.com\/success-journeys\/cole-willoughby\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T08:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T08:21:08","slug":"cole-willoughby","status":"publish","type":"success_journey","link":"https:\/\/www.traderscale.com\/pt-br\/success-journeys\/cole-willoughby\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole Willoughby"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":910,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193160","success_journey","type-success_journey","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"person_photo":193094,"list_photo":193109,"country":"gb","country_flag_image":null,"pronoun":"his","title_line_1":"","title_line_2":"","hero_quote":"\u201cGameify prop firms. 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Since July 2026 he has taken <strong>three payouts worth $17,488.80<\/strong>. They were $5,819.20, then $5,120.00, then $6,549.60, the last of them on an account that is still live today.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every one went out as USDT on Ethereum, and all three transactions are linked below. On the payout process he is brief: &#8220;Requesting the payout and getting paid within 24 hours.&#8221; The money has gone straight back in, into live accounts and more props, to keep scaling.<\/span><\/p>","timeline_title":"Every account, in order.","timeline_subtitle":"The breaches are part of the story. 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I was still following my system, I just didn&#8217;t get good timing or a good winning period after purchasing the account.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"What account size did you start with, and did you scale up over time?","answer_text":"<p>$100K, and I bought a couple of $200Ks, but mainly $100K accounts.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"How many funded accounts are you currently trading?","answer_text":"<p>Three $100Ks.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"Roughly how long did each phase take you to complete?","answer_text":"<p>The funded stage, around a month to a payout being able to be requested.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"What does your trading strategy or approach look like?","answer_text":"<p>Sweep, fakeout, break of structure, retrace, fixed risk-to-reward. Tap and barrel.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"What almost made you quit, and what kept you going?","answer_text":"<p>Being &#8209;7k at 17. Too far gone to quit.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"What\u2019s one specific moment from this journey that stuck with you, good or hard?","answer_text":"<p>Requesting the payout and getting paid within 24 hours.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"How long was it from signing up to your first payout?","answer_text":"<p>Four months, maybe.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"How much was your payout, and how did it feel to receive it?","answer_text":"<p>$5,120 USD.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"What did you do with it, or what does it mean for your life?","answer_text":"<p>Straight back into the game through my live accounts and more props, to scale.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"Was there anything about the payout process that surprised you?","answer_text":"<p>Nothing surprising. Quick payout on the chain, can&#8217;t complain.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"What would you say to someone who\u2019s on the fence about trying this?","answer_text":"<p>Lock in, get a mentor, trade mechanically. Gameify prop firms, look at ROI on a longer-term perspective with props specifically. Do not quit.<\/p>"},{"question_text":"Looking back, what\u2019s the one thing you wish you\u2019d known when you started?","answer_text":"<p>Trade mechanically.<\/p>"}],"page_has_this_section_4":"No","video_section_title":"","video_items":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cole Willoughby - 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\/pt-br\/success-journeys\/cole-willoughby\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_BR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cole Willoughby - Accelerate Your Financial Journey with a Fully Funded Trading Account\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.traderscale.com\/pt-br\/success-journeys\/cole-willoughby\/\" \/>\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=\"2026-10-23T08:21:08+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\\\/pt-br\\\/success-journeys\\\/cole-willoughby\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.traderscale.com\\\/pt-br\\\/success-journeys\\\/cole-willoughby\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cole Willoughby - 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