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PodcastTrading Nut | Trader Interviews - Forex, Futures, StocksOctober 14, 2026

How This 20-Year-Old Welder Survived 20 Blown Challenges to Pull $200k in Futures Payouts w/ Ty Feutz

Cheap, repeatable prop-firm futures challenges combined with a single proven strategy and aggressive risk-scaling let a novice trader generate six-figure payouts quickly.

  • Rapid rise: Ty Feutz, a 20-year-old former welder, turned prop-firm futures trading into over $200,000 in payouts within about a year and a half.
  • Brutal learning curve: He blew roughly 20 cheap ($20) futures challenges with Bullinox before passing his first and later earning his first $1,500 payout on a TopStep account on August 30.

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