Prop Firm Trader Income: How aesqueda23 Made $15,188 in One Month
What does prop firm trader income actually look like? Not the marketing screenshots. Not the "I made $50K in a day" tweets. Real, verifiable, leaderboard-tracked results.
aesqueda23 earned $15,188 in a single month — ranking #3 out of 111 traders in the DTR Trading community. Let's look at what that income actually looks like under the microscope.
The Numbers
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total P&L | $15,188 |
| Total Trades | 76 |
| Average Per Trade | $200 |
| Leaderboard Rank | #3 of 111 traders |
A clean $200 average per trade across 76 trades. Based on their trading data, that's roughly 3-4 trades per trading day — each one worth $200.
Trading Style Analysis
aesqueda23's profile sits in the balanced-to-active zone.
76 trades per month (about 3-4 daily) with a $200 average puts them in an interesting middle ground:
- More active than the top 2 — taking slightly more trades than Mikaela (60) and Marty L. (145 took more but across more size)
- Solid per-trade profitability — $200/trade is strong and sustainable
- Consistent execution — 76 profitable trades don't happen without a system
The $200 per-trade average is a number worth studying. It's large enough to be meaningful, small enough to be achievable with moderate position sizes, and consistent enough over 76 trades to suggest a well-defined methodology.
This looks like a trader who has found their sweet spot: enough activity to capture the day's opportunities, enough restraint to avoid overtrading.
Key Lessons from aesqueda23's Approach
1. $200/trade is a perfectly viable edge. You don't need $500 or $1,000 per trade to build serious income. At $200/trade with 76 monthly trades, aesqueda23 generated over $15K. That's the compounding effect of a modest, repeatable edge.
2. The middle path works. Not a scalper, not a swing trader — somewhere in between. aesqueda23's data shows you don't have to pick an extreme style to be profitable.
3. Total income = edge × frequency. $200 × 76 = $15,188. Simple math. The lesson? Find your per-trade edge, then execute it as many times as the market gives you quality setups.
What This Looks Like on a DTF Funded Account
Let's run aesqueda23's numbers through DayTrader Funding's payout structure:
50K Account ($249 entry)
- Monthly profit: $15,188
- Profit target to pass eval: $3,000 (passed in ~15 trades — about 4 days)
- 80% profit split: $12,150 take-home
- ROI on $249 entry: 5,389%
100K Account ($419 entry)
- Monthly profit: $15,188
- Profit target to pass eval: $6,000 (passed in ~30 trades — about 8 days)
- 80% profit split: $12,150 take-home
- More contract capacity to potentially increase trade size
150K Account ($599 entry)
- Monthly profit: $15,188
- Profit target to pass eval: $9,000 (passed in ~45 trades — about 12 days)
- 80% profit split: $12,150 take-home
At aesqueda23's pace, even the 150K evaluation would be cleared in under 3 weeks — leaving room for payouts the rest of the month.
The Income Perspective
Let's put $15,188/month in context:
- Annualized: $182,256 (if replicated monthly)
- vs. median US salary: 2.4× the median individual income
- vs. entry cost: A $249 evaluation fee for a shot at $15K+ months
And remember — this is one trader out of 111 who were profitable that month. The community generated $395,000 collectively in the same period, and $3.3 million all-time across 9,828 trades.
Prop firm trader income isn't theoretical. It's tracked, ranked, and public.
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