where does your prop trading P&L come from (market making, relative value / mean reversion, or momentum breakouts)?

i've done all 3....but the majority of my P&L comes from mean reversion plays (which means that sometimes i am fading a breakout and i get stopped).

its hard to do all 3...as a human, mean reversion and breakouts are much easier for me tho (since most market making is done by algos)...and is REALLY hard to switch from mean reversion to playing for a breakout....but that's trading i guess.

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