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Trade futures with a plan
Guides on prop firm rules, drawdowns, platforms and strategy, written by the team that funds traders every day.
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24 short lessons that take you from zero to your first evaluation. Free, at your own pace.
Featured guide
What is a static drawdown?
A floor that never moves, no matter how much you make. See how static compares to end-of-day and intraday trailing drawdowns, day by day, in our interactive simulator.
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Getting funded
How to get a funded trading account
The full path from picking a plan to your first payout, step by step.
Evaluations
How to pass a prop firm challenge
Drawdowns, consistency, sizing and the habits of traders who pass.
Prop firms 101
How do futures prop firms make money?
Evaluation fees, profit sharing, and how to tell if a firm wants you to win.
Start from zero
Career change
Recently laid off? Explore futures trading
Why the 9:30 AM to 4 PM session is finally on your calendar, and how a prop firm caps your risk.
Futures 101
What are futures? Explained with gold
Pre-orders you never pick up: 100 oz contracts, micros, and how traders profit up or down.
The decoder
Futures made simple
Symbols, month codes, ticks and candles, translated into plain English.
Women in trading
What the research says
Women traded less and kept more of their returns. Here's how those habits pass evaluations.
Browse by topic
Guides on platforms, strategy, chart patterns and risk, grouped by topic.
Platforms & tools
Tradovate vs NinjaTraderWhat's the best platform for trading futures?Prop firms that use TradovateTradingView for futures traders
Futures basics
What are futures? Explained with goldFutures made simple: symbols, ticks and chartsWhy trade futures?How much money do you need to trade futures?How many trading days are in a year?What is slippage in trading?
Trading strategies
Futures trading strategies: an overviewTop 5 futures trading tipsBest strategy for slow marketsCan you swing trade futures?Gap trading strategies guideGap and go trading guideGap up and gap down trading
Chart patterns
Flag pattern tradingThe cup and handle patternABCD pattern tradingInverse head and shoulders patternMegaphone patternParabolic curve tradingDragon pattern trading
Risk & mindset
What is a static drawdown?Risk management fundamentalsRisk management, chapter 2Risk management, chapter 3Risk management, chapter 4The mental game of tradingWomen in trading: what the research says
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