Trade the rules, and yourself, better
Plain-language guides from traders, for traders: the psychology that blows up accounts, and how prop firm rules actually work, with the math worked out.
Trading psychology
Trading psychology: why good traders still blow upWhy most trading mistakes are behavioral: loss aversion, tilt, FOMO and prop-firm pressure, and how to measure your behavior instead of relying on willpower.8 min readHow to keep a trading journal that changes behaviorWhat to log for each trade, how to run a pre-session check-in, daily and weekly reviews, and how to find the mistakes that cost you most in your journal.9 min readOvertrading: how to spot it and set limits that stickThe forms of overtrading, from boredom trades to giving back a good day, how to measure it in your own records, and how to set a max-trades rule and daily goal.7 min readRevenge trading: how to spot it and stop it earlyWhat revenge trading is, how to find it in your own trade records, why it happens, and the circuit-breakers that stop one bad trade becoming a bad day.7 min readTrading plans and checklists: playbooks and risk rulesHow to build a playbook per setup with a short entry checklist, a pre-market routine and personal risk rules, and how to measure whether you follow them.8 min read
How prop firm rules work
Trailing drawdown explained: static, EOD and intradayHow prop firm trailing drawdown works: static vs end-of-day vs intraday trailing, where the floor locks, and how payouts move it, with worked $50K examples.8 min readDaily loss limits at prop firms: soft vs hard, explainedHow futures prop firm daily loss limits work: soft vs hard limits, what counts toward them, session boundaries, and setting a personal daily max inside them.7 min readProp firm consistency rules explained, with the mathHow the best-day consistency rule works at futures prop firms: the math for minimum total profit, lifetime vs per-payout rules, and why it can delay payouts.8 min readProp firm payouts explained: rules, buffers and readinessHow funded futures account payouts work: buffers, winning days, consistency, caps, splits and frequency, plus how a payout moves your drawdown floor.8 min readThe true cost of prop firm evaluations, worked outHow to work out what getting funded really costs: price times expected attempts, resets, activation fees and discounts, and tracking fees against payouts.8 min read
Free calculators
Consistency calculatorWork out how much total profit a prop firm consistency rule requires, how much you can make today, and how many more days you need.Trailing drawdown calculatorFind your prop firm account's drawdown floor, how much room you have left, and the balance at which a trailing drawdown stops trailing.Evaluation cost calculatorEstimate what it really costs to get funded at a prop firm: evaluation fees, resets and activation, weighted by your pass rate.Position size calculatorHow many futures contracts fit the dollars you're willing to risk and your stop, for ES, NQ, micros and every major CME contract.
See your own patterns
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