Education Library
76 guides to the indicators, price action concepts and risk mechanics that actually decide whether an account survives. No signals, no hype — the definitions, the formulas, and the mistakes that cost people their evaluations.
A 0–100 momentum oscillator. What overbought actually means, why it is not a sell signal, and how divergence works.
Read guideA volatility measure, not a direction signal. The cleanest input available for stop distance and position size.
Read guideThe session's volume-weighted average price — an institutional benchmark and the most watched intraday reference level.
Read guideTwo moving averages, a signal line, and a histogram — trend direction and momentum shift in one indicator.
Read guideA moving average with volatility envelopes. Best used to identify compression before expansion — not to fade every band touch.
Read guideThe foundation most other indicators are built on. SMA vs EMA, the periods that matter, and why crossovers lag.
Read guideA three-candle imbalance left behind by a fast move. How to mark one correctly and why price so often returns to it.
Read guideThe sequence of swing highs and lows that defines trend. BOS, CHoCH, and how to know when a trend has actually ended.
Read guideThe last opposing candle before an impulsive move. Valid criteria, invalidation, and why most drawn blocks are not blocks.
Read guideResting orders above highs and below lows. Why price hunts them, and how to stop being the liquidity that gets taken.
Read guideZones, not lines. How to draw levels that matter, why they flip, and why fewer levels beat more.
Read guideAnatomy of a candle, the few patterns worth knowing, and why the same pattern means opposite things in different locations.
Read guideThe two words every chart comment uses. What they mean, where they come from, and how to judge which side controls the market you are trading.
Read guideA candle with almost no body. What indecision actually tells you, the four variants, and why location matters more than the shape.
Read guideThe formula that converts risk percentage and stop distance into lots — and the single biggest cause of failed evaluations.
Read guideR:R is meaningless without win rate. The breakeven table, and why 5R targets often produce worse results than 2R.
Read guideThe rule that ends most evaluations. Daily vs maximum, static vs trailing, and what balance each is measured against.
Read guideWhere to place a stop, why it belongs at invalidation and not at a comfortable dollar amount, and why widening one is fatal.
Read guideLosing streaks are normal, not unlucky. Here is how to work out whether yours would end the account.
Read guideOne number that tells you whether a strategy makes money — and settles the win-rate argument for good.
Read guideZones where an order imbalance caused a sharp move away. Fresh zones, base formation, and the first-retest rule.
Read guideLeverage changes how much margin a position needs — not how much you risk. The distinction most traders get wrong.
Read guideThe total market value your position controls — the honest measure of exposure, not the margin you posted.
Read guideWhat a pip is worth, how lot sizes scale, and how to work out value per point on any instrument you trade.
Read guideThe costs that do not appear on your chart. Why they spike exactly when you need them not to.
Read guideWhen volume actually shows up. Session characteristics, the overlap, and choosing hours that fit your strategy.
Read guideWhat HFT firms actually do, how it affects your fills, and why prop firms restrict latency-based strategies.
Read guideThe number that turns a stop distance into a dollar loss — and why the same 20-pip stop costs different amounts on every instrument.
Read guideThe largest market in the world, explained from zero: pairs, pips, lots, leverage, sessions and what actually moves a currency.
Read guideA proprietary trading firm lets traders access simulated capital after proving a rules-based process, rather than risking only their own money.
Read guidePassing an evaluation is a risk-budgeting exercise as much as a trading one: know your numbers before you place a single trade.
Read guideDrawdown rules decide whether an evaluation survives a bad week — understanding exactly how they are measured matters more than the strategy itself.
Read guideBoth formats test the same risk discipline; the difference is how the profit target is split and how much room that leaves for error.
Read guideA breach closes the account, not the trader's career — understanding what actually triggered it is the only useful next step.
Read guideA scaling plan describes how an account size or profit split can grow over time — the specifics vary widely and are worth reading closely.
Read guideChoosing a prop firm comes down to a handful of checkable facts, not marketing copy — here is what actually matters and how to verify it.
Read guideA losing strategy and a good strategy poorly executed look identical on the equity curve — the difference is what happens in your head between signal and click.
Read guideOne loss rarely fails an evaluation. The trade taken to get it back usually does.
Read guideMore screen time does not produce more edge, it produces more trades that do not meet your criteria.
Read guideA losing streak inside a proven win rate is statistics. Reacting to it as if it were a personal failure is where accounts actually get lost.
Read guideDiscipline that depends on willpower fails on the days you need it most. Discipline built into a routine does not.
Read guideBy the time a move feels too obvious to miss, it is usually already extended — and the trade you take is chasing, not entering.
Read guideA journal that only records profit and loss tells you what happened. A journal that also records the decision tells you why.
Read guideSix lines that decide every trade before the market opens — and the shutdown rule most plans forget.
Read guideMany short trades for small gains — and why costs and drawdown limits matter more here than in any other style.
Read guidePositions held across days rather than minutes, built around gap risk, patience, and having no clock running against you.
Read guideTrading the move out of compression — how to pick real levels, avoid false breaks, and size stops with ATR.
Read guideBetting on a return to average price — reliable in ranges, dangerous in trends, and dependent on strict risk controls.
Read guideCapturing extended moves rather than reversals — how trends are defined structurally, and why the strategy demands patience through losses.
Read guideTrading the volatility step-up as London opens — the Asia-range sweep, liquidity around 08:00 UK time, and how to execute it.
Read guideTrading scheduled data releases — how price reacts, why costs spike around the event, and how to size for it.
Read guideThe monthly US jobs report and the most violent scheduled event in forex. What it contains, why it moves price, and how to survive it.
Read guideOrder blocks, fair value gaps, liquidity sweeps and killzones — the ICT vocabulary translated into mechanics you can test.
Read guideXAGUSD is gold's volatile cousin with an industrial job. What drives it, and how to size it so it doesn't end your evaluation.
Read guideMT4 and MT5 look similar but differ in timeframes, order types and scripting language — here is what actually matters when choosing one.
Read guideInstalling and running an EA is straightforward, but automation on a drawdown account carries risks a discretionary trader does not face.
Read guideHow to attach, modify and trail a stop loss in MT5, and why the level it fills at can still differ from the level you set.
Read guideBalance, equity, free margin and margin level are four different numbers — knowing which one governs your drawdown is essential.
Read guideSlippage is the gap between the price you asked for and the price you got — normally small, occasionally decisive around news.
Read guideLatency is the round-trip time for an order to reach the market and confirm — it matters, but mostly to a specific style of trading.
Read guideThe strategy tester can show how a system performed historically — but only if you understand its data limits and avoid fitting the curve.
Read guideA practical guide to trading BTC as a CFD on MT5, from contract sizing to weekend drawdown risk.
Read guideWhy crypto's price ranges run wider than forex, and why the correct response is smaller size, not a bigger stop.
Read guideWhat USDT is, why TRC-20 is the network most prop firms settle rewards on, and how to check a transfer yourself.
Read guideHow crypto's around-the-clock market differs from forex sessions, and what that means for weekend risk on a funded account.
Read guideA factual look at the drivers behind crypto price moves, from macro liquidity to on-chain supply events.
Read guideBitcoin and gold are both traded as alternatives to traditional currency exposure, but they behave very differently on a chart.
Read guideA complete risk framework for crypto CFDs on a drawdown-limited account, covering sizing, stops, correlation and hard loss caps.
Read guideWhat counts as realised profit, how the split is applied, and a worked $50,000 example at 80/20.
Read guideThe percentage of realised profit a trader keeps, why it varies by account type, and what fine print to check.
Read guideHow to take a transaction ID and confirm amount, token, timestamp and destination on a TRON block explorer.
Read guideWeekly versus bi-weekly versus on-demand reward cycles, and why cadence affects compounding and cash flow.
Read guideGeneral guidance on how rewards are commonly characterised for tax, plus why local professional advice is essential.
Read guideIdentity verification explained: why firms must do it, what documents are typically needed, and common causes of rejection.
Read guideWallet hygiene, correct network selection, test transfers and phishing safety for receiving USDT rewards without losing funds.
Read guideEverything here applies directly to trading under drawdown rules. MixFunded evaluations start from $5, with rewards published on-chain every Monday in USDT (TRC-20).