Category: Futures Trading
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How to Set Daily Loss Limits on Rithmic/R Trader Pro
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If you’re struggling with minimizing your losses during a prop firm evaluation or funded account, don’t worry. It’s a common struggle for many traders when first learning to trade. But if you feel like nothing is helping, this may help. Several prop firms impose a Daily Loss Limit on evaluations/funded…
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Phoenix Trader’s Merit Account: The Most Unique Evaluation I’ve Tried
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Phoenix Trader Funding is a firm that offers 3 types of evaluation accounts for futures traders. The one I decided to try is called the Merit account, which is a unique evaluation, unlike any others. This account was offered in 4 sizes. Since then, they have removed 3 of the…
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The Best Funded Futures Option for Each Trader (by Cost)
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After comparing all of the funded futures accounts in this article, I put together a more comprehensive comparison guide below. We can see a couple patterns here. Each firm typically offers both the $50,000 and $100,000 funded futures accounts, with 6-10 and 10-14 full-sized futures contracts, respectively. These are offered…
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A Timeline of the Events Unfolding at TopOneFutures
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I have been following the TopOneFutures Discord, as some new troubling events have unfolded this past weekend. Hopefully it’s not turning into a FastTrackTrader situation, which at least one trader in the Discord already compared it to. At this point, it’s too early to tell. I decided I ought to…
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A Full Review of A 1m Wave on CPI Day (2/12/25)
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On February 12, 2025, CPI came out at 5:30 AM PST, and pulled the markets down significantly in the pre-market. But as we’ll see shortly, the news reaction was exaggerated and irrelevant, as it usually is, and was actually a great setup for multiple long positions. Recent History Have you…
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The Funding Company Scam Watchlist: Avoid These!
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While this industry of funding futures and forex traders has taken off, the number of options has increased quickly over the last few years. Unfortunately, some scam companies have also sprung up, posing as legitimate funding companies, designed to make a quick buck off of evaluation fees and disappear before…
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Funded Futures FAQs
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To simplify some things about the different futures funding companies, I’ve organized some information here. If you have any other basic questions about futures funding companies that aren’t easy to find answers to, let me know and I will add them here. What is a funded futures trading program? Funded…
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Apex Trader Funding: Complete Walkthrough From Eval to Profits
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Apex Trader Funding has quickly risen up the ranks of futures funding companies. They are now attracting more traders than any other firm for several reasons. One of their biggest advantages is the frequent sales of up to 90% off of the evaluation cost. Another advantage is the ability to…
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Why You Need to Try Trading on a Funded Futures Account
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Why are more traders pursuing funded futures accounts instead of working for weeks or months and funding themselves? If you’re already experienced with trading futures, and simply don’t have a ton of capital, you may have considered the funded trading programs available today. If you haven’t, I strongly recommend that…
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The Most Important Lessons I’ve Learned from Funded Futures Trading
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As I continue to progress toward mastery as a trader, it sometimes feels like I’ve undergone a machine learning experiment over the last few years. There are so many important lessons I’ve learned from trading and studying the markets, and some of these lessons apply specifically to the world of…