FuturesMath Trading Community
34 posts from futures traders sharing strategies, prop firm experiences, and trading tips.
- The Power of Moving Stop to Breakeven by BreakevenMaster - after 1R profit I move stop to breakeven. basically makes every trade free. winrate dropped a bit but my losses are most...
- My Weekend Analysis Routine by WeekendPrep - every sunday 2 hrs: review trades, mark weekly levels, check news coming up, set weekly goals. going into monday with a ...
- Trading High Volatility Days by VolatilityHunter - FOMC days CPI etc I trade different. wider stops smaller size and wait for first spike to settle. second move after news...
- Passed 5 Evaluations: My Tips by EvalMaster - passed apex topstep tpt mff and tradeday evals. what they all have in common: trade smaller than allowed, be consistent,...
- Managing Fear and Greed by FearGreed - fear makes me exit early greed makes me hold too long. fix was simple - set stops and targets BEFORE entering then dont ...
- How I Use Multiple Timeframes by MTFAnalyst - daily for bias, 1hr for structure, 5min for entries. never go against the daily trend. if daily is bullish I only take l...
- Compounding Strategy for Funded Accounts by CompoundKing - once funded I compound my risk based on account balance. start at 1% risk, after each payout I increase slightly. the ma...
- Pure Price Action Trading by PriceAction - removed all indicators from my charts 6 months ago. just candles and levels. best decision ever. cleaner charts clearer ...
- Which Prop Firm for Beginners? by BeginnerHelper - if youre new to prop firms start with something cheap. tradeday or earn2trade have affordable evals. dont start with a 1...
- Trading Gold Futures (GC) Successfully by GoldTrader - gold is different from indexes. moves slower but when it moves its big. I use 4hr support resistance levels and trade NY...
- Understanding Trailing Drawdown by DrawdownExpert - trailing drawdown confused me at first. basically your max loss level moves UP with your highest balance but never back ...
- Think in Months, Not Days by LongTermThinker - stopped caring about daily PnL and started tracking monthly. way less stress. one bad day doesnt matter if your month is...
- Trading Opening Range Breakouts by ORBTrader - opening range breakout is my bread and butter. mark the first 15 min range then trade the break of high or low. works be...
- My Trade Journal System by JournalGuy - I use a simple spreadsheet: date time instrument entry exit PnL notes. review weekly for patterns. found out I lose mone...
- Take Profit Trader Experience by TPTUser - been with TPT for 3 months. their eval is straightforward, no weird rules. drawdown is trailing which I prefer actually ...
- Why 1:1 Risk Reward Can Work by RiskReward - everyone says you need 2:1 or 3:1 RR but with 65%+ winrate 1:1 works fine and you hit target way more often. less stress...
- Micro Scalping with MNQ by MicroScalper - started with MNQ because risk is tiny per contract. great for learning. I take 10-15 scalps a day going for 5-10 ticks e...
- Building a Trading Routine by RoutineBuilder - wake up 8am check overnight levels. 9-9:30 review plan. 9:30-11 trade. 11-11:30 journal. rest of day is mine. took month...
- My Funded Futures Review by FundedReview - been with my funded futures for 6 months now. pros: fast payouts cheap evals. cons: trailing drawdown can be tricky. ove...
- Why I Only Trade the First Hour by MorningTrader - first hour has the most opportunity and the most danger. I trade 9:30-10:30 then im done. prevent overtrading and the se...
- How I Recovered From 8% Drawdown by DrawdownSurvivor - was at 8% drawdown on my topstep account with 10% max. instead of panicking I cut size in half and traded my best setup ...
- Using Volume Profile for Entries by VolumeReader - volume profile changed my trading. I look for high volume nodes as support/resistance and low volume areas as targets. c...
- From Blowing Accounts to Funded Trader by RecoveryTrader - blew 4 personal accounts before trying prop firms. something about trading someone elses money made me more disciplined....
- My Simple Support/Resistance Strategy by SupportResistance - I keep it super basic. mark yesterday high low close. mark overnight high low. trade bounces off those levels. nothing f...
- The Power of Doing Nothing by PatientTrader - best trades happen when u wait. I literally wait 2-3 hours sometimes before taking a trade. sounds boring but the setups...
- CL Futures During News Events by OilTrader - CL during inventory is insane, can move 50+ ticks. I wait like 5 min after news then trade the pullback. never trade INT...
- How to Pass Consistency Rules by ConsistencyKing - so many ppl fail not cuz of losses but cuz of consistency rules lol. what worked for me was setting a daily target and s...
- Why I Only Trade NQ by NQExpert - tried ES, CL, gold... NQ is the one for me. trends are cleaner, respects levels better. just gotta remember it moves fas...
- How I Overcame Revenge Trading by MindfulTrader - revenge trading killed my first 3 accounts no joke. what fixed it was taking a 15 min break after every loss. sounds dum...
- My ES Scalping Strategy by DayTraderSam - my scalp setup is pretty simple tbh. wait for price to hit vwap, look for rejection, enter with tight stop. usually goin...
- Topstep vs Apex: My Honest Comparison by PropFirmVet - been with both for over a year. topstep support is better but rules are strict. apex rules more relaxed and they pay fas...
- The 2% Rule Changed Everything by RiskManager101 - used to blow accounts all the time lol. then I started the 2% rule thing and everything changed. also started trailing s...
- Best Time to Trade ES Futures? by FuturesNewbie - been studying futures for a couple months now. when do you guys find ES moves best? heard the open is crazy volatile but...
- My Journey to Passing Apex $50K Evaluation by TraderMike - took me like 3 months but finally passed my apex eval. honestly the key was just not risking too much - kept it at 1% ma...