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Field notes from the desk: strategy, mindset, platform tips, and stories from funded traders.

Trading Practice
5 hidden mistakes that can ruin your trades
Not every trading mistake is immediately visible. Get to know 5 frequent mistakes that can distort the evaluation of your decisions, your journaling, and how you learn from your previous trades.
September 18, 2026 · 13 min read

Trading Practice
Why does your strategy work well in backtest, if not in the live phase?
Your strategy works in backtest, but not in the live phase? See how the backtest itself, the market environment, execution or emotional decision-making can cause a discrepancy.
September 16, 2026 · 10 min read

Prop Trading
The Evaluation is successful. What happens after this until your first payout?
The Evaluation is successful, but what happens after this? Get to know the path from the Express phase to the first payout, the most important rules and checkpoints.
September 14, 2026 · 11 min read

Prop Trading
This is how you reach the profit target so that you can immediately request a payout.
What does the consistency rule mean at a prop firm account? Find out how it is calculated, what happens after an outstandingly profitable day, and how it can affect the completion of the Eval or the payout.
September 11, 2026 · 9 min read

Trading Practice
What do those traders do differently who get to the first payout? We show it.
What do those traders do differently who get to the first payout? Get to know how predetermined rules, risk management and a trading journal can help in developing a more consistent process.
September 9, 2026 · 11 min read

Trading Practice
One trader decides everything themselves. The other almost nothing. Which one fares better?
Manual or automated trading? Learn the most important differences between the two approaches from the perspective of time requirement, control, emotions, flexibility, and discipline.
September 7, 2026 · 12 min read

Market Analysis
Watch these between September 7-11 if you trade ES, NQ or Gold futures
See which events are worth watching between September 7-11 when trading ES, NQ and Gold futures: CPI, PPI, Treasury yields, Fed expectations and geopolitical risks.
September 4, 2026 · 11 min read

Risk Management
5 common drawdown mistakes that can make you lose your account faster than you think
We will show you the 5 most common drawdown mistakes, from excessive risk-taking through revenge trading to overcommitting after winning days, and also how you can avoid them.
September 2, 2026 · 11 min read

Risk Management
DAILY, MAX, TRAILING or EOD? - How to understand drawdown types.
Daily, Max, Trailing, and EOD drawdown – what do they mean, how do they work, and what is the difference between them? Learn how they affect your risk and account choice.
September 1, 2026 · 9 min read

Trading Practice
48K euro payout, while trading is just a side hustle? It is possible.
Do you have little time for trading alongside university, work, or a business? Learn about Keith's story, and find out how you can develop a conscious trading routine with daily goals and limits.
August 28, 2026 · 11 min read

Trading Psychology
Why do you break your own trading plan? - How can you stop this?
Why do you deviate from your own trading plan when you need it the most? Learn how trading psychology affects discipline.
August 26, 2026 · 15 min read

Prop Trading
Your first prop firm Eval: What should you really pay attention to?
Before your first prop firm Eval, the lack of information is not the biggest challenge. Learn how to build a trading plan, manage risk, and correctly interpret the Eval rules.
August 24, 2026 · 16 min read
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