Movin Trades — Zero to Funded

Module 01 · Movin Trades

THE MENTAL GAME

Before a single chart. Before a single setup. This is where trading is won or lost. The mental module is the foundation everything else is built on.

Watch This First — Why Traders Keep Losing

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Psychology — Your Human Wiring Works Against You

Mental

Core Truth

Your mind is not designed for trading. It is designed to avoid pain. In the market, that instinct will cost you money — every single time you let it take over. Knowing this is the first step to overriding it.

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RED = FEAR

When a candle goes red, your brain screams danger. It wants to exit, move the stop, do anything to avoid more pain. This is the exact moment most traders make their worst decisions.

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GREEN = GREED

When a candle goes green, your brain wants more. It wants to add size, ignore the plan, stay in too long. Greed is just as dangerous as fear — it just feels better while it's happening.

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Moving a Stop Loss

It is incredibly easy to move a stop loss. One click. No friction. But that one click is your brain avoiding short-term pain — and creating catastrophic long-term damage to your account.

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The Best Loser Wins

90% of traders lose. Most of them are trying to avoid losses. The traders who win are the ones who have made peace with losing. They take the small loss and move on. That IS the edge.

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You are wired to avoid pain — your brain will always look for the exit before the trade has had time to work

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Your mind is designed to lose in the market. This isn't an insult — it's biology. Knowing this gives you the power to override it.

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Take trades for what they are — not what you are. A losing trade doesn't make you a loser. A bad entry is data, not identity.

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Be friends with uncertainty. The next trade could be your best trade ever or a small loss. Both outcomes are acceptable. Both are part of the game.

Pain and fear are why traders fail. Not lack of knowledge. Not lack of strategy. The trader who masters their psychology will always outperform the trader who masters their charts but ignores their mind.

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Discipline — The Bridge Between Poor and Rich Traders

Mental

The Hard Truth

Technical analysis will not get you rich. Wall Street could post their exact rules to the public — and the public would still lose. Why? Because discipline is the real edge. Not the setup. The discipline to follow the setup.

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When We Lose, We Think We Need a New Strategy

This is the single most common trap in trading. A losing week triggers a search for a new indicator, a new system, a new method. The problem is almost never the strategy. The strategy is working. The trader is not following it.

The real question after a loss: Did I follow my rules exactly? If yes — the loss is valid and expected. If no — fix the behavior, not the strategy.

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Strategy Is the Easy Part of Trading

Anyone can learn a strategy. You can learn FVGs, liquidity, and order flow in an afternoon. The knowledge is accessible. What separates profitable traders is not knowledge — it's consistent execution of that knowledge under pressure.

The real work: Executing correctly at 9:47am when you're down 2 trades and see what looks like a perfect setup that doesn't quite meet all your criteria. That's the test. That's where most traders fail.

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Trade Well, Not Often

More trades does not mean more money. Most of the time it means more losses. The best traders take fewer trades, but execute each one with precision and patience.

Base hits win games. You don't need a home run every session. Consistent 1:1 trades taken only when the setup is perfect compound into real results over time. One clean trade a day beats five forced ones every single week.

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Discipline Is the Bridge Between Poor and Rich Traders

Two traders. Same strategy. One profitable. One not. The difference — every single time — is discipline. The profitable trader follows the plan when it's uncomfortable. The losing trader makes exceptions.

Wall Street could post their rules to the public and the public would still lose. Because having the rules and following the rules are two completely different things. You now have the rules. Follow them.

Trade with discipline, not emotion. Base hits win championships — not home runs.

— Movin Trades · Learn. Trade. Elevate.

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Process Over Results — The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything

Mental

The Reframe

Stop asking "Did I make money today?" Start asking "Did I follow my rules today?" A rule-following losing trade IS a success. A rule-breaking winning trade IS a failure — because it reinforces the wrong behavior.

❌ Wrong Scorecard

"Did I make money today?" — This makes a rule-following losing trade feel like failure. It causes desperate, compensating behavior on the next trade. This is how one loss becomes five.

✅ Right Scorecard

"Did I follow my rules today?" — A loss that followed all rules is a success. The edge pays out over 100+ trades, not each individual one. This reframe changes everything.

Discipline Like a Pro Trader

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Required reading: "Trading in the Zone" by Mark Douglas. Read it before you go live on a prop firm account. Then read it again after your first month funded. This book does more for your trading than any strategy ever will.

Module 02 · Foundation

MARKETS FROM ZERO

If charts look like a cockpit right now — start here. This section builds the foundation everything else depends on. Every concept in the modules ahead builds on this one.

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What Is a Market?

Foundation

Simple Definition

A market is an auction. Millions of buyers and sellers agree on prices in real time. More buyers than sellers → price goes UP. More sellers than buyers → price goes DOWN. Every chart, every candle, every move — is just this principle playing out.

Going LONG (Buying)

You believe price will go UP. You buy at a lower price, sell at a higher price. On NQ: each point = $20 profit (or $2 on MNQ). Simple.

Going SHORT (Selling)

You believe price will go DOWN. You sell at a higher price, buy back lower. Works exactly like going long — just in reverse direction.

Start on MNQ — always. Micro E-mini Nasdaq = 1/10th the size of NQ. Each point = $2 instead of $20. Same setups, same strategy, same concepts — but a bad trade costs 10x less. Learn here. Scale when consistently profitable.

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Candlesticks — Reading the Story of Price

Foundation

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Green (Bullish) Candle — Price went UP. Open is at the bottom of the body. Close is at the top. Wicks show the full high and low reached during that period.

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Red (Bearish) Candle — Price went DOWN. Open is at the top of the body. Close is at the bottom. Same wick logic as green candles.

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Big body, tiny wicks — Strong conviction. One side dominated the entire period. Institutions were aggressive. This is energy you follow.

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Long upper wick — Buyers pushed price up but sellers rejected it hard. Bearish signal — often a liquidity sweep above a swing high.

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Long lower wick — Sellers pushed price down but buyers absorbed it all. Bullish signal — often a liquidity sweep below a swing low.

Practice Zone CANDLE CHALLENGE

Look at the candle below. What is it telling you about the market? Click the best answer.

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Market Structure — The Language of Price

Foundation

ICT Market Structure Essentials

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Uptrend = Higher Highs + Higher Lows (HH/HL). Each peak and each valley is above the last. Your bias = LONG. Only look for buy setups.

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Downtrend = Lower Highs + Lower Lows (LH/LL). Each peak and valley is below the last. Your bias = SHORT. Only look for sell setups.

BOS

Break of Structure — Price breaks a swing high in uptrend or swing low in downtrend. Trend continuing. Stay with the bias.

CHoCH

Change of Character — Price breaks AGAINST the current trend. Early warning of reversal. Watch for a new directional bias to establish.

Practice Zone MARK THE STRUCTURE

Click candles to mark Swing Highs (peaks) and Swing Lows (valleys). Switch modes with the buttons below. Then press CHECK to see if you got it right.

Your job before 9:30 AM: Look at the 15-min NQ chart. Is it HH/HL or LH/LL? Write "BIAS = LONG" or "SHORT." Never trade against this on session day. This one rule eliminates most losing trades.

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Sessions & Killzones — When to Trade

Foundation

Ultimate Guide to ICT Killzones

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Session	EST Time	Character	Action
Asian	8 PM – 3 AM	Slow, quiet, ranging	Sets overnight liquidity levels
London Open	3 AM – 5 AM	First big institutional move	Watch direction. FVGs created here.
NY Pre-Market	8 – 9:30 AM	Building pressure	Mark levels. Check news calendar.
⭐ NY Open Killzone	9:30 – 11:00 AM	Highest volume, sharpest moves	THIS IS WHEN WE TRADE
🚫 NY Lunch	11:30 AM – 1 PM	Low volume, choppy, no edge	Close the platform entirely
NY Afternoon	1:30 – 4 PM	Secondary volume	Skip until consistently profitable

News rule — non-negotiable: Check ForexFactory every morning before opening charts. NFP, CPI, FOMC, Fed speeches = no trading that day. These events can move NQ 100+ points in seconds and spike right through any stop loss.

Module 03 · ICT Core

LIQUIDITY
THE SECRET

This is the concept that changes how you see the market forever. Once you understand where liquidity lives, you stop chasing breakouts and start trading the hunts.

ICT Liquidity — Full Simplified Guide

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What Is Liquidity?

ICT Core

Definition

Liquidity is where orders are sitting in the market, waiting to be triggered. Large institutions — hedge funds, banks, central banks — need to execute orders worth hundreds of millions. They cannot simply "click buy." The market doesn't have enough opposing orders at one price to fill their entire position. So they engineer price to move toward clusters of stop losses first — triggering those orders — then reverse in the true direction.

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Buy-Side Liquidity (BSL)

Above Highs

Sits ABOVE swing highs and equal highs. These are the stop losses of short sellers. When price sweeps above a high, those stops trigger as buy orders — which institutions then sell into at premium prices. You'll see a wick above the high.

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Sell-Side Liquidity (SSL)

Below Lows

Sits BELOW swing lows and equal lows. These are the stop losses of long traders. When price sweeps below a low, those stops trigger as sell orders — which institutions buy into at discounted prices. You'll see a wick below the low.

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The Liquidity Sweep — Reading the Hunt

ICT Core

Key Insight

A sweep happens when price briefly pierces a key high or low, triggers the stops, then immediately reverses. On a candle chart you see a long wick — the candle pokes through the level then closes back on the other side. This is NOT a failed breakout. This is an intentional institutional order collection.

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Price approaches a key level

The level has visible equal highs, a PDH/PDL, or a clear swing point. Retail traders have stacked stops here — this is the target. You should have this level already marked on your chart from your pre-market prep.

Mark every morning: PDH, PDL, Asian session high/low, visible equal highs/lows on the 15m chart.

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Price spikes through — the sweep

A wick forms above the high (or below the low). The candle body closes BACK INSIDE the range. Retail traders just got stopped out. Their stops became the orders institutions needed.

This wick is your signal. The hunt is completing. Your attention should sharpen here.

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Price reverses sharply — the real move

After collecting the stops, price reverses hard in the opposite direction. This is where the real institutional position is being deployed. The sweep was just the preparation.

Bigger level swept = more powerful reversal that follows. PDH/PDL sweeps produce the most reliable setups in this strategy.

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Previous Day High (PDH) and Low (PDL) — Primary targets. Mark before 9:30 AM. Price sweeps one on most NY sessions.

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Asian Session High and Low — Overnight range. Frequently swept at NY open before the real move begins.

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Equal Highs / Equal Lows — Two or more touches of the same level = massive stop cluster. The more touches, the stronger the magnetic pull.

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Visible Swing Highs and Lows on 15m — Active structural points from the last 24–48 hours. Live liquidity targets.

"Price goes to liquidity. Always ask: where are the stops? That's where price is going next."

— Movin Trades Core Principle

Module 04 · ICT Core

FVG & iFVG

Liquidity tells you WHERE price is going. The iFVG tells you exactly HOW to get in — with a precise entry, a tight stop, and a defined target.

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Fair Value Gap (FVG) — The Imbalance

ICT Core

What Is a Fair Value Gap?

A Fair Value Gap is a 3-candle pattern where price moved so fast it skipped an entire price zone — leaving a gap of untested prices. Candle 1's HIGH is below Candle 3's LOW (bullish FVG). The zone between them is the FVG. Markets tend to return to fill these imbalances because institutional algorithms are programmed to seek price efficiency.

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Bullish FVG

Support Zone

Created by a fast upward 3-candle move. The gap sits BELOW current price. When price returns to it, it often acts as support. This is where we look for LONG entries when the flip happens (iFVG).

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Bearish FVG

Resistance Zone

Created by a fast downward 3-candle move. The gap sits ABOVE current price. When price returns to it, it often acts as resistance. This is where we look for SHORT entries when the flip happens (iFVG).

How to mark a FVG on your chart: In TradeSea — Drawing Tools (left toolbar) → Rectangle → drag from Candle 1's high to Candle 3's low. That box is now your active FVG zone. Leave it on the chart until price fills it or it invalidates.

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The iFVG — Where Your Entry Lives

ICT Core

iFVG Strategy — Simplified

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Inverse Fair Value Gap (iFVG)

An iFVG occurs when price returns to a previously created FVG and instead of passing through it — it BOUNCES. The old FVG flips its role: a bearish FVG becomes support, a bullish FVG becomes resistance. This flip is your entry. Your stop goes just outside the zone. Your target is the next liquidity pool.

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A FVG forms during the liquidity sweep move

Price sweeps a key level. During that fast move, a 3-candle FVG is created. Mark it immediately with a rectangle. This zone is now active and on your radar.

Only mark FVGs created during or immediately after a liquidity sweep. These are Grade A. Random FVGs in the middle of a range are low probability — skip them.

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Price reverses after the sweep

The liquidity hunt completes. Price begins moving in the opposite direction — retracing back toward your marked FVG zone. Watch it approach. Your finger is NOT on the trigger yet.

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Price enters the FVG zone — watch for the flip

As price enters the old FVG, watch for rejection. A bearish FVG holding as support = the iFVG is active. Drop to the 1-minute chart now.

You need to see price show reaction at the zone — not just touch it. Look for wicks forming, momentum slowing, or a small BOS forming on the 1-min.

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1-min BOS confirms — pull the trigger

A 1-min candle closes in your direction forming a clear Break of Structure inside the iFVG zone. This is your signal. Press B (long) or S (short) in TradeSea Scalp Mode. Stop goes just below the iFVG low (for longs). Target = next liquidity pool.

This is the complete trade. Every module has been building to this moment.

Invalid setup signals: Price closes a full candle THROUGH the iFVG without bouncing | 15m HTF bias opposes the trade | Time is after 11:00 AM | Major news within 15 minutes | iFVG was previously tested and failed to hold

Module 05 · Confirmation

ORDER FLOW

The iFVG shows you where to look. Order flow tells you when the timing is right. It's your confirmation layer — the difference between anticipating a move and entering with evidence.

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Reading Who's in Control

Confirmation

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Bullish Order Flow

Long Signal

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Strong green candles with tiny or no lower wicks

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Each pullback makes a Higher Low — buyers defending

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Bullish candles consistently bigger than the bearish ones

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1-min BOS upward while price sits in the iFVG zone

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Bearish Order Flow

Short Signal

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Strong red candles with tiny or no upper wicks

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Each bounce makes a Lower High — sellers capping

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Bearish candles consistently bigger than the bullish ones

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1-min BOS downward while price sits in the iFVG zone

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The Three-Timeframe System

Confirmation

15-Minute — HTF Bias

Directional bias for the session. Bullish or bearish structure? This is your north star for the entire trading day. Never trade against it. No exceptions.

5-Minute — The Setup

Watch the retracement forming. Confirm price is approaching your marked iFVG zone. This timeframe shows you the setup is developing as expected before you zoom in.

1-Minute — The Entry

The BOS on the 1-min while price is inside the iFVG = your trigger. This is the only timeframe used to execute the actual trade entry. All other timeframes set the context.

The hardest discipline in this strategy: When the 15m is bullish but you see a perfect-looking short on the 1m — skip it. Higher timeframe bias wins every single time without exception. If you break this rule consistently, you will lose money consistently.

Module 06 · The Model

THE FULL STRATEGY

Every element — mental game, structure, liquidity, FVG, order flow — combined into one repeatable process. Every trade follows this sequence. No exceptions. No improvisations.

Win Rate (Backtested)

80.26%

213 trades on NQ Futures

Avg Risk:Reward

1:1

Consistent across all setups

Max Loss Streak

3

Backtested maximum in a row

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Pre-Market Preparation

Daily Routine

8:45

Economic Calendar Check

ForexFactory.com → filter for red events. If NFP, CPI, or FOMC is today, decide now whether you're trading. This decision is made before charts are opened — not at 9:28 when you're excited about a setup.

9:00

Mark PDH, PDL, and Overnight Range

Draw horizontal lines on the 15-min chart: Previous Day High, Previous Day Low, Asian session high and low. These are your primary liquidity targets — price will likely sweep one of them today.

In TradeSea: Drawing Tools → Horizontal Line → click at each level. Label them with the Text tool so you know what each line represents.

9:10

Determine HTF Bias and Write It Down

15-min chart: HH/HL = LONG bias. LH/LL = SHORT bias. Check ALMA and McGinley indicators for confirmation. Write it on paper or a note: "BIAS = LONG / SHORT. Targets: PDH at [X] / PDL at [Y]."

Writing it makes it real. It commits you to the bias before price moves and before your emotions can override it.

9:25

Stop Drawing — Observe

Let the NY open happen for 3–5 minutes before reacting. Watch the initial direction. The market will show you its hand. The setups that form in the first 2 minutes of the open are often fake — let the algos settle.

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The Trade Checklist — All 7 Required

Entry Rules

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⏰ Time: Between 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM EST only

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📊 HTF Bias: 15-min shows clear HH/HL or LH/LL structure

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💧 Liquidity Swept: A key high or low was taken out — visible wick through level

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⚡ iFVG Present: Clear FVG in the retracement zone — already marked with rectangle

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🌊 Order Flow: 1-min BOS in trade direction as price touches the iFVG

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📏 Risk:Reward: Stop placement gives at least 1:1 to the next visible liquidity target

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📅 No News: No high-impact events within the next 15 minutes

All 7 must be checked. If even ONE is missing — there is no trade. This is not a suggestion. This IS the strategy. Every time you bypass this checklist, you are trading without an edge.

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Entry · Stop · Target

Execution

Entry

Enter on the 1-min BOS candle close while price is inside the iFVG zone. Press B (long) or S (short) in TradeSea Scalp Mode. Make sure lot size is set correctly before entering.

Stop Loss

A few ticks below the iFVG low (longs) or above the iFVG high (shorts). Place within 5 seconds of entry — no exceptions. If price fully closes through the zone after entry → exit immediately.

Take Profit

Target the next liquidity pool: PDH, PDL, or equal highs/lows. Take 50% at 1:1. Move stop to breakeven. Let remainder run to the full liquidity target above/below.

Do not move your stop further from entry. Ever. If price is heading toward your stop — let it stop you out. Small losses are part of the 80%+ win rate equation. Moving stops turns small losses into account-ending losses. One rule. Absolute.

Module 07 · Risk Management

RISK & SIZING

The best strategy in the world loses to poor risk management. This module is what keeps you in the game long enough for the edge to pay out consistently over time.

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Position Sizing — The Math That Keeps You Alive

Risk

The 1% Rule

Never risk more than 1% of your account on a single trade. At 1% risk per trade with an 80%+ win rate, it is mathematically near-impossible to blow a funded account. Formula: Dollar Risk ÷ (Stop Loss in Points × Point Value) = Max Contracts.

Position Size Calculator

Account Size ($)

Risk % Per Trade

Stop Loss (Points)

Contract

$500

Dollar Risk

3

Max Contracts

$500

Profit at 1:1

$1,000

Profit at 2:1

Account	Firm Daily Limit	Your Personal Limit	Trades Before Limit
$25,000	$1,250 (5%)	$500 (2%)	5 losses at 1% risk
$50,000	$2,500 (5%)	$1,000 (2%)	5 losses at 1% risk
$100,000	$5,000 (5%)	$2,000 (2%)	5 losses at 1% risk

Set this now in TradeSea: Settings → Risk Settings → Daily Loss & Profit Limits. This locks the platform automatically when you hit your limit. It removes the option to override yourself in a moment of frustration.

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Drawdown Protocol — Surviving the Hard Times

Risk

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After 2 consecutive losses — Review. Open your journal. Were all 7 checklist items present? Be honest. If yes = variance, keep going. If no = you deviated. Fix the behavior.

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After 3 consecutive losses — Rest day. Do not trade the following day. Review all 3 trades. Give your brain a reset. A rest day is an investment in the next week's performance.

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After hitting daily loss limit — Platform closed. Not minimized. Not watching. Closed. The session is completely over. What you do in the hour after a limit day shows your real discipline level.

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Never increase size to "make it back." Revenge trading is the single fastest path to a blown account. The position sizing rules never change based on recent results. Never.

"The goal of a losing trade is to lose well — take the small loss, reset, and come back with a clear mind."

— Mark Douglas · Trading in the Zone

Module 08 · Getting Funded

PROP FIRMS

Trade with institutional capital. Keep 80–90% of profits. The evaluation is not a profit competition — it is a risk management test. Pass it by not failing it.

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How Prop Firms Work

Funded

What You Get

Funded account ($25k–$200k). 80–90% profit split. Scaling potential. Multiple accounts possible. Only the evaluation fee at risk — not your savings.

The Evaluation

Hit 8–10% profit target. Stay within 5% daily drawdown. Stay within 10% max drawdown. Trade the minimum required days. Pass both phases = funded.

Firm	Payout	Drawdown	Best For
⭐ Apex Trader Funding	90%	Trailing from peak	NQ/MNQ futures — best for this strategy
⭐ TopStep	90%	Fixed dollar limit	Futures-only, easy to track daily limit
FTMO	80–90%	5% daily / 10% max	Most established globally
The Funded Trader	80%	5% daily / 12% max	Verify current payout status before purchasing

Trailing drawdown warning: With trailing drawdown firms (like Apex), your drawdown limit trails your highest profit point. If you make $2,000 then lose it all back, you've consumed $2,000 of drawdown room. Understand this before you buy. Protect early profits aggressively.

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How to Pass — The Evaluation Blueprint

Funded

How to Pass Any Prop Firm Evaluation

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D1–3

Trade at 50–75% of normal size

Your only goal for the first 3 days is zero violations. Get comfortable with the account rules. Understand the drawdown mechanics. Small profits are fine. Surviving these days intact IS winning.

The evaluation is a risk management test — not a profit maximization contest. The firms want to see that you won't blow up. Prove it by not blowing up.

D4+

Normal sizing if P&L is positive

You have a cushion now. A normal bad day cannot threaten the evaluation. Trade your standard size with confidence. Stay consistent with the process that got you to this point.

Near Target

Reduce to 50% size

If you need 2% more profit to pass — cut position size in half. A smaller profit still passes. The fee you paid and the work you've done are now protected. Don't reach for max profit here.

Tiny win = evaluation passed. Greed at the finish line = evaluation failed. Protect what you've built.

Bad Day

Stop at your 2.5% personal limit

Not "one more to recover it." Close the platform. The evaluation is still there tomorrow. Evaluations are failed one revenge trade at a time — not one bad setup at a time.

#1 reason evaluations fail: Hitting the daily drawdown limit on one bad day from revenge trading after an initial loss. Not bad setups. Not bad strategy. Emotional response to the first loss of the day. The psychology module is not separate from this module — it IS this module.

Module 09 · Your Playbook

THE PLAYBOOK

Everything in one place. Your daily schedule, master checklists, resources, and next steps. This is the page you come back to every morning.

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The Daily Schedule

Routine

Time (EST)	Activity	Why
7:00 AM	Wake. No screens for 30 min. Water, food.	Cortisol peaks at wake. Let it settle before market stress.
8:30 AM	Economic calendar — ForexFactory.com	Flag all red events. Decide if you're trading today.
8:45 AM	Mark PDH, PDL, Asian range. Determine bias.	Pre-market prep complete before price starts moving.
9:25 AM	Read trading rules. 5 slow breaths.	Prime your mind for disciplined execution.
9:30 AM	Session opens — watch 3–5 mins first	Let the open print. See initial direction. Don't react.
9:35 – 11:00 AM	Active trading — setup only, no forcing	Your edge window. Execute the process or observe.
11:00 AM	Close the platform — not minimize, CLOSE	Protect morning results. Lunch chop destroys discipline.
11:30 AM	Journal every trade and every pass	Without data you make the same mistakes forever.

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Master Daily Checklist

Routine

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I checked the economic calendar before opening charts

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I marked PDH, PDL, and the Asian range on my 15m chart

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I wrote down my HTF bias before 9:30 AM

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I only traded between 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM

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All 7 trade checklist items were present on every trade I took

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I did not move my stop loss further from entry on any trade

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I did not revenge trade after any loss

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I closed the platform at 11:00 AM and did not reopen during lunch

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I journaled my trades (and any passes) after the session

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Resources & Next Steps

Keep Going

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InnerCircleTrader.net

100+ free ICT tutorials. The official source material for every concept in this curriculum.

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Movin Trades Community

Live community on Whop. Real setups shared daily. Accountability partners. Post your charts, get feedback, stay consistent. The fastest way to improve is alongside other traders working the same process.

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TradeSea™ Station

Your trading platform. TradingView charts + Rithmic execution. Open it for every session.

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ForexFactory Calendar

Check for red events every single morning before opening charts. Non-negotiable. One news event can end an entire prop firm evaluation.

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"The trader who makes it is not the one with the best strategy. It's the one who keeps showing up, follows the rules, loses well, and improves — until the edge compounds into real wealth."

— Movin Trades · Learn. Trade. Elevate.

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