Trading doesn't have to be all work and no play.
This week, as markets slow down, the Coaches talk about their favorite holiday movies - from Home Alone to the classic Trading Places. There's an...
There are so many paradoxes in trading. We are quick to take winners off the table and slow to cut losing trades. Why?
We often know intuitively what we should do, but we don't do it. And then we...
It's a slower time in markets - but that doesn't mean that you can't be progressing and working towards your goals. Being a professional trader is about more than placing trades. It's about learning...
There is no shortage of participants in futures markets - from actual producers and hedgers to high-speed computers colocated at the exchanges scalping for ticks... and everywhere in between....
Congratulations - you passed a Trading Combine®. Now what?
For anyone that has been in Funded Trader Preparation™, you know that now is when the real work starts. The TopstepTrader program is based...
As traders, we think about our P&L and how we can extend our capital. But with so much of trading success happening between the ears. That's why preserving the mental capital when you are not trading...
The Performance Coaches traded for the first time in a few days, losing $166.18 going short the Emini S&P 500 ($ESZ7). Because their Trading Combine® is nearing the Max Drawdown, which has trailed to...
Right now, we are still experiencing great markets - lots of movement, liquidity is high and all the participants seem to be staying engaged.
But... the good times may not last all month. And you...
The Performance Coaches gave back $423.54 to the market today, bringing their balance to the closest its been to the Trailing Max Drawdown. That stands at $48,997 - just 305.77 away from today's...
Becoming a trader is more than just entering and exiting a position. You have to think about each trade and day with the midset of an entrepreneur. That means four things.
First, traders must have a...
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