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Trading journal & risk guides
Practical, no-hype guides for futures and prop-firm traders.
How to keep a trading journal that actually improves your tradingWhat to log, when to review, and what to look for.What to track in a trading journal: the fields that matterThe 20 fields worth logging on every trade.Futures position sizing: how many contracts should you trade?Worked ES, NQ and micro sizing examples.Trading expectancy explainedWhy win rate alone is misleading.Risk of ruin: why profitable traders still blow up accountsWhy winning strategies still blow up.How to pass a futures prop firm challengeSizing against the drawdown, not the account.Trailing drawdown explained: end-of-day vs intradayEnd-of-day vs intraday, with examples.Revenge trading: how to spot it and stop itWhat it looks like in your numbers.
Free tools
Futures tick value calculatorTick size, tick value and P&L for 28 contracts.Position size calculatorContracts, shares or lots from your risk and stop.Trading expectancy calculatorExpectancy, profit factor and break-even win rate.Risk of ruin calculatorMonte Carlo odds of a devastating drawdown.Prop firm challenge calculatorSimulate your odds of passing an evaluation.
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