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Consider the current situation on the EuroDollar eur/usd 6E futures contract. Buying activity pushes the price almost to the maximum of the December contract. November 4 was the most volatile trading day with good total volume and corresponding delta. The price ranges of volume support were...

The price of CL Light Sweet Crude Oil reached $92 a barrel today. In this analysis, we will use "Volume Analysis" to figure out how high the probability of trend continuation is and what strategies can be used to take profits. First of all, let me explain what is shown on the slide and what...

Totally correct, thanks for spotting it out! Unfortunally, poll choices can't be chanhed at this time.

As discussed in the previous article, Knight and Keynes were among the first to recognize the critical importance of the uncertainty factor and became critics of the equilibrium approach to economics and optimization models. In their understanding, the problem of uncertainty was supposed to...

The pursuit of certainty is a natural human desire. Until the beginning of the 20th century, mathematicians and philosophers were convinced that if the facts were correctly recorded and analyzed, then it would be possible to predict the future. The Swiss mathematician Jacob Bernoulli said in the...

Since the 1930s, the average return on the US stock market has been 9.5% per annum. The risk, measured by root mean square / standard deviation (sigma), was 19.6%. Therefore, according to statistics, the 1 year forecast with 1 sigma probability (68%) is that the market profitability will fall...

Every prop firm has dalily loss limits and trailing drawdowns. How are our limits worse than anyone else's?

Wish you luck. But if you don't want to have weekly loss limits, try our 150K Practice Session. It's faster, it's 7% cheaper and you don't have weekly loss limits even at step 2 (Qualifying Session). By the way, Step 2 of our Trader's Recruitment Program is always free for your first month!

In 2005, the Applied Cognitive Psychology journal presented the results of a study of variables that predict skill levels of chess players. It turned out that the most powerful factor in skill is time. High-level chess players spent five times as long as intermediate-level chess players...

Hendrick Bessembinder, professor of finance at the University of Arizona, has done research and found out wich public companies have brought the most profits to shareholders since 1926. It turned out that out of tens of thousands of shares, only the best 50 are responsible for 40% of the total...

Yes, we are optimistic in the short term, but unfortunately we have to be honest about the long run. It's the minority that survives in the markets. And we do fund traders in order to prolong their lifespan! The less they risk funds needed for living, the longer they survive. That's totally how...

Totally agreed!

We all (hopefully) look at Trading as a kind of business, as we invest our money and time in the hope of earning income. At first glance, this "business" has many advantages. The earning potential here is theoretically unlimited, you are not tied to the place of work and you are your own boss...

Here's my question to you: are there right or wrong goals when you are trading? Or would it be more correct to say that if you have an achievable goal, it doesn't matter HOW you you achieve it? The point for me is that unlike many other businesses, you can't really be sure whether your goals...

Dear traders, we are announcing an upcoming trading contest. To participate in Contest, pre-registration is required. The Contest is scheduled for Monday, Jan 25th. Registration is opened and will continue until 23:59 UTC Sunday, Jan 24 (05:59 pm Chicago; 00:59 CET Jan 25). The Contest will...

Dear traders, we are announcing an upcoming trading contest. To participate in Contest, pre-registration is required. The Contest is scheduled for Monday, Jan 25th. Registration is opened and will continue until 23:59 UTC Sunday, Jan 24 (05:59 pm Chicago; 00:59 CET Jan 25). The Contest will...

Hi. I know it's a little confusing, but hope this helps!

Already tried to explain the difference. Hope everything is clear.

Alright, bo problem. Let's take the most popualar evaluation packages with TST and LMI and compare them side by side. TST: The mimumum TST will make you pay is $330 ($165 for Combine step 1 + $165 Combine Step2). Moreover, their Step 2 makes you trade a minimum of 10 trading days. To sum up...

I'm not authorised to do side-by-side comparisons of proprietary trading firms, but with little google research you will see the picture clear for yourself. In short, Topstep makes you pay way more than we do for the evaluation program. We don't charge for the first month of our Evaluation...