🔰#Beginners
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How to Automate Trading at a Futures Prop Firm: 3 Routes — NinjaTrader, TradingView, and APIs — and the Steps to Get a Bot Running on FTMO Futures (September 2026)
To automate trading at a futures prop firm, you can't use an MT5 EA — you need NinjaTrader's NinjaScript, a TradingView alert plus a relay service, or a given firm's API. This article covers the differences between the three approaches, which firms support which one, the exact steps the site owner took to get a NinjaTrader bot running on an FTMO Futures evaluation account, the coding pitfalls that trip people up (bar timing, time zones, forced liquidation, contract months), and the terms-of-service traps to watch for.
[Beginner's Guide] Futures Prop Rules Explained From Scratch: Contracts, Trailing DD, Consistency, Activation Fees, and Trading Hours
A table-based breakdown of US futures prop rules (Topstep, FTMO Futures, The5ers Futures, and others), aimed at FX traders. Covers how contracts map to lots, the difference between EOD trailing and intraday trailing, consistency rules, monthly fees and activation fees, all forced-close times in JST, and contract counts for gold futures (GC/MGC).
[Beginner's Guide] What Is Prop Account Rotation? Why Dropping the 'All-In on One Account' Habit Raises Your Survival Rate
A beginner-friendly guide to 'rotation trading' — the way out of the trap of going all-in on one account and blowing it on a drawdown breach. Run several challenges at once, keep funded accounts on the bench, and activate them one at a time. A gentle walkthrough, with a diagram and step-by-step process, for building payouts steadily without letting emotion take over.
The Blueprint for Passing a Prop Firm Challenge: What Overseas Data Reveals About Passing on 'Discipline, Not Strategy'
A blueprint for passing a prop firm challenge, built on primary overseas data (FPFX, official FTMO sources, Swiset). Covers risking 0.5-1% per trade, sizing lots backward from an assumed losing streak, how to use the daily loss limit, and why you shouldn't rush the profit target — concrete ways to build the 'discipline' that raises your pass rate.
Prop Firm Strategy Guide: The Complete Roadmap From Choosing a Firm to Passing, Payouts, and Multiple Accounts (With Full Article Index)
Every step of cracking a prop firm challenge, on one page. From choosing a firm → understanding the rules → passing the challenge → protecting your funded account → maximizing payouts → scaling to multiple accounts — a hub linking the key points of each step to 44 detailed articles. A realistic roadmap grounded in real EA backtests and primary overseas data (5-14% pass rates, ~7% reach payout).
Trading Psychology for Prop Firms: A Science-Based Approach to Discipline Without Relying on Willpower
A science-based look at prop trading psychology: the brain mechanism that makes you take on too much risk after a loss (cortisol +70%), peer-reviewed data showing that traders who trade more lose more, "if-then rules" that beat willpower, and how to avoid outcome bias by judging yourself on process. Reproducible fixes, not motivational talk.
The Complete Guide to Drawdown Types: Static DD, Trailing DD, and Daily DD Explained, With Which Firms Use Which
A breakdown of prop firm DD rules by formula. Explains the differences between static, trailing, EOD, and daily (Balance/Equity-based) drawdown, with a table showing which of 18 firms use which type.
[Latest 2026] Top 12 Prop Firms Ranked - A Complete Comparison for Japanese Traders
An overall prop firm ranking calculated from real data across 18 firms. We rank the 12 firms Japanese traders should choose based on payout track record, difficulty, value, Japanese-language support, and EA policy.
What Is a Prop Firm? A Complete Beginner's Guide
A beginner's guide to how prop firms (proprietary trading firms) work, their pros and cons, and how to choose one.