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Define risk before reward
Decide your max loss per trade (1–2% of equity) before you even look for an entry. If you can't, you're not trading — you're gambling.
Futures Paper Trading
Live-style simulated prices. Starting balance $60,000.00. Realized P&L settles to cash on exit.
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Order Ticket
ES · E-mini S&P 500
5,489.25
▲ +0.00%
Performance
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1W
+0.00%
1M
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3M
+0.00%
6M
+0.00%
YTD
+0.00%
1Y
Tick size
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$/Point
$50.00
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Account Summary
- Cash balance
- $60,000.00
- Unrealized P&L
- $0.00
- Realized today
- $0.00
- Account equity
- $60,000.00
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Tips & Tricks to Calm Your Cool
Ten hard-earned principles for trading futures with a clear head.
02
The first loss is the cheapest
Cut losers fast. The trade that 'just needs a little more room' is the same trade that blows up accounts.
03
Trade the chart, not the news
By the time news hits your screen, institutions already positioned. Price action is the truth — headlines are the story.
04
Size down when you're hot
Confidence kills accounts. After 3 winners, your size should stay the same — not double.
05
Walk away from the screen
Overtrading is the #1 killer of paper-promoted traders. 2 high-quality setups beat 20 mediocre ones.
06
Respect the open and the close
9:30–10:30 ET and 3:00–4:00 ET have the most liquidity and the cleanest moves. Stay sharp in the chop between.
07
Journal every trade
If you don't write it down, you didn't learn it. Tag every trade with setup, emotion, and outcome.
08
Stops are non-negotiable
A stop you move is a stop you don't have. Set it, walk away, let the market decide.
09
Breathe
Literally. Long exhales lower your heart rate, slow your decisions, and stop revenge trades. Calm money is smart money.
10
Master one product first
Trade ES until you understand its rhythm before touching NQ, CL, or GC. Specialists beat generalists.