Free Trading Resources
Guides, tools, and trade breakdowns from how I actually trade. Start anywhere. If you're brand new, the big three below is where I'd begin.
The Big Three
New here? These three give the fastest picture of how I trade and teach.
Order Flow Trading: How to Read What Indicators Can't
The full pillar guide. What order flow is, how to read it, the strategy, and the indicators that matter.
Read the guide →Actal: Free Trading Journal That Grades Your Discipline
Import your trades, get an A to F on each one, see what your mistakes cost in dollars, fix one thing a week. Free to use.
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How to Pass a Prop Firm Evaluation (From a Paid-Out Trader)
The trailing drawdown trap, sizing math, and the discipline playbook. With my own Apex account as proof.
Read the guide →Learn the Foundations
The groundwork. What this game actually is, what it costs, and how long it really takes.
Trading Diagnostic
31 questions across seven areas of your trading. Scores each one and names the single thing to fix first, in the order that actually matters.
August 6, 2026 → Free ToolFutures Position Size Calculator
How many contracts to trade, plus a check of your stop against real measured volatility. ES, NQ, YM, RTY and micros.
July 30, 2026 → GuideIs Day Trading Worth It? The Honest Answer
What the research says about day trader results, what it really costs, who it's worth it for, and how to find out cheaply.
October 2, 2026 → GuideHow Much Do Day Traders Make? Real Numbers
What the research shows, why account size decides income, and what $100 a day really means over a year.
October 2, 2026 → Complete GuideHow to Start Day Trading in 2026
The step-by-step system I put new traders on: four concepts, one market, one entry rule, and the review loop that builds your edge.
July 28, 2026 → GuideWhat Is Day Trading?
How it works, common strategies, day vs swing, real risks, and how to start.
→ GuideDay Trading for Beginners
Non-hype guide: risk first, routines, and a 90-day learning path.
→ GuideES, NQ, YM & RTY Futures Explained
The four index futures side by side: tick values, hours, margin, and a realistic way to start.
→ MarketsRTY Futures Explained: How the Russell 2000 Really Trades
Specs, micro RTY, and 2026 numbers on range, volume, the open, the close and how RTY moves against ES.
October 19, 2026 → MarketsYM Futures Explained: The E-mini Dow, $5 a Point
Tick value, specs, symbols, YM vs US30, YM vs ES and NQ, and real 2026 data on how YM trades.
October 20, 2026 → Live DataES, NQ, YM & RTY Futures Prices
Live charts for the four US index futures, plus the overnight session and how to read premarket.
→ Complete GuideHow to Trade ES Futures
The contract I trade every morning: specs, how the day flows, my actual approach, and what you need to start.
July 20, 2026 → Complete GuideMicro Futures: MES, MNQ, MYM & M2K
All four micros in one guide: specs, real costs, leverage in actual dollars, and the commission catch.
July 21, 2026 → GuideHow Long to Become Profitable?
Realistic timeline, the 4 stages every trader goes through, and what determines your speed.
→ DataWhat Percentage of Day Traders Are Profitable?
Every real study on day trader success rates, what each one measured, and why most traders fail.
November 2, 2026 → ReferenceFutures Trading Terminology
60+ key terms, abbreviations, and acronyms every futures day trader should know.
→ Reading ListBest Trading Books
Curated picks with key takeaways and how to apply them.
→ Reading ListBest Trading Psychology Books
The 9 that actually change how you trade, plus the honest truth about "new releases."
July 16, 2026Order Flow & Strategy
How I actually read the market. No lagging indicators.
MotiveWave Review 2026: Honest Take
The order flow platform I use every day: what's great, what's slow, and who should pick something else.
October 1, 2026 → Complete GuideFootprint Chart Trading: Delta, POC & Exhaustion
How I read a footprint every morning, why I use point and figure bars, a real trade review, and my full setup.
September 30, 2026 → GuideTape Reading: How to Read Time and Sales
The four things I watch on the tape, absorption and exhaustion in time and sales, and tape vs DOM vs footprint.
October 2, 2026 → GuideMarket Structure: The Basics I Teach Every Trader First
How I tell a trend from a range with Dow Theory and market profile, and which highs and lows actually count.
October 6, 2026 → GuideICT Trading: Is It Real or Just Marketing?
What ICT is, the strategy as it's taught, which parts are old ideas with new names, and why a new system is rarely the answer.
October 8, 2026 → GuideSmart Money Concepts: Why I Think SMC Is Mostly Marketing
Every SMC term mapped to the older idea it renames, and what's actually useful underneath.
October 3, 2026 → GuideOrder Blocks Explained: Supply & Demand by Another Name
What an order block really is, why I read these areas as supply and demand, and break of structure explained.
October 1, 2026 → GuideLiquidity Sweep Explained: Stop Runs & How to Trade Them
Why price runs the obvious highs and lows, sweep vs breakout, and two real trades where I faded one.
October 1, 2026 → GuideFair Value Gap Explained: The Honest Version
What an FVG really is, inverse FVGs, and why market profile traders have called it single prints for decades.
September 30, 2026 → Complete GuideMarket Profile: How I Read TPO Charts
How the profile builds, value area and POC, naked POCs, the profile types, and how it fits a real trading day.
July 24, 2026 → Complete GuidePremarket Futures: Reading the Overnight Session
The levels I mark before the bell, reading the overnight range and inventory, gaps, the 8:30 window, and my full routine.
July 27, 2026 → StrategyOrder Flow Entry Signals That Work
Levels, delta shifts, absorption, and resolution, plus a step-by-step trade example.
Updated April 17, 2026 → ConceptAbsorption Trading
How to read absorption on footprint charts, how iceberg orders create it, and a real RTY example.
Updated April 17, 2026 → ConceptVolume Profile, VWAP & Cumulative Delta
What VWAP means, how to read volume profile, and how to use cumulative delta, with a working strategy.
Updated April 17, 2026 → GuideVWAP Explained: Session, Anchored, RTH vs ETH
What VWAP is, why price reacts to it, RTH vs ETH on futures, bands, and anchored VWAP on news. With real ES charts.
October 12, 2026 → ComparisonMES vs ES Futures
Micro E-mini vs E-mini S&P 500: specs, margin, liquidity, commissions, and which to trade.
→ ComparisonNQ vs ES: Which Should You Trade?
The sports car vs the Toyota. Specs, volatility in real dollars, and which contract fits which trader.
July 15, 2026Risk & Discipline
The part that decides whether you last.
Apex vs Topstep: From a Trader Paid by Both
The rules side by side, platforms and payouts, who each firm suits, and when your own live account is the better call.
October 9, 2026 → Prop FirmsTrailing Drawdown Explained: EOD vs Intraday
How the threshold really moves, the same three days under three rules, and a calculator for your own headroom.
September 23, 2026 → Trading PsychologyTrading Psychology: What Actually Fixes It
Fear, greed, hope and revenge, why most of it is really a process problem, and how to choose a trading psychology coach.
October 8, 2026 → Trading PsychologyRevenge Trading: How to Stop It for Good
Why it happens after a loss, what it really costs on a prop account, and the six rules that stop it before the next click.
September 17, 2026 → GuideTrading Discipline: How to Actually Follow Your Rules
Rules you can check, an A to F grade on every trade, and a weekly discipline score.
November 2, 2026 → GuideForward Testing a Trading Strategy
How it compares with backtesting, how many trades you need before you judge a strategy, and how to read the results.
November 2, 2026 → Core FrameworkTrading Risk Management
The 1% rule, position sizing math, daily loss limits, and the framework that keeps futures traders in the game.
Updated April 17, 2026 → EducationCompounding: Small Gains, Serious Money
How 3-5% weekly turns $2K into $57K-$530K over 3 years. The math behind consistency.
→ GuideHow to Find a Day Trading Mentor Who Actually Trades
Where to look, how to check they really trade, the questions to ask before paying, and the work no mentor can do for you.
October 26, 2026 → Honest TakeIs a Trading Mentor Worth It?
What mentorship costs, when you need one, red flags to avoid, and when to stay self-taught.
→ Honest PricingHow Much Does a Trading Mentor Cost?
Real 2026 prices for every tier, what drives them, and my own pricing with the reasoning shown.
July 17, 2026Tools & Templates
Use them as they are or make them your own.
Trader Personality Test
Ten quick scenarios reveal your strengths, blind spots, and next steps.
→ Free ToolTrading Business Plan Builder
Interactive template to build your trading business plan. Fill it out online and download as PDF.
→ TemplatePre-Market Routine Checklist
A simple two-minute plan: bias, key levels, and must-not-do list.
→ TemplateWeekly Review Template
Key levels, trend context, and what to watch next week.
→ ReferenceTrading Days in a Year
Exact US market trading day counts plus planning tips.
From the Desk
Trade breakdowns, market stats, and the person behind the site.
YM Futures: Stop Run Into Daily Highs
How I identified and traded a failed stop run on YM using TPO and orderflow. Full video walkthrough.
→ Market DataES Futures Statistics 2026
Daily range, first-hour data, volatility by time of day and weekday, month by month. Free to cite.
Updated November 2, 2026 → Market DataNQ Futures Statistics 2026
Nasdaq futures, month by month: daily range in points and dollars, first hour, time of day, gap fill and IB odds, compared with ES, YM and RTY.
Updated November 2, 2026 → Market DataYM Futures Statistics 2026
E-mini Dow, month by month: daily range in points and dollars, first hour, time of day, gap fill and IB odds, compared with ES, NQ and RTY.
Updated November 2, 2026 → Market DataRTY Futures Statistics 2026
Russell 2000 futures, month by month: daily range in points and dollars, first hour, time of day, gap fill and IB odds, compared with ES, NQ and YM.
Updated November 2, 2026 → DataOpening Range Breakout: Does It Actually Work?
The 5, 15 and 30 minute ORB tested on 200 days of real ES data. Win rate, failed breakouts, the equity curve, and what the range is actually good for.
October 13, 2026 → Meet Your MentorFrom a Blown Account to Full-Time Trader
The real story behind Jusell Trading Academy. Farming, a wiped account, and the road to launching a fund.
→ InfluencesThe Traders Who Shaped How I Teach
Mark Douglas, Tom Hougaard, and FuturesTrader71. What I took from each and what I changed.
→ PhilosophyMy Trading Philosophy: What Makes My Mentorship Different
Grade the execution, not the money. Know your own numbers. Why I built my own journal and trade recorder.
October 27, 2026