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Getting Started
How evaluations, funded accounts, and prop trading careers work for newer traders.
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Getting Started
FundedNext Free Trial: Rules, Account Sizes and What Passing Gets You
How FundedNext's free 14-day CFD trial works, with the full rule set, dollar limits per account size, US and futures availability, and what the 5% coupon…
19 min read
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Getting Started
FTMO Leaderboard and Competitions: Rankings, Rules and Rewards
What the FTMO leaderboard shows, a dated snapshot of the public rankings, what a leaderboard profit pays as a Reward, and why FTMO runs no trading…
17 min read
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Getting Started
Topstep Leaderboard and Competitions: How the Topstep Octagon Works, Prizes and Past Results
How the Topstep leaderboard (the Topstep Octagon) works for Live Funded traders, what each place pays, how bonuses are credited, what past months took to win…
20 min read
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Getting Started
Topstep Demo Account and Free Trial: Practice Account, Training Camp and Free Resets
Whether Topstep has a free trial or demo account, what Training Camp and the free 150K Practice Account let you test, how to get a free…
22 min read
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Getting Started
FundedNext Competition: Rules, Prizes, Dates and Leaderboard
How FundedNext's free 14-day CFD trading competition works, with the full rules, prize list, leaderboard, entry odds and what a Stellar Instant prize account really pays,…
21 min read
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Getting Started
FTMO Free Trial: Rules, Platforms and What the FTMO Demo Account Gets You
How FTMO's free 14-day trial works for the 2-Step, 1-Step and Instant Account, with the trial rules, platforms by FTMO site, worked numbers and what passing…
20 min read
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Getting Started
How to Compare Prop Firms With Confidence
Compare prop firms using a repeatable framework covering true cost, drawdown mechanics, funded-stage restrictions, payout policies, platform fit, and operational transparency.
10 min read
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Getting Started
S2F Prop Firms: Straight-to-Funded Accounts That Skip the Evaluation
S2F prop firms let traders skip a conventional evaluation, but funded-style accounts may still be simulated and subject to detailed payout and drawdown rules. Learn what…
9 min read
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Getting Started
Micro vs Mini Futures: Choose the Right Contract Size
Compare Micro E-mini and E-mini futures by exposure, tick value, margin, transaction costs, liquidity, and position-sizing flexibility.
9 min read
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Getting Started
Prop Firm Psychology to Stay Disciplined Under Pressure
A practical guide to managing fear, overtrading, revenge trading and target pressure during prop firm evaluations and funded-account stages.
11 min read