Articles tagged: Pre-Trade Checklist

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Stop Strategy-Hopping: The Prop Trading Skill Stack to Get Funded

Stop strategy-hopping and trade like a funded trader: master market structure, clean setups, and prop-firm risk management to pass and stay funded.

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Build a Daily Discipline Score for Prop Trading (Protect Your Funded Account)

Use a daily discipline score to improve trading psychology, tighten risk management, avoid prop rules, and grow PnL as a funded trader.

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Automation Isn’t a Shortcut: Bots, Risk Controls & No-Trade Rules for Prop Trading

Learn when bots help (and hurt) prop trading: no-trade regimes, filters, and rule-based risk management to stay funded.

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Build a Real Prop Trading Strategy From Scratch (Without Drowning in SMC/ICT)

Build a prop trading strategy step by step—test your edge, master risk management, and trade with confidence as a funded trader.

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Buy the Rumor, Sell the News in Crypto: A Prop Trading Plan to Stay Funded

Learn a prop-trading “rumor vs news” framework, risk management rules, and trading psychology habits to protect drawdown and stay a funded trader.

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Profitable First Week Day Trading? Here’s How to Survive a Prop Trading Challenge

Turn first-week wins into a prop trading plan with risk management, trading psychology, and routines that help you pass—and stay funded.

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From “Cheaper Prices” to Panic: A Rules-Based Dip Plan for Prop Trading

Build a rules-based dip plan for prop trading: entries, invalidation, and when NOT to DCA—so pullbacks don’t break drawdown rules.

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Bitcoin vs Gold When Correlations Flip: A Prop Trading Risk Management Playbook for Funded Traders

Prop trading playbook for funded traders: spot BTC/gold regime shifts, adjust risk management, avoid evaluation mistakes, and protect your account.

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Your Edge Isn’t Missing—Your Dopamine Is: A Boredom-First Prop Trading Execution Plan for Funded Traders

Stop overtrading in prop trading. Use a boredom-first plan, pre-click checklist, and journaling to protect funding and trade with discipline.

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