
Prop Firms
What Is an Eval in Trading? A Trader's Guide to Evaluations
You found a prop firm with a funded account that looks promising. Then you hit the word "eval" and the page assumes you already know what that means. You don't,...

Prop Firms
You found a prop firm with a funded account that looks promising. Then you hit the word "eval" and the page assumes you already know what that means. You don't,...

Prop Firms
You pass the evaluation. You trade well for weeks. Then payout day comes, and the prop firm cites a rule you never saw — something about timing, or position siz...

Options
Contrary to popular belief, selling options is not something reserved just for institutions or hedge funds. The short put option is one of the most practical...

Options
Traders can spend their entire careers learning how to buy low and sell high. But markets don't only go up. A long put option gives you a structured, defined-ri...

Options
The first thing an options trader learns is how to buy call options — pay a premium, cap your risk, and wait for the move. The short call flips that entirely. Y...

Options
Most traders come to options because they want directional exposure without tying up the capital that owning shares requires. A long call option is the most d...

Prop Firms
A trading combine is a structured, time-limited evaluation used by prop firms to identify traders who can manage risk and generate consistent returns. Pass it...

Prop Firms
Traders who blow a prop firm evaluation don't blow it with a single bad trade. They blow it because they didn't understand exactly how their risk limit worked —...

Options
When considering prop firms for options trading most traders make the same mistake: they compare profit splits and stop there. That's the wrong filter. The spli...

Prop Firms
Most traders don't fail because they lack skill. They fail because they run out of capital before they get the chance to prove themselves. A funded trading acco...