Your First Steps
From knowledge to action. Platform setup, paper trading, building your first trading plan, and setting realistic expectations for what comes next.
About This Module
Knowledge without action is just entertainment. This module takes everything from the first four modules and puts it into practice. You'll choose a trading platform, set up your workspace, learn to use simulation effectively, build your first structured trading plan, and set realistic expectations for what the next phase of your trading development looks like. This is where studying becomes doing.
Lesson Plan
Choosing a Trading Platform
Understand the three-layer trading platform ecosystem and choose the right combination of platform, data feed, and account for your futures trading path.
Setting Up Your Charts
Learn what belongs on a trading chart and what to remove. Choose timeframes that match your style and build a clean, readable workspace from scratch.
Paper Trading: Your Training Ground
Design a structured sim trading practice plan with rules that prepare you for prop firm evaluations and live trading. Stop wasting sim time.
Building Your First Trading Plan
Write a complete trading plan with entry rules, risk constraints, and a daily routine. Your plan protects your capital when your emotions won't.
Complete Foundations
This is the final module in Foundations. Complete all lessons to finish this level.