This is the exact path we recommend to someone who wants to replace their income with prop trading. No background required. It will take weeks, not days. Every step is free.
Start: Algorithmic Trading →Do these in order. Don't skip ahead. Every stage has an outcome — only move on once you hit it.
Price formation, who is on the other side of your trade, how markets move. If you skip this, everything else is shortcut-thinking.
Candlestick anatomy, trend, support & resistance, market structure. This is the language — no shortcut to fluency.
Position sizing is math, not intuition. If you have not sized a trade with the Position Sizer, you are gambling.
If your win rate and R-multiple cannot survive 10,000 simulated runs, your edge is not real. This kills most overconfident newcomers.
Run a full simulated prop evaluation with real rules, real drawdowns, real targets. Hit the profit target without breaching.
If step 5 succeeded, you are ready for a real prop evaluation. If it did not, go back to step 2 and iterate. Rinse until profitable.
The core curriculum. Complete these in order — they unlock the rest of the Learn catalog.
We'd rather you know this upfront than learn it by blowing accounts.
Blown accounts almost always trace back to ad-hoc position sizing and untested edge. This path exists specifically to block those two failure modes.
You don't learn to read price by watching YouTube. You learn by drilling 200 candle-close decisions. The drills are boring. Do them anyway.
If you cannot pass a free simulated challenge with the exact same rules, you will not pass a real one. The market doesn't care if your money is real.
One simple setup executed the same way 100 times beats five complex setups executed differently every time. Prop firms reward boring traders.
If you do not have 60 minutes a day to commit, prop trading probably won't work for you. That is not a judgment — it is a math problem. Skills compound slowly and sporadic practice doesn't build reflexes.
Open the first foundation course. Take your time. There are no deadlines.