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Free trading & investing guide, prop-firm overview, TradingView examples. Video courses for Blueprint participants.
How this fits Lean Trading
What you find here is foundational: how prop firms work, challenge rules, and orientation. There are countless free trading webinars and videos that already explain these basics in detail — so we do not spend mentoring time repeating them.
In Lean Strategy Blueprint mentoring we focus on what moves the needle: how to design, validate, and operate profitable trading systems — structure, edge, risk, and execution. That is what Lean Trading stands for.
If you want proof of systematic, rule-based work: many scripts on our TradingView profile are public and free — see below.
Free guide — always available
Build the foundations of your trading and investing journey. Start here.
The essentials. Start here.
Trading means buying and selling financial assets (e.g. shares, currencies, CFDs) on exchanges or OTC markets to profit from price movements. Unlike long-term investing, trading often involves shorter time horizons and active decision-making.
You can trade many different markets. Each has its own characteristics, liquidity, and opening hours.
Understanding these terms is essential before you place your first trade.
Different approaches suit different time horizons and risk profiles.
Core concepts for long-term and passive approaches.
Dollar cost averaging (DCA) means investing a fixed amount at regular intervals (e.g. monthly) regardless of price. It reduces the impact of bad timing by spreading purchases over time.
Diversification means spreading your capital across different assets, sectors, or regions to reduce the impact of a single loss. Preserving capital is as important as growing it.
Risk management, analysis, and choosing a broker.
Risk management is essential to protect your capital. Most private traders lose money; good risk control improves your odds.
Two main ways to analyse markets. Many traders combine both.
Your broker is your access to the markets. Choose a regulated, transparent provider.
Disclaimer
Trading is risky. You can lose your entire capital. This content is for education only and is not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
On TradingView (Lean_Trading) you will find open-source strategies you can review and backtest — e.g. session-based logic, risk rules, and alerts. They illustrate how we think in systems, not signals.
A proprietary trading firm (prop firm) provides traders with capital to trade. Instead of risking your own money, you trade the firm's capital. In return, you agree to follow strict rules: profit targets, maximum drawdown limits, and often a time limit.
If you pass the firm's evaluation (the "challenge"), you get a funded account. Your profits are then split between you and the firm—typically 80% to you, 20% to the firm, though terms vary.
Most prop firms use a two-step evaluation (e.g. FTMO-style):
Phase 1 (Challenge): Demo account with fixed balance (e.g. €10,000). Reach profit target (e.g. 10%) without exceeding max drawdown (e.g. 10%) or daily loss limit (e.g. 5%).
Phase 2 (Verification): Often a lower profit target (e.g. 5%). Then you receive a funded account.
Some firms offer a one-step challenge: one phase, then funding.
Profit target: e.g. 10% Phase 1, 5% Phase 2.
Maximum drawdown: e.g. 10% of initial balance.
Daily loss limit: e.g. 5% of day-start balance.
Minimum trading days: Often 4–5.
Maximum period: e.g. 30 / 60 days per phase.
Capital: Funded size you might not fund yourself.
Risk: You pay challenge fees; firm bears evaluation capital risk.
Structure: Rules enforce discipline.
Payouts: Often ~80% of profits to you.
No guarantee of passing — most fail on drawdown or daily limit.
Fees non-refundable if you fail.
Rule changes — read current terms.
Psychology — deadlines and limits add stress; systems help.
Our TradingView work (DAX Challenge Passer, Booster, FVG, C-Engine, Liquidity Edge Pro, NY Pre-Session Sweep and other open scripts) is built around clear rules, sessions, and risk — aligned with how prop evaluations work.
No live pass guarantee — markets and execution vary. Systematic setups beat ad-hoc trading.
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