Get Funded with Prop Firms: Master Futures Trading Using SMC

Learn how the evaluation challenge tests futures traders with a simulated account under profit targets, daily loss limit, drawdown limit, instrument choices, position sizing, time limits, and minimum trading days.

Learn to meet the profit target while managing the daily loss limit and overall drawdown across prop firms, with trading-day rules and auto liquidation.

Explore the difference between trailing end-of-day drawdown and trailing threshold, with examples of fixed drawdown limits and the threshold trailing the profit as it increases, and discuss risk management.

Explore position sizing and contract limits in futures trading, and how prop firms cap contracts with mini and micro e-mini distinctions, five contracts on Top Step and twelve on Apex.

Explore futures trading sessions and time limits, focusing on liquidity during hours 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Close positions before the New York session ends to avoid overnight risk.

Prop firms restrict trading around major news to minimize risk, while top step permits cautious trading; funded futures bans positions two minutes before and after data releases.

Apply the consistency rule to avoid being a gambler, keeping any day under 50% of the profit target. In simulated funded stage, follow a 40% rule; evaluation phase has none.

Learn how minimum trading days enforce consistency across prop firms, with seven days for Apex, two for Top Step, and one day for My Funded Futures.

Explore payout policy and profit split across prop firms, including 100% up to the initial threshold and 90% thereafter, with ten trading days or five winning days to trigger payouts.

Compare futures trading platforms such as Ninjatrader and TradingView, and explain data providers like rhythmic and trade await, plus how prop firms enable mobile trading via linked accounts.

Evaluate futures prop firms by checking reputation, transparency, reviews, payouts, fees, data availability, profit splits, and the ease of evaluation to maximize earnings.

Compare the rules, costs, and key requirements of the three popular futures prop firms for the 50k evaluation challenge, including profit targets, drawdown, position sizing, platforms, fees, and consistency rules.

Explore liquidity concepts in trading, identifying sell side liquidity below equal lows and trend lines, and buy side liquidity above swing highs and equal highs where traders place stop losses.

Explore sellside liquidity dynamics as price tests support and resistance, triggering breakout and retest trades, stop-loss triggers, and market makers' manipulation before a move higher.

Identify swing lows and swing highs using three candles, with the middle candle forming the lowest or highest point. Highlight sell side liquidity and reversals as price reaches swing lows.

Identify buy side and sell side liquidity levels above equal highs and trend lines to anticipate breakouts, stop-loss triggers, and bias across higher and lower time frames.

Learn to trade futures by checking high impact USD news before each session, avoid CPI, FOMC, and nonfarm payroll days, and trade after the release to avoid manipulation.

Identify bullish order blocks—the last red candle before an up move—and use retracements for long entries with stops below the block and targets on buy-side liquidity.

Identify sell side liquidity and a major bearish move, mark the last green candles before the drop as the bearish order block, then trade retracements with stop losses.

Identify four hour time frame bullish order block after a break of structure, then await a retrace to buy side liquidity before a long entry on a lower time frame.

Identify bullish or bearish fair value gaps, wait for price to fill the gap, then enter using an order block stop loss with targets at sell-side liquidity.

Use change of character as entry confirmation, aligning higher-timeframe trends with lower-timeframe shifts, and reacting to fair value gaps and order blocks for precise entries.

Master futures trading by applying change of character setups around fair value gaps and order blocks, with retracements, swing lows, and confirmed entries using stop losses and a 2-to-1 reward/risk.

Explore how volume imbalances create daily and weekly gaps between candle closes and opens, drawing price back to fill liquidity through retests in futures markets.

Identify premium and discount levels using Fibonacci retracement to select fair value gaps. In bullish, focus on discount gaps for longs; in bearish, use premium gaps for shorts.

This lecture presents the three market-cycle phases—accumulation, manipulation, and distribution—highlighting liquidity grabs and trading opportunities at points of interest such as a fair value gap and an order block.

Master futures trading in prop-firm contexts by focusing on key sessions, especially New York, and applying accumulation, manipulation, and distribution while avoiding the Asian session and opening rushes.

Learn how the S&P 500 and Nasdaq correlation guides bias, using four-hour fair value gaps, liquidity sweeps, and change-of-character signals to time 2-to-1 risk-reward entries on lower time frames.

Apply the strategy step by step by checking economic news, identifying higher-time-frame bias, marking liquidity and fair-value gaps, then entering on a five-minute change of character with a 2:1 risk-reward ratio.

Apply the strategy to weekly and daily fair value gaps on NQ and ES charts, confirm bullish bias, and wait for lower-timeframe gaps to fill before targeting buy-side liquidity.

Analyze daily and hourly price action, focusing on fair value gaps, sell side liquidity, volume imbalances, and a 2:1 risk-reward entry after the New York open.

Follow a multi-timeframe approach to identify fair value gaps and order blocks, confirm with a market shift, and anticipate accumulation, manipulation, distribution toward sell-side liquidity.

Master futures trading using smc techniques to trade the US 500 and pursue funded opportunities with prop firms.

master futures trading with prop firms by applying smc techniques to trade us oil futures as shown in trade 2 on usoil.

Analyze two trades on US oil and indices, highlighting a bearish downtrend, fair value gaps and change of character, with retracements and entries above order blocks.

Analyzes four trades from November 25–29 across bitcoin, us 500, and gbp/usd, using time analysis, market manipulation cues, liquidity, fair value gaps, order blocks, and change-of-character entries with 2:1 targets.

Master futures trading on US100 using SMC principles through practical setups and risk-aware execution for funded prop-firm programs.

The analysis reveals a bearish setup around Nasdaq fair value gaps and liquidity, with a second entry after a change of character and a 2 to 1 target.

Master a fourth trade on the US500 futures within the prop firm framework using SMC techniques.

Explore futures trading on the US100 using smc techniques to align with prop firm funding strategies.

Master smart money concepts to trade the US100 with confidence. Advance your funded futures trading journey with prop firms.

Trade 7 on USOIL to practice futures trading using SMC under funded prop firm conditions.

Master futures trading using SMC by executing eight AUDUSD trades within a funded prop firm program.

Learn how to execute the trade 9 setup on the US500 futures within a prop firm funding framework using SMC to master disciplined futures trading.

Analyze weekly and daily fair value gaps on the S&P and Nasdaq, monitor a one-hour market shift, and time entries with a 70% fibonacci during accumulation, manipulation, and distribution.

Master funded futures trading with prop firms on the us100 by applying smc concepts and executing the trade 10 approach.

Explore futures trading on the US100 by applying smc concepts to funded prop firms. Apply smc concepts to funded US100 trades.

Master futures trading on audusd by leveraging prop firms funding and smc concepts through trade 12 setups.

Analyzes a long S&P 500 setup from the London session, detailing sell-side liquidity, bullish fair value gaps, and a 2:1 risk-reward with change of character signals.

Discover how to trade 14 on us500 within a funded futures framework using smc principles for prop firms.

Review a March 5 long trade on S&P 500, highlighting daily and four-hour fair value gap fills, a change of character, and entry on the candle after a swing high.

Analyze 6 Nasdaq trade with a bullish bias after fair value gap fillings; a 5-minute change of character triggered entry, with a stop below order block and a 2:1 target.

Analyze march 7 trade on US500 after nonfarm payroll news, highlighting a four hour fair value gap and a five minute change of character entry with a 2-to-1 risk reward.

Demonstrates a bullish setup on Nasdaq and S&P 500 using daily and 4-hour fair value gaps, a change of character, and an order-block entry with a 2:1 target.

Trade Nasdaq and S&P 500 with a bullish bias after daily fair value gaps and a weekly order block, using change of character, Fibonacci 60% retrace, and a 2:1 target.

Analyze a trade on the S&P 500 using a four-hour bullish fair value gap and change of character after 10 a.m. news, with buy-side liquidity levels and a two-to-one target.

Analyze a March 13 trade on the S&P 500, entering near a four-hour bullish fair value gap with stop loss below the order block and a two-to-one target.

Analyze weekly trades driven by fair value gaps, liquidity targets, and time-based rules, detailing bullish and bearish bias, entries after 10 a.m., and outcomes on US 100 and Nasdaq.

Develop trading psychology for prop firms by managing fear, greed, and impatience; implement a disciplined plan with risk management, journaling, and a daily market routine.

Master risk management for futures prop firms by sizing trades to 0.5-1% risk, using a 2-to-1 reward ratio, and choosing e-mini or micro e-mini contracts to respect daily loss limit.

Examine a real funded futures trading case from TopStep, detailing balance growth, profit target, drawdown, and step-by-step setups using fair value gaps, liquidity cues, and 2:1 risk-reward.

Learn the updated futures strategy using high time frame fair value gaps aligned to the daily bias. Trade one 1% risk setup per day, timed by 9am–10am candles across timeframes.

Backtest a long Nasdaq trade on a 1-hour chart, confirming bullish bias, considering fair value gaps, and entering after a green 10am candle with a 2:1 reward-to-risk.

Backtesting case 2 shows a long Nasdaq trade with a five-minute entry after filling a fair value gap above an order block, targeting a 2:1 reward and break-even at 1.5R.

Backtesting case 3 shows a Nasdaq short setup after a bearish change of character and bearish fair value gaps, with a 10 a.m. entry and a 2:1 risk-reward target.

Explore October 2025 trading results across funded and challenge accounts from FTML and 5% prop firms, detailing a 46% win rate, 1.5 risk-reward, four key trades, and lessons learned.

Demonstrates a bullish long setup on the S&P 500 futures using multi-timeframe fair value gaps, with a 2:1 risk–reward and 1% risk, including break-even adjustment.

Identify a bullish bias from daily and four-hour fair value gaps on Nasdaq futures, then enter on a green 5-minute candle after gap fill with a two risk-reward ratio target.

I avoided trading on FOMC day and recorded a losing long S&P 500 trade on October 30, using daily bias and fair value gaps to set a two-to-one risk-reward ratio.

take a long S&P 500 trade using fair value gaps on daily and hourly timeframes; enter after one-hour gap fill at 11 a.m. with a stop loss and two-to-one risk-reward.

Identify a bearish bias with fair value gaps signaling a short setup on October 15, using a three-minute entry, stop above swing high or order block, risk 1%, target 2R.

Review two weeks of November results (Nov 1–14), noting a 50% win rate after break-even trades and a 2:1 risk-reward ratio. Upcoming videos will break down some trades.

a nasdaq long setup with bullish bias and fair value gaps is analyzed, but the trade ends in a loss after risk management and a two-to-one target.

Breaks down a short S&P 500 trade from a daily bearish bias and fair value gaps through multi-timeframe analysis, a three-minute change of character, and a 2:1 risk-reward with break-even.

Aims to enter on a 3-minute change of character after a fair value gap fill, prioritizing the S&P 500 with a $1,000 risk and a break-even stop.

Join 1-to-1 mentorship with two professional traders to master futures trading and get funded, covering swing and day trading across indices, forex, and commodities, plus risk management and psychology.