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Strategy Crafter

Build, backtest and run your own strategy with a written plan.

  • 110 lessons planned
  • 12 modules
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What Makes a Strategy a Real Strategy

8 planned
  1. The Difference Between a Setup and a Complete Strategy
  2. The Five Pillars of Any Profitable Strategy — Edge, Entry, Exit, Risk, Execution
  3. Mechanical vs Discretionary Trading — Choosing Your Approach
  4. Why Simple Strategies Outperform Complex Ones Over Time
  5. How to Define and Articulate Your Trading Edge
  6. Expectancy — The One Number That Determines If a Strategy Is Profitable
  7. Win Rate vs Risk-Reward Ratio — How They Interact
  8. Why a 40% Win Rate Can Be More Profitable Than 70%

Building Your Strategy From Scratch

11 planned
  1. Choosing the Market, Timeframe and Session for Your Strategy
  2. Defining the Market Condition Your Strategy Trades — Trend, Range or Breakout
  3. Building Entry Rules — What Conditions Must All Be Met Before Entry
  4. Entry Trigger vs Entry Condition — The Difference That Eliminates Bad Trades
  5. Building Exit Rules — Take Profit Logic Based on Structure and Price Action
  6. Trailing Stop Strategies — Locking In Profit Without Exiting Too Early
  7. Partial Close Strategies — How to Scale Out Properly
  8. Scaling In and Pyramiding — Adding to Winners Without Adding Risk
  9. Time-Based Exits — When Clock Rules Override Price Rules
  10. Defining the Rules for When NOT to Trade
  11. Confluence Checklist — How Many Conditions Must Align for an A+ Setup

Integrating All Analysis Types Into One Strategy

7 planned
  1. How to Combine Technical Analysis and Price Action Into One Framework
  2. How to Layer Volume Analysis Into Entry and Exit Logic
  3. How to Use Fundamental Analysis as a Filter for Technical Setups
  4. How to Use Fibonacci as a Precision Entry Tool Within a Larger Strategy
  5. How to Use Indicators as Confirmation — Not Signal Generators
  6. How to Use Multi-Timeframe Analysis to Qualify Every Trade
  7. How to Use Market Sentiment and Positioning Data as a Trade Filter

Risk Management

10 planned
  1. Risk and Reward — Deep Dive Into the Mathematics
  2. Risk Per Trade — How to Define It and Never Break It
  3. The 1% and 2% Risk Rules — What They Mean in Practice
  4. Position Sizing Formula — Exact Calculation for Any Market
  5. Account Risk vs Trade Risk — Understanding Both Levels
  6. Daily Loss Limit — How to Set It and Why It Protects Your Career
  7. Maximum Drawdown Rules — When to Stop Trading and Review
  8. Drawdown Recovery Math — How Long It Takes to Recover
  9. Correlation Risk — How Multiple Open Trades Compound Your Exposure
  10. Risk-Adjusted Returns — Sharpe Ratio, Sortino Ratio, Calmar Ratio

Common Beginner Mistakes

7 planned
  1. Why Most Beginners Lose — The Full Breakdown
  2. The Top 10 Most Destructive Trading Mistakes and How to Avoid Each
  3. Overtrading — Why More Trades Means Less Money
  4. Revenge Trading — The Cycle and How to Break It
  5. Moving Stop Losses — Why It Is Always a Mistake
  6. FOMO Trading — How to Eliminate It Completely
  7. The Gambler's Mindset — Recognizing and Eradicating It

Backtesting

12 planned
  1. What Backtesting Really Is and What It Can and Cannot Tell You
  2. Manual Backtesting — How to Do It Properly Step by Step
  3. Automated Backtesting — Tools, Platforms and How to Use Them
  4. How Much Historical Data You Need for a Valid Backtest
  5. Backtest Sample Size — Why You Need at Least 100 to 200 Trades
  6. How to Test Across Multiple Market Conditions — Trending, Ranging, Volatile
  7. Overfitting — What It Is and How It Destroys Live Results
  8. Survivorship Bias — How It Corrupts Backtest Results
  9. Walk-Forward Testing — Out-of-Sample Validation
  10. Monte Carlo Simulation — Stress Testing Your Strategy's Robustness
  11. Interpreting Backtest Results — Profit Factor, Expectancy, Max Drawdown, Win Rate
  12. The Gap Between Backtest and Live Results — How to Close It

Forward Testing and Going Live

5 planned
  1. What Is Forward Testing and Why It Comes Before Live Trading
  2. How to Run a Proper Demo Period — Rules and Duration
  3. Transitioning From Demo to Live — The Right Way
  4. Starting Small Live — Why Micro Lots and Small Size Matter
  5. Scaling Up — How to Increase Size as Consistency Is Proven

The Trading Plan

9 planned
  1. What a Professional Trading Plan Contains
  2. Defining Your Trading Goals — Realistic Monthly and Annual Targets
  3. Pre-Market Preparation Routine — What to Do Before Every Session
  4. Intraday Execution Protocol — How to Run Your Trading Day
  5. Post-Session Review Routine — Journaling Every Trade Properly
  6. The Trading Journal — What to Track, How to Track It and Why
  7. Weekly and Monthly Performance Review Process
  8. How to Use Journal Data to Find and Fix Weaknesses
  9. When to Pause Trading — Rules for Taking a Break

Trading Psychology

12 planned
  1. The Full Psychology of Trading — Why the Mind Is the Biggest Edge
  2. Fear of Loss — How It Distorts Decision-Making
  3. Greed and Overconfidence — How They Destroy Accounts
  4. Cognitive Biases Every Trader Must Know — Confirmation Bias, Loss Aversion, Recency Bias
  5. Emotional States and Their Impact on Trade Execution
  6. Building Emotional Discipline — Frameworks That Actually Work
  7. Pre-Trade Mental Checklist — Getting Into the Right State
  8. Visualization Techniques Used by Elite Traders
  9. Mindfulness and Meditation for Traders — How and Why
  10. Handling a Losing Streak — Keeping Perspective and Structure
  11. Handling a Winning Streak — Avoiding Overconfidence and Recklessness
  12. Building Long-Term Psychological Resilience

Day Trading Health Care Plan

12 planned
  1. Why Physical and Mental Health Directly Impact Trading Performance
  2. Sleep — The Most Underrated Edge in Trading
  3. Nutrition and Blood Sugar — How Food Affects Focus and Decision-Making
  4. Exercise — How Regular Movement Improves Cognitive Function and Discipline
  5. Managing Screen Time and Eye Fatigue — Practical Protocols
  6. Stress Recognition — Identifying When You Are Too Stressed to Trade Well
  7. Breathing Techniques for In-Session Stress Control
  8. Energy Management — How to Sustain Focus Across a Full Trading Day
  9. Building a Pre-Session Warm-Up Routine — Mental and Physical
  10. The Post-Session Wind-Down — Detaching From the Market After Close
  11. Work-Life Balance for Full-Time Traders — Preventing Burnout
  12. Money Mindset — How Your Subconscious Relationship With Money Affects Trading

Prop Firms and Funded Trading

5 planned
  1. What Prop Firms Are and How the Funded Trader Model Works
  2. How to Evaluate and Choose the Right Prop Firm
  3. Prop Firm Challenge Rules — Daily Loss, Max Drawdown, Profit Target
  4. Strategy Adjustments for Prop Firm Constraints
  5. Passing and Maintaining a Funded Account

Hedging and Portfolio Risk

12 planned
  1. Hedging Strategies — How to Protect Open Positions
  2. Portfolio Diversification Across Assets and Strategies
  3. Building a Multi-Strategy Portfolio — How to Combine Approaches
  4. Strategy Correlation — How Two Strategies That Look Different Can Take the Same Risk
  5. Asymmetric Risk — Setups Where Loss Is Capped and Gain Is Open-Ended
  6. Kelly Criterion — The Mathematical Framework for Position Sizing Beyond the 1-2% Rule
  7. Correlation-Adjusted Position Sizing — How to Size Positions When Multiple Trades Share the Same Risk
  8. Process Journaling vs Outcome Journaling — Why Tracking Decisions Matters More Than Tracking P&L
  9. The Plateau Problem — What Happens Psychologically When Progress Stalls for Weeks or Months
  10. Identity-Based Trading Errors — When Ego Becomes Attached to a Position, a Bias or a Belief
  11. Edge Erosion Detection — How to Identify Early With Data That Your Edge Is Weakening
  12. Slippage and Execution Quality — How to Measure Whether Your Broker Is Filling You Fairly and What to Do About Poor Execution

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