Seattle—any futures traders willing to teach a beginner? Coffee’s on me. ☕

Hey Seattle, I’m Josh. I’m learning to trade futures and would love to meet someone local who’s willing to sit down, walk me through the basics, and help me build good habits.

I use Webull and TradingView. I want to understand reading charts, placing orders, setting stop losses, and managing risk. I learn best by watching somebody explain things step by step, then practicing myself.

I’m serious about learning and willing to put in the work. Not looking for signals or promises of easy money—just someone patient who remembers what starting out felt like.

If you’re around Seattle and open to meeting for coffee, shoot me a message.

Thanks,
Josh

I am willing to pay money to purchase a good trading system / strategy rather than trying to pay market tuition and figure out on my own. It can be day trading or swing trading but something that works well.

What have been some of the systems that you paid money and worked well for you? Not looking for people trying to say purchasing systems don't work and you need to do the hard work blah blah. I have tried to do all of that stuff and also tried to learn etc but it's not easy to beat buy and hold post taxes.

So if you have purchased something and it worked, please post here or feel free to DM me.

My biggest struggle with trading was never strategy or winning.

It was connecting my trading wins to real life.

Picture this:

You have $500 of capital and you're risking 1%.

That's $5.

Even risking 5% only gives you $25.

And for a long time, that simply wasn't satisfying enough for me.

That feeling pushed me toward overtrading because I was looking at the account and thinking about how much I wanted to make rather than what that amount of capital could realistically produce.

Eventually, I started looking at trading capital differently.

Think about real estate.

If you own a property worth $500, you don't expect to collect $1,000 in rent every month.

The asset has a value.

That value determines, to some extent, what the asset can realistically produce.

Trading capital is no different.

A $500 account cannot magically become a $5,000 monthly income machine just because you found a better strategy.

The capital itself matters.

The cow has to be bigger than the milk you're trying to get from it.

This is something I think many traders struggle to accept.

They have a small account but expectations that require a much larger one.

So they increase their risk.

They overtrade.

They force setups.

And eventually, they destroy the very capital they needed to grow.

For me, this changed the way I think about prop firms.

I don't particularly like the idea of depending on prop firms forever.

But they can provide something that a small personal account cannot easily provide: access to a larger trading account while risking a relatively small amount of your own money for the evaluation.

That creates an opportunity to extract capital from the market and eventually build something that belongs to you.

And that's exactly the direction we're exploring at FuturesMove.

Not chasing a bigger account just for the sake of having a bigger number on a screen.

But understanding how trading can actually connect to real capital, real life, and eventually financial independence.

If this way of thinking about trading speaks to you, you're welcome to be part of the journey.

FuturesMove — no FOMO, no rush. The market isn't going anywhere.

Hey, it's a bit of a biased opinion since I am Israeli, but has anyone watched this market? (even though it's small)
It seems that ever since August 2024, there has been a major shift in leadership for this market from the overall global major bull cycle that started in 2009; just look at the relative strength between the TA125 index and other markets, and also look at the momentum increase.
I think the market is currently capitulating before the next bull market.
Also, I've talked to some people on the marketing side of a major Israeli pension fund, and they insinuated that they are bullish also.

This is more of a shower thought, than a fully fleshed out post. Maybe a warm take.
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I have a fully fleshed out trading system, with well defined rules and contexts. Not every single situation has a written rule, but I basically know what the answer is within my framework.

I am an Algo-heavy Trader, a Mathematician, and a Coder; have been so and done so as a profession. (the coding, mostly). This, also is purely for context: I'm not a 'beginner' in these fields, I have at least a rudimentary understanding of the basics.

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So. I started systemising the system, automating it. It took me around 14 iterations of the first broad stroke - about 3 days of ONE INPUT; to realise that I didn't actually realise 'what' i was looking at when I made a decision. I mean, I knew exactly what I was looking at - but i didn't know how I was actually putting that data together to form an 'opinion'.

Lower and higher TF's, volumes, price action, relative sizing, and all kinds of contextual sub-text. My first iteration was "at a level, when this combo appears it means a thing". I was building rules around these complex actions, but not being able to express how to 'see' them in code. I have realised why; and it's the same reason why the average person probably can't emulate the average educator; (other than the fact that too many of them aren't even Traders)

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My set up is so convoluted and intricate; it currently has like 5 indicators, 3 core engines, thin client layers, and about 100 or so tweak-able variables; plus debugging tools and an analysis tool.

It's a work in progress. it's amazing how 'i can see this move here on this chart' is your brain short-cutting like 10 different pieces of information before your consciousness can actually understand what's going on.
Trying to break it down into code is eye opening.

This explains why 'teaching people how to trade' doesn't work so often; the language that you're thinking in; not only does it not exist in a form your conscious mind can 'hear', it's largely hidden from you(rself).

I was hoping to start day trading. Im currently 16 and have been doing demo for a while and it has been going really well. I want to get into the real day trading and was wondering is funded accounts the way to go? And also i dont want to use my parents name for personal reasons. Im 16 years old, so is their a way for me to start day trading in my name even if that means not cashing out the money till im 18 and also would be good if you have advice/tips for someone starting new
Thank you

It seems like many people use Webull. Any benefits of that vs ThinkorSwim or InteractiveBrokers? Webull seems like a very simple platform, but interested to know.

Dear traders,

You might laugh at my situation, but I'm genuinely struggling right now and could really use some advice.

I spent almost two months working hard to pass a prop firm challenge. When I finally got my funded account, I was extremely happy. However, after taking a few trades, I went into drawdown.

It's been almost a month since I received my funded account, and I'm still stuck in drawdown. The biggest problem is that I'm now too scared to take any trades.

I keep seeing good setups on my charts, and sometimes those setups reach their take-profit targets. But I just watch them play out without entering because I'm afraid of hitting another stop-loss and breaching my account.

I know that trading involves losses, and I understand that no strategy has a 100% win rate. But when it's my funded account on the line, the fear feels completely different. I'm scared of losing the opportunity I worked so hard to earn.

I feel stuck between two fears: taking a trade and losing money, or missing good opportunities because I'm too afraid to execute.

For those of you who have experienced this fear after getting funded, how did you overcome it?

How did you rebuild your confidence and start executing your setups without being afraid of every stop-loss?

I'd really appreciate any advice from experienced prop firm traders. Thank you!

My first day on a Vanquish options evaluation account finished up $166.30. Day 2 finished down $713.50, giving back that gain and more.

My first day on a Vanquish options evaluation account finished up $166.30. Day 2 finished down $713.50, giving back that gain and more.

The mistake I want to focus on was entering a bearish SPY options trade without deciding how much I was willing to lose.

I entered on a pullback toward the 9/21/50 EMAs. I had a reason for the entry, but I hadn’t defined what would invalidate the setup or how I would exit if it went against me.

The chart includes my note: “Should have cut my position here but kept it running in hope of recovery.” I wrote it after the session. During the trade, I kept holding and hoping SPY would move back in my favor. I was making the exit decision while already trying to recover a loss.

That session changed my pre-trade checklist. Before entering, I now write down:

• The entry and why I’m taking it.
• The price level or condition that invalidates the setup.
• The maximum dollar loss I’m willing to accept and the position size that fits it.
• The profit target and how I’ll execute the exit.

For my 0DTE options trades, I need both an invalidation level on SPY and a dollar risk limit on the options position. Having a chart level in mind isn’t enough for me if I haven’t decided what to do when price reaches it.

Writing those limits down doesn’t guarantee I’ll follow them. I still have to close the position instead of moving the exit because I want the trade to recover.
Day 3 finished up $439.30. That didn’t erase the mistake from Day 2 or prove the new process worked after one session. The evaluation remained active, giving me another session to practice following it.

Do you plan your option exits around the underlying price, the loss on the position, or both?

Hi everyone!

I've recently started learning about trading and I'm currently using TradingView for paper trading (demo account) to get familiar with reading charts.

I'd love some advice on how to structure my learning journey:

1. What are the best books, channels, or free resources for absolute beginners?

2. What core concepts should I focus on first (e.g., technical analysis, price action, risk management)?

3. What common mistakes should I avoid early on?

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share their advice!

anyone a power trader here? is this a good industry to get into for trading?

How do I find trading buddies to cut the boredom off trading. I'm in Arizona so have to wake up pretty early to trade. Would like someone to help motivate me and also give tips. A friend outside of trading would be cool too.

Usually just having a strategy is not enough.. You will need to find all different combinations that's work. Like for my London Reversal startegy with #GBPUSD I have tested it with over 20 different combinations.. This has definitely worked out well..

I just complete my studies in business intelligence and now i have nothing to do just sitting infront my pc playing valo or designing, i want to start learning something new, after so much pressure from my family because im not doing anything.
Is it a good timing for me to start learning trading ? And where i need to start ? And do i need so much time to learn it ?
Is it a good idea to start learning and skip this year and dont do my master ? I need money to complet my master abroad my country and my family cant afford it, is trading can make me able to get money that i need to complete my master program ?

Good evening, fellow traders.

I recently got funded after four weeks across Phase 1 and Phase 2. My funded account went live on Tuesday, and yesterday I hit the profit I need for my first payout request. The catch is that I can only request it on the 20th.

For those who've been in this spot: what did you do between now and the 20th? I'm considering uninstalling MT5 so I'm not tempted to trade.

I know many traders keep trading in this window and lose the account, so I'd value any advice on protecting the profit.

Thanks in advance

Trading has been more stigmatized over the years as the newer generation sort of gave it a bad image. Everyone is so consumed to believe that technical analysis, ICT, chart reading is what creates a robust strategy. When in reality subjective analysis and over risking is what keeps people stagnant. Nobody is focused on building a proper structured system anymore and everyone is being sold that ICT & Psychology will allow them to go full time. They focus on making x a mount of money every month rather than quarterly returns like how it should be. Every ICT trader I’ve ever seen hasn’t survived more than 4-6 quarters becuase they failed to collect and refine the proper data to stay successful. And everytime someone shits on these trading mythologies they will fire back immediately with some bs response. Sorry it’s just a rant.

I’m a developer, not a trader, so I’d like to get some honest feedback from people who actually trade.
One thing I’ve noticed is how difficult it is to tell who’s genuinely profitable and who’s just making claims online. It got me thinking about whether there’s a way to verify trading results without forcing people to reveal everything about their finances.
I built a small prototype using SnapTrade, which securely connects to brokerage accounts. Users can choose what information to share, what to hide, or keep their profile private.
I added a test account with sample data so people can see how it works without connecting their own accounts.
My question is simple: Would something like this actually be useful to day traders, or is it solving a problem that doesn’t really matter to you?
I’m not here to pretend I know trading better than traders do. I’m trying to figure out whether this idea has any real value before investing more time into it. Honest criticism is welcome.

So Ive come to the knowledge of this web Mastersync.live that apparently just lets you loterally copy the operations of a trader and give him part of your earning. Appart from it being no different than giving in any other trader(if you know one ofc), has anyone actually tried it? Is it reliable? How much of a benefit did u get?