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Select Prop Firms Academy

Learn to trade and to pass a prop firm challenge, from your first pip to your first payout. Short lessons with real numbers, a quick check at the end of each, and a quiz for every course.

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Courses

Take them in order or jump in where you need to. New courses open each week until December.

Course 1 Trading basics How a trade works: markets, long and short, spreads, pips, lots, leverage, orders and market hours. 10 lessons, about 63 min Start the course

Course 2 Risk maths Stops, risk per trade, position sizing, risk reward, expectancy and drawdown: the maths that passes challenges. 8 lessons, about 56 min Opens 23 November

Course 3 Futures basics Contracts, tick values, micros, market hours, rollover, platforms and sizing for futures prop firms. 8 lessons, about 52 min Opens 30 November

Course 4 Reading charts Candlesticks, timeframes, trend, support and resistance, patterns, volume, indicators and news. 9 lessons, about 60 min Opens 7 December

Course 5 Process and psychology Trading plans, backtesting, journals, tilt, routines and knowing when to stop. 7 lessons, about 45 min Opens 14 December

Course 6 Prop trading How prop firms work, from the first challenge and its rules to choosing a firm, passing, and getting paid. 10 lessons, about 65 min Start the course

Final exam and certificate

40 questions across all six courses. Score 80% or more for a Select Prop Firms Academy certificate with your name on it, ready to share.

Opens 14 December

Prop firm guides by topic

How prop firms work, from choosing a first challenge to taking a payout. The guides are grouped in the order most traders need them.

Step 1 29 guides

Getting started

What a prop firm is, how challenges and instant funding work, what they cost and how to choose your first firm.

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Step 2 25 guides

Prop firm rules explained

Daily and maximum drawdown, trailing limits, consistency rules and the breaches that end most accounts.

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Step 3 17 guides

Passing the challenge

Trading plans, position sizing and realistic timelines for passing an evaluation.

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Step 4 11 guides

Managing a funded account

Keeping a funded account, managing risk after you pass, and the habits of traders who reach regular payouts.

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Step 5 11 guides

Payouts and scaling

How payouts, profit splits and scaling plans work, and what to expect from a first withdrawal.

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Step 6 33 guides

The prop firm industry

How prop firms make money, how regulation is changing, and the red flags that come before a firm fails.

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