Hey there folks, It’s been a good while since I last posted and I want to take a moment to let you in on what I’ve been up to the last few months. Sadness, Loss, and Grief At the start of September, my 89-year-old grandfather passed away. He was a very easy-going man, with a […]

Funded Trading Plus is one of the few prop trading firms that offer a no-time-limit challenge model. That is, you are required to hit their profit target without hitting the max daily loss or max drawdown, but you are allowed to complete this objective with as much, or as little, time as you need. Compared […]

Hey there traders, Andrew Bloom of Disciplined FX here. August 2022 Update July and August have been fantastic months for trading with the daily chart strategy that I am using, as I was able to pass and profit (+$5k!) from a 200k MyForexFunds account. I am currently awaiting payout and will make a comprehensive post […]

I want to share with you my plan for my Funded Trading Plus Retry using a very short-term Swing Trading strategy, what it’s like using their new Trading View platform option, and how my challenge is going so far as I am 3 weeks into the challenge.  After failing my first Funded Trading Plus challenge, […]

Last month, I failed my Funded Trading Plus challenge. This was due to making too many changes during the challenge (such as no longer being able to get up at 5am to trade the NY session and attempting to scalp trending strategies off of Asia instead) and also fumbling over my own discipline (pulling winning […]

I Failed My FTP Challenge – Here’s What I Learned As of last night’s Asia trading session, I failed my Funded Trading Plus challenge.  How do I feel? Actually, after almost two months of battling a drawdown, I feel pretty relieved.  My challenge was a mess, to put it bluntly. During that time I developed […]

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Sean came to Disciplined FX in 2021 with trading experience (both as a trader and a Forex educator) extending back to the 1990’s. At this point in his trading, he had seen it all:  Strategies with too many indicators Strategies with unclear price action rules Strategies that focused only on the London session But while […]

A few weeks ago, I started a prop trading challenge with Funded Trading Plus. I am an affiliate with this firm, and made the decision to help increase awareness of this prop firm, because I think it’s one of the most realistic prop trading models for both the trader and the firm. The trader is […]

For years, I’ve been struggling with an undiagnosed chronic illness that has robbed me of my energy, ability to sleep well, and peripheral vision. I was knocked off my original career path and decided to learn how to day trade in order to obtain income and a way to afford quality, results-based healthcare. (If you […]