Learn. Plan. Trade.
Ombra Learn
Short lessons on risk and evaluation rules, with no trade ideas or signals. Every chart is an illustration with simulated data.
Risk
Sizing, stops and loss limits: how much you can lose, and how to plan for it.
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Daily loss limits: the firm's and your own
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Position sizing with tick value
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Risk per trade and losing streaks
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Futures contract specs at a glance: ES, NQ, MES, MNQ, CL, GC
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Half your 50K drawdown, gone while you sleep (MNQ, 14 Oct)
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Micros versus minis: the same stop, ten times the risk
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News spikes and stops: why your fill can be worse than your stop
Rules
How prop evaluation rules work, from trailing drawdown to consistency and payouts.
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Static drawdown: the floor that never moves
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Consistency rules that reset after each payout
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Payout buffers: the money you must leave in
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Minimum trading days, and what counts as a day
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Flipping rules: trades that are too short
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Scaling plans: contract limits that grow with profit
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Trailing drawdown explained, step by step
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End-of-day vs intraday trailing drawdown
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Consistency rules: what they are and how firms word them
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How futures prop evaluations work
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Read the prop firm rules before you pay
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Trailing max loss, explained in one chart
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Consistency rule maths: why one big day can slow you down
Psychology
Habits that keep you inside your own rules.
Education only. Not advice. Trading futures carries risk of loss; evaluations use simulated accounts.