From Scared Money to Funded Trader: The Real Guide to Conquering Prop Firm Challenges in 2025

Tired of trading with scared money? This comprehensive guide shows beginners exactly how to pass prop firm challenges through proper position sizing, risk management, and strategic firm selection. Learn the psychology shifts and step-by-step system that separates successful challenge traders from the 90% who fail.

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Understanding Market Manipulation: Comparing ICT and Wyckoff

This article will explore the similarities between the ICT concept of "seek and destroy" and Wyckoff's "springs and upthrusts," highlighting how these methodologies converge and how ICT largely builds upon Wyckoff's foundational ideas.

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Tanner Owings: One-on-One Trading Mentorship Client Case Study

From knowing next to nothing about what it takes to be a day trader, to developing consistent profitability, quitting his job, and trading for full-time income with regular 4-figure days. Here is a look at Tanner’s journey to becoming consistently profitable with Opinicus.

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The Trading Journey: Managing Expectations

Many developing traders approach the markets with the belief that their energy should be immediately rewarded with substantial profits. This belief is amplified in today’s day and age, with many skilled traders sharing their profit screenshots via social media. However, this mentality is flawed and can lead to frustration, impulsive decisions, and ultimately, setbacks in their trading journey.

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The Overlooked Key to Day Trading Success: Effective Risk Management

The importance of effective risk management cannot be overstated, especially for developing traders. While many aspiring day traders usually focus on finding the next big parabolic mover or looking for the holy grail trading system, they often overlook one of the most critical factors in their success: managing risk.

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What Is Opinicus? The Premier Day Trading Community

Back in 2017, Opinicus was born out of necessity. I knew that the online education industry - specifically trading education - needed a community for intraday options traders and an education offering for new market participants to learn from. At the time, no such offering existed. In what is now a competitive landscape, Opinicus emerges as a premier day trading community and education provider, offering traders the tools, resources, and community they need to thrive in the markets.

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The Best Trading Education in 2024

As the financial markets continue to evolve, the need for effective and accessible trading education has never been more crucial. In 2024, Opinicus emerges as a beacon of simplicity and profitability in the complex world of trading.

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Why Every Trader Needs a Trade Plan

Interestingly, despite having learned various skills throughout their lives, novice traders often fall into the trap of impulsive trading. They neglect careful planning and fail to adhere to a well-defined trading plan, which is a crucial component for long-term profitability and success in the markets.

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Mastering Volume Profiles: A Guide for Traders

If you want to improve your trading performance, understanding and implementing volume profiles is essential. After training hundreds of traders throughout my near-decade-long trading career, I've noticed a common issue among unprofitable traders: they often dive into trading setups and patterns without considering the broader context. Trading without context is not a strategy, it's merely trading patterns.

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Creating an Easy Money Trading Strategy

Successful trading is an art that demands more than just intuition; it requires a strategic foundation that stands resilient - Not only through market shifts but a trader’s own emotions as well. At the heart of this foundation lies a singular, indispensable pillar: the use of an easy money trade strategy. This isn't just a guiding principle; it's your linchpin for consistent profitability.

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3 Pillars of Trading Success

Trading is a journey of mastery, viewed through the multifaceted prism of three overlapping lenses. These lenses are the Technical Lens, the Performance Lens, and the Self Lens. To achieve true mastery in trading, one must skillfully balance and synchronize these three lenses. Let's delve into each of them.

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