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Learn contracts, ticks, orders, sessions, and risk in a sequence that makes sense.
Start with Ticklab →THE LAB FUTURES EDUCATION / PROCESS / ACCOUNTABILITY
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The Lab helps beginner and inconsistent futures traders understand the market, manage risk, and build a repeatable trading process.
FREE BEGINNER PATH PRACTICAL RISK TOOLS NO PROFIT PROMISES
21,84021,80021,76021,72021,680
CONTRACTMNQ × 1$2 / point
PLANNED RISK10 pts$20 gross
REWARD PLAN20 pts2.0 R:R
RULE1 attemptNo chase
NQ$20 / point$5.00 / tickMNQ$2 / point$0.50 / tickES$50 / point$12.50 / tickMES$5 / point$1.25 / tickGC$100 / point$10.00 / tick
ROUTE / START HERE
Where are you in your trading journey?
Different starting points need different next steps. Choose the path that matches what is actually happening now.
I’ve traded, but I’m not consistent
Identify whether execution, psychology, risk, or process is breaking down.
Diagnose my trading →I’m ready for coaching
Add structure, accountability, feedback, and a repeatable development loop.
Explore mentorship →FREE TICKLAB CURRICULUM
Learn the market before you risk the money.
Fifteen short, beginner-first lessons. Each one turns market language into a decision you can understand and practice.
CURRICULUM / FOUNDATION16 lessonsSelf-pacedNo paywallPlain English
Beginner · 45 min
What Futures Trading Actually Is
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to explain: What a futures contract is How futures trading differs from stock investing What it means to go long or short Why futures are considered leveraged products Why a small market movement can create a significant profit or loss Why understanding risk must come before learning a trading strategy
Beginner · 45 min
NQ, MNQ, ES, and MES Explained
This lesson explains the differences between NQ, MNQ, ES, and MES, including what each market tracks and how much its price movements are worth. By the end of the lesson, you should be able to calculate points, ticks, profit, loss, total trade risk, and an appropriate position size before entering a trade.
Beginner · 45 min
Futures Trading Sessions and Market Hours
This lesson explains when the futures market is open, how the Asia, London, and New York sessions differ, and why price behavior can change throughout the trading day. By the end of the lesson, you should be able to identify the major trading sessions, understand regular and extended trading hours, prepare for scheduled economic news, and choose a consistent trading window that fits your schedule and trading plan.
Beginner · 45 min
Candlesticks Without the Confusion
This lesson explains how candlesticks are created and what their bodies, wicks, opens, highs, lows, and closes communicate about price movement. By the end of the lesson, you should be able to read a candlestick correctly, distinguish strong movement from hesitation, understand why a candle close matters, and avoid treating individual candle shapes as automatic trade signals.
Beginner · 45 min
Market Structure for Beginners
This lesson explains how price forms swing highs, swing lows, trends, pullbacks, ranges, and possible reversals. By the end of the lesson, you should be able to identify higher highs, higher lows, lower highs, and lower lows, distinguish trending conditions from consolidation, and explain what price would need to do to support or invalidate a directional idea.
Core · 45 min
Support and Resistance Done Correctly
This lesson explains how support and resistance areas form, why they should usually be treated as zones instead of perfect lines, and how to evaluate reactions, breakouts, retests, and failed breaks. By the end of the lesson, you should be able to identify meaningful support and resistance, distinguish a reaction from a confirmed reversal, and explain whether price is rejecting, accepting, or moving through an important area.
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DIAGNOSTIC / PROCESS LEAKS
You may not need another strategy.
You may need a better process.
Select the statement that sounds most like your trading. The result points to a practical next step—not a promise.
Your rules may define how to enter without defining when the session is over.
Build a daily trade cap and a pre-trade gate.
NEXT ACTIONUse the pre-trade checklist ↗
SYSTEM THE LAB METHOD
Build a loop that still works when emotion gets loud.
Consistency is not a feeling. It is the quality of the decisions you can repeat, measure, and improve.
Prepare
Context, levels, news, scenarios, and risk are written before the session.
Execute
One defined setup. Observable trigger. Size calculated from invalidation.
Review
Grade the decision separately from the P/L and choose one adjustment.
Repeat
Track the same process long enough for evidence to replace emotion.
“The goal is not to feel certain. The goal is to know what you will do when you are wrong.”
INSTRUMENTS / FREE TOOLS
Know the numbers before the trade.
Calculate contract value, size from risk, diagnose behavior, search vocabulary, and run a pre-trade gate.
MNQ RISK CHECK
STOP DISTANCE10.00 pts
CONTRACTS1 MNQ
PLANNED RISK$20.00
EDUCATIONAL EXAMPLE01P/L calculator↗02Position risk↗03Daily loss limit↗04Risk-to-reward↗05Payout planner↗06Readiness quiz↗07Trader identity↗08Glossary search↗09Pre-trade checklist↗
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RESULTS RESULTS & DEVELOPMENT
Proof with context. Progress with integrity.
See the plan, risk, and lesson behind each result—not just the winning screenshot.
View results →RESULTS WITH CONTEXT
Plans, risk, and lessons matter as much as the final number.
PLAN ADHERENCE—Start journaling
COURSE PROGRESS0%16 lessons
OPEN REVIEWS0Coach queue
WEEKLY PROCESS SCORE / SAMPLE
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