Lesson 1 · Foundations · 4 min
Hamburgers first
Why we train on the hardest index with the smallest contract, and the road from zero to your first live trade.
Trading for Hamburgers · Nasdaq-100 futures
Hamburgers
before steak
Trade small and consistent first. A coached, invite-only program that takes you from zero to your first live trade on one micro contract — and only sizes you up when your record says you've earned it.
- Market
- Nasdaq-100 futures
- Train on
- MNQ · $2/pt
- Graduate to
- NQ · $20/pt
- Start size
- 1 contract
- Exchange
- CME Globex
The big idea
Better analysis
is not the answer
Most traders don't lose because their method is bad. They lose because of how they think about risk, uncertainty and themselves. Consistency comes from mindset and execution — not from predicting the next trade.
The whole road on one page
From zero to steak
Eight stations, in order. Each one ends at a gate. You don't move to the next station until you pass the gate, no matter how ready you feel.
- 1Understand
Why markets exist
Who trades, why there is always someone on the other side, and where your profit actually comes from.
Gate › Explain hedgers vs speculators in one sentence.
- 2Understand
Learn the contract
MNQ and NQ specs. Ticks, points, dollars — and the one formula you will use on every trade.
Gate › Price any stop in dollars in your head.
- 3Set up
Tools and account
A charting platform, a futures broker or prop evaluation, a simulator and an economic calendar.
Gate › Place and cancel a bracket order in sim.
- 4Set up
Write the plan
Max size, per-trade loss, daily loss, trading window and the one setup you will trade. On paper, signed.
Gate › Plan written before the first sim trade.
- 5Practice
One setup only
Learn the 3-bar reversal on the 1-minute chart. Log every one you see, traded or not.
Gate › 50 logged examples with screenshots.
- 6Practice
Sim for 20 days
Trade the plan in the simulator: real hours, real rules, real stops. Grade execution, not P&L.
Gate › 20 sessions with zero rule breaks.
- 7Hamburger
Live with 1 MNQ
Real money, smallest size. Take 1R and get out. A day closed green is a win.
Gate › 20 live days, positive expectancy, no blown day cap.
- 8Steak
Scale up slowly
2–3 MNQ, then 5 MNQ, then NQ. Size goes up one rung at a time and comes down after any rule break.
Gate › Each rung earns the next. No skipping.
One setup. Learned properly.
Push, stall, take-back
- 1 · The push
A strong red bar in a short downtrend. Wide range, closes near its low.
- 2 · The stall
A new low, but a small body or a close back up. The pivot — its low sets your stop.
- 3 · The take-back
A green bar that closes above bar 1's high. Sellers ran out.
20.75 pt × $2 × 1 MNQ = $41.50 risk · $41.50 at 1R
The platform
Commitments you sign.
Rules that keep score.
Strategy decides how much you can make. Rules decide whether you're still around to make it. Every trader in the program works inside the same risk system their coach can see.
Signed daily commitments
Every session starts with a written thesis, a checklist and your caps — signed before the first trade.
Rules that enforce themselves
Daily loss cap, max trades and max contracts are tracked live. Break a rule and it's logged as a violation.
Risk monitor
See how close you are to your day cap, trade count and size limit at a glance, on every account.
Journal graded on execution
Each trade is graded A+, B, C or No — on whether you followed the plan, not whether it made money.
Streaks and check-ins
Daily check-ins, discipline streaks and green-day streaks. Consistency you can see.
Chart reviews with markup
Post a screenshot, your coach draws lines, arrows and call-out boxes right on the chart.
Live coaching rooms
Scheduled one-on-one and group sessions with screen share, hand-raise and moderated chat.
Coach review mode
Your coach sees your dashboard exactly as you do, by week, month or year, for honest reviews.
Broker import
Pull fills from your platform with the browser importer. Interactive Brokers is next on the roadmap.
Built-in training
The full Trading for Hamburgers video course and field guides, inside the same app you trade from.
Course deck
Three lessons to your first hamburger
Lesson 2 · Mindset · 3 min
Why traders fail
Better analysis is not the answer. The nine habits of mind that break a real edge, and how to spot them.
Lesson 3 · The setup · 4 min
The 3-bar reversal
Push, stall, take-back on the MNQ 1-minute chart — the one setup we trade, with every price on the ticket.
Invite only
Earn the hamburger.
Every day.
Seats are limited so every trader gets real coaching. Tell us where you are today and we'll be in touch.