01 — Foundations
The Blueprint
The groundwork every trader needs before touching a funded account — the rules that keep you in the game long enough to get good. Built for traders who keep blowing evaluations, not because they're bad traders, but because nobody ever taught them the mechanics.
What's covered
01
Prop Firm Fundamentals
How challenges are structured, what rules actually matter, and why most traders fail before they start.
02
Risk Before Reward
Position sizing and risk structure — the discipline that keeps you inside consistency requirements.
03
Reading Market Context
The foundational structure concepts every later chapter of The Xdge builds on top of.
04
Trading Psychology, Honestly
Why "discipline" fails without a system underneath it, and how to build one that actually holds up.