We pre-registered every entry rule we could build and published the ones that failed. What survives is what actually keeps a funded account alive: size for the losing streak you will meet, the rules that end evaluations, and the hours worth your attention. FP Terminal covers the approved futures board and checks each idea against your account's rules before you trade it.
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These results are based on simulated or hypothetical performance results that have certain inherent limitations. Unlike the results shown in an actual performance record, these results do not represent actual trading. Also, because these trades have not actually been executed, these results may have under- or over-compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity. Simulated or hypothetical trading programs in general are also subject to the fact that they are designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to these being shown.
Walked on the tape — 18 picks. Replayed on 1-minute bars under the desk's fixed rules, no model involved: 0 wins, 2 losses, 8 closed at the window end, 8 never triggered, net +2.08R.
Graded by the scorecard model — 22 picks. Picks published without captured levels, judged by the scorecard model reading that session's tape: 7 wins, 2 losses, 3 closed at the window end, 10 never triggered, net +8.50R.
2 editions crowned nothing and stood aside; they are not counted as picks.
| Date | Session | Pick | Outcome | Result | Graded by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | Asia Globex reopen edition (18:40 ET) | SHORT 6E | No trigger | — | Scorecard model |
| Sep 16 | New York pre-open (09:22 ET) | SHORT ZN | Closed at window end | +0.86R | Tape walk |
| Sep 16 | New York midday (12:00 ET) | LONG NQ | No trigger | — | Tape walk |
| Sep 16 | London pre-open (02:45 ET) | LONG CL | Loss | −1.00R | Scorecard model |
| Sep 15 | Asia Globex reopen edition (18:40 ET) | SHORT CL | Closed at window end | 0.00R | Scorecard model |
| Sep 15 | Asia open edition (21:45 ET) | LONG CL | No trigger | — | Scorecard model |
| Sep 15 | London pre-open (02:45 ET) | LONG CL | No trigger | — | Scorecard model |
| Sep 15 | London midday (06:00 ET) | LONG CL | No trigger | — | Scorecard model |
| Sep 14 | Asia Globex reopen edition (18:40 ET) | LONG CL | Win | +1.50R | Scorecard model |
| Sep 14 | Asia open edition (21:45 ET) | LONG CL | Win | +1.50R | Scorecard model |
Rules: Entry on a confirmed 5-minute close through the trigger, filled at the next 1-minute open; stop at the invalidation; target 1.5 times the risk; unresolved picks are marked at the window close. Results in R (multiples of the risk taken), simulated, gross of commissions, fees and slippage. The scorecard refreshes after each session's scorecard post. What is graded and what is commentary · Risk disclosure
The terminal is the dashboard members trade from; Futures Playbook is where you create your account and manage your membership. Here is what the membership includes.
Is this exact contract approved? Are you flat through 17:00–18:00 ET? Is CPI, payrolls or FOMC inside the hold? Does the size survive ten straight losses? The terminal checks each one — and says no when it does not know.
The New York edition names one candidate across the board after the 08:30 prints, on its own instrument's levels: confirm level, stop, target, live window, the catalyst inside it, and what kills it — sized for a funded account.
Every scanned approved future ranked on range, trend, vol regime, session fit and cross-asset price, plus dated catalysts and headlines. A ranking of candidates — not a claim that any of them has an edge.
Call wall, put wall, flip and regime for NQ, ES, YM and RTY, with a Pine overlay for each. Context, not entries: every wall-based entry rule we tested failed.
Pre-open, midday and scorecard posts for each session in the members' Discord, plus live alert rooms for equity, treasury and commodity futures, and Ask the Desk.
Picks are walked against the tape under the desk's own entry rules, and the running scorecard is published on this page, wins and losses alike.
The board for the London window: FX majors, Brent-led crude, metals, index futures on European flow.
The overnight picks graded against the tape, wins and losses published.
What already printed, what is still to come, the best opportunity for the rest of the window.
The desk's one crowned New York pick, written after the 08:30 prints and before the cash open, with trigger, stop, target and account sizing. The Desk Read is built from it.
The London window's picks graded, wins and losses published.
Opportunities for the afternoon from the tape so far and the events ahead.
Every New York pick graded, wins and losses published.
Yen, Aussie, crude and gold after the 18:00 reopen, written on the first prints rather than ahead of them.
Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong flow, and the London handoff.
The desk pre-registers its studies and publishes the ones that do not survive. Level breakouts, opening-range breaks, gamma-wall entries, gap continuation, turn-of-the-month strength: all tested, all refuted. That list is the most useful thing we sell — it is what you no longer have to learn with a funded account.
The desk's rule of record is a confirmed 5-minute close through a level. No touches, no resting orders at a wall, no anticipatory entries.
Graded results are research outcomes walked on the tape, not member returns. Commissions, slippage and real execution change outcomes.
Data can be delayed and models can be wrong. The scorecard on this page shows the sample size and both graders so you can weigh the record yourself.
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No brokerage account connection. No account management. Futures involve substantial risk of loss.
The graded week — free every Sunday: every read we published, graded, losses included.
One email a week. Unsubscribe from any issue. Graded results are hypothetical research outcomes, not actual trading.
The charting platforms, brokerages and prop firms linked from the terminal, in neutral order. A listing is not an endorsement, and Futures Playbook has no relationship with any of them except the one marked Affiliate.
Trading VPS for NinjaTrader, Tradovate, Rithmic, Sierra Chart and TradingView, with a Chicago data center near CME.
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Futures Playbook is the website where you create your account and manage your membership. FP Terminal is the research dashboard at app.futuresplaybook.com, included with an active, paid membership.
That is who it is built for. Funded accounts are usually lost to sizing and rules, not to a wrong read — a stop sized for confidence instead of the buffer, a position open at 17:00, a trade held through CPI, a contract that was never approved. Start with the free prop-trader guide; the terminal turns it into a pre-trade checker.
TakeProfitTrader approves 38 futures contracts, and every idea is restricted to that list. The board scans 24 of them: index futures (NQ, ES, YM, RTY), energy and metals (CL, NG, GC, SI, HG), treasuries (ZT, ZF, ZN, UB), the FX majors (6E, 6B, 6J, 6A, 6C, 6S, 6N) and the ags (ZS, ZW, ZL, LE). The approved micros (MES, MNQ, M2K, MYM, MCL, MGC, M6E, M6A) are sized from their parent. The crypto micros MBT and MET and the e-mini metals and crude are approved but not yet scanned — full-size BTC, ETH and the 30-year ZB are not approved at all.
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No. Research is standardized. The platform does not assess your finances, determine suitable position sizes, manage your account or place trades for you.
No. Published grades and performance figures are hypothetical research outcomes walked on the tape, not subscriber returns. They have important limitations and do not predict future results.
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