# FundedReady

> FundedReady is a free browser-based day trading simulator and prop firm pattern trainer. It teaches chart-pattern recognition, position sizing, drawdown discipline, and prop firm preparation through interactive drills plus readable guides.

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## Core Pages

- [FundedReady simulator](https://www.fundedready.org/): Free browser-based day trading simulator and prop firm pattern trainer.
- [Training courses](https://www.fundedready.org/courses/): All interactive pattern and indicator courses.
- [Training library](https://www.fundedready.org/library/): Readable lesson text behind the simulator courses.
- [Trading guides](https://www.fundedready.org/learn/): Programmatic guide hub for patterns, prop firm rules, risk, and tools.
- [Blog](https://www.fundedready.org/blog/): Long-form strategy and prop firm articles.
- [Prop firm comparison](https://www.fundedready.org/prop-firms/): Side-by-side prop firm recommendations and affiliate disclosure.
- [Position size calculator](https://www.fundedready.org/tools/position-size-calculator/): Free futures position-size calculator.
- [Trailing drawdown calculator](https://www.fundedready.org/tools/prop-firm-drawdown-calculator/): Free prop firm trailing drawdown calculator.
- [Prop firm payout calculator](https://www.fundedready.org/tools/prop-firm-payout-calculator/): Estimate payout after profit split, fees, and cushion requirements.
- [Challenge cost calculator](https://www.fundedready.org/tools/challenge-cost-calculator/): Model evaluation, activation, data, and retry costs before buying a challenge.
- [Methodology](https://www.fundedready.org/methodology/): How FundedReady reviews and structures educational content.
- [Editorial standards](https://www.fundedready.org/editorial-standards/): FundedReady editorial policy, freshness rules, and correction workflow.
- [Affiliate disclosure](https://www.fundedready.org/affiliate-disclosure/): Commercial disclosure for prop firm affiliate links and recommendations.
- [About FundedReady](https://www.fundedready.org/about/): Entity, product, and disclosure information.
- [Contact](https://www.fundedready.org/contact/): Feedback and contact options.

## Best Starting Markdown Mirrors

- [Free FTMO Simulator - Practice Prop Firm Trading](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/ftmo-simulator.md): Free browser-based FTMO trading simulator. Practice the rules and risk parameters of FTMO challenges without real capital.
- [TopStep Trading Simulator - Free Challenge Practice](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/topstep-trading-simulator.md): Free TopStep simulator to practice their trading rules and profit targets. Train before you buy a live challenge.
- [Apex Trader Funding Simulator - Free Practice](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/apex-trader-funding-simulator.md): Practice Apex Trader Funding's rules with our free trading simulator. Master their challenges before you pay.
- [Bull Flag Trading Strategy - Complete Guide](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/bull-flag-trading-strategy.md): Master bull flag patterns for day trading. Learn setup, entry rules, and risk management for profitable trades.
- [Bear Flag Pattern Trading - Short Strategy Guide](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/bear-flag-pattern-trading.md): Learn bear flag trading for short entries. Master downside breakouts and manage risk on short positions.
- [Free Day Trading Simulator - No Download Required](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/free-day-trading-simulator.md): Free browser-based day trading simulator with realistic charts. Practice prop firm rules with zero risk.
- [How to Pass FTMO Challenge - Rules & Strategy](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/ftmo-challenge-rules.md): Complete guide to FTMO challenge rules. Learn drawdown limits, profit targets, and passing strategy.
- [TopStep Combine Rules - Challenge Requirements](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/topstep-combine-rules.md): TopStep Combine rules explained. Daily targets, profit requirements, and account scaling rules.
- [Inside Bar Trading Pattern - Complete Guide](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/inside-bar-trading.md): Master inside bar pattern for breakout trading. Learn setup, false breakouts, and risk management.
- [Double Bottom Pattern - Reversal Trading Guide](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/double-bottom-pattern-trading.md): Master double bottom reversal pattern. Learn setup, confirmation, and profit targets.
- [Pattern Recognition Trading - Chart Pattern Mastery](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/pattern-recognition-trading.md): Master chart pattern recognition for trading. Learn multiple patterns and combination setups.
- [Beginner Day Trading Guide - Start Here](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/beginner-day-trading-guide.md): Complete guide for beginner day traders. Learn basics, terminology, and first trading steps.
- [Free Trading Simulator - No Download, Browser-Based](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/free-trading-simulator-no-download.md): Browser-based trading simulator with no download required. Practice trading risk-free instantly.
- [ES Futures Day Trading - S&P 500 Trading Guide](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/es-futures-day-trading.md): Master ES (E-mini S&P 500) futures trading. Learn specifications, liquidity, and day trading strategies.
- [NQ Futures Trading - Nasdaq 100 Day Trading Guide](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/nq-futures-trading.md): Master NQ (E-mini Nasdaq 100) futures for day trading. Tech-heavy index trading strategies.
- [Gold Futures Trading - GC Day Trading Guide](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/gold-futures-trading.md): Master gold futures (GC) trading. Learn specifications, safe haven characteristics, and strategies.
- [Free Prop Firm Practice - Simulate Real Challenges](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/prop-firm-practice-free.md): Free prop firm simulator to practice challenges. FTMO, TopStep, Apex rules included.
- [Tradeify Challenge Guide - Prop Firm Walkthrough](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/tradeify-trading-challenge.md): Complete Tradeify trading challenge rules and strategies for passing.
- [TakeProfit Trader Challenge - Prop Firm Guide](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/takeprofit-trader-challenge.md): TakeProfit (TakeProfit Trader) challenge rules and strategy for funded trading.
- [Trading Psychology & Discipline - Mental Skills Guide](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/trading-psychology-discipline.md): Master trading psychology. Manage emotions, overcome biases, and develop consistent discipline.
- [FTMO vs Apex Trader Funding: Side-by-Side Comparison (2026)](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/ftmo-vs-apex.md): Compare FTMO vs Apex Trader Funding — cost, rules, profit splits, payouts, and which prop firm suits your trading style.
- [FTMO vs TopStep: Side-by-Side Comparison (2026)](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/ftmo-vs-topstep.md): Compare FTMO vs TopStep — cost, rules, profit splits, payouts, and which prop firm suits your trading style.
- [FTMO vs Tradeify: Side-by-Side Comparison (2026)](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/ftmo-vs-tradeify.md): Compare FTMO vs Tradeify — cost, rules, profit splits, payouts, and which prop firm suits your trading style.
- [FTMO vs TakeProfitTrader: Side-by-Side Comparison (2026)](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/ftmo-vs-takeprofit.md): Compare FTMO vs TakeProfitTrader — cost, rules, profit splits, payouts, and which prop firm suits your trading style.
- [Apex Trader Funding vs TopStep: Side-by-Side Comparison (2026)](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/apex-vs-topstep.md): Compare Apex Trader Funding vs TopStep — cost, rules, profit splits, payouts, and which prop firm suits your trading style.
- [Apex Trader Funding vs Tradeify: Side-by-Side Comparison (2026)](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/apex-vs-tradeify.md): Compare Apex Trader Funding vs Tradeify — cost, rules, profit splits, payouts, and which prop firm suits your trading style.
- [Apex Trader Funding vs TakeProfitTrader: Side-by-Side Comparison (2026)](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/apex-vs-takeprofit.md): Compare Apex Trader Funding vs TakeProfitTrader — cost, rules, profit splits, payouts, and which prop firm suits your trading style.
- [TopStep vs Tradeify: Side-by-Side Comparison (2026)](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/topstep-vs-tradeify.md): Compare TopStep vs Tradeify — cost, rules, profit splits, payouts, and which prop firm suits your trading style.
- [TopStep vs TakeProfitTrader: Side-by-Side Comparison (2026)](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/topstep-vs-takeprofit.md): Compare TopStep vs TakeProfitTrader — cost, rules, profit splits, payouts, and which prop firm suits your trading style.
- [Tradeify vs TakeProfitTrader: Side-by-Side Comparison (2026)](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/learn/tradeify-vs-takeprofit.md): Compare Tradeify vs TakeProfitTrader — cost, rules, profit splits, payouts, and which prop firm suits your trading style.

## Courses

- [Bull Flag course](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/courses/bull-flag.md): The Bull Flag course teaches the single most reliable day-trading pattern: a strong up-impulse (the pole), a tight consolidation (the flag), and a breakout to new highs. Five progressively harder levels drill your entry timing against volume confirmation and false-break filters.
- [Bear Flag course](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/courses/bear-flag.md): The Bear Flag course flips the Bull Flag: a down-impulse pole, an up-sloping consolidation, and a breakdown through support. The mechanics are identical; the psychology is harder — shorting into strength feels wrong. Five levels to make it feel automatic.
- [Fade Failed Breakouts course](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/courses/fade-failed-breakouts.md): Most traders learn to trade breakouts. The best traders also learn when a breakout is going to fail. The Fade Failed Breakouts course teaches the counter-trend entry: a flag breaks, the break gets rejected, and you enter in the opposite direction as disappointed breakout traders get stopped out.
- [MACD course](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/courses/macd.md): MACD measures momentum alignment between fast and slow moving averages. This course teaches MACD not as a standalone signal, but as a filter on price-action setups — the combination that separates profitable traders from indicator-chasers.
- [RSI course](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/courses/rsi.md): RSI is the most misused indicator in trading. This course teaches what RSI actually measures, why the 70/30 rule is a trap in trends, and how to use RSI divergences at key structural levels.
- [Delta Divergence course](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/courses/delta-divergence.md): Delta Divergence teaches the order-flow edge: when buying volume and price diverge, someone is absorbing. When selling volume and price diverge, someone is accumulating. This course teaches you to spot the tell before the reversal appears on the chart.
- [Fibonacci course](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/courses/fibonacci.md): Fibonacci retracement is one of the most-used and least-understood tools in day trading. This course teaches which retracement levels matter (hint: 0.618), how to combine them with structure, and how to filter out the noise of the levels that don't work.
- [Opening Range Breakout course](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/courses/opening-range-breakout.md): The Opening Range Breakout is one of the highest-win-rate day trading setups when you respect the rules. Mark the range, wait for the break with volume, trade the direction. This course drills the full workflow including the filters that keep you out of choppy open days.
- [VWAP Bounce course](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/courses/vwap-bounce.md): VWAP is the volume-weighted average price — the level institutional desks benchmark against. This course teaches VWAP as both a bounce level (price rejects it and continues the trend) and a trend filter (above VWAP = long-only; below = short-only).
- [Double Bottom course](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/courses/double-bottom.md): A double bottom is two lows at the same level with a pullback in between. When the second low holds and price breaks the intervening high, it signals seller exhaustion and a reversal. This course teaches which double bottoms pay and which are just noise.
- [Inside Bar Breakout course](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/courses/inside-bar-breakout.md): An inside bar is a bar whose range is entirely inside the prior bar's range — market indecision, volatility compression. The breakout of that inside bar often triggers the next directional move. This course teaches how to identify the setup and when the break is real.
- [CCI course](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/courses/cci.md): CCI measures deviation from a moving average in standard-deviation units. Extreme CCI readings (+200 or -200) often mark reversal points; crosses of the zero line often confirm trend changes. This course teaches both plays and when each works.

## Library Lessons

- [The Bull Flag](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/library/bull-flag.md): The original FundedReady lesson: what a bull flag is, why it forms, and how to time the breakout entry.
- [The Bear Flag](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/library/bear-flag.md): The mirror image of a bull flag — a down-pole, an up-sloping consolidation, and the breakdown to short.
- [Fading the Failed Flag](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/library/fade-failed-breakouts.md): The contrarian play: when a bull flag fails to break, trapped buyers become the fuel for the reversal.
- [MACD Crossover Entries](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/library/macd.md): MACD as a momentum confirmation tool. Crossovers after a pullback, timed with chart structure.
- [RSI Oversold Reversals](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/library/rsi.md): Oversold plus structure. When sellers exhaust and buyers step in, RSI extremes mark the turn.
- [Delta Divergence](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/library/delta-divergence.md): When price makes a new extreme but delta doesn't confirm, someone is absorbing. Catch the reversal early.
- [Fibonacci 0.618 Entries](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/library/fibonacci.md): The golden ratio retracement. Why 0.618 works and how to time the entry at the pullback.
- [Opening Range Breakout](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/library/opening-range-breakout.md): The first 15–30 minutes set the session tone. Break the range, trade the resolution.
- [VWAP Bounce](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/library/vwap-bounce.md): VWAP as dynamic support. Pullbacks to the line that reclaim it are high-probability continuation entries.
- [Double Bottom (W-Reversal)](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/library/double-bottom.md): The W pattern: two lows at similar prices, a bounce off the second, and a break of the neckline.
- [Inside Bar Breakout](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/library/inside-bar-breakout.md): Compression before expansion. Coiling candles inside a mother bar, then a decisive break of either side.
- [CCI — Commodity Channel Index](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/library/cci.md): Three CCI setups in one course: zero-line bounces, overbought/oversold reversals, and price/CCI divergence.

## Recent Blog Articles

- [Best TradingView Indicators: Setup Guide](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/blog/best-tradingview-indicators.md): Learn why the right TradingView indicators matter, how to avoid chart clutter, and how IndicatorFit helps build a clean indicator stack for free.
- [Your First 60 Days of Day Trading: A Realistic Week-by-Week Plan](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/blog/day-trading-first-60-days.md): What your first 60 days of learning to day trade should actually look like — week-by-week milestones, what to drill, when to risk real money, and the honest expectations that separate traders who stick from those who quit.
- [How to Pass a Prop Firm Challenge: The Playbook for First-Time Traders](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/blog/how-to-pass-prop-firm-challenge.md): A step-by-step playbook for passing your first prop firm challenge — account selection, profit target pacing, risk sizing, which trades to take, and the habits that separate the ~15% who pass from the 85% who blow up.
- [Prop Firm Rules Explained: Trailing Drawdown, Daily Loss Limit, and Consistency](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/blog/prop-firm-rules-explained.md): Every prop firm rule that will blow your account, explained plainly. Trailing drawdown, daily loss limit, profit target, consistency rule, scaling plan — what each one actually means and why it matters.
- [How to Learn Day Trading From Scratch (2026 Beginner's Guide)](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/blog/how-to-learn-day-trading.md): A practical, no-fluff roadmap for learning to day trade in 2026 — what to study, what to skip, how to practice without blowing up, and how long it actually takes.
- [How to Pass a Prop Firm Evaluation: The 5-Phase Framework](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/blog/pass-prop-firm-evaluation.md): A proven 5-phase framework for passing a prop firm challenge — risk sizing, trade selection, daily loss management, scaling, and the psychology that actually matters.
- [Why 90% of Traders Blow Up Prop Firm Accounts (And How to Avoid It)](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/blog/why-traders-blow-up-prop-firm-accounts.md): The five failure patterns behind almost every blown prop firm account, pulled from hundreds of post-mortem journals — and the pre-commitment rules that prevent each one.
- [Getting Your First Prop Firm Payout: Realistic Timelines + Checklist](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/blog/first-prop-firm-payout.md): What it actually takes to get your first prop firm payout — timelines, minimum trading days, profit thresholds, payout rules across major firms, and the pre-submission checklist.
- [What to Do After Your First Prop Firm Payout (Scaling, Taxes, Diversifying)](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/blog/after-first-payout.md): The first payout is a milestone, not a finish line. How to think about scaling to multiple accounts, what taxes you actually owe, and when — if ever — to quit your day job.
- [Bull Flag Trading Strategy Explained With Examples](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/blog/bull-flag-trading-strategy.md): A complete guide to the bull flag pattern: how it forms, why it works, how to identify the entry, where to place stops, and the specific filters that separate high-probability flags from traps.
- [Bear Flag vs Bull Flag: Spotting the Difference in Real Time](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/blog/bear-flag-vs-bull-flag.md): Bull flags and bear flags share structure but trade differently. A side-by-side guide covering pattern anatomy, key asymmetries in behavior, and the execution differences that catch most beginners.
- [Fade Trading Failed Breakouts: The Contrarian's Edge](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/blog/fade-failed-breakouts.md): Failed breakouts create some of the cleanest trap-driven moves in day trading. A full guide to identifying, timing, and managing fade trades — with pre-entry filters that keep you out of coin-flip territory.
- [Day Trading Risk Management Rules Prop Firms Actually Enforce](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/blog/day-trading-risk-management.md): Risk management is the boring part nobody reads — and the reason 90% of traders fail. The specific rules that prop firms enforce, translated into everyday discipline for any trader.
- [Prop Firm Comparison: Which Challenge Is Actually Passable in 2026?](https://www.fundedready.org/ai/markdown/blog/prop-firm-comparison-2026.md): A clear-eyed comparison of the major prop firms in 2026 — rules, realistic pass rates, payout terms, and which firm fits which trading style. No affiliate spin, just the math.

## Optional

- [Full Markdown context](https://www.fundedready.org/llms-full.txt): Concatenated context file for agents with larger context windows.
- [Sitemap](https://www.fundedready.org/sitemap.xml): Complete public HTML URL inventory.
- [RSS feed](https://www.fundedready.org/feed.xml): Latest blog articles.