The 30-Day Playbook — A Plan That Actually Passes

You know the rules now (Chapter 3) · this chapter is the real action plan — a 30-day playbook I use to teach my students to pass the Challenge.

The thinking behind this playbook: "passing slow and safe" beats "passing fast and risky" · most targets give you a month, there is no reward for passing fast.

Before you start — calculate your numbers Suppose: Profit Target 8%, period 30 days, you trade ~20 days → you need an average profit of just ~0.4% per day · sounds small? — it is genuinely small, and that is the point.

Week 1 — "warm up, do not rush" (target: +1.5 to 2%) • Trade with half your normal size — get familiar with the firm's platform, spread, execution • The real goal of this week is not profit — it is "not breaking a rule even once" • If you end the week at +1.5% = excellent · if breakeven = still okay

Week 2 — "find your rhythm" (target: +2 to 3% cumulative) • Return to normal size if Week 1 went smoothly • Trade only your A+ setups — the Challenge is not the time to test new setups • Run into a day with no setup = do not trade · there is no penalty for not trading

Week 3 — "raise your guard" (target: near the target) • If cumulative profit is near the target — reduce your size · this is where people slip up the most: nearly passing, getting greedy, trading harder, then collapsing in the final days • Protect what you have > chase what is left

Week 4 — "close the game" (target: touch the target then stop) • Once profit touches the target — stop · do not keep trading "for extra" • If you are still short on minimum trading days — trade a tiny size to complete the days, risking nothing • Check the Consistency rule one last time before stopping

The iron rules of the playbook — 3 of them:

1. Stop immediately when you hit the daily goal — set a daily profit/loss goal · reach it, close the computer · whether profit or loss

2. No "revenge" trading — on a day you lose, do not think "tomorrow I take it back 2x" · go back to the same playbook

3. The Challenge is not a testing ground — use only setups that have passed backtest + demo · it is not a place to try new things

What this playbook does for you: it turns the Challenge from "a gamble on whether you make profit in time" into "following a repeatable week-by-week plan" · the trader who passes is the one who makes the Challenge boring.

> A target of ~0.4% per day — if you feel you have to trade hard to reach it, it means you chose too big an account, or you do not yet have a real edge

The last chapter — once you have passed, what to do next