The FundedView blog
No fluff — just how to journal trades, pass evaluations, and read the numbers that decide whether you actually make money.
Win Rate vs Risk-Reward: The Tradeoff Every Trader Gets Wrong
A high win rate and a high risk-reward pull against each other. Understanding the tradeoff — and measuring where you actually sit — is what makes a strategy profitable.
ReadPosition Sizing: How Much Should You Risk Per Trade?
Position sizing decides whether a losing streak is a speed bump or the end of your account. A plain-English guide to risk per trade, R, and surviving variance.
ReadTrading Psychology: 5 Biases Your Journal Can Actually Catch
You can't think your way out of a bias you can't see. Here are five that quietly wreck trading accounts — and the exact journal signal that exposes each one.
ReadForex Trading Journal: What to Track for FX and CFD Traders
Forex and CFD trading has quirks a generic journal misses — sessions, pairs, and correlation. Here's what FX traders should actually log to find their edge.
ReadDay Trading Journal: How to Review a Trading Day in 10 Minutes
A fast, repeatable end-of-day review for day traders. Five questions, ten minutes, and you'll spot the leaks that a P&L number completely hides.
ReadHow to Find Your Trading Edge (And Actually Know You Have One)
Everyone talks about having an edge; almost nobody measures theirs. Here's how to find, test, and confirm a real trading edge using nothing but your own logged trades.
ReadProp Firm Drawdown Explained: Trailing vs End-of-Day vs Static
Trailing, end-of-day, and static drawdowns behave completely differently — and misunderstanding yours is a top way to fail a funded account. A clear, plain-English guide.
ReadHow to Pass a Prop Firm Challenge: A Journaling-First Approach
Passing a prop firm challenge is more risk management than strategy. Here's a journaling-first plan to get through the evaluation without blowing it on avoidable mistakes.
ReadWhat to Track in a Trading Journal: The Complete Checklist
Track too little and your journal is useless; track too much and you'll quit. Here's the exact list of what to log on every trade — and what to safely ignore.
ReadTrading Journal vs Spreadsheet: Why Excel Eventually Fails Traders
A spreadsheet feels free and flexible — until it quietly stops getting filled in. Here's where Excel breaks down as a trading journal, and what actually replaces it.
ReadRule Breaks vs Bad Luck: Was That Losing Trade Actually a Mistake?
Not every losing trade is a mistake, and not every winner is a good decision. Here's how to separate process from outcome so you fix the right things.
ReadYour Real Profit: Tracking Prop Firm Fees and Payouts, Not Just P&L
Raw P&L hides what a prop trader actually earns. Here's how to track evaluation fees and payouts so you know your true, net profitability after prop firm costs.
ReadR-Multiple, Expectancy & Profit Factor: The 3 Stats That Actually Matter
Win rate lies. These three numbers — R-multiple, expectancy, and profit factor — tell you whether your trading actually makes money over time. A plain-English guide.
ReadWhy Most Traders Fail Prop Firm Evaluations — And How to Spot It Early
Most prop firm evaluations aren't failed on strategy — they're failed on behavior. Here are the patterns that blow evals, and the journal signals that warn you first.
ReadHow to Journal Prop Firm Trades (Without It Becoming a Chore)
A simple, repeatable system for journaling prop firm trades — what to log, what to skip, and how to keep it a 30-second habit instead of a spreadsheet you abandon.
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