AcademyThe final move

The Bootcamp

Phase 4 of the Academy. Pressure-based tasks, live simulations and the final 20-trade challenge, under close mentor observation.

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The last rank. Discipline is proven here, under observation.

Entry is approved, not scheduled.

You enter the Bootcamp when your faculty lead approves your completion of phases 1 to 3. That approval looks at your submitted assignments, your journal and your mentor’s recommendation, not at how long you have been enrolled.

  • Your submitted assignments
  • Your trade journal
  • Your mentor’s recommendation

Not how long you have been enrolled

How the Bootcamp runs.

Every part is observed and recorded, from orientation to the graduation review.

  1. Orientation and rule acknowledgement

  2. Practical sessions with live market conditions

  3. Pressure-based tasks with time limits

  4. Mentor observations recorded after each session

  5. Weekly evaluation of trades, rule flags and feedback

  6. Graduation review

Every trade gets a scoresheet.

Every trade is journalled before and after. Planned values and actual values are kept apart, and edits to pre-trade evidence are flagged.

Trade journalRecorded for every trade

Before the trade

  1. Account and instrument
  2. Direction
  3. Planned entry, stop and target
  4. Position size
  5. Planned risk, in money and percent
  6. Setup rationale
  7. Pre-trade screenshot and time

After the trade

  1. Actual entry, exit and fees
  2. Result
  3. Process review and lessons

Twenty trades. Only validated ones count.

STEP-20 is our evaluation: twenty trades a mentor has checked. Following your process is scored separately from profit.

9of 20 validated, in this example
  • Validated9
  • Submitted2
  • Needs evidence1
  • Invalidated, does not count2
  • Not yet taken6

Select a squareEach square is one trade. Tap or tab through the board.

Example STEP-20 board. Each of the twenty squares is one trade.

Graduates may then be considered for funded trading. Selection depends on assessment, approval and capacity. It is never guaranteed.

Three possible outcomes.

An authorised reviewer records the result, with the evidence behind it.

  1. Pass

    The reviewer records the evidence and you become eligible for trader development.

  2. Extension

    You get a defined period to fix specific gaps, with the same rubric.

  3. Not yet

    You receive written guidance on what to rebuild before trying again.

Passing the Bootcamp is not funding.

Passing the Bootcamp does not by itself make you a funded trader. Funding is a separate decision.

How trader development works

Every Bootcamp starts with phase 1.

The Bootcamp is the last phase of the Academy, so every trader who reaches it started at the first.

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