Trade Nasdaq & Gold futures — funded, disciplined, and profitable
Master prop-firm futures trading on Nasdaq and Gold using ORB, Fair Value Gaps, Candle Range Theory, and Fibonacci positioning — all within a strict drawdown rule so your funded account stays alive.
"The $1,000 drawdown limit isn't what's stopping you — trading without a rules-based system is."— Hans Azemard
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and trade Opening Range Breakout (ORB) setups on Nasdaq and Gold futures with clear entry, target, and invalidation rules
- Spot and exploit Fair Value Gaps (FVG) and Candle Range Theory signals to time high-probability intraday entries
- Map bullish and bearish structural levels on NQ and Gold charts so every trade has a defined directional bias before the session opens
- Apply Fibonacci ladder positioning to scale into and out of futures positions with precision risk control
- Design and enforce a personal trade plan that keeps total drawdown inside a $1,000 limit across all prop-firm account types
- Consistently pass and maintain prop-firm funded accounts by combining session discipline, position sizing, and daily loss rules
- Execute a pre-market alpha reversal trade on Nasdaq by placing scaled limit orders (1, 1, 2, 2, 3 micros at 45-point intervals, totaling 9 micros over 225 points) starting 50 points away from price before the 9:30am open — and consistently target $600/day in profit on a $50K prop-firm account while keeping drawdown under control.
How it works
A school that adapts to your strength
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
We learn your level
A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
7 modules · 20 lessons
Prop-Firm Foundations & the $1,000 Drawdown Framework
Before a single chart is opened, traders must understand the battlefield. This module demystifies prop-firm account structures, evaluation rules, and the non-negotiable math behind a $1,000 maximum drawdown limit — establishing the risk-first mindset that every subsequent strategy depends on.
- 1.1Prop-Firm Account Types & Evaluation Rules DecodedIncluded
- 1.2Position Sizing Math for NQ and Gold FuturesIncluded
- 1.3Designing Your Personal Trade Plan & Daily Loss RulesIncluded
Reading the Map — Structural Levels, Bias & Session Prep
Every high-probability trade begins the night before. This module teaches traders to mark bullish and bearish structural levels on NQ and Gold charts, define a directional bias before the session opens, and identify the key price zones where strategies will be executed — so there are no decisions made under pressure.
- 2.1Identifying Bullish & Bearish Structural Levels on NQ and GoldIncluded
- 2.2Pre-Session Bias: Defining Directional Intent Before the OpenIncluded
- 2.3Key Session Times & Market Windows for NQ and GoldIncluded
Opening Range Breakout (ORB) — Entry, Target & Invalidation
The ORB is the backbone strategy of this curriculum. This module teaches traders to define the opening range precisely, anticipate breakout direction using pre-session bias, execute entries with surgical precision, and manage every ORB trade within strict drawdown-safe parameters on both NQ and Gold.
- 3.1Defining and Drawing the Opening Range on NQ and GoldIncluded
- 3.2ORB Entry Rules, Confirmation Triggers & Stop PlacementIncluded
- 3.3ORB Targets, Partials & Invalidation RulesIncluded
Fair Value Gaps & Candle Range Theory — Precision Intraday Timing
ORB gets you in the right direction; FVG and Candle Range Theory (CRT) get you in at the right price. This module teaches traders to identify and grade Fair Value Gaps and use CRT's candle manipulation sequence to time entries with precision — stacking confluence and reducing stop size to protect the drawdown budget.
- 4.1Fair Value Gaps — Identification, Grading & Mitigation RulesIncluded
- 4.2Candle Range Theory — Manipulation, Displacement & Entry TimingIncluded
- 4.3Stacking Confluence — FVG + CRT + ORB + Structural LevelIncluded
Fibonacci Ladder Positioning — Scaling In, Scaling Out & Precision Risk Control
Fibonacci retracement and extension levels give traders a mathematical framework for ladder-scaling into positions and locking in profits at predefined levels — without guessing. This module integrates Fibonacci positioning directly with the $1,000 drawdown rule, so every scaled-in lot is accounted for before it's placed.
- 5.1Fibonacci Retracement Levels as Entry Ladders on NQ and GoldIncluded
- 5.2Fibonacci Extensions as Profit Targets & Partial Exit LaddersIncluded
- 5.3Ladder Scaling Into Positions — Math, Drawdown, & ExecutionIncluded
Putting It All Together — Live Trading Protocol, Review & Funded Account Consistency
Strategy without consistency is just theory. This final module locks in a repeatable daily trading protocol, builds a professional review process, and simulates the full prop-firm evaluation and funded-account experience — so graduates are ready to pass, get funded, and stay funded.
- 6.1The Alpha Network Daily Trading ProtocolIncluded
- 6.2Trade Journaling, Review & Performance Metrics That MatterIncluded
- 6.3Simulating the Prop-Firm Evaluation — Pass Rules & Pressure ManagementIncluded
- 6.4Continuous Improvement — Adapting Strategy as Markets EvolveIncluded
The money trade
In this lesson, we cut through the noise and reveal the real answer to what separates funded traders who last from those who blow their accounts — disciplined trade selection. You'll learn exactly the trade of a lifetime. This strategy is all you need
- 7.1The real answerIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
First-Time Prop Challengers
They're attempting their first funded evaluation and want a structured strategy — not YouTube guesswork — to pass cleanly and protect the account from day one.
Blown-Account Restarters
They've funded and lost accounts before and are determined to understand why before they fund again — the risk framework here is exactly what they were missing.
Equity Traders Going Futures
Stock or options traders who want to migrate to the leverage and tax efficiency of futures but need a futures-specific playbook before risking capital.
Side-Income Seekers
Working professionals who want a repeatable, session-based trading system they can run in 1–2 hours a day around a full-time job, without gambling with savings.
Chart-Pattern Learners
Self-taught traders who know basic candlesticks but have never worked with FVG, Candle Range Theory, or Fibonacci positioning and want a structured upgrade.
Consistent but Underpaid Traders
Traders who are profitable in simulation or small live accounts but can't seem to keep a funded prop account long enough to qualify for a payout.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Hans Azemard
If you've ever stared at a prop-firm dashboard watching your drawdown creep toward the limit — heart rate up, second-guessing every tick — I built this academy for that exact moment.
I've been in those shoes. I know what it feels like to have a funded account and absolutely no structured plan for how to protect it. I know the temptation to revenge-trade after a red morning, to over-size because the setup "looked perfect," and to blow past a daily loss limit just once — right before the account goes to zero. I've seen it happen to traders I respect, and I've felt it myself. That experience is what drove me to stop trading on feel and start trading on rules.
The strategies inside Alpha Network Academy — ORB, Fair Value Gaps, Candle Range Theory, Fibonacci ladder positioning, bullish and bearish structural levels — aren't exotic. They're time-tested price-action frameworks that work precisely because they're grounded in how institutional order flow actually moves markets like Nasdaq and Gold. What makes them powerful in a prop-firm context is the risk architecture wrapped around them: the drawdown model, the daily cutoff protocol, the position-sizing table that makes blowing an account structurally very hard to do if you follow it.
Here's the truth I want you to hear: the strategy is not your problem. Any solid edge, applied consistently with proper risk control, can produce a funded payout. Your real problem — and mine was too — is that nobody taught you how to think about drawdown as a tool rather than a threat. This course changes that.
I designed every lesson to be immediately applicable to your next trading session. No theory for theory's sake. No hypothetical charts from 2018. Real, current market structure on NQ and Gold, walked through in real time, with the prop-firm clock always running in the background.
Whether you're still chasing your first evaluation pass or you're on your third funded account and tired of giving it back, you're in the right place. Come build the trading system that actually keeps your account alive — and starts generating consistent payouts.
— Hans Azemard
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