At Funded Trading Plus, our prop trading education hub is designed to help you move from first trade to funded trader. Whether you’re starting your first prop firm challenge or trying to stay funded for longer, this is where you’ll find all of our prop trading education, including strategy breakdowns, psychology training, risk management guides, and data-driven insights from PropIQ.
Quick Links
- Learn about Andrew Lockwood – Head of Prop Trader Education
- New Trader Education – Beginner Prop Trading Guides
- Learn about PropIQ – Data-Driven Prop Trading Education
- Mentoring with Andrew – One-to-One Prop Trading Coaching
- The Top 10 Prop Trading Strategies – Free Lessons and Videos
- Prop Trading Successes – Learn from our funded traders
- Trading Psychology – Master your mindset for success
What Is Prop Trading Education?
Prop trading education is training that helps traders learn how to trade using a prop firm’s simulated capital within clear rules and risk limits. Unlike general trading courses, prop firm education focuses on passing evaluations, handling profit targets and drawdowns, and building a repeatable process that can survive strict prop firm rules. At Funded Trading Plus, all education is delivered in a simulated trading environment and is built around real performance data and practical experience.
Who Is the Prop Trading Education Hub For?
- Traders preparing for their first prop firm challenge
- Traders who already have a funded prop trading account and want to stay funded longer
- Experienced retail traders moving into prop firm programs
Anyone who wants structured, data-driven trading education in a simulated environment, not hype or get-rich-quick promises.
Andrew Lockwood – Learn from someone who has “been there”
Andrew started his trading career on the floor of the London International Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE) in the 1980s. He has traded through all types of markets, and now assists prop traders from all over the world in developing repeatable trading habits, and understanding the data behind their consistent results.
PropIQ – See what the numbers say
PropIQ examines millions of trades to show what differentiates the best prop traders from all others. It identifies the habits, behaviors, and risk management patterns that create the greatest impact on a prop trader’s ability to consistently produce good results. View the webinar and find out how to get free access to Andrew’s Masterclass.
Beginner Prop Traders – New Prop Trading Education for First-Time Challenge Takers
Here you will find everything you need to help you start prop trading. Our Forex 101, a very simple, step by step guide that teaches you the basic concepts of trading and setting up your platforms.
One-To-One Prop Trading Mentoring with Andrew – Personalised Feedback To Help You Grow
Andrew offers personalised one-on-one coaching sessions, where you will go over your trading history with him. He will identify any repeated errors you may be making, point out any obstacles preventing you from succeeding, and assist you in creating a customized plan to meet your specific needs and goals in your prop program.
Top 10 Prop Trading Strategies for 2026 (Picked by Real Traders) – See What Actually Works in Today’s Markets
Discover the most effective prop trading strategies being used right now by real traders in live evaluations and funded simulated accounts. Andrew breaks down each setup in detail, explaining where traders typically enter and exit, how they manage risk, and which market conditions each approach suits best. Use this as your go-to playbook to narrow down your options and build a strategy that matches your personality, schedule and prop firm rules.
Funded Trader Success Stories – Learn From Traders Who’ve Already Walked Your Path
Our Success Stories collection showcases real traders who have passed evaluations, managed drawdown and earned payouts on their simulated accounts. In each story, you’ll see the turning points in their journey: what they changed in their approach, how they handled setbacks, and which habits helped them become more consistent. If you need proof that structured discipline and the right plan can move you forward, start here.
Prop Trading Psychology – Build the Mindset That Keeps You Funded
Trading psychology is the glue that holds your strategy and risk management together. This section brings you articles and videos focused on discipline, emotional control and routine – from handling FOMO and revenge trading, to staying calm during drawdowns and sticking to your plan. If you want to move beyond “strategy hopping” and start thinking like a professional prop trader, this is where to deepen your mental game.
Why Learn With Funded Trading Plus Education? – It is Real And Works!
Our education is not based upon theories or guesses. We educate using the knowledge from our real-world trading experiences, and our data-based research. We provide you with the best and most practical prop trading education available, and we do so with our commitment to providing you with the highest quality customer service possible – our 5-Star Customer Promise.
If you want the best prop trading training, it starts here with Funded Trading Plus.
Education FAQs
Prop trading allows traders to trade using a prop firm’s simulated capital inside a structured evaluation program. You follow specific rules on maximum drawdown, profit targets and risk per trade. If you pass the evaluation, you can access a funded trading account in a simulated environment and receive payouts based on your performance.
Yes. Our New Trader Education section is designed specifically for beginners who want to understand prop trading basics, platform setup, risk management and the rules behind a prop firm challenge before they buy an evaluation.
We do. Our Top 10 Prop Trading Strategies series covers popular approaches like Fair Value Gap (FVG), Fibonacci Retracements, Open Range Breakout and more. Each strategy includes a video explanation, a written guide and practical tips for using it inside a simulated prop trading environment.
Our education combines 40+ years of real trading experience from Andrew Lockwood with data from more than 16 million simulated prop trades via PropIQ. That means we don’t just teach theory; we show what actually works for traders who are trying to pass prop firm challenges and stay funded.
No. All of our education is for educational purposes only, based on simulated trading data. We don’t manage funds, place live trades on your behalf, or provide personalised financial advice or signals.
⚠️ Disclaimer: Educational Content and Simulated Environment
Funded Trading Plus (FT+), provides research-based trading insights and training designed exclusively for educational purposes.
All materials, including videos, articles, masterclasses, webinars, strategy guides, and data analyses, are based on information derived from simulated trading environments using virtual funds.
No real or regulated trading capital is provided, invested, or traded, and no live market orders are executed.The content and examples shared by FT+ are not financial or investment advice, do not constitute an offer to buy or sell any financial product, and are not intended to promote participation in any regulated trading or investment activity.