Free guided futures risk starter plan
Get the Survive First Daily Futures Risk Plan.
Get the 11-page Survive First workbook with a ready-to-use beginner simulation preset, plain-English guidance, worked sizing math, an entry-quality worksheet, and a daily card you can keep beside the screen.
Survival is the first edge.
Every legitimate strategy loses. The question is whether one loss stays one loss—or changes your size, standards, and number of attempts.
A preview from the workbook
The starter plan is already written.
A beginner should not have to guess what belongs in every blank. Start with these training wheels, follow them in simulation, and personalize them only after your notes give you a reason.
- 01Mode: simulation for the first 10 rule-following sessions
- 02Maximum size: one micro contract during training
- 03Maximum planned attempts: two
- 04Daily stop: two planned losses or one rule breach
- 05If one contract does not fit the risk cap: skip
The PDF explains why each rule exists, walks through a complete example, and loads the starter values into editable fields.
Guidance first. Your decisions second.
The workbook gives a novice a conservative simulation-first baseline, explains the terms and math, and then helps them adjust only the details that must be personal.
Context
- What major events or data releases matter today?
- Is volatility expanding, compressing, or normalizing?
- Is the market inside balance, breaking out, or rejecting a level?
Levels
- Where are the prior day high, low, open, close, and midpoint?
- Where are the expected move or range boundaries?
- Which levels would force you to change bias?
Risk
- What is the maximum loss for the session?
- What setup is worth taking, and what is not?
- Where is the trade idea invalidated?
Review
- Did you follow the plan or improvise?
- What mistake repeated?
- What rule needs to be written before the next session?
The natural next step
A checklist helps once. A system helps every session.
The workbook gives you the rules. Kahuna brings preparation, TradingView and NinjaTrader tools, advanced risk workflows, and FundedFlow review into one complete membership.
Prepare with context
Use market analysis, expected-move structure, and chart tools to define the session before the first order.
Execute with structure
Use the full toolkit, including SessionRanges Algo access and the Pono Trade Copier founding launch inclusion.
Review the business
Bring accounts, performance, fees, payouts, and decisions into the FundedFlow workspace.
Educational use only
PonoTrading provides educational resources and tools for self-directed traders. This checklist is not financial, investment, tax, legal, brokerage, or accounting advice. Trading involves risk, and every trader is responsible for their own decisions.
Futures risk checklist questions
What is a maximum daily loss?
It is a loss boundary chosen before the session that triggers a specific shutdown routine: flatten positions, cancel orders, close the platform, and review the day.
How should a trader determine position size?
Start with the trade idea, define where that idea is invalid, measure the stop distance, and only then choose a position size that fits the planned dollar risk.
Does this checklist provide a trading strategy?
No. It is an educational planning tool for defining risk boundaries and reviewing decisions. It does not provide individualized financial advice or guarantee results.
What if I have never created a risk plan before?
Start with the workbook’s beginner simulation preset instead of a blank page: one market, one setup, one session window, one micro contract maximum, two planned attempts, and a hard stop after two planned losses or one rule breach. The guide explains each rule and shows the sizing math before asking you to personalize it.