Risk-first futures coaching
The institutional risk system 96% of futures traders never learn.Pass your funded eval in 30 days — or your next eval’s on me.
$147K
Options P&L (2024)
20
Funded futures accounts
10+
Years institutional risk
If any of these sound familiar
You’ve blown your last 3 evals at 1.8% drawdown.
YouTube setups don’t survive contact with real markets.
You feel “right” on direction — but the account dies anyway.
Every Discord guru has a Lambo and no LinkedIn.
The cost of inaction
Eval fees. Discord subs. Hours studying YouTube setups that don’t survive contact with the open. The bill is bigger than you think.
Eval fees
$441
Discord
$2,004
Opportunity
$13,000
Wasted in last 12 months
$15,445
The founder
I spent a decade running risk for institutions — Ernst & Young, PNC, Energy Harbor — building the same frameworks Wall Street desks use to protect billion-dollar books.
On the side, I traded my own account: $147K on options in one year, $80K/month across 20 funded futures accounts.
Here’s what nobody told me when I started: 96% of futures traders fail because they were never taught how a real risk desk thinks. Retail YouTubers teach setups. Wall Street teaches survival. That gap kills accounts.
I built First Rule Trading to close it.
— Nicholas Anderson
The 5 pillars
Risk first, returns second.
Returns are vanity. Survival is sanity.
Institutional > guru.
I worked the corporate desk. I’m not a YouTube trader who got lucky in 2020.
Skin in game.
Outcome-tied guarantee. I lose money before you do.
Translation, not gatekeeping.
Big-4 frameworks in plain English. No CFA jargon.
Real, not packaged.
LinkedIn link in footer. Real name. Real face. Real P&L.
Pricing
Eval Killer
Pass your next funded eval — solo track.
30-day money-back, no questions asked.
Founding requirement: Written testimonial + before/after eval screenshot when you pass.
Funded in 30
Cohort + algo + outcome-tied guarantee.
30-day money-back. Plus: pass your eval in 60 days following the system, or I extend coaching free until you do.
Founding requirement: Video testimonial + 30-day case study (P&L, eval result).
Trader Forge
12-week 1:1 mentorship + custom risk framework.
Pass your eval AND clear your first $5,000 payout in 90 days, or 100% refund AND I keep coaching you free until you hit it.
Founding requirement: Full case-study rights + video testimonial + on-camera interview.
Skin in the game
entry
30-day money-back
30-day money-back, no questions asked.
core
Pass in 60 days or coaching extends free
30-day money-back. Plus: pass your eval in 60 days following the system, or I extend coaching free until you do.
premium
$5K payout in 90 days or 100% refund + free coaching
Pass your eval AND clear your first $5,000 payout in 90 days, or 100% refund AND I keep coaching you free until you hit it.
Outcome guarantees require: trade journal entries (daily), Discord engagement (3+ posts/week), 80%+ cohort call attendance, and documented adherence to the Risk OS rules. The guarantee filters effort, not luck.
Founding wave
14
Days
07
Hours
43
Min
30
Sec
The curriculum
Eval Mechanics 101
Apex / Topstep / MFFU / Tradeify / TickTickTrader rules, drawdown math, scaling, payout policies.
~45 min
Chart-Reading Compressed
TradingView algo walkthrough; supply/demand, divergence, RSI, VWAP, trend.
~60 min
The Risk OS
Institutional position sizing, max DD caps, daily loss limits, correlation rules.
~75 min
Macro That Matters for MNQ/MES
VIX, ICE MOVE, yield curve, FOMC days, NFP.
~50 min
The Tilt Protocol
Poker-pro mental game — when to trade vs. walk.
~40 min
Pre-Market Routine + Trade Plan
Daily workflow that runs in 20 minutes before the open.
~35 min
Eval Execution Sprint
Week-by-week plan to pass your next funded eval.
~55 min
Post-Funded Survival
How to not blow up after passing — payout cadence, scaling, taxes.
~50 min
The algo
Built on price-action primitives that have worked across markets for 50 years — supply/demand zones, RSI divergence, VWAP, trend. Anonymized example trades below.
FAQ
Founding seats are $97 — closing once filled. Launch wave is 50% off for 14 days. After that, full price evergreen.