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The Market Trader
Futures Day-Trading Performance Coaching

Trade with a process.
Not on emotion.

I'm Ray. For the last three years I've coached futures day traders inside one of the industry's top performance programs — helping them build the discipline, risk management, and repeatable process that separate consistent traders from blown accounts.

Coach Ray at his trading desk with multiple futures chart monitors

Coach

Ray — The Market Trader

Process-first
3+ yrs
Coaching pro-evaluation traders
500+
Traders coached 1:1
1,200+
Hours of content & live reviews
1:1
Personalized program format
Coach Ray at his desk in front of trading monitors
About Ray

Obsessed with the markets.
Focused on the trader.

It started with a genuine obsession with the markets. A mentor changed how I traded, which led me to coaching at one of the top funded-trading firms, where I've specialized in day-trading performance ever since.

Today I work one-on-one with serious futures day traders who are ready to stop guessing and start running a real process.

More about my approach
What I help you build

Five pillars of a consistent trader.

Trading Psychology & Discipline

Identify the patterns that derail you and replace reaction with routine.

Risk Management

Position sizing, stop placement, and daily loss limits you actually follow.

Passing Funded Evaluations

A structured approach to combines and payouts — without revenge trading.

A Repeatable Process & Playbook

Your own documented setups, rules, and execution checklist.

Live Trade Review

Real screen-share sessions on your own trades, with honest, specific feedback.

Flagship Program

The 90-Day Performance Program

Ninety days of focused, one-on-one work to rebuild how you trade. We'll pressure-test your process, tighten your risk, and turn scattered screen time into a repeatable system you can run with confidence — long after the program ends.

Built for serious, developing futures day traders.

What's included

  • Weekly 1:1 coaching sessions
  • Live trade reviews
  • A structured 90-day curriculum
  • Accountability between sessions
  • Your own personalized trading playbook

Coaching is educational and process-focused. There are no promises of profits or guaranteed results — only the work, the review, and the system you build.

How it works

From interested to funded, in three steps.

Two clear paths in: book a discovery call to see if we're a fit, or enroll directly and start the work this week.

  1. Trader on a video consultation call with a laptop on a clean desk
    01

    Schedule a Call

    Book a free discovery call. We talk about where you are, where you want to go, and whether we're a fit.

  2. Coach pointing at candlestick charts on a monitor while a student takes notes
    02

    Work 1:1 with Coach Ray

    Weekly one-on-one mentoring, live trade reviews, and a playbook built around your edge and your gaps.

  3. Trading dashboard showing a funded account badge over a rising equity curve
    03

    Get Funded & Trade Your Process

    Pass evaluations, secure a funded account, and run a repeatable process with discipline and risk control.

Testimonials

What traders say.

A year and thousands of dollars into trading, I was close to giving up — my charts were cluttered and I was full of self-doubt. Then I found Coach Ray and his Initial Balance strategy. Instead of 10–20 levels, I focus on just two: the IB High and IB Low. His entry model defines exactly where a trade is invalidated and where the stop belongs, and his Parallel Channel Management taught me to stay in winners longer while spotting when to exit. The biggest lesson: knowing when NOT to trade. I'm now passing evaluation accounts faster than ever and building buffers more consistently. His strategy is straightforward, his risk management makes sense, and my trading has improved significantly. I can't thank him enough.
Callum
Funded futures trader, UK
Thanks Coach — I've been using the IB strategy and I'm up a couple thousand so far. Still not where I want to be, but now I've got a real process instead of just winging it. Appreciate the teachings.
Anonymous
Developing futures trader

Trader experiences shared with permission. Results vary; trading involves risk of loss.

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Ready to trade with a process?

Two ways in: book a free discovery call, or enroll in the 90-Day Performance Program and start this week.

Contact

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