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Chriss Rakoot

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Chriss Rakoot

I am not a professional money manager, and I have never claimed to be one. I trained as an industrial engineering and maintenance engineer, then took over my father's construction business when he retired — I have been a building contractor since I was 22, and I am 51 now. These days, with four sons at home, I run the company from a desk: studies, quotes, site follow-up. Trading came later. When Covid stalled the business in 2021, I had time and I used it to learn. I joined Benjamin Deleuze's group, then trained with Sébastien Barca at Impact Trading. Two years of ups and downs followed. It only started to make sense in 2023, when I stopped treating Smart Money Concepts and order flow as rival methods and began reading them together: structure tells you where, the tape tells you when. I write this site to put that down in order — the way an engineer writes a procedure, not the way a guru sells a course. Everything here is free. I sell nothing, I run no signal service, and I am not a registered investment adviser.

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Lessons

SMC TrainingAdvanced

High vs Low Probability Setups: Side-by-Side Comparison

Side-by-side comparisons show exactly what separates high-probability setups from low-probability ones.

4 min read

Trading PsychologyIntermediate

Learning from Losing Trades: Case Study Analysis

Examine losing trades to extract valuable lessons. Learn the difference between system losses and execution errors, and how to improve through loss…

4 min read

SMC TrainingAdvanced

Anatomy of a Perfect Trade: Complete Breakdown

Walk through a complete trade from analysis to exit. See how SMC concepts and Order Flow combine in a real trading scenario…

4 min read

Trading BasicsBeginner

Using Multiple Monitors Effectively

A practical guide to one, two, and three-monitor setups: what goes where, physical setup tips, and mistakes that cause information overload.

4 min read

Trading BasicsIntermediate

Chart Setup and Workspace Organization

A four-chart layout, consistent color coding, and saved templates that keep your trading workspace organized instead of cluttered.

4 min read

Order FlowIntermediate

Essential Order Flow Tools and Software

Footprint charts, cumulative delta, volume profile, and DOM: what each tool shows and how to configure it for Order Flow trading.

4 min read

Trading BasicsBeginner

Choosing Your Trading Platform: What Matters Most

What actually matters when picking a futures trading platform, and how NinjaTrader, Sierra Chart, TradingView, and Bookmap compare on features and cost.

4 min read

Market StrategiesIntermediate

Building Your Trading Playbook: Documenting Your Edge

A trading playbook documents your setups, entry and stop rules, and risk limits for consistent, repeatable execution.

4 min read

Market StrategiesIntermediate

Forward Testing: From Backtest to Live Trading

How to validate a strategy before scaling it: demo trading, small live size, then gradual increases as results confirm.

4 min read

Market StrategiesIntermediate

Backtesting Your Strategy: Validating Your Edge

How to backtest a trading strategy: how many trades you need, common mistakes like curve fitting, and validating results out-of-sample.

4 min read