· Research & field notes
Measured, not explained
We do not re-explain what a footprint chart is; our guides already do that. Here we publish numbers we measured on our own ticks, configs you can copy today, and the broker plumbing nobody else writes about — because nobody else has had to implement it.
Pillar14 min
Order Flow on a Prop-Firm Account: What Actually Works on Apex, Topstep and 4PropTrader
The rules, the feeds and the drawdown maths nobody writes about because they trade their own money.
14 Jul 2026
Broker plumbing9 min
Rithmic Historical Data: What You Can Actually Backfill, and Why Your Chart Is Empty
rp_code 13, tick replay vs volume profile, and what each prop firm actually pays for.
14 Jul 2026
Compliance7 min
Zero Order Routing: Why We Refuse to Send a Single Order for You
Prop firms ban bots. A tool that sends orders for you is a tool that can get your account closed.
14 Jul 2026
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