DTR research library
Private operating briefs for serious prop firm traders.
A concise library of research-backed trading process documents. Each brief is built to be read, printed, marked up, and used inside a real trading routine.
19
private operating briefs
downloadable field notes
Evidence
books, studies, and DTR data
Survival Framework
The DTR Prop Firm Survival Framework
Turn a prop account from a lottery ticket into a controlled trading business.
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20-Trade Rule-Break Audit
The DTR 20-Trade Rule-Break Audit
Find the one account-killing behavior hidden inside your last 20 trades.
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Account Review Checklist
The DTR Account Review Checklist
Separate a bad outcome from bad behavior so you know what to fix next.
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First-Loss Protocol
The DTR First-Loss Protocol
Stop the first loss from turning into the account-killing sequence.
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Session-Ending Rule Builder
The DTR Session-Ending Rule Builder
Build a hard stop for the trading day before emotion gets the vote.
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Stop-Loss Map
The DTR Stop-Loss Map
Put the stop where the idea is wrong, not where the loss starts to hurt.
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Survival Scorecard
The DTR Prop Firm Survival Scorecard
Score the behaviors that determine whether an account survives long enough to pay out.
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Revenge Trade Reset
The DTR Revenge Trade Reset
Interrupt the revenge state before it converts a loss into account damage.
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Chasing Trades Fix
The DTR Chasing Trades Fix
Replace urgency with a re-entry rule that keeps risk planned.
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20-Trade Review Sheet
The DTR 20-Trade Review Sheet
Turn your last 20 trades into a behavior map.
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Green-To-Red Protection
The DTR Green-To-Red Protection Plan
Protect green PnL by protecting decision quality.
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Eval Buyer Checklist
The DTR Eval Buyer Checklist
Avoid buying a new account with the same old behavior.
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Payout Behavior Checklist
The DTR Payout Behavior Checklist
Keep the behavior that gets you paid after the evaluation is over.
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Risk-Before-Entry Worksheet
The DTR Risk-Before-Entry Worksheet
Make risk the first decision, not the cleanup after entry.
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Mood-Based Trading Audit
The DTR Mood-Based Trading Audit
Identify which emotional state is actually running the account.
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Weekly Trader Audit
The DTR Weekly Trader Audit
Find what to repeat, what to remove, and what to protect next week.
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Discipline Scorecard
The DTR Discipline Scorecard
Score whether today's behavior was repeatable enough to deserve more capital.
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Mistake Map
The DTR Prop Firm Mistake Map
Find the real mistake behind the failed account before blaming the wrong thing.
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Accountability Contract
The DTR Trader Accountability Contract
Turn your known weakness into a written agreement before the next evaluation starts.
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Evidence stack
Day trading survival math
Barber, Lee, Liu, Odean, and Zhang find that aggregate day-trader performance is negative and estimate that 97% of day traders are likely to lose money in the future.
Learning Fast or Slow? SSRN
Loss aversion under pressure
Prospect theory explains why losses often change behavior more than equivalent gains. That is the psychological root of revenge trading, stop-moving, and payout fear.
Kahneman and Tversky, Prospect Theory
Trader self-coaching
Brett Steenbarger's work frames trading performance as a process of structured self-observation, concrete goals, and daily behavioral change.
Wiley, The Daily Trading Coach
Mental-game execution
Jared Tendler's trading psychology work treats tilt, fear, revenge, and confidence as repeatable performance leaks that need correction systems, not motivation.
Jared Tendler, The Mental Game of Trading
Prop-firm benchmark reality
Public prop-firm estimates vary widely. Some industry roundups cite 5-10% pass rates and about 7% receiving payouts; harsher payout-rate estimates are far lower. The honest move is to cite the benchmark used.
QuantVPS prop firm statistics
DTF internal launch-to-date snapshot
Production data checked May 17, 2026: DTF's launch-to-date approved-or-better payout account rate benchmarks roughly 3x above the low-end public prop-firm payout estimate. The useful proof is the rate, not raw volume.
DTF production data snapshot