Candle Decoder

New · Live US30 simulator

Everything you need to trade US30.

Learn the method in the Academy, practise it on a live simulated market, then trade it with Candle Decoder on your MetaTrader 5 chart. One platform, one method, built for prop-firm traders.

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  • Free plan, no card
  • Any MT5 broker
  • Prop-firm rules built in
US30, M15CANDLE DECODER ONASIAN RANGENY OPEN 9:30PREV DAY HIGHPREV DAY LOWKEY ZONE · SUPPLYKEY ZONE · DEMANDLLHHHLHH04:32PROP GUARDDaily loss $620 of $5,000OK · 12%
Live simulatorBUY 5 lots · US30+$340 open · 24/5
AcademyLesson 3 · Step 4+15 XP · 4 days
Prop GuardDaily loss 1.2% of 5%Inside your limits

Market sessions · New York time

 

  • Sydney
  • Asia
  • London
  • New York
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Asia 19:00–04:00 · London 03:00–12:00 · New York 08:00–17:00, cash open 09:30

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The platform

One method. Every tool you need.

Learn it, practise it, plan it, trade it, then automate it. Every tool on the platform, with the plan it comes with. Most of it is free.

Candle DecoderOne method, every tool

Free with a free accountPro $29 a monthElite includes ProCompare plans

Candle Decoder for MetaTrader 5

Our read, on your own chart.

An Expert Advisor for MT5 that draws the levels that matter for the Dow and watches your prop-firm limits while you trade. Works with any broker, on any account size.

US30, M15CANDLE DECODER ONASIAN RANGENY OPEN 9:30PREV DAY HIGHPREV DAY LOWKEY ZONE · SUPPLYKEY ZONE · DEMANDLLHHHLHH04:32PROP GUARDDaily loss $620 of $5,000OK · 12%
  • FreeSession levels, the Asian range, swing highs and lows, and a countdown to the next candle.
  • ProProp Guard: daily loss, drawdown, risk per trade and news limits. Warn, or close trades at your limit before the firm does.
  • EliteToday's key zones, levels, bias and invalidation on your chart before New York opens, with phone alerts at each level.
Get the free EASee every past setup

Live simulator · New

Practise on a market that never sleeps.

A simulated US30 that trades in real time, 24 hours a day from Sunday evening to Friday, on a terminal that works like MetaTrader. Everyone gets the same $100K account and the same prop-firm rules, ranked live.

US30 SIM · M5LIVE 24/5

Balance

$100,000

Open P/L

+$371

Daily loss

0% of 5%

44,05044,10044,15044,200ASIA HIGHASIA LOWPREV HIGHPREV LOWNY OPENBUY 5 · +$371SL −$200TP +$40044,192.544,118.344,078.344,198.3AUTO05:0006:0007:0008:0009:00
Wed 21 09:55 O 44,135.0 H 44,195.2 L 44,122.4 C 44,192.5
  • FreeBuy and sell in lots, with a stop loss and take profit you drag on the chart. M1 to H4 with three days of history, and six months on D1.
  • FreeProp rules: at most 2% risk a trade and a 5% daily loss limit, so you practise passing a challenge, not gambling.
  • FreeA live leaderboard by return. A fresh $100K every session.
Open the simulator

The Academy

An academy you’ll actually finish.

No hour-long videos. 41 interactive lessons that won't move on until you answer, from your first candle to the full top-down method: daily bias, 1H structure, 5M entry. 85% of it is free, forever.

Candle Anatomy · Step 3 of 10 4

The thin lines above and below the body are called the wicks.

wicksbodies

Correct · +15 XP

430 steps3,810 XP

Answer your way through — XP, streaks, and a leaderboard.

  • Answer to advanceEvery step asks you to read a real candle before it moves on.
  • Daily streaksLessons short enough to keep a streak alive on a busy day.
  • XP & leaderboardTrack progress against the rest of the community.
Start your first lesson

AI trading bot · Coming soon

The same method, automated.

We're building a bot that runs the Candle Decoder method end to end: bias, structure and entry, with the same prop-firm limits as Prop Guard. It will only ship once its record is public, the way every setup is.

Candle Decoder botIn development
  1. DailySet the biasBefore the open, never mid-moveauto
  2. 1HMap the structureKey zones and the invalidationauto
  3. 5MTime the entryThe candle that confirms itauto
  4. GuardInside your limitsProp Guard on every orderalways

A preview of the design, not a live product. No results are claimed.

  • EliteElite members get first access, at no extra cost.
  • RulesBuilt on Prop Guard: it can never risk more than your limits allow.
  • PublicIts track record is published before launch. No backtest screenshots.
Get first access with Elite

Why traders trust it

Nothing to hide, so nothing hidden.

Every setup is public

Each day's setup goes into a public archive with what happened next, wins and losses alike.

See the archive

No win-rate claims

We don't sell signals or quote win rates. You get the reasoning, and you decide.

Risk comes first

Prop rules are built into the simulator and the EA, and risk is lesson one of the method.

Read lesson one

Plans

Free to learn. Upgrade when it pays for itself.

Most of the Academy, the live simulator, the free tools and the MT5 tool's free version are free forever. Pro protects your prop account with Prop Guard. Elite gets our US30 setup, live, before New York opens, and every past one is public.

Free

For anyone starting from zero.

$0
85%of the Academy, free forever
Start free

No card. The MT5 tool needs a free account.

This plan includes:

  • 34 interactive lessons, with XP, streaks & badges
  • The live US30 simulator: $100K account, prop rules, leaderboard
  • Candle Decoder for MT5: session levels, swings & candle countdown
  • Position size calculator & trading journal
  • Every past setup, public, with what happened

Pro

For traders protecting a prop challenge.

$29/month
Prop Guardyour prop firm's limits, watched live on your MT5 chart

One payment in crypto (NOWPayments), no auto-renew: we email you before it ends. Use the email you sign in with.

Everything in Free, plus:

  • Daily loss, drawdown, risk-per-trade & news limits, every second
  • Warn, or Enforce: it closes trades at your limit, before the firm does
  • The 7 advanced lessons: the full top-down method (41 in all)
Recommended

Elite

For traders who want our read, live, every morning.

$49/month$99

Founding price for the first 50 members · kept on renewals

Dailyour US30 key zones & levels on your chart, before New York opens

One payment in crypto (NOWPayments), no auto-renew: we email you before it ends. Use the email you sign in with.

Everything in Pro, plus:

  • Today's setup on your MT5 chart: bias, key zones & levels, plan, invalidation
  • Alerts on your phone when price reaches a setup level
  • AI trading bot — first accesssoon

“Soon” features reach members first as they launch · Prices in USD · See every past setup

Free every trading day

The method, taught in public.

prop firmsrisk management

Trailing vs Static Drawdown: Prop Firm Rules Explained

Static drawdown stays put; trailing drawdown follows your highest equity. How each prop firm limit works, with worked examples and how to stay in.

Ethan Miller · 2026-11-02

fair value gapprice action

Inverse FVG (IFVG): Trading a Failed Gap on US30

An inverse fair value gap is a gap price closed through that flips sides. The US30 rules: trend filter, body close, overlap entry, stop and target.

Ethan Miller · 2026-11-02

backtestingstrategy testing

How to Backtest a Trading Strategy Without Fooling Yourself

How to backtest a trading strategy honestly: exact rules, real costs, unseen data. With our own US30 test that lost 14.2R, and what we changed next.

Ethan Miller · 2026-11-02

YouTube · daily breakdownsInstagram · daily chartsTelegram · free channelAll articles

Questions

Before you start.

US30 is the common trading name for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Because one index watched closely beats twenty watched loosely. The Dow has its own rhythm — session opens, reaction to US data, how it trends versus ranges — and the whole platform is built around learning that specific behaviour rather than generic chart theory.

Most of it, yes — the majority of lessons are free forever, no card required. A few advanced lessons are part of the Pro plan.

No. The first lessons start at what a candle body is, and assume nothing. If you already read charts confidently, you can skip ahead — progress is tracked per step, not per course.

Free gets most of the Academy, the live simulator, the free tools and the free version of Candle Decoder for MT5: session levels, swings and a candle countdown on your own chart. Pro ($29 a month) protects the account: the advanced lessons, plus Prop Guard, which watches your daily loss, drawdown, risk per trade and high-impact news against your prop firm's limits and can close trades at a limit. Elite gets our read live: the daily US30 key zones and levels, bias, plan and invalidation drawn on your chart before New York opens, with alerts, and first access to the AI trading bot. The first 50 Elite members pay a founding $49 a month instead of $99, kept on renewals. Both paid plans can be paid yearly for two months free. Each payment is a one-off pass in crypto: nothing renews automatically, and we email you before it ends.

Our MetaTrader 5 tool. Free with an account, it draws the previous-day high and low, the Asian range, the New York open, swing structure and a countdown to the next candle on your own chart. On Pro, Prop Guard watches your prop firm's daily loss, drawdown, risk and news limits. On Elite, it draws our daily US30 key zones and levels, from our own top-down setup, with the bias, the plan and what would invalidate it, and alerts when price gets there. It never opens a trade.

No. Everything here — lessons, analysis, daily setups, tools — is educational and informational only. You're responsible for your own trading decisions, and trading carries real risk of loss.

No, and be cautious of anyone who leads with them. Published win rates are trivially cherry-picked and say nothing about risk per trade. What we publish is the reasoning behind each read, so you can judge it yourself.

Yes — cancel whenever you want, with access continuing until the end of your billing period. The free Academy stays free either way.