> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.askfutures.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Tutorials

> Guided, end-to-end strategy walkthroughs by skill level — each mirrors a short video you can follow along with.

Each tutorial below takes one trading idea from a single plain-English sentence
to a backtest you can read — then refines it with one more sentence. They're
short, hands-on, and grouped by skill level. Start at the top.

<Info>
  Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always test before you trade.
</Info>

## Pick a tutorial

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Opening-range breakout (MNQ)" icon="chart-line" href="/tutorials/mnq-opening-range-breakout">
    **Beginner.** Buy Micro Nasdaq when price breaks the first 15-minute high,
    then add a filter that only trades on a wide opening range.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Buy the dip (MNQ)" icon="arrow-trend-down" href="/tutorials/mnq-buy-the-dip">
    **Beginner.** One mean-reversion rule, no indicators — buy a 1% drop below
    yesterday's close, then keep it to the morning only.
  </Card>

  <Card title="EMA cross with stop and target (ES)" icon="chart-line" href="/tutorials/ema-cross-with-stop-and-target">
    **Intermediate.** An EMA crossover entry with a dollar stop and profit
    target, so you control risk on every trade.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Trend pullback with adaptive risk" icon="chart-line" href="/tutorials/trend-pullback-adaptive-risk">
    **Intermediate.** A daily-trend regime, an RSI pullback entry, and
    ATR-based stops that adapt to volatility.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Spread z-score, COT and correlation" icon="chart-line" href="/tutorials/spread-zscore-cot">
    **Advanced.** Trade ES, gated by an ES-NQ spread z-score reversion signal, a
    Commitment-of-Traders positioning filter, and a rolling correlation gate.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## How to follow along

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the app" icon="right-to-bracket">
    Sign in at [askfutures.com](https://askfutures.com) and start your free
    trial. New here? The [quickstart](/get-started/quickstart) covers sign-up.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Copy the prompt" icon="comments">
    Each tutorial gives you a prompt to paste verbatim. You don't need to mention
    bars, dates, or directions — AskFutures fills in sensible defaults and tells
    you what it assumed.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Read the backtest, then refine" icon="arrows-rotate">
    Watch the strategy card and equity curve appear, read the headline numbers,
    then add the one refinement each tutorial suggests and compare.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  New to the platform? Do the two **Beginner** tutorials first — they teach the
  full Describe -> Strategy -> Backtest -> Refine loop with the simplest
  possible ideas.
</Tip>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Start: opening-range breakout" icon="chart-line" href="/tutorials/mnq-opening-range-breakout">
    The first beginner walkthrough.
  </Card>

  <Card title="The core loop" icon="arrows-spin" href="/get-started/the-core-loop">
    The mental model behind every tutorial.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>