Scott’s List

Scott’s List is the evaluator’s desk of this site. I’m a professional evaluator and data scientist by trade, and I trade the VWAP Wave System™ every session, so every firm, platform, indicator, and tool here is graded the same way: the public facts first, my own experience second, a verdict last. Nothing gets a verdict I wouldn’t stand behind on a voice call with my group.

Prop firms

Firm reviews, plus the Prop Firms pages with the lessons on trading inside their rules.

  • Apex Trader Funding: Prop Firm Review

    Apex Trader Funding: Prop Firm Review

    The biggest name in futures evaluations, rebuilt in 2026 as Apex 4.0 with one-time evaluation fees, a choice of end-of-day…

  • Tradeify: Prop Firm Review

    Tradeify: Prop Firm Review

    A futures prop firm with two evaluation tracks, Growth and Select, an instant-funded Lightning option, end-of-day trailing drawdown on every…

  • Top One Futures: Prop Firm Review

    Top One Futures: Prop Firm Review

    A newer US futures prop firm with a simple rulebook: end-of-day trailing drawdown, a percentage-based daily loss limit and profit…

Charting and indicators

The map. VWAP, the bands, the Initial Balance, and the volume profile live on this chart, and every setup I take starts here.

Want my free GEX levels drawn on your TradingView chart? Here is how to have your AI build the indicator.

News and order flow tools

The confirmation tools. The chart gives me the setup; these tell me whether the market means it. A confirmation tool can veto a trade. It never creates one. Financial Juice Elite and TickStrike run whenever the market is open, even when I’m not trading, and I don’t trade without them.

Journaling

Where every trade gets measured. If you’re not journaling, you don’t know what you’re doing wrong.

Platforms and brokers

  • Tradovate: Platform & Broker Review

    Tradovate: Platform & Broker Review

    A cloud-based futures broker and platform that runs the same on desktop, browser, and phone, with tiered memberships that trade…

  • NinjaTrader: Platform & Broker Review

    NinjaTrader: Platform & Broker Review

    The veteran desktop futures platform, free for charting and simulation forever, with a monthly or lifetime licence that unlocks the…

  • Robinhood: Broker Review

    Robinhood: Broker Review

    Where my cash accounts live. Robinhood is my broker for cash-account trading and options execution, and the money that sits…

Research and AI

The after-the-close tools. They check my math instead of my gut, and none of them is allowed anywhere near the order entry.

Streaming and production

The broadcast bench. Nothing here touches a trade. It’s how the live sessions get from my screen to yours.

How I evaluate

Every review states its evidence level at the top, and I don’t blur them:

  • In my stack, used daily. I trade with it. I’ve paid for it. I know where it breaks.
  • I’ve held accounts here. For prop firms: I’ve passed their evaluation and traded their funded stage. No certificates on this site, on purpose; they can be faked and the process is the proof.
  • Researched; my own notes to follow. The facts are public and the fit assessment is my read. My experience section is honest about being unfinished.

I buy my tools on lifetime or yearly plans whenever I can. That’s how I keep more of my profits. Trading tools are expensive, and they need to be managed.

Where a link on a review pays me a commission, it goes through a /go/ address and the disclosure at the bottom says so. A commission never moves a verdict. The full disclosure explains how that’s kept honest.

Disclosure. VWAP.biz is an independent site written by Scott West, a paying member of Drysdale Trading Group™. The VWAP Wave System™ is Chris Drysdale’s work. He doesn’t own or run this site, but he has reviewed and endorsed it. Links to his book, toolkit, and community are affiliate links: if you buy through them I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Nothing here is financial advice, and trading futures carries a risk of loss. Full disclosure · Risk disclaimer

Ready for the system itself, not just my lessons on it?

I explain the VWAP Wave System™ from a student’s chair. Chris Drysdale teaches it. Start with his free Core Setup Guide, read the book, or take seven days inside Drysdale Trading Group™ and watch it traded live. All of it is online and in English, wherever you are.