The Scalps Lab

Plan the trade before the bell.

The Pre-Market Checklist gives you a focused framework to cut through the noise, define your setup, and know your risk before you enter.

Free trading resource

The Pre-Market Checklist

A cleaner start. A clearer plan. Less impulse.

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01 CLEAR LEVELS02 DEFINED RISK03 NO CHASING04 TRADE YOUR PLAN
01 / WHY IT HELPS

A calm process beats a rushed decision.

CONTEXT

See the bigger picture

Pause long enough to note the market environment and the catalysts that could shape the session.

SETUP

Make the idea specific

Turn “this looks good” into levels, a trigger, and a clear reason the trade would no longer make sense.

DISCIPLINE

Check yourself first

Set your risk and read your own mindset before the speed of the open starts making decisions for you.

02 / INSIDE THE PDFBuild your checklist with intention.

  1. 01Market direction and overnight context
  2. 02News, earnings, and session catalysts
  3. 03Support, resistance, and key price levels
  4. 04Entry trigger, target, stop, and invalidation
  5. 05Risk and pre-trade mindset check

03 / THE NEXT STEP

Build the foundation before you chase the trade.

The Beginner Blueprint is a 40-page field guide to options basics, starter setups, risk, discipline, and trading psychology—built to help a new trader develop a repeatable process.

  • Understand calls, puts, strike prices, expiration, and premium
  • Learn three starter setups and when not to trade
  • Build risk rules, journal the work, and follow a 30-day plan
Get The Beginner Blueprint · $24.99
Cover of The Beginner Blueprint by Riko Scalps
THE BEGINNER BLUEPRINT · DIGITAL GUIDE

04 / BONUS WITH THE BLUEPRINT

The Blueprint now comes with a call with Riko.

Every purchase of The Beginner Blueprint ($24.99) now includes a free 30-minute 1-on-1 trading call with Riko — review your trading plan, your risk rules, and your next steps as a beginner. Bring your questions and where you are right now; you leave with clear next steps.

Free 1-on-1 trading call

30 MINUTES · GOOGLE MEET

FREE

ON THE CALL

  • Review your trading plan
  • Check your risk rules
  • Set your next steps as a beginner

The call is booked after purchase — have your Gumroad receipt ready when you join.

Book your 1-on-1 call

05 / COMING SOON

The Scalps Lab Discord is on its way.

GET NOTIFIED

The lab is getting a community home — a Discord where traders share pre-market routines, wins, and honest lessons.

Grab the free checklist above to get on the email list — that's where the invite lands first when the doors open.

Volt, the purple lab mascot of The Scalps Lab, holding up a glowing purple experiment
VOLT · THE SCALPS LAB

06 / MEET VOLT

Volt keeps the lab honest.

The face of The Scalps Lab — plan first, risk defined, no chasing. Grab the free checklist above, build your routine, and trade your plan.

Your best trade starts before you click.

Grab the free PDF, build your plan, and bring more structure to the opening bell.

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For educational purposes only. Nothing here is financial advice or a guarantee of trading results.