what the IB 50 playbook is
the IB 50 playbook is a free guide edgeful built with Zinc (@MrZincx) — a futures trader known for trading the initial balance every single day. it lays out his exact process for trading the IB: where he enters, where he exits, the edgeful data he checks every morning, and the filters he uses to skip the bad days.
it's a 27-page PDF. you read it online or download it — no purchase, no upgrade required.
how to get it — the direct link
the fastest and most reliable way to get the playbook is the direct link below. it opens the PDF straight away — no login, no form, and no waiting on an email:
a couple of things to know — including why you might not see an obvious "download" button:
the link opens the PDF in Google Drive's viewer, right in your browser — you don't need an edgeful login (or a Google login) to read it
to save your own copy, click the download icon (the down arrow) at the top-right of the Drive viewer. that's the actual download — the viewer itself is just the preview
no download button on the resources page? that's expected — the free-resources page just opens the viewer, it doesn't have its own download button. the Drive download arrow above is the one to use
still don't see a download option? press Ctrl+P (Cmd+P on Mac) and choose Save as PDF — that saves a full copy either way
on mobile, tap the screen once to bring up the toolbar, then use the download / open-in option
requested it but it never arrived?
if you signed up to receive the playbook (through a form or an email offer) and it never landed in your inbox, you don't need to wait on it or request it again — just use the direct link above. it's the same PDF and it doesn't depend on any email being delivered. it's also worth a quick check of your spam and promotions folders for the original email.
if the direct link itself won't open for you, reach out through the in-app chat and we'll get you a working copy.
what's inside
the guide walks through Zinc's full process, start to finish:
the IB 50 strategy — enter at the 50% midpoint of the initial balance, take profit at the breakout level, stop at the opposite level. 1:1 risk-reward by definition
the 4 edgeful numbers he checks every morning — breakout %, breakdown %, by rejection (the direction filter), and by weekday
the SPY + QQQ alignment rule — when the two disagree on direction, he skips the day entirely
the 10:23 front-run rule and the weekday data filter — when to enter early, and which days to trade vs sit out
position sizing and contract selection — MES vs MNQ, sized around max drawdown
a full trade walkthrough — one real trade from pre-market read to exit, plus how he runs the same setup again in the Globex session
there's also a one-page summary at the end you can print and keep next to your screen.
trading it with edgeful
the playbook is built on top of edgeful data, so two tools make it much easier to run:
the initial balance breakout report — this is where Zinc pulls the breakout %, by rejection, and by weekday numbers before the open. set it to your ticker, the NY session, and your lookback
the edgeful IB TradingView indicator — it plots the IB high, IB low, and the 50% midpoint automatically as the first hour forms, so you don't have to draw the levels by hand. find it under invite-only in TradingView as edgeful - IB - initial balance
to match the playbook, set the indicator's timezone to America/New_York, IB time to 09:30 - 10:30, and session range to 09:30 - 16:00 — that's the NY session Zinc trades.
a note on the data and your results
the playbook leans on real edgeful numbers — for example, over the last 6 months in the NY session the IB resolves with a single break 74.8% of the time on SPY and 78.86% on QQQ. that's the foundation the whole strategy is built around.
but a couple of honest caveats. those numbers describe a specific ticker, session, and lookback window — they'll look different on a different ticker, a different session, or six months from now, so pull your own data before you trade. and none of this is automated. you still have to check the report every morning, read the alignment, make the call on the front-run, and size the trade for your account. the framework is a starting point — getting it to work takes screen time, customization, and reps. paper trade it before you size up.
who is Zinc
Zinc (@MrZincx) is a futures trader known for IB trading in the futures community. the strategy in the playbook is the one he runs every day across the NY and Globex sessions. you can follow him on X at @MrZincx for daily IB setups and trade recaps.