Prop Firm Guides
Everything here is built around two jobs: getting funded, and staying funded. Getting funded is the front half, choosing the right firm for how you trade, understanding the rules before you pay, and passing the evaluation. Staying funded is the harder half most traders skip, running a funded account so you actually collect payouts instead of handing the account back. The guides follow that path.
If you are new to this, start with the foundation below. It covers what a prop firm actually is, how evaluations work, and how the funded side pays, and every other guide builds on top of it. More guides get added to each lane as they go live.
Foundational
- What Is a Prop Firm?
The whole arrangement in plain terms: the evaluation, the funded account, the rules, and the profit split.
- How Do Prop Firms Make Money?
Every revenue stream behind the cheap evaluations: fees, resets, rebills, the house model, and why the firm profits whether you pass or fail.
- Are Prop Firms Legit?
The honest answer, the red flags that mark a firm to avoid, and how to verify any prop firm yourself in under an hour.
Get Funded
- How to Pass a Prop Firm Evaluation
The whole path through the test: why most attempts fail, the exact ruleset I trade evaluations by, what failing really costs, and why passing is the starting line, not the finish.
- Trailing Drawdown Explained
The rule that ends more futures evaluations than the profit target does. How the line ratchets up behind you, why the intraday version is the dangerous one, and where it finally locks.
- Prop Firm Consistency Rule Explained
Your best day does not break the rule, it raises the total you have to earn. The math behind that, where the rule gets applied, and what to do about it.