Prop Trading Guides
A futures funding firm sells you a paid test and, if you pass, a funded account with a share of the profits. These reviews check the rulebook, the full costs and the payout rules against the firm's own sources.
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- Understand the drawdown rules
Trailing Drawdown at Prop Firms: The Math, With Real Trades
Static, end-of-day and intraday trailing limits, risk per trade and pass rates, tested with 61 real trades.
- Check Take Profit Trader
Take Profit Trader Review: Rules, Costs and Payouts
Test rules, full costs, PRO and PRO+ payouts and the drawdown rule that changes after you pass.
- Check Bulenox
Bulenox Review 2026: Rules, Costs and Payouts
Three account types for a one-time fee, drawdown options, payout rules and the open questions about the company.
- Check Bitfunded
Bitfunded Review 2026: Rules, Costs and Payouts
A crypto prop firm: four account types, loss limits with open positions, payout review and what the competition prize pool is made of.
- Check IQ Capital
IQ Capital Review 2026: Costs, Rules and Payouts
Crypto, CFD and futures accounts from $9, the strict per-trade loss limit, payout caps and the company in Saint Lucia.
- Check Topstep
Topstep Review 2026: Rules, Costs and Payouts
Three stages, two of them simulated: the monthly fee per attempt, the trailing loss limit and why the timing of the first payout matters.