Guides
Prop firm guides
The rules, payout mechanics and tax treatment behind funded trading — written from firm terms and trader payout evidence, not marketing pages.
Getting started
What is a prop firm? How funded trading actually works
A plain-English explanation of prop firms: how evaluations work, where the money comes from, what a funded account really is, and who they suit.
8 min4 sections
How to pass a prop firm challenge (without gambling)
A risk-first plan for passing an evaluation: position sizing maths, daily loss budgeting, the trading-day schedule and the mistakes that fail most accounts.
9 min4 sections
Rules & mechanics
Prop firm rules explained — every rule that can kill an account
Daily loss limits, max drawdown, consistency rules, news bans, minimum trading days and hidden clauses — every prop firm rule explained with examples.
10 min4 sections
Trailing drawdown explained (with worked examples)
Intraday trailing, end-of-day trailing and static drawdown compared, with number-by-number examples of how each one moves your stop-out level.
7 min4 sections
The prop firm consistency rule, and how to pass it
What a consistency rule is, the 30-50% variants firms use, how it blocks payouts, and a simple daily-profit plan that keeps you compliant.
6 min3 sections
How many funded accounts can you have? Limits by firm type
Per-firm account limits, aggregate allocation caps, copy-trading rules across accounts, and whether running multiple prop firms at once breaks any terms.
7 min5 sections
Payouts & money
Prop firm payout rules: how withdrawals actually work
Payout cycles, minimum trading days, profit-split tiers, KYC, payment rails and the clauses firms use to delay or deny withdrawals.
8 min4 sections
Prop firm taxes: how funded payouts are taxed
How prop firm payouts are taxed as contractor income, what forms to expect, deductible costs, and the differences between US, UK and EU traders.
7 min4 sections
How much can you make with a funded account? Real numbers
What funded traders actually earn: profit-split maths at every account size, scaling plans, the cost of failed evaluations, and where the six-figure claims come from.
9 min6 sections
Risk & due diligence
Prop firm scams: how to spot one before you pay
The patterns behind every collapsed prop firm: payout delays, rule rewrites, fake payout proof and affiliate-driven launches. Plus a verification checklist.
8 min4 sections
Are prop firms legit? Regulation, risk and how to verify one
Whether prop firms are legitimate, why they are mostly unregulated, what protects your payout, and the exact checks to run before buying an evaluation.
9 min6 sections