Prop firm guides

Plain-English explainers on the rules that actually decide whether you pass — every fact checked against the firms' own documentation and re-audited weekly.

Apex Trader Funding Rules — The 1-Day Pass, Explained

Apex has no consistency rule in the evaluation, so one session passes it. The 100% of your first $25,000 split is per account, not per trader — which is the real reason Apex dominates.

2026-08-12 · Read →

DayTraders Rules — the 150K Target Is $8,500, Not $9,000

DayTraders breaks the 6% profit target pattern every other futures prop firm follows. It also takes no profit split, and a qualifying day needs real profit, not a token trade.

2026-08-12 · Read →

Earn2Trade Gauntlet Mini — News Trading Allowed

Earn2Trade permits news trading, which most futures prop firms restrict. It also offers a 200K account. The cost is a 30% consistency rule that forces four trading days.

2026-08-12 · Read →

FundedNext Futures Flex — Softer Target, Tighter Drawdown

FundedNext Futures Flex wants $2,500 on a 50K where most firms want $3,000 — but gives you $1,500 of drawdown instead of $2,000. Rapid and Bolt are discontinued.

2026-08-12 · Read →

Which Futures Prop Firm Actually Pays the Most in 2026

DayTraders takes no profit split at all. Apex pays 100% of your first $25,000 per account. Topstep's famous 100% deal no longer applies to new traders. Verified splits, 11 firms.

2026-08-12 · Read →

Lucid Trading Rules — Which of the 5 Passes Fastest

Lucid sells five different products and only LucidPro passes in a single day. LucidDirect skips the evaluation entirely but carries a 20% consistency rule on payouts.

2026-08-12 · Read →

MyFundedFutures Rules — Builder vs Rapid vs Pro

No MyFundedFutures evaluation has a consistency rule, so the minimum trading day count is the entire answer. Builder passes in one day, Rapid and Pro in two.

2026-08-12 · Read →

Take Profit Trader Rules — Why It's 5 Days, Not 3

Take Profit Trader's consistency rule is strictly below 50%, not at-or-below, and a five-day minimum overrides the maths. Most comparison sites report three days.

2026-08-12 · Read →

Top One Futures Elite ACCESS — The One-Day Pass, Verified

Top One Futures Elite ACCESS has no consistency rule and a one-day minimum, so a single session passes it. But the 150K funded drawdown is smaller than the evaluation one.

2026-08-12 · Read →

Topstep Combine Rules 2026 — What Changed in January

Topstep's 100% of your first $10,000 now applies only to accounts opened before 12 January 2026. New traders are on a straight 90/10 split. Full Combine rules verified.

2026-08-12 · Read →

TradeDay FastPass vs QuickPay — 45% or 30% Consistency

TradeDay FastPass has no minimum trading days and passes in three. QuickPay has the tightest consistency rule of any evaluation we model, plus a five-day minimum.

2026-08-12 · Read →

Tradeify Growth vs Select — Daily Loss Limit or Not

Tradeify Growth passes in one day but has a daily loss limit. Select has none, and its consistency rule disappears once funded — the reverse of how most firms work.

2026-08-12 · Read →

LucidPro vs Topstep — Same $3,000 Target, Very Different Rules

LucidPro has no consistency rule in evaluation, so a 50K passes in one day. Topstep needs two. A verified comparison of both firms' actual rules.

2026-08-07 · Read →

The Topstep Consistency Rule, Explained Properly (It Doesn't Fail You)

Topstep's consistency rule confuses more traders than any other. It does not fail your account — it raises your target. Here is the exact math, verified against Topstep's own documentation.

2026-08-07 · Read →