What a prop firm is, and how it makes money
Challenge fees, simulated accounts and profit splits: where the money really comes from, and what it means for you.
19 short videos
Prop firm rules, explained in a few minutes
Short videos on the rules that fail most accounts: drawdowns, daily limits, consistency, payouts. Each one uses the same worked example as our written explainers and calculators.
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Evaluation, funded and instant accounts
3 minThe three kinds of account a firm sells, what changes between them, and why instant funding costs more.
1-step vs 2-step challenges
3 minA higher target in one go, or two smaller ones with more room: how to choose with the numbers in front of you.
The profit target, explained
2 minHow the target is counted, why it's measured against the max loss, and how much risk per trade it really allows.
The daily loss limit, explained
3 minWhy an account can fail on a day that ends in profit, with the $50,000 example from our explainer.
Static drawdown, explained
2 minThe simplest loss floor: set once, never moves. Five trading days on a $50,000 account.
Intraday trailing drawdown, explained
3 minThe floor that follows your open profit, and the same five days that fail on day 5.
End-of-day (EOD) drawdown, explained
3 minOnly the close moves the floor. Gentler than intraday, but a big winning day still shrinks your room.
Drawdown that locks, explained
2 minA trailing floor that stops at the starting balance plus $100, and why it saves the same five days.
The consistency rule, explained
3 minOne big day can hold up your target or your payout. How the 40% rule works, and how much more you need.
Minimum trading days
2 minWhat counts as a trading day, why firms ask for them, and how not to take extra risk just to fill them.
News trading rules
2 minThe minutes around NFP or CPI where a trade can cost you its profit, and how to plan your week around them.
Holding overnight and over the weekend
2 minWhich firms let you hold, what a gap does to your drawdown, and the close-out times to know.
EAs, copy trading and HFT: what's allowed
3 minBots, trade copiers and high-frequency trading: the rules that get payouts denied, and the firms that allow them.
Payouts: buffer, cycles and splits
3 minHow much of your profit you can actually withdraw, and when, with the $3,000 buffer example.
Scaling plans, explained
2 minHow a funded account grows, what you have to hit first, and why a bigger account isn't always more money.
Activation fees, resets and refunds
3 minThe real cost of a challenge once you add activation, resets and the odds of passing.
Red flags: closed accounts and denied payouts
4 minThe vague rules and patterns that come before a denied payout, and how to check a firm before you pay.
Position sizing for a challenge
3 minTurn the max loss into a risk per trade and a lot or contract size, step by step.