Compare Prop Firm Rules Before You Buy

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Compare prop firm rules before you buy a challenge or request a payout. Filter futures and forex prop firms by daily loss limits, drawdown type, consistency rules, payout gates, position limits, news restrictions, weekend holding rules, and source reliability.

Every comparison row links to the official source used for the check. The finder is a rule-risk scanner, not a recommendation to buy an account.

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Current snapshot: 10 tracked rows, 9 official-source rows, 1 source-gap row.

What Are Prop Firm Rules?

Prop firm rules are the account conditions traders must follow to pass an evaluation, keep a funded account, and request payouts. The rules that usually trip traders up involve daily loss limits, maximum drawdown, trailing drawdown, consistency requirements, payout buffers, news trading, weekend holds, and position limits.

Use the RuleWatch Finder below to compare these rule areas by firm, then open the official source before acting.

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Scan futures and forex/CFD firms before buying a challenge or account path.

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Look for daily loss, drawdown, consistency, payout, news, weekend, and position-size restrictions.

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RuleWatch Finder: Filter Prop Firms by Rule Type

Start with the firm name or the rule that affects your strategy most. The finder updates the cards and table below using the checked source fields.

Choose your market: futures or forex/CFD.
Filter for the rules that matter: daily loss, drawdown, consistency, payout gates, news/weekend restrictions, or source confidence.
Open the official source before buying, trading, or requesting a payout.

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Market

Daily loss

Consistency / profit cap

Payout rules

Strategy restriction

Source confidence

Start with your biggest risk

Showing 9 official-source cards. Apex is quarantined as a source gap.

Finder Results

Each card uses the same structure: market, source confidence, biggest visible rule risk, rows to inspect first, and the main item to verify before acting.

Topstep

Official source

Market: Futures
Source: Trading Combine parameters, DLL help, and payout policy · checked July 2, 2026
Biggest rule risk: Daily loss, consistency, payout policy gates, position caps
Rows to inspect first: Futures DLL and payout-path scan
Watch out for: Responsible Trading Advantage, current reset/monthly pricing, Express Funded vs Live Funded rules.

Daily lossconsistencypayout policy gatesposition caps

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Tradeify

Official source

Market: Futures
Source: Essential trading rules overview · checked July 2, 2026
Biggest rule risk: No-DLL paths, EOD trailing drawdown, consistency by path, position caps
Rows to inspect first: No daily-loss futures scan
Watch out for: Select, Growth, Daily, Lightning, and Flex paths do not share one rule set.

No-DLL pathsEOD trailing drawdownconsistency by pathposition caps

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MyFundedFutures

Official source

Market: Futures
Source: Rapid 25k plan · checked July 2, 2026
Biggest rule risk: No DLL in selected source, stage-specific consistency, daily payout cadence
Rows to inspect first: Narrow Rapid 25k source check
Watch out for: Do not apply this row to Builder, Pro, Flex, or live paths without rechecking.

No DLL in selected sourcestage-specific consistencydaily payout cadence

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FTMO

Official source

Market: Forex / CFDs
Source: FTMO Challenge overview · checked July 2, 2026
Biggest rule risk: Maximum Daily Loss, Maximum Loss, Standard vs Swing restrictions
Rows to inspect first: Forex daily-loss and account-type scan
Watch out for: The selected source did not state a consistency value; Standard and Swing restrictions need separate review.

Maximum Daily LossMaximum LossStandard vs Swing restrictions

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FundedNext

Official source

Market: Forex / CFDs
Source: Daily Loss Limit vs. Maximum Loss Limit article · checked July 2, 2026
Biggest rule risk: Daily loss percentages and model-specific loss limits
Rows to inspect first: Daily loss vs maximum loss scan
Watch out for: Not a payout row; use another official source before making payout claims.

Daily loss percentages and model-specific loss limits

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The5ers

Official source

Market: Forex / CFDs
Source: High Stakes rules article · checked July 2, 2026
Biggest rule risk: Daily drawdown and absolute maximum loss
Rows to inspect first: High Stakes daily drawdown scan
Watch out for: The selected source should not be treated as every The5ers program.

Daily drawdown and absolute maximum loss

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E8 Markets

Official source

Market: Forex
Source: E8 Pro Forex rules · checked July 2, 2026
Biggest rule risk: 2.5% daily drawdown, 2% daily profit cap, daily payout request
Rows to inspect first: Daily payout and profit-cap scan
Watch out for: Compare E8 Pro, E8 One, Signature, Forex, Crypto, and Futures separately.

2.5% daily drawdown2% daily profit capdaily payout request

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Blue Guardian

Official source

Market: Forex
Source: 1 Step Standard rules · checked July 2, 2026
Biggest rule risk: 4% daily drawdown, trailing overall drawdown, payout cadence, news context
Rows to inspect first: Payout cadence and daily drawdown scan
Watch out for: Verify the exact product because 1 Step, 2 Step, Starter, and Instant can differ.

4% daily drawdowntrailing overall drawdownpayout cadencenews context

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FundingPips

Official source

Market: Forex / CFDs
Source: FundingPips Zero rules · checked July 2, 2026
Biggest rule risk: 3% daily loss, 5% trailing loss, 15% consistency score, reward gate
Rows to inspect first: High visible rule-friction scan
Watch out for: Check Zero, 1 Step, 2 Step Pro, and Flex separately before trading.

3% daily loss5% trailing loss15% consistency scorereward gate

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Apex Trader Funding

Source gap

Market: Futures
Source: Support article returned only a gated shell in browser-backed capture · checked July 2, 2026
Biggest rule risk: Not compared until a readable official source is checked
Rows to inspect first: Source-gap review only
Watch out for: Apex is quarantined from comparative cards because the selected official URL was not readable.

Not compared until a readable official source is checked

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Prop Firm Rule Comparison Snapshot

10tracked rows checked July 2, 2026 UTC

9official-source rows in the default finder

2selected rows state no daily loss limit or no daily-loss path

1source-gap row quarantined from comparison cards

Daily loss constraintDrawdown complexityConsistency, concentration, or profit capPayout gate, buffer, cadence, or minimumPosition, news, weekend, or strategy restrictionSource certainty

Full Prop Firm Rules Comparison Table

Evidence layer: use the table after the finder. Filter first, then open the official source for the firm and account path you are actually considering.

DLL

Daily loss limit. The amount you can lose in one trading day before a breach, restriction, or failure.

MLL

Maximum loss limit. The total account loss room before a breach, restriction, liquidation, or failure.

Trailing drawdown

A drawdown limit that can move as account value rises. Some firms trail intraday; some use end-of-day values.

Consistency rule

A limit on how much profit can come from one day, one trade cluster, or one payout cycle.

Market: Futures

Daily loss: Needs recheck

Payout gate: Unknown

Last checked: July 2, 2026

Official source

RuleWatch comparison rows. Sort by firm, market, daily loss, or payout condition; filter chips above narrow the table.
	Fast tags	Source scope		Drawdown model		Consistency / concentration	Position cap		What to verify before buying	Official source
Topstep	FuturesDaily lossConsistencyPayout days	Trading Combine parameters, Daily Loss Limit help article, and payout policy	Futures	Trading Combine help source lists maximum loss limits of $2,000 for 50k, $3,000 for 100k, and $4,500 for 150k. Topstep’s max-loss help describes the limit as trailing from end-of-day balance.	DLL help lists daily-loss parameters of $1,000 for 50k, $2,000 for 100k, and $3,000 for 150k, with checkout and manual risk-setting context.	Trading Combine parameters list a 50% consistency target. The payout policy states the Express Funded Account consistency path requires the best day to stay at or below 40% of total net profit.	5 mini / 50 micro for 50k; 10 / 100 for 100k; 15 / 150 for 150k.	Payout policy source describes a Standard path and a Consistency path; the Consistency path requires three trading days with at least one trade per day and best day within 40% of total profit.	Whether Responsible Trading Advantage is on, current monthly price/reset fee, and current Express Funded or Live Funded rules.	Trading Combine parameters Topstep DLL article Topstep payout policy
Tradeify	FuturesOfficial sourceNo DLL pathConsistencyPayout days