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The rules that decide whether you get paid — drawdowns, consistency, payouts, real costs — explained by someone who trades under them. A new guide lands every few days.
September 11, 2026
How Do Prop Firm Payouts Work? Buffers, Splits and TrapsHow prop firm payouts actually work for futures traders: buffers, minimums, splits, timing, and the first-payout traps that void money you already earned.
September 6, 2026
Prop Firms That Allow News Trading: CPI and FOMC RulesWhich futures prop firms let you trade through CPI, FOMC and NFP, how our research rates them, soft bans hiding in the rulebooks, and how to stay compliant.
September 1, 2026
Cheapest Futures Prop Firm Eval: Real Prices After DiscountsThe cheapest futures prop firm evals ranked by street price, the discounted rate everyone actually pays, plus the hidden activation, data and reset costs.
August 27, 2026
Futures Prop Firms With No Consistency Rule: Full ListEvery futures prop firm in our research with no consistency rule on funded accounts, and how consistency rules quietly void payouts for big-day traders.
August 22, 2026
EOD vs Intraday Trailing Drawdown: What Blows AccountsEOD vs intraday trailing drawdown explained with a worked example: why the same trade survives one and breaches the other, and how to trade each.
August 17, 2026
Prop Firms With EOD Drawdown: Every Firm That Offers ItWhich futures prop firms use end-of-day drawdown instead of intraday trailing: the full list, plus the trap where firms switch types after funding.