Prop Firm Rules, Explained
Every prop firm buries its real rules in fine print — how the max drawdown line moves, when your daily loss resets, what the consistency rule actually blocks. We decode each firm's challenge into plain English so you know exactly what passes an account and what blows it.
See FTMO's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See Apex Trader Funding's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See Topstep's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See TakeProfit Trader's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See Bulenox's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See MyFundedFutures's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See Tradeify's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See FundedNext's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See The5ers's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See Funding Pips's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See Elite Trader Funding's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See Alpha Futures's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See FXIFY's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See Funded Trading Plus's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See Goat Funded Trader's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See Earn2Trade's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See OneUp Trader's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See BluSky's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See TradeDay's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See Funded Futures Family's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →See Lucid Trading's drawdown, daily loss, profit target and consistency rules explained.
Live drawdown calculator →Rule guides
One rule, one firm, one straight answer — with the exact numbers for every account size.
- FTMO Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- FTMO Daily Loss Limit, Explained
- FTMO Consistency Rule, Explained
- FTMO Minimum Trading Days
- FTMO Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does FTMO's Trading Day Reset?
- Apex Trader Funding Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- Does Apex Trader Funding Have a Daily Loss Limit?
- Apex Trader Funding Consistency Rule, Explained
- Apex Trader Funding Minimum Trading Days
- Apex Trader Funding Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does Apex Trader Funding's Trading Day Reset?
- Apex Trader Funding Payout Rules, Explained
- Topstep Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- Does Topstep Have a Daily Loss Limit?
- Topstep Consistency Rule, Explained
- Topstep Minimum Trading Days
- Topstep Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does Topstep's Trading Day Reset?
- Topstep Payout Rules, Explained
- TakeProfit Trader Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- Does TakeProfit Trader Have a Daily Loss Limit?
- TakeProfit Trader Consistency Rule, Explained
- TakeProfit Trader Minimum Trading Days
- TakeProfit Trader Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does TakeProfit Trader's Trading Day Reset?
- Bulenox Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- Does Bulenox Have a Daily Loss Limit?
- Bulenox Consistency Rule, Explained
- Bulenox Minimum Trading Days
- Bulenox Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does Bulenox's Trading Day Reset?
- MyFundedFutures Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- Does MyFundedFutures Have a Daily Loss Limit?
- MyFundedFutures Consistency Rule, Explained
- MyFundedFutures Minimum Trading Days
- MyFundedFutures Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does MyFundedFutures's Trading Day Reset?
- MyFundedFutures Payout Rules, Explained
- Tradeify Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- Tradeify Daily Loss Limit, Explained
- Tradeify Consistency Rule, Explained
- Tradeify Minimum Trading Days
- Tradeify Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does Tradeify's Trading Day Reset?
- Tradeify Payout Rules, Explained
- FundedNext Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- FundedNext Daily Loss Limit, Explained
- FundedNext Consistency Rule, Explained
- FundedNext Minimum Trading Days
- FundedNext Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does FundedNext's Trading Day Reset?
- The5ers Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- The5ers Daily Loss Limit, Explained
- The5ers Consistency Rule, Explained
- The5ers Minimum Trading Days
- The5ers Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does The5ers's Trading Day Reset?
- Funding Pips Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- Funding Pips Daily Loss Limit, Explained
- Funding Pips Consistency Rule, Explained
- Funding Pips Minimum Trading Days
- Funding Pips Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does Funding Pips's Trading Day Reset?
- Elite Trader Funding Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- Does Elite Trader Funding Have a Daily Loss Limit?
- Elite Trader Funding Consistency Rule, Explained
- Elite Trader Funding Minimum Trading Days
- Elite Trader Funding Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does Elite Trader Funding's Trading Day Reset?
- Alpha Futures Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- Does Alpha Futures Have a Daily Loss Limit?
- Alpha Futures Consistency Rule, Explained
- Alpha Futures Minimum Trading Days
- Alpha Futures Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does Alpha Futures's Trading Day Reset?
- FXIFY Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- FXIFY Daily Loss Limit, Explained
- FXIFY Consistency Rule, Explained
- FXIFY Minimum Trading Days
- FXIFY Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does FXIFY's Trading Day Reset?
- Funded Trading Plus Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- Funded Trading Plus Daily Loss Limit
- Funded Trading Plus Consistency Rule, Explained
- Funded Trading Plus Minimum Trading Days
- Funded Trading Plus Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does Funded Trading Plus's Trading Day Reset?
- Goat Funded Trader Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- Goat Funded Trader Daily Loss Limit, Explained
- Goat Funded Trader Consistency Rule, Explained
- Goat Funded Trader Minimum Trading Days
- Goat Funded Trader Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does Goat Funded Trader's Trading Day Reset?
- Earn2Trade Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- Earn2Trade Daily Loss Limit, Explained
- Earn2Trade Consistency Rule, Explained
- Earn2Trade Minimum Trading Days
- Earn2Trade Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does Earn2Trade's Trading Day Reset?
- OneUp Trader Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- Does OneUp Trader Have a Daily Loss Limit?
- OneUp Trader Consistency Rule, Explained
- OneUp Trader Minimum Trading Days
- OneUp Trader Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does OneUp Trader's Trading Day Reset?
- BluSky Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- BluSky Daily Loss Limit
- BluSky Consistency Rule, Explained
- BluSky Minimum Trading Days
- BluSky Profit Target
- What Time Does BluSky's Trading Day Reset?
- Lucid Trading Max Drawdown Rule, Explained
- Lucid Trading Daily Loss Limit, Explained
- Lucid Trading Consistency Rule, Explained
- Lucid Trading Minimum Trading Days
- Lucid Trading Profit Target, by Account Size
- What Time Does Lucid Trading's Trading Day Reset?
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- Apex Trader Funding vs Topstep: the rules, side by side
- Apex Trader Funding vs MyFundedFutures: the rules, side by side
- Topstep vs MyFundedFutures: the rules, side by side
- Apex Trader Funding vs Tradeify: the rules, side by side
- Apex Trader Funding vs Elite Trader Funding: the rules, side by side
- Topstep vs Alpha Futures: the rules, side by side
- Elite Trader Funding vs Alpha Futures: the rules, side by side
- Apex Trader Funding vs TakeProfit Trader: the rules, side by side
- Topstep vs TakeProfit Trader: the rules, side by side
- TakeProfit Trader vs MyFundedFutures: the rules, side by side
- Apex Trader Funding vs Alpha Futures: the rules, side by side
- Topstep vs Tradeify: the rules, side by side
- Topstep vs Elite Trader Funding: the rules, side by side
- MyFundedFutures vs Tradeify: the rules, side by side
- MyFundedFutures vs Alpha Futures: the rules, side by side
- Tradeify vs Alpha Futures: the rules, side by side
- Tradeify vs TakeProfit Trader: the rules, side by side
- Tradeify vs Elite Trader Funding: the rules, side by side
- Apex Trader Funding vs Bulenox: the rules, side by side
- Apex Trader Funding vs OneUp Trader: the rules, side by side
- Lucid Trading vs Apex Trader Funding: the rules, side by side
- Lucid Trading vs Topstep: the rules, side by side
- Lucid Trading vs Tradeify: the rules, side by side
- Lucid Trading vs MyFundedFutures: the rules, side by side
- Lucid Trading vs TakeProfit Trader: the rules, side by side
- FTMO vs FundedNext: the rules, side by side
- FTMO vs The5ers: the rules, side by side
- FTMO vs Funding Pips: the rules, side by side
- FundedNext vs Funding Pips: the rules, side by side
- FundedNext vs The5ers: the rules, side by side
- Funding Pips vs The5ers: the rules, side by side
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