Independent Reviews of Prop Trading Firms & Trading Platforms
We test evaluation rules, payout terms, and platform quality across prop firms and crypto exchanges — and publish only what the data supports.
Latest Reviews
Which regulator actually stands behind your account, checked against Exness's own entity structure.
Why "0.0 spread" doesn't mean free, and which account is actually cheapest for how you trade.
Which withdrawal methods are genuinely instant, which still take days, and the rule that trips up first withdrawals.
Enter your profit, split %, and evaluation fee — see your actual take-home payout for any firm.
See exactly how much more you can lose before a static or trailing drawdown breach.
Factor in resets and retries to see what getting funded really costs.
Size your position from the risk you want to take, not the other way around.
Turn your profit target and average daily return into a realistic days estimate.
Profit targets, drawdown limits, consistency rules, and pricing — one sourced table, no switching tabs.
Rules-by-rules comparison: profit targets, daily loss limits, pricing.
Where active traders go for lower fees without leaving regulated exchanges.
Track record, Trustpilot data, split structure, and red flags to check on any firm.
Which firms actually removed time limits, and the fine print that still applies.
Trailing vs fixed drawdown, pricing structure, and which market question to answer first.
What actually changes between structures, and the mistake most traders make picking one.
Why the lowest sticker price isn't always the lowest total cost to funded.
The real cost-per-dollar-of-capital comparison against the traditional challenge model.
A different rule than "no time limit" — and why FTMO doesn't qualify for this one.
Most "rejections" are country restrictions, not evaluation failures — here's the difference.
How refunds actually trigger, and why refundable isn't the same as free.
What actually makes a challenge beginner-friendly, not just the marketing label.
Why the headline ratio is the least useful number, and what actually determines survivability.
Pricing, scaling plan to $4M, and how to decide between the two tracks.
The March 2026 rules overhaul explained — what changed and why it matters.
What the rule caps, why it exists, and which firms — including FTMO — don't have one.
When a retry is free, when you pay full price, and the 24-hour discount window.
Whether the platform your prop firm runs on actually matters.
FTMO's 25%-every-4-months model vs The5ers' path to $4M.
The eight things that actually determine fit, in the order to check them.