Rules, payouts, and real costs — explained with data from 172 verified plans.
Prop firms are legit but widely misunderstood. Here is how the sim-funded model really works, when a funded account is worth it, and when you are just buying evaluations.
PropFirm Deck · · 3 minInstant funding skips the evaluation and charges you up front for it. Here is the cheapest straight-to-funded account at every size, by list price, and what the low number costs you.
PropFirm Deck · · 4 minSome futures firms sell the funded account directly, no evaluation, if you pay up front. At 25K that shortcut runs $218 to $647. Here is what the premium actually buys.
PropFirm Deck · · 2 minEvery 50K futures evaluation we track, and what more money actually buys: faster payouts, no consistency rule, bigger splits, or skipping the eval entirely.
PropFirm Deck · · 2 min