Last updated: 2 October 2026 Every Prop Data Lab dataset in one place: 26 pages of sourced numbers on prop trading firms, each with a free CSV. Prop Data Lab is an independent reference on prop firm rules, pricing and payouts. We aren’t affiliated with any firm we cover (see our disclosure), and every figure links back to the firm’s own pages or a primary record such as a regulator notice, court docket or government dataset. How we check is on our methodology page.
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Our Open Prop Firm Rules Dataset (233 records on 10 firms, merging the pass-rate, true-cost, payout and rule-change data) is archived on Zenodo with a DOI.
PropDataLab (2026). Open Prop Firm Rules Dataset [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23108163
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23108163 (all versions; always resolves to the latest), archived on Zenodo. Latest version (2026-10-02.2): 10.5281/zenodo.23110593. Files and version history: Zenodo.
Jump to: Pass rates & costs · Rules & changes · Payouts · Legal & regulatory · Market & popularity · Company & web · Monthly reports
Pass rates & costs
What it really costs to get funded, and how many traders pass.
- Prop Firm Pass Rates: Every Number the Firms Published (and the Ones They Took Down)
Only 4 of 10 firms publish a pass rate today. Topstep says 16.8% of its 2025 Combines passed, Tradeify 17.2%. CSV - True Cost of Getting Funded: What 10 Prop Firms Charge Before You See a Payout
Topstep’s $49 sticker works out to about $441 in fees per passed Combine, using the firm’s own 16.8% pass rate. CSV - Prop Firm vs Own Account: Cost Calculator & Break-Even Table (2026)
Passing first time, the prop route is cheaper unless you make roughly $1,050–$1,690 gross over 6 months. CSV - Prop Firm CPI: Have Evaluation Prices Kept Up With Inflation?
US prices rose 11.2% from January 2023 to August 2026, while FTMO’s 2-Step $100K stayed at €540 and Topstep’s 50K at $49 a month. CSV - Always on Sale? 21 Months of Prop Firm Discount Banners, Checked
Tradeify advertised a discount code in 21 of 21 monthly homepage snapshots, and Take Profit Trader in 20 of 20. CSV
Rules & changes
The rules themselves, how often they change, and how they hold up against real markets.
- Prop Firm Rule Change Index: How Often Firms Change the Rules After You've Paid
37 documented rule changes at 10 firms since 2023, 25 of them in the last 12 months. Payout rules changed most (12). CSV - Open Prop Firm Rules Dataset: Rules, Prices, Payouts and Pass Rates for 10 Firms (Free CSV)
233 sourced records on 10 firms in one free CSV. 195 carry the firm’s exact wording, and every row links to its source. CSV · DOI - Prop Firm Rules Glossary: Every Term in the Firms' Own Words
11 terms and 40 exact quotes from 8 firms. “Consistency” means 35% at Tradeify and 55% at Topstep. CSV - Prop Firm News Trading Calendar: FOMC, CPI & NFP Dates vs Each Firm's Rule (Q4 2026)
8 scheduled US releases (FOMC, CPI, NFP) to mid-December 2026. No-trade windows run from none at Tradeify to ±5 minutes. CSV - Prop Firm Drawdown vs Market Volatility: Does $2,000 Survive a Normal Day?
Four futures firms give a 50K account a $2,000 drawdown. One NQ contract moved more than that on 73% of the last 252 trading days. CSV
Payouts
How hard it is to get paid, and how the money reaches you.
- Payout Friction Index: How Hard 9 Prop Firms Make It to Get Paid
Apex’s 100% split comes with every hurdle we track: a 50K account can pay out at most $14,500 in total. CSV - Prop Firm Payout Speed & Methods: How 8 Firms Pay, in Their Own Words
5 of 8 firms pay through Rise. Stated speeds run from seconds at Take Profit Trader to 10 business days for a Topstep wire. CSV
Legal & regulatory
What the law, regulators, courts and the firms’ own terms say.
- Are Prop Firms Legal in the US? What the Primary Sources Say
No US statute or CFTC rule we read mentions prop firms, and all 9 firms we checked call their evaluations simulated. CSV - Regulator Warnings About Prop Firms: 10 Verified, None Naming the 10 Firms We Track
10 verified regulator warnings, screened from 149 I-SCAN results. None names any of the 10 firms we track. CSV - Prop Firm Lawsuits & Enforcement Tracker
11 court cases matched to tracked firms: 7 involve Topstep entities, 4 name Apex as defendant, and only 1 is closed. CSV - Which Prop Firms Accept US Traders? 10 Firms Checked, With Their Own Wording
All 10 firms take US residents, but only 4 (all futures firms) with no US limit stated on their pages. CSV
Market & popularity
How interest in prop firms has grown, where it comes from, and what AI answers say about them.
- Prop Firm Popularity Index: Search Interest and Web Rank for 10 Firms
Worldwide searches for “prop firm” rose 117% in a year. Tradeify grew fastest (+313%); FTMO is still the most searched. CSV - Prop Firm Search Interest by State: Google Trends Map for 13 Terms (2026)
Florida tops 9 of 13 prop firm search terms, and Topstep out-searches 4 other futures firms in all 51 states with data. CSV - Micro Futures vs. the Prop Firm Boom: What 5 Years of CFTC Data Show
Micro Nasdaq futures open interest rose 34% in a year while “prop firm” searches rose 117%, and the small-trader share fell. CSV - AI Answers vs. Receipts: We Checked 48 Chatbot Answers About Prop Firms
36 of 48 ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity answers about prop firms were fully correct (75%); 6 were wrong. CSV
Company & web
Who runs the firms, what they own, and the platform, payment and closure events behind them.
- Who Owns Your Prop Firm? The Companies Behind 10 Prop Firm Brands
Two of 10 brands name an operator on Mohéli in the Comoros. The companies behind FTMO, Topstep and 8 more. CSV - Prop Firm Trademark Tracker: Every USPTO Filing by Topstep, Apex, FTMO & More
Topstep holds 51 of the 76 US trademark filings we found for 7 firms, including 2026 TOPSTEP BROKERAGE applications. CSV - Prop Firm Website Health Check: Lighthouse, TLS, Domain Age & Tranco Rank for 10 Firms
Median mobile Lighthouse performance runs from 30 to 57 across 10 firm sites, and all 10 serve TLS 1.3. CSV - Prop Firm Platform & Payment Shocks: A Primary-Source Timeline
6 primary-dated shocks, from MetaQuotes license terminations in 2024 to Topstep suing processor Nuvei in September 2026. CSV - Prop Firm Graveyard: Closures, Freezes and Exits With Primary Sources
8 firms that closed, froze or changed hands, each backed by a firm notice, regulator action or court filing. CSV
Monthly reports
A dated roundup of what changed across the 10 firms we track.
- State of Prop Firms: October 2026
17 rule changes at 8 firms since 1 June, all 10 firms running a promo, and fewer than 1 in 5 traders passing by the firms’ own figures. CSV
Related
For firm-by-firm detail, see the firm profiles, the 10-firm comparison table, the true-cost calculator and the dated rule changes log.