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The Prop Firm Payout Playbook

Every rule between a funded account and its first payout, for 16 firms, and a plan for staying inside them.

16 firms, one card each: 84 rule readings, each dated by when we read the firm's own pages.

29 pages · A4 PDF · edition 1.0.0

One payment, no subscription. Instant download. Refund within 7 days if you haven't downloaded it.

Or get both: Toolkit + Playbook, $39 (separately $48)

The Prop Firm Challenge Toolkit (Pine indicator) and The Prop Firm Payout Playbook (PDF guide) in one ZIP, one payment. Refund within 7 days if you haven't downloaded it.

What's inside

  • 16 firms' drawdown, daily loss, consistency, target and payout rules, each from our dated reading of the firm's own pages, plus the open-loss guards that cut the split and can end funded accounts
  • The three drawdown floors and the daily limit, worked to the dollar, so you always know which line ends the account
  • The consistency math in one line, and the day cap that, if you finish on target, keeps a big day from delaying your payout
  • 16 questions to answer before you buy a challenge, and which floor suits how you trade
  • A sizing table, a three-phase plan to the first withdrawal and a payout checklist
  • Ten ways funded accounts end, each with its fix, and a printable rule card

Contents

  1. 01
    Why accounts end with money in themFive lines decide every funded account. Most traders watch one.
  2. 02
    The drawdown floor, exactlyStatic, end-of-day, intraday: what moves your floor, when, and where it stops.
  3. 03
    The daily loss limitA second floor that starts over every day, measured from a number you have to know.
  4. 04
    The consistency rule, and its mathHow a big day can delay your payout, and the one-line cap that prevents it.
  5. 05
    The 8 futures firmsTopstep, Apex, Lucid, Take Profit Trader, Tradeify, MyFundedFutures, Alpha Futures and Bulenox: the rules that end the account or hold back the payout.
  6. 06
    The 8 forex and CFD firmsFTMO, FundedNext, The5ers, E8 Markets, Blue Guardian, AquaFunded, FundingPips and Goat Funded Trader, four of them with an open-loss guard.
  7. 07
    Before you buy a challenge: 16 questionsThe answers decide how the account can end and when it pays. Find each one in the rulebook first.
  8. 08
    Size for the floor, not the accountRisk per trade from the room you have, and the stop you set inside the firm's.
  9. 09
    The plan to your first payoutThree phases, from the first trade to the withdrawal, with the numbers to check at each.
  10. 10
    Ten ways funded accounts endEach one is a rule, not the market. Each has a fix.
  11. 11
    Tools that keep the rules in viewWhat's free, what's paid, and what no tool can do for you.
  12. 12
    Your daily routine and the rule cardFive minutes before, one check during, two minutes after. Then fill in your card.

A look at the pages

The cover: the same week under the static, end-of-day and intraday floors, and what's inside: 16 firms, 84 dated rule readings, 16 questions, a rule card
The cover: the same week under the static, end-of-day and intraday floors, and what's inside: 16 firms, 84 dated rule readings, 16 questions, a rule card
Chapter 2: one week drawn under the static, end-of-day and intraday floors, and the day the intraday floor ends the account
Chapter 2: one week drawn under the static, end-of-day and intraday floors, and the day the intraday floor ends the account
Chapter 5: the firm cards for Lucid Trading, Take Profit Trader and Tradeify, each dated by when we read the firm's pages
Chapter 5: the firm cards for Lucid Trading, Take Profit Trader and Tradeify, each dated by when we read the firm's pages

Who it's for

Get it if

  • You trade a prop firm challenge or funded account, or are about to buy one, and want every rule that can end it in one place
  • You want your first payout without a rule breach getting there first
  • You hold accounts at more than one firm and are tired of ten help-center tabs

Skip it if

  • You want a signal service, a strategy or a promise of a pass: this guide has none
  • You want a firm ranking or promo codes: we sell neither, and no link in the guide is a referral

Answers

Which firms does it cover?

Sixteen: Topstep, Apex Trader Funding, Lucid Trading, Take Profit Trader, Tradeify, MyFundedFutures, Alpha Futures and Bulenox in futures; FTMO, FundedNext, The5ers, E8 Markets, Blue Guardian, AquaFunded, FundingPips and Goat Funded Trader in forex and CFDs. For each, one plan: the one our firm guide on proea.app leads with or works through in its examples.

How current are the rules?

Each firm's card shows when our guides read the firm's own pages, between 8 and 22 October 2026, and names the firm guides on proea.app where we date every later correction. Firms change their rules often, so chapter 7 lists the questions to check in your current rulebook before you trade.

Will it help me pass?

It won't trade for you, and nothing can promise a pass or a payout. It puts every rule that can end the account or hold back a payout in one place, with the math to stay inside them.

What do I get, and how?

One PDF, 29 pages, A4, readable on a phone, a tablet or paper. After payment the download is on the confirmation page and stays in your account, so you can download it again anytime.

Can I get a refund?

Yes, within 7 days if you haven't downloaded the PDF yet. Downloading it ends the refund, since the guide is then yours. A broken or incomplete file is refunded at any time.

Is it included in All-Access?

Yes. All-Access Monthly and Academy Premium members get every paid guide in their downloads, at no extra cost, from the day it opens.

Will it be updated?

When a fact in it changes (a price, a plan, a script), we correct it in a new edition. Your account always has the edition you bought.

The Prop Firm Payout Playbook

Every rule between a funded account and its first payout, for 16 firms, and a plan for staying inside them.

One payment, no subscription. Instant download. Refund within 7 days if you haven't downloaded it.

Or get both: Toolkit + Playbook, $39 (separately $48)

The Prop Firm Challenge Toolkit (Pine indicator) and The Prop Firm Payout Playbook (PDF guide) in one ZIP, one payment. Refund within 7 days if you haven't downloaded it.

Education, not financial advice. Trading carries a risk of loss; past results, ours included, don't predict future ones. ProEA Lab isn't affiliated with the creators or products the guide names.