PropShopTrader review

• Overleveraging relative to account drawdown

• Sudden, unexplained contract size escalation

• "All-in" or windfall-style trades

• Trading without structured risk controls

• Concentrated risk inconsistent with professional standards

• Artificial activity to satisfy minimum trading requirements

• Attempting to manipulate benchmarks or progression metrics

• Exploiting platform errors, routing delays, or data discrepancies

• Using unauthorized or external data feeds

• Circumventing program structure or evaluation methodology

• Simultaneous long and short positions in the same instrument

• Micro-to-parent contract hedging

• Cross-account synthetic neutrality

• Coordinated trading across individuals or entities

• Activity designed to artificially reduce true market exposure

• Fully automated trading without active supervision

• Latency-based exploitation

• Arbitrage or synthetic volume generation

• Execution-mechanic exploitation

• Maintain one profile per individual or legal entity

• Comply with account limits per asset class and account type.

• Futures: maximum 5 Intraday accounts and 5 Swing accounts

• Stocks: maximum 5 Intraday accounts and 5 Swing accounts

• Maximum 20 total accounts per trader

• Match all accounts to verified legal identity

• Avoid third-party trading or credential sharing

• Ensure multiple accounts reflect distinct strategies

PropShopTrader may modify account eligibility standards at its discretion.

• Benchmarks measure structured progression during the Evaluation phase. Once a trader accumulates the required Benchmarks on a single account, and meets longevity, compliance, and risk management standards, they transition to Real Prop consideration

• (Light: 6–8 Benchmarks; Forge: 6 Benchmarks for Move Live eligibility)

All new futures accounts earn automatic sim payouts as benchmarks are reached. No request required.

• Benchmark 1: Compliance review begins (KYC, due diligence). No payout.

• Benchmarks 2 – 6: Automatic payouts issued once compliance review is complete.

• Benchmark 7: Live transition / move to Real Prop. No payout at this benchmark.

• Total max payout: $6,250 (25K Forge) or $12,000 (50K Forge).

• Standard reset only — no benchmark or drawdown preservation on payout accounts.

All new futures accounts earn automatic sim payouts as benchmarks are reached. No request required.

• Benchmark 1: Compliance review begins (KYC, due diligence). No payout.

• Benchmarks 2 – 7: Automatic payouts issued once compliance review is complete.

• Benchmark 8: Live transition / move to Real Prop. No payout at this benchmark.

• Total max payout: $3,000 (25K / 12.5K Swing) or $6,000 (50K / 25K Swing).

• Standard reset only — no benchmark or drawdown preservation on payout accounts.