Know the firm’s rules better than the firm does.
Most challenges are lost on a rule, not a strategy. In one survey of prop traders, 43% failed on the daily loss limit and 24% on max drawdown; 18% missed the target. Clear your size before you pay the fee.
Rule Clearance
- ClearedProfit target 10%$10,000reached in 79% of runs
- ClearedDaily loss 5%of start-of-day equityended 0% of runs
- At riskMax loss 10%static, floor $90,000ended 8% of runs · most likely to end it
- Tested over 30 trading daysFTMO limit: none, min 4still open after the test in 13%
One rulebook engine, used three ways before you trade and one way after.
Lot size
FreeThe size with the best odds of passing your firm's rules.
The clearance above, plus trailing drawdown, your real trade history and a confidence band on the answer.
Size a challengeRule checker
FreeOne trade, checked against the rulebook before you place it.
Risk per trade, leverage and banned instruments, with the firm's own source linked on every result.
Check a tradeFirm finder
FreeSix questions, then the firms whose rules fit how you trade.
Covers forex and futures firms, including Apex and Topstep.
Find a firmJournal
14-day trialEvery trade you log, graded against your challenge's rules.
A live tracker for distance to target and to each breach, MT5 import, and a review of your week by email every Sunday.
Start the 14-day trial
Five firms, encoded clause by clause.
First evaluation phase shown. Each date links to the firm’s own rules page; each row opens the full encoded rulebook with every source. Futures firms are in the firm finder; their rulebooks are not encoded yet.
| Firm | Target | Daily loss | Max loss | Drawdown | EAs | Rules | Verified | Rulebook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (the firm’s own rules page) | Read rules for FTMO | |||||||
| (the firm’s own rules page) | Read rules for The5ers | |||||||
| (the firm’s own rules page) | Read rules for FundingPips | |||||||
| (the firm’s own rules page) | Read rules for FundedNext | |||||||
| (the firm’s own rules page) | Read rules for Alpha Capital |
One saved challenge fee pays for months of it.
A challenge costs roughly $100 to $500 an attempt. Solo and Pro start with a 14-day free trial. No card required, cancel any time.
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly | What it adds | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SoloFor your first funded account | $29 a month | $279 a year |
| Start free trial |
| ProFor multi-account, multi-firm grinders | $59 a month | $567 a year |
| Start free trial |
| StudioFor prop firms + trading desks | from $199 a month | priced by seats |
| Contact sales |
Questions traders ask first.
What is TradeTrove exactly?
A compliance toolkit and trade journal for prop firm traders. We encode a firm's published rules (FTMO, The5ers, FundingPips, FundedNext and Alpha Capital so far; futures firms aren't encoded yet), check your sizing and trades against them, and tell you which rule you'd break before the firm does. It works the same for manual and algo traders. The rules apply either way.
How is this different from a regular trade journal?
Generic journals (Edgewonk, Tradervue) are firm-agnostic. They log trades and show stats. They don't know that FundingPips bans copy-trading, that FTMO calculates daily DD from end-of-day balance not equity, or that The5ers has unique scaling rules. We encode every rule and check every trade against them. Most journals have 4 generic risk checkboxes; we ship 80+ structured rules across 5 firms with sources and version dates.
I'm a manual trader, not an algo trader. Is this for me?
Yes. The journal, rule checker, challenge tracker, and pre-trade widget all work the same whether your trades come from your eyes and a chart, an EA, or a copied signal. The bot compliance scanner is the only algo-specific piece, and it's a bonus, not the headline.
What if a prop firm changes its rules?
Each rulebook shows a versioned 'as of' date with sources. When a firm publishes a change, the rulebook is updated and your existing journal entries get re-checked against the new rules. You see a notice on affected challenges within 24 hours of the rule change.
Why $29/mo? Other journals are cheaper.
Edgewonk and Tradervue are $15-20 because they're firm-agnostic. They log trades and show stats. They don't know your firm's rules. Challenge retries cost $100-$500. If we catch one rule break per year that you'd have missed, the subscription's paid for itself with months to spare. We don't think we save every single rule trip, but it only has to work once to justify the price.
Are my trades and journal entries stored on your server?
Yes. Your journal entries, challenge data, and account info are stored on our server (encrypted at rest). Bot scans of code you paste are processed in-memory and never written to disk. Public share links carry the scan payload in the URL itself, never our database.
Can I import trade history from my broker?
Yes, by file. Upload a history export from MT4, MT5, cTrader or TradingView (XLSX, CSV or TSV) and every imported trade is graded against your challenge's rules. Automatic broker sync is in development, so for now it's an export and an upload.