PropBench Score v1.0 Methodology

The PropBench Score summarizes how good a plan is for the trader in one number from 0 to 100. It combines five parts with equal weight: Cost, Speed, Payouts, Rules and Stability. Every part is plain math on the firm's published rules: no simulation is scored, so anyone can check a plan's numbers with the firm's pages and a calculator. Each part is ranked against the other plans of the same account size in the same market category, so a 50K futures plan is only ever compared with other 50K futures plans.

We publish every part on the leaderboard next to the score, so you can weigh them your own way.

Each part is turned into a percentile rank within the group, then the ranks are weighted and summed.

Cost is the price of one try divided by the coin flip odds of reaching the first payout. A trader with no edge reaches a profit of d before losing a static drawdown of D with chance D ÷ (D + d). An intraday trailing drawdown follows the running peak, which gives e^{−d ÷ D} until the floor locks; an end of day trailing drawdown only moves on closing balances, so it counts halfway between the two. A daily loss limit that ends the account counts as a tighter drawdown, halfway between the limit and the max drawdown. We multiply the odds across every evaluation step and the funded account's profit needed before the first payout (at least 2% of the account). An evaluation try costs the price plus the activation fee when you pass; an instant try costs the price, and a blown account means buying again, so both plan types are measured the same way. Speed and Payouts follow a steady trader who makes 0.4% of the account every trading day ($200 on 50K) and never loses: Speed is the trading days from purchase to the first payout (targets, minimum days and consistency rules apply), Payouts is what that trader keeps from 3 months of funded trading after the buffer, profit goals, winning days, payout cycle, cap, share of profit, split and fees. Rules is a published checklist of trading restrictions (below). Stability counts the nerfs of real importance at the firm in the last 12 months; our own tracking started October 25, 2026 and earlier history comes from the Internet Archive, so for now this part separates few plans. Each rule counts once. Cost to Funded, Room and the stress tests are shown on plan pages to help you read a plan, but they are not scored. A group with a single plan scores 50.

Rules is a plain checklist of the restrictions a trader has to live with. It reads the published rules directly, with no simulation, so anyone can check a plan's points against the firm's own pages. Every plan page lists the rules that apply and their points. Fewer points rank better.

Rules covers trading restrictions only. The drawdown type and daily loss limits that end the account are priced into the odds behind Cost, and payout rules (buffers, profit goals, winning days, caps, fees) are measured in money by Payouts and Speed, so none of them are on this list.

• Scores are relative. A score of 80 means better than most plans of that size today, not “good” in absolute terms.
• Discounts count only once they have lasted at least 14 days, so a one day promo never changes a ranking. First month only codes can make a monthly plan look cheaper than it is over several months; the price history chart shows the full picture.
• Rules we could not confirm from a public page are listed on the plan page and flagged.