PropChamps is independent research on futures prop trading firms. Every firm we cover is audited every Monday. Here's exactly what we check, how we rank, and how affiliate revenue works.
Each firm we cover goes through the same five-step audit at the start of every week. If something changed, we publish the diff within 72 hours.
The firm's rules page is captured and compared against last week's snapshot. Anything that changed — payouts, drawdowns, news restrictions, consistency requirements — is flagged.
The CHAMP discount code is tested at checkout on every account size the firm offers. If a code fails for any tier, it's removed from the deals page within 24 hours.
A curated set of Discord and Reddit threads is monitored for active-trader reports — payout delays, support issues, surprise rule enforcement. Patterns get logged with sources.
Account-size pricing, profit splits, drawdown amounts, and platform fees are pulled fresh. Any updates propagate to the firm card, comparison matrix, and full review automatically.
Rule diffs get dated entries on the firm's changelog and a one-line summary on its firm card. Material changes (new program, payout method change) get a full revision note.
Our weekly rank is a composite score across four weighted criteria. Affiliate revenue is not one of them. Firms cannot pay to move up.
30 + 30 + 20 + 20 = 100. Each firm gets a score 0–100. The rank you see is sorted on that score.
How clearly the firm publishes its drawdown method, payout cadence, consistency rules, and news restrictions. Hidden rules drop the score.
Trader-reported payout speed against the firm's published cadence. Delays without communication drop the score.
How much the active CHAMP discount actually saves a trader on the most-purchased account sizes. Verified weekly at checkout.
Number of paths to live capital (one-day pass, evaluation, instant funding) and how clearly each path is differentiated.
PropChamps started because picking a futures prop firm means comparing dozens of rules across firms whose terms change without warning. The existing comparison sites we tried were either out of date by the time we used them, or read like affiliate funnels rather than research.
Our goal: build the reference traders open when they want to know what's actually true about a firm this week. We track rules, drawdowns, payouts, and promo codes — and we publish what changes.
Find an error, or a firm we should be covering? Email hello@propchamps.net.
The questions traders ask most about how we run the audit, rank firms, and handle affiliate revenue.
PropChamps earns commission when readers click an affiliate link on this site and sign up with a firm. The CHAMP discount code is itself an affiliate code — using it gets you a discount, and the firm credits us a percentage of your purchase. Standard arrangement for comparison sites.
What affiliate revenue does not do:
If a firm pays us more, it doesn't move up. If a firm pays us nothing, it doesn't move down. The CHAMP code is a real discount and we earn from it — that's the entire financial relationship.
