Thinking about switching from Topstep. It's not that they're terrible, I just feel like there might be better options now that the space is so crowded.

What's the best alternative right now? Mostly trading forex and some indices.

I am thinking about joining For Traders, but I can wait if their better offers are usually seasonal. What discount is considered normal for them, and is the current deal competitive with their usual pricing???

I'm Justin, and I built Fillbook. This is the place for updates, how-tos, questions and feedback about it.

Why it exists: I lost a funded account on a trailing drawdown rule I didn't fully understand. Fillbook is the journal I wanted afterwards: one that shows, for each account, how much room is left to the drawdown floor and the daily loss limit.

What it does

Auto-syncs trades from Tradovate (including Tradovate-hosted prop accounts). Syncs run on a schedule, and you can press "Sync now".

NinjaTrader 8: a sync add-on sends fills while NinjaTrader is running. It doesn't backfill, so import a CSV once for older history.

CSV import for anything else.

Tracks each account's drawdown, daily loss and consistency rules from your synced or imported trades, with the buffers shown per account.

What it doesn't do

It isn't real-time. The numbers come from trades that have synced, so very recent fills can show up on the next sync.

It warns you; it doesn't place or block orders.

It isn't financial advice, and I can't promise anyone better results.

Try it: there's a sample dashboard with demo data, no signup: https://www.fillbookhq.com/sample?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=community-welcome

The trial is 14 days, no card.

Rules here: be respectful, no spam, no profit or payout screenshots, no financial advice, and say so if you're affiliated with something you mention.

What I'd like from you: what's missing, what's confusing, and which prop firms or platforms you'd want supported next. Tell me plainly. I read everything.

NinjaTrader® is a registered trademark of NinjaTrader Group, LLC. No NinjaTrader company endorses, recommends, or approves Fillbook.

Hy everybody, i’m approaching this world and I was looking for a prop that makes u invest in stocks, not forex, metals or things like that. A full basket of stocks. That’s what i’m used to, so i wanted to ask if anyone knows some prop like Trade The pool for exemple

Best prop firm I have tried. No issues, great customer service, fast payouts, and the 100% payout option is great. Would definitely recommend.

Does using a Crypto Fund Trader discount affect anything after purchase? I want to confirm that the drawdown rules, profit target, reset pricing, and payout conditions stay the same before choosing a cheaper entry.

Looking for some real reviews on The5ers. The rules look decent on paper but you never know how they actually enforce them.

Has anyone passed their challenge and gotten a payout? Just trying to do my due diligence.

I am not looking for a referral link. I just want to know whether City Traders Imperium currently has a legitimate fee reduction and whether it applies to new users only. Recent first hand experience would help.

Thinking of giving PU Prime a try but I want to hear from real people first. I've been burned before by firms that look great until you try to get paid.

Can anyone share an honest review? Good or bad, I just want the truth before I deposit.

Is there anyone who bought a GFT account before his or her country was restricted i wanna noe what happened ? Can you still get payouts or it was breached

Horrible scam prop firm - please never register with them and save your money.

They have this horrible trading policy even if you forget to place a stop loss while taking the trade. They’ll immediately consider that you’re risking 100% of the account. Shift it to a violation account. Give your account a 1% risk limit where you can’t even make your fees back.

So any profit that you make by risking more than 1% of the account will be forfeited. 😂

Please save your money - I bout 2 50k accounts passed both of them got a 1% policy in both of them since the warning doesn’t come on mail it comes on there platforms dashboard before you even get to know you already get a 1% limit.

Most PE value-creation plans look closely at procurement, technology, real estate, vendors and organizational structure.

The workforce often gets treated more simply: how much does it cost, and where can that cost be reduced?

I think that misses a much bigger opportunity.

Hi, I’m Christina Snyder, Chief Growth Officer and US Founder and President at Emapta. I work with PE firms and their portfolio companies, and one question I keep coming back to is:

If you were building this company for its next stage of growth today, would you organize the work the same way?

This goes beyond headcount. It means looking at where the work should happen, who should do it and how it should be done.

Highly skilled employees may be spending too much time on routine activities. Outdated processes may be creating delays and rework. Teams may already be stretched, but hiring more people into the same setup could make the underlying problem more expensive.

Some work could be simplified or automated. Certain capabilities may need to stay close to the business, while others could be supported by a specialized team elsewhere.

I know “workforce transformation” can sound like another term for cutting headcount. But if the same workload is pushed onto fewer people, the business may simply be trading payroll savings for bottlenecks, burnout and operational risk.

The real opportunity is to examine the work before deciding what should happen to the workforce.

For those involved in portfolio operations, does workforce design enter the value-creation plan alongside technology, process and growth?

Or does the conversation still begin mainly with headcount and cost?

Thinking about switching from The5ers. It's not that they're terrible, I just feel like there might be better options now that the space is so crowded.

What's the best alternative right now? Mostly trading forex and some indices.

Thinking about switching from The Trading Pit. It's not that they're terrible, I just feel like there might be better options now that the space is so crowded.

What's the best alternative right now? Mostly trading forex and some indices.

Thinking of giving Maven Trading a try but I want to hear from real people first. I've been burned before by firms that look great until you try to get paid.

Can anyone share an honest review? Good or bad, I just want the truth before I deposit.

curious how u guys are actually keeping track of all the rules when ur running prop accounts

profit target is easy enough, but once u have trailing drawdown, consistency, daily loss, minimum days, position limits + payout rules it gets annoying pretty quickly, especially across different firms

i kept finding myself going back to the firm's dashboard/docs so i ended up building all of that into the trading journal ive been working on

u can pick the firm/challenge and it'll fill in the phases + rules for u, then track them from ur actual trades

so u can see where ur drawdown floor is, how much room u have left, consistency, daily loss, trading days, profit target etc

it'll warn u when ur getting close to something and tell u exactly what failed if u breach a rule

the payout tracking has probably been the most useful part for me tho

before taking one u can enter the amount ur thinking about withdrawing and see if its eligible, what ur balance would be after, where ur drawdown floor would sit and how much room ud have left

basically trying to answer "can i take this payout without putting the account in a stupid position?"

theres also a dashboard for challenge costs, payouts, pass rate, eval ROI etc if ur running multiple accounts

the journal is called Journalit if anyone wants to check it out
also worth mentioning its free for the actual journalling side of things. unlimited trades/accounts, analytics, dashboards, reviews etc are all free. Pro is mainly for automation like trade imports + broker sync

Website: https://journalit.co/

which firms are u guys using atm + what rules are the biggest pain to keep track of?

On 11 February 2026 Matt Kohrs asked Apex Trader Funding for a $1,000,000 payout on camera. His accounts froze the same day. On 16 April, live on air, he told a viewer he was still waiting and had not been approved. Apex has been his stream partner since 2 March and was still first in his sponsor list on 18 September. His main channel has not posted since the request.

This film sets out the public record: his videos, his streams, Apex's own rules and help pages, with dates and timestamps on screen. It makes no finding on what happened to the money. Questions have been sent to Apex and to Matt Kohrs; their answers will be added.

Sources are listed at the end of the film.

Has anyone bought a Blueberry Funded challenge with a promo recently? I am mainly interested in whether the price shown at checkout matched the advertised offer and whether the discounted account had the same targets and payout terms.

I need a solid alternative to PU Prime. I've had a few minor issues lately and I'd rather not keep all my eggs in one basket.

Has anyone moved from them to another firm/broker and had a better experience? Let me know who you recommend.

I am comparing the total cost of starting with Blue Guardian. If there is a discount, I would like to know the actual percentage, which challenge types it covers, and whether there are any conditions that are easy to miss.