Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, CQG, Quantower, R|Trader Pro, ProjectX. Platform comparisons, pricing, and prop firm compatibility.
Every term in this category, alphabetized.
A Rithmic-based futures trading and analytics platform combining the Station workspace, Compass journal, and Polaris AI — traders connect prop firm accounts with firm-issued Rithmic credentials.
A browser-based charting and analysis platform with Pine Script indicators and social features — prop firm traders use it for charts while executing through connected platforms or integrations.
A web and mobile-native futures brokerage and trading platform with simple flat-fee pricing — popular with prop firm traders for its mobile app, server-side bracket orders, and absence of platform-license fees.
Drawdown limits, consistency rules, account breaches, payout policies. The rule mechanics that determine whether you keep your funded account.
Tick values, contract specs, margin, settlement, expiration, rollover. The plumbing of futures markets that prop traders need to understand.
Foundational prop firm terminology: funded account, evaluation, challenge, instant funding, simulated funded.
ES, NQ, MES, MNQ, RTY, YM, CL, GC, NG and every major futures contract: tick value, margin, hours, point value.
Scalping, day trading, swing, news trading, ICT, ORB, mean reversion. Which prop firms allow each strategy.
Activation fees, reset fees, commission structures, platform licensing, data feed costs. The full cost-to-trade picture.
FOMC, NFP, CPI, Powell speeches, OPEC decisions. Scheduled macro events that move ES, NQ, ZN, and CL — and the prop firm news-restriction rules that flag them on funded accounts.
