They're lost on arithmetic nobody tracks in real time. Prop Pass Pro puts your drawdown floor, consistency cap, daily loss limit, and maximum contract size on the chart — and blocks the trade when the math says you can't afford it.
Trailing drawdown rises with every new high and never comes back down. Your cushion isn't the number your firm advertised — it's your balance minus a floor that keeps climbing. Prop Pass Pro shows the live floor and what's left, in dollars and in points at your contract size.
Several firms switch from end-of-day trailing during evaluation to intraday trailing once funded. Same trader, same habits, brand new failure mode. Prop Pass Pro switches its math when you switch phase, and labels which model is active.
Hit your target and still get blocked, because one day was too large a share of total profit. It's pure algebra and almost nobody runs it live. Prop Pass Pro calculates your ceiling for today and updates it as total profit grows.
Read the right column before you buy. If any of it is a dealbreaker, don't — all sales are final.
| Firm | Drawdown model | Consistency | Phase switch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Take Profit Trader | End-of-day → intraday when funded | 50% of total profit | Yes — handled |
| Apex Trader Funding | End-of-day or intraday, by product | 50% on performance accounts | Yes — handled |
| Topstep | Trailing max loss | 50% during combine | Yes — handled |
| TradeDay | Varies by program | % of profit target | Yes — handled |
| Custom | You define it | You define it | You define it |
Presets are convenience defaults carrying a verification date. Prop firms revise terms frequently — Apex rewrote its ruleset in March 2026 and TradeDay rebuilt its product in May 2026. Always confirm against your own account.
Prop Pass Pro includes an optional signal engine for index futures built on displacement, market structure, relative volume, volume delta, and cross-index confirmation. It is restricted by default to the one timeframe we've collected a sample on, and the dashboard labels any other timeframe as untested.
We are not publishing a profit factor or a win rate for it, because the sample we have was arrived at after comparing multiple configurations — which biases any number upward. It is under forward testing now. If it earns a claim, you'll see the claim and the sample size behind it. Until then you get the tool and no number.
Every copy ships with Signal Lab enabled so you can collect your own sample on your own instrument and decide for yourself. Buy this for the risk engine. The signals are along for the ride.