How the guides are organised
The prop firm guides follow the order in which a trader meets the rules. Start with how the loss limit is defined, then how payouts change the buffer, then costs and due diligence. Each guide cites official rule pages with a checked date and states what is still unknown. They explain mechanics; they do not rank firms or promise outcomes.
Risk first
Static and trailing drawdown, intraday equity breaches and the payout buffer decide whether a strategy survives a rulebook. Read static versus trailing drawdown and intraday equity breaches before comparing any percentage. Then test the numbers with the drawdown and position-size tools.
Money and trust
Fees, resets, refunds and country eligibility change often and differ by product version and purchase date. The guides on fees, refunds, payout verification and eligibility show which questions to ask and which documents to keep, because a rule you cannot date is a rule you cannot rely on.
Strategy fit
A rulebook suits some strategies and punishes others. The guides on mapping a strategy to rules, overfitting and evaluation versus live capital connect the prop-firm rules to QuantProp research methods, so the question becomes whether your trade history, with its real costs, would have stayed inside the limits.
Where to compare firms
Firm-level facts live in the firm comparison hub and the seven reviews. The guides stay general so that they age slowly, while the reviews carry dated product terms. Verified facts are as of the dates shown on each page.
How the guides connect to the reviews
Each guide links to the firm reviews and comparisons that use its ideas. A guide explains a mechanism, such as a trailing floor or a consistency cap, and the reviews show the figures read from official pages on 2026-10-28. Read a guide first if a term is new, then open the matching review to see the numbers.
Revision log
2026-10-28: created as the index of the guides so that every guide has a parent page; written for the site, not taken from the pack. Guide descriptions follow the pack dated 2026-10-27. 2026-10-28: Added a short section on how the guides connect to the firm reviews so that the index meets the editorial length target. The guide list is unchanged.
Frequently asked questions
Are these prop firm guides financial advice?
No. They are educational explanations of published rules, written without a commercial relationship with the firms. They do not tell you to buy an evaluation, and they cannot promise that any strategy will pass.
How current is the information?
Each guide cites official pages with the date they were checked. Terms change by product version and purchase date, so confirm the current rule on the firm page and keep a dated copy before paying for anything.
Which guide should a beginner read first?
Start with the guide on static versus trailing drawdown, because the way the loss limit moves decides most failed evaluations, then read the payout buffer guide before looking at any reward split.