Open Prop Firm Rules Database

An open, community-maintained database of trading rules across 50+ forex proprietary trading firms. Daily drawdown, max drawdown, profit target, news rule, copy-trade rule, platforms, and more — all in one CSV.

Live spreadsheet: Open in Google Sheets Article + context: hftforexcopier.com/prop-firm-rules-database/

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What this is

Every row is one prop firm. Every column is one rule. Every cell links back to the firm's official source page. Free, open, machine-readable.

The motivation: every trader who funds a prop account spends hours re-reading rule books. Prop firms also change rules quietly. This repo aims to be the single source of truth — community-maintained, source-linked, version-controlled.

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What's in the data

22 columns per firm:

Column	Description
firm_name	Trading name and common alternatives
founded	Year the firm was established
jurisdiction	Country of registration
eval_type	1-step, 2-step, instant funding, scaling plan
account_sizes_usd	Available account sizes (min and max)
profit_target_pct	Percentage gain required per phase
daily_dd	Daily drawdown rule (%, $, static/trailing, reset time)
max_dd	Maximum drawdown rule
min_trading_days	Minimum active days per phase
max_period_days	Maximum days to complete each phase
news_rule	News-trading restriction (window in minutes)
weekend_hold	Weekend position holding allowed?
ea_allowed	Automated trading (EAs) permitted?
copy_trading_allowed	Copy trading / signal following permitted?
hedging_allowed	Hedging permitted?
consistency_rule	Single-day-profit cap (% of total)
profit_split_pct	Trader's share of profit
platforms	MT4, MT5, cTrader, DXtrade, MatchTrader, etc.
payout_policy	Frequency, minimum, method
notes	Edge cases, recent changes, asset-specific rules
source_url	Direct link to the firm's official rule book
last_verified	Date the row was last cross-checked

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Data files

• data/prop-firms.csv — canonical CSV (UTF-8, comma-separated, RFC 4180)
• data/prop-firms.json — JSON mirror (regenerated from CSV on every merge)
• data/prop-firms.md — markdown table (human-readable, regenerated)
• docs/changelog.md — significant rule changes by firm

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How to use

Browse and filter

Easiest path: open the Google Sheet. Use the filter view to narrow by news rule, copy-trading rule, profit split, platform, etc.

Pull programmatically

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HFTArbitrage/prop-firm-rules-database/main/data/prop-firms.csv

Or in Python:

import pandas as pd
url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HFTArbitrage/prop-firm-rules-database/main/data/prop-firms.csv"
df = pd.read_csv(url)

# Filter: firms that allow copy trading and have profit split >= 80%
df[(df["copy_trading_allowed"] == "yes") & (df["profit_split_pct"] >= 80)]

Use in a dashboard

The CSV is stable in column order and naming. Wire it into Looker Studio, Grafana, Metabase, or anything that consumes CSV.

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How to contribute

Two paths — pick whichever fits your workflow.

Option A — GitHub pull request (preferred)

1. Fork the repo
2. Edit data/prop-firms.csv directly, or open the row file in firms/<firm-slug>.yaml if present
3. Update last_verified to today's date
4. Open a PR with a clear description and the source URL for every changed cell

Option B — Google Sheet edit-suggestion

1. Open the Sheet
2. Use Suggesting mode to propose changes
3. We review weekly and merge approved suggestions back into the canonical CSV

Adding a new firm

A new firm needs:

• All 22 columns filled (use unclear if the rule is not documented)
• A source_url for at least: profit target, drawdown rules, news rule, platforms supported, profit split
• The firm must be operating publicly (not private trading desks)
• The firm must offer forex (firms that are pure futures or stocks are out of scope for v1)

Editing an existing firm

• Update only the cells that changed
• Update last_verified to today
• Reference the source URL in the PR / suggestion

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Methodology

Every cell follows three rules:

1. Source-first. Each row links to the firm's own published rule book or terms page. We do not paraphrase from third-party reviews or affiliate sites.
2. Verbatim where possible. Numbers, percentages, and time windows are copied as the firm publishes them.
3. Honest gaps. Rules that are not documented unambiguously get the value unclear with a link to the relevant page.

The data is reviewed weekly. Source URLs are revisited monthly to catch silent rule changes. Significant changes are noted in docs/changelog.md.

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Disclaimer

This database is a research tool and a starting point. Prop firms change rule books without notice. Before opening a position whose outcome depends on a specific rule, always verify with the firm directly.

The maintainers and contributors are not liable for trading decisions made on the basis of this data. The last_verified date and source_url columns exist precisely so users can confirm freshness before relying on a cell.

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License

The dataset is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You may copy, redistribute, and adapt the data — including for commercial purposes — provided you give appropriate attribution and link back to this repository.

The scripts and tooling in this repo (in scripts/, tools/) are licensed under MIT.

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Maintainers

The project was initiated and is maintained by the HFT Forex Copier team. Day-to-day updates are community-driven through pull requests.

For questions: open a GitHub issue, or email support@hftforexcopier.com.

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Scope and what's next

Current scope (v1):

• 50+ forex-focused prop firms
• 22 rule columns
• CSV + JSON + markdown formats
• CC BY 4.0 license

Planned:

• Historical data — track how rule books change over time
• Per-firm pages with full rule-book quotes
• Compatibility matrix: prop firm ↔ trade copier ↔ platform
• API endpoint for programmatic access
• Pure-futures and pure-stock prop firms (separate dataset)

Not in scope:

• Rankings, "best of" lists, or recommendations
• Affiliate links or sponsored entries
• Subjective reviews of firms