{
 "title": "Fine Print Index (futures prop firms)",
 "version": "0.1.0",
 "release_status": "provisional (built from the provisional US Futures Prop Access Ledger)",
 "as_of": "2026-10-16",
 "headline": "Of 22 futures prop firms whose pages we could read, the median states 11.5 of 16 key terms on those pages; 6 of 22 publish their own pass or payout rates.",
 "firms_scored": 22,
 "terms_checked": 16,
 "median_score": 11.5,
 "counts": [
  {
   "term": "evaluation_price",
   "label": "Evaluation price",
   "firms_stating": 17,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "billing",
   "label": "Billing (one-off or monthly)",
   "firms_stating": 16,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "activation_fee",
   "label": "Activation fee",
   "firms_stating": 19,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "reset_fee",
   "label": "Reset fee",
   "firms_stating": 10,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "drawdown_type",
   "label": "Drawdown type",
   "firms_stating": 20,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "consistency_rule",
   "label": "Consistency rule",
   "firms_stating": 17,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "profit_split",
   "label": "Profit split",
   "firms_stating": 18,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "payout_schedule",
   "label": "Payout schedule",
   "firms_stating": 18,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "payout_minimum",
   "label": "Payout minimum",
   "firms_stating": 9,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "payout_method",
   "label": "Payout method",
   "firms_stating": 11,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "platforms",
   "label": "Platforms",
   "firms_stating": 18,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "us_access",
   "label": "US access",
   "firms_stating": 16,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "restricted_countries",
   "label": "Restricted countries",
   "firms_stating": 10,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "corporate_entity",
   "label": "Corporate entity",
   "firms_stating": 16,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "entity_jurisdiction",
   "label": "Entity jurisdiction",
   "firms_stating": 16,
   "firms_scored": 22
  },
  {
   "term": "outcome_stats",
   "label": "Pass or payout rates",
   "firms_stating": 6,
   "firms_scored": 22
  }
 ],
 "firms_not_read": [
  "Funded Futures Network",
  "Tick Tick Trader"
 ],
 "firms_partly_read": [
  "Apex Trader Funding",
  "Take Profit Trader",
  "The Trading Pit (futures)",
  "Tradeify"
 ],
 "method": "Mechanical count over the US Futures Prop Access Ledger. A term is stated if the ledger value is not empty and not 'not stated' or 'not read'. Plan-level terms count if any plan row or the firm-level field states them. Equal weight, 16 terms. Firms not read are left out; partly read firms may be understated.",
 "source": "futures-prop-us.csv",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0"
}