{ "_generated_by": "tools/build-prop-firm-rules-statistics.js — every block computed from rules/**, rules/freshness.json and research/rule-volatility-data.json; zero hand-typed figures.", "_data_boundary": "Structural/categorical counts and derived ratios only — no firm named, no firm ranked, no pass rate or outcome probability published.", "_license": "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ — attribute PropSurvival and link https://propsurvival.com/research/prop-firm-rules-statistics", "_reproduce": "node tools/build-prop-firm-rules-statistics.js --check", "generated_at": "2026-09-27", "published": "2026-09-23", "corpus": { "firm_rule_set_count": 60, "account_size_configuration_count": 247, "coverage_date": "2026-07-16", "last_re_read": "2026-09-27", "corpus_hash": "d4f88249a5341090bfa137b0defd09ca4c314b2a8082ba31ac254de7418df7f6" }, "method": { "summary": "Computed with the PropSurvival strategy-survival engine corpus (seeded, reproducible).", "page": "https://propsurvival.com/research-methodology" }, "rule_volatility_source": { "dated": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://propsurvival.com/research/rule-volatility" }, "blocks": [ { "id": 1, "key": "drawdown_type_mix", "title": "Drawdown-type mix", "n": 247, "computed": "Counted from phases[0].max_drawdown.type across 247 account-size configurations in the live corpus; phases[0] is the first modeled phase, including direct-funded accounts.", "headline": "In the first modeled phase, 160 of 247 configs (64.8%) encode a trailing drawdown floor; 87 (35.2%) encode a static floor. These are recorded model types, including source approximations.", "corpus_date": "2026-07-16", "data": { "trailing": 160, "static": 87, "denominator": 247 } }, { "id": 2, "key": "lock_share", "title": "Recorded trailing-floor lock settings", "n": 160, "computed": "Counted from phases[0].max_drawdown.locks across the 160 trailing-floor configs; non-null settings record the modeled lock level (at, value). All percentages use the full trailing-floor denominator.", "headline": "In the first modeled phase, 97 of 160 trailing-floor configs (60.6%) have a lock setting recorded; 63 (39.4%) have no lock recorded. Of all trailing-floor configs: 73 (45.6%) record a lock at the starting balance; 24 (15.0%) record a lock above it. No lock recorded does not establish that a floor never locks; modeled settings can retain platform-specific source approximations. Excluded: 87 static-floor configs and 0 with another or unrecorded type.", "corpus_date": "2026-07-16", "data": { "lock_recorded": 97, "no_lock_recorded": 63, "locks_at_start": 73, "locks_above_start": 24, "locks_other": 0, "denominator": 160, "static_excluded": 87, "other_type_excluded": 0 } }, { "id": 3, "key": "basis_split", "title": "Recorded drawdown reference basis", "n": 244, "computed": "Counted from phases[0].max_drawdown.basis across the 244 of 247 configs that record it. This is the stored reference/ratchet category, not the breach-monitoring schedule.", "headline": "Among 244 configs with a recorded drawdown reference basis in the first modeled phase: end-of-day balance 110 (45.1%), intraday equity 112 (45.9%), and closed-trade balance 22 (9.0%). These reference/ratchet categories do not establish when breaches are monitored.", "corpus_date": "2026-07-16", "data": { "balance_eod": 110, "equity_intraday": 112, "balance_closed_trade": 22, "not_recorded": 3, "denominator": 244 } }, { "id": 4, "key": "daily_loss_cap_distribution", "title": "Recorded daily-loss percentage distribution", "n": 247, "computed": "Bucketed from phases[0].daily_loss.amount_pct across 247 configs. Explicit 0% is separate from missing data; a positive amount_abs without a positive percentage is counted separately. Positive percentages retain their own amount_basis and optional settings; no base conversion is performed.", "headline": "Recorded daily-loss values in the first modeled phase: 0% encoded 86 (34.8%); > 0–2% 29 (11.7%); > 2–3% 55 (22.3%); > 3–4% 42 (17.0%); > 4–5% 30 (12.1%); above 5% 5 (2.0%). Absolute cap without a positive percentage: 0; no percentage or positive absolute cap recorded: 0 (all percentages use n=247). Source-specific percentage bases and optional caps are retained, so these are not uniform mandatory limits; missing values do not establish no limit.", "corpus_date": "2026-07-16", "data": { "zero_recorded": 86, "le2": 29, "b2_3": 55, "b3_4": 42, "b4_5": 30, "gt5": 5, "absolute_only": 0, "not_recorded": 0, "positive_pct_basis_counts": { "day_start_balance": 94, "initial": 67 }, "optional_positive_pct": 3, "denominator": 247 } }, { "id": 5, "key": "consistency_rule_share_and_thresholds", "title": "Encoded consistency items + normalized thresholds", "n": 247, "computed": "Item presence counted from phases[0].consistency across 247 configs; thresholds are .limit values on items normalized as best_day_pct_of_total_profit. Threshold and other-metric counts count items, not distinct configs. Source profit denominators and enforcement stages can differ despite the shared normalized metric.", "headline": "63 of 247 configs (25.5%) have a consistency item encoded in the first modeled phase; 184 (74.5%) have no item encoded, which does not establish absence of a real-world rule. Among 60 items with the normalized best-day metric, recorded thresholds range 20%–55%, most commonly 40% (16 items) and 50% (13 items). A further 3 items use another normalized metric. These stored thresholds do not establish a shared source profit denominator or real-world enforcement stage.", "corpus_date": "2026-07-16", "data": { "item_encoded": 63, "no_item_encoded": 184, "normalized_best_day_item_n": 60, "normalized_best_day_limit_counts": { "20": 4, "30": 7, "33": 5, "34": 3, "35": 4, "40": 16, "50": 13, "55": 8 }, "other_item_n": 3, "denominator": 247 } }, { "id": 6, "key": "payout_cycle_distribution", "title": "Recorded payout-cycle day values", "n": 247, "computed": "Numeric buckets of payout.cycle_days across 247 configs. Null means no scalar cycle value recorded, including conditional choices or on-request arrangements; it does not establish an unknown payout policy.", "headline": "≤ 2 recorded days: 16 (6.5%). 3–9 recorded days: 42 (17.0%). 10–16 recorded days: 43 (17.4%). 17–35 recorded days: 11 (4.5%). > 35 recorded days: 0 (0.0%). No scalar cycle value recorded: 135 (54.7%). Source units include calendar, business, trading or qualifying days and conditions differ; these stored values cannot establish a uniform calendar payout cadence.", "corpus_date": "2026-07-16", "data": { "le2": 16, "b3_9": 42, "b10_16": 43, "b17_35": 11, "gt35": 0, "no_scalar_recorded": 135, "denominator": 247 } }, { "id": 7, "key": "min_trading_day_distribution", "title": "Minimum-trading-day distribution", "n": 247, "computed": "Counted from phases[0].min_trading_days across 247 configs, including direct-funded first phases; explicit zero is separate from an unrecorded value.", "headline": "Recorded minimum trading days in the first modeled phase: 0 days: 135 (54.7%); 1 day: 24 (9.7%); 2 days: 3 (1.2%); 3 days: 47 (19.0%); 4 days: 3 (1.2%); 5 days: 18 (7.3%); 10 days: 11 (4.5%); not recorded: 6 (2.4%).", "corpus_date": "2026-07-16", "data": { "0": 135, "1": 24, "2": 3, "3": 47, "4": 3, "5": 18, "10": 11, "not_recorded": 6, "denominator": 247 } }, { "id": 8, "key": "price_per_dollar_of_buffer", "title": "Recorded initial fee per $1 of initial modeled drawdown allowance", "n": 63, "computed": "Ratio of pricing.initial_fee to phases[0].max_drawdown.amount_abs, across the 63 of 247 configs where the fee and a positive initial modeled allowance are recorded; 184 excluded.", "headline": "Recorded initial fee per $1 of initial modeled drawdown allowance ranges 5.0¢–70.4¢, median 9.9¢ (n=63; 184 configs excluded). This uses the first modeled phase, including direct-funded plans; an initial fee is not necessarily an evaluation fee or a total lifetime cost.", "corpus_date": "2026-07-16", "data": { "denominator": 63, "excluded": 184, "min_ratio": 0.0495, "median_ratio": 0.099, "max_ratio": 0.704 } }, { "id": 9, "key": "rule_change_rate", "title": "Rule-change rate", "n": 60, "computed": "Read from research/rule-volatility-data.json findings (its own generator, its own dated snapshot) — canonical value-change and firm-rule-set counts, never recomputed here; rule sets are not a count of unique operators.", "headline": "11 canonical rule-value changes recorded across 60 firm rule sets, per the rule-volatility study dated 2026-09-11 (10 of 60 firm rule sets, 16.7%, show at least one; 0.058 value changes per raw touch).", "corpus_date": "2026-09-11", "data": { "total_value_changes": 11, "firm_count": 60, "firms_with_value_changes": 10, "firms_with_value_changes_pct": 16.7, "value_change_per_raw_touch": 0.058, "source_dated": "2026-09-11" } }, { "id": 10, "key": "disconfirmation_signal_count", "title": "Recheck disconfirmation signal", "n": 60, "computed": "Read live from rules/freshness.json (dated 2026-10-15): a firm rule set is counted when its most recent recheck could not re-locate the previously-cited source sentence (last_disconfirmed set).", "headline": "41 of 60 firm rule sets (68.3%) carry a recheck signal that the last-cited source sentence could not be re-located (reasons: cited sentence no longer found: 21, page moved: 14, page gone: 4, site moved: 2). This is a source-stability signal, not a confirmed rule-value change — compare block 9’s 11 confirmed value changes across 10 firm rule sets. A disconfirmation prompts a re-read; it does not by itself mean the rule moved.", "corpus_date": "2026-10-15", "data": { "disconfirmed": 41, "denominator": 60, "reasons": { "cited_sentence_gone": 21, "path_moved": 14, "host_moved": 2, "dead": 4 } } }, { "id": 11, "key": "corpus_size", "title": "Corpus size", "n": 60, "computed": "Read from tools/corpus-sync.js computeCorpus(): firm-rule-set and account-size-configuration counts (not unique operators), plus the coverage-date guarantee (the oldest per-firm re-read anchor) and the most recent re-read.", "headline": "60 firm rule sets across 247 account-size configurations. Coverage date 2026-07-16 (every rule set re-read at least this recently); most recent re-read 2026-09-27.", "corpus_date": "2026-07-16", "data": { "firm_count": 60, "rule_set_count": 247, "coverage_date": "2026-07-16", "most_recent_re_read": "2026-09-27" } }, { "id": 12, "key": "recheck_cadence", "title": "Gaps between recorded recheck entries", "n": 203, "computed": "Gaps in days between consecutive dated entries in each config’s own rechecks[] history, pooled across the 203 of 247 configs with 2+ dated rechecks.", "headline": "Median 30 days between recorded recheck entries on the same config (n=352 gap observations from 203 configs); range 1–74 days. Entries may be scoped rechecks and do not establish whole-plan verification cadence.", "corpus_date": "2026-07-16", "data": { "configs_with_multi_recheck": 203, "gap_observations": 352, "median_days": 30, "min_days": 1, "max_days": 74 } } ] }