Built for prop-firm rules, not generic investing math
These tools focus on futures prop workflows: trailing fail lines, daily-loss shutdown rules, contract sizing, payout timing, and firm comparison.
Tool Library
Free Prop Firm Trading Tools for Futures Traders
Use this page as the TradingPlace tool directory. Every tool here is futures-specific, beginner-readable, and connected to the exact guide pages that explain the rule behind the output.
Why this hub is useful
No signup required. Share-link support is built in. Most calculators also generate a pasteable explanation you can drop into Discord, Reddit, chat, or your own notes without retyping the math.
No signup required. Share-link support is built in. Most calculators also generate a pasteable explanation you can drop into Discord, Reddit, chat, or your own notes without retyping the math.
Start with the right tool
Compare
I need to compare firms and current offers
Use PropRadar for side-by-side pricing, payout timing, offer tracking, and rule differences.
Offer tracker
Side-by-side compare
Snapshot-first
Size
I need to size a trade from my risk budget
Turn a stop width and dollar risk budget into a realistic contract cap for ES, MES, NQ, MNQ, GC, MGC, CL, or MCL.
Contract sizing
Preset markets
Share link
Protect
I need to know how close I am to a daily-loss breach
See your shutdown line, daily-loss room, and whether the rule is being tracked on realized-only or realized-plus-unrealized P&L.
Shutdown line
Realized vs net liq
Status readout
All tools
Tool
PropRadar
Current prop-firm comparison tool for offers, payout timing, pricing paths, and firm-specific differences.
Compare firms
Watch promos
Find fit
Calculator
Risk Per Trade Calculator
Convert stop width and dollar risk into a whole-contract size cap with futures presets and micro-contract hints.
ES to MCL presets
Micro hint
Copy explanation
Calculator
Trailing Drawdown Calculator
See the current fail line, rule variant, and room left under capped or uncapped trailing-drawdown rules.
Beginner mode
Visual tracker
Walkthrough
Calculator
Daily Loss Limit Calculator
Track how much daily-loss room is left and whether open P&L matters for your current rule interpretation.
Shutdown line
Daily-loss room
Rule-mode switch
Calculator
Consistency Ratio Calculator
Check the common best-day ratio, required total profit, and whether one oversized winning day is blocking the account.
Manual mode
List mode
Share link
Reference
Rule Cheat Sheet
Printable quick-reference page for the formulas, definitions, and pre-session reminders traders keep nearby.
Printable
Fast skim
Chat-ready
Reference
Glossary
Stable anchors for drawdown, high-water mark, payout caps, reserve buffers, micros versus minis, and more.
A-Z reference
Linkable terms
Beginner-friendly
What makes these tools better
Shareable without cleanup
Calculator states can be turned into direct share links, and the output text is already phrased for Discord, Reddit, chat, or notes.
Beginner-first explanations
Each page explains what the number means, not just how it was calculated, so newer traders can understand the rule before they memorize it.
Connected to deeper guide content
Every calculator has a nearby explainer page. When the output raises a question, the answer is one click away instead of hidden behind a signup flow.
Learn the rule behind the number
Drawdown explained
Best companion to the trailing-drawdown calculator if you still need the concept in plain English.
Daily loss limit guide
Read this when you need the difference between fixed daily limits, reset windows, and soft versus hard outcomes.
Rules and violations
Broader guide to the rulebook traders run into across firms, including close-time, news, and sizing constraints.
TradingPlace daily-limit docs
Product workflow page for how TradingPlace enforces daily-loss protection inside the platform itself.