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A prop account is ended by the firm’s numbers, not your journal’s. The best trading journal for prop firms keeps those numbers labeled as the firm’s, and puts your fills beside them so you can see the room before the firm does.
Every firm draws a hard line and a soft one. The max loss is hard: touch it and the evaluation or funded account is gone. A daily loss limit is usually soft: trading stops for the day and the account stays. The two move differently. An end-of-day trail resets from the close. An intraday trail follows the highest balance, open profit included. A journal that treats them as one distance will show room you do not have.
A 50K at one firm is not a 50K at another. On Apex’s new end-of-day account there is a $1,000 soft daily limit. On Apex’s new intraday account there is none, and the trail follows unrealized highs. Lucid’s $1,200 daily limit is optional at checkout. Topstep’s daily limit is a checkout choice too, and hitting it flattens you until the next session. Take Profit Trader trails end of day in the Test and intraday once you are on PRO. Each rules guide below lists the plan, the size, and the source.
Does it roll the CME session at 5:00 PM Chicago, so a Sunday evening fill lands on Monday? Does it take fees out before it shows the net? Can it hold several eval and funded accounts on one price? Does it say which numbers are the firm’s and which are its own arithmetic? Tiedbook answers yes to each, and it is a futures file import, not a broker sync. The only live connection is an optional read-only TopstepX key that cannot place an order.
TradeZella lists 500+ brokers and prop firms and a PropFirm Sync feature, and every plan includes market backtesting. Its Essential plan is $35 a month for one account. TraderSync lists over 700 brokers and faster market replay. Its Pro plan is $29.95 a month for 5 accounts. Prices were read on each company’s pricing page on Oct 27, 2026. Tiedbook is $29 a month or $249 a year with unlimited accounts, a 7-day trial that requires a card, and no market replay or backtester.
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| What to check | Why it matters on a prop account | Tiedbook |
|---|---|---|
| Drawdown type | EOD and intraday trails move differently | Labeled per firm and plan, from the firm’s page |
| Daily loss limit | Soft at most firms, optional at some | Shown with the breach type |
| Consistency | Can block a payout without failing you | Ratio from your own trades |
| Many accounts | Evals, funded, and copies add up | Unlimited on one plan |
| Session day | Firms count the CME session | Rolls at 5:00 PM Chicago |
| Import | The firm’s dashboard is the record | Futures CSV, or the read-only TopstepX key |
No. If you want broker sync across hundreds of brokers or a market backtester, TradeZella or TraderSync does more of that. Tiedbook is for futures prop accounts where the firm’s rules and the statement decide the day.
No. It shows room and blockers from the trades you imported. The firm enforces its rules on its own platform, and its dashboard wins if the two disagree.
The calculators, the firm rules guides, and Free Fee Check are free. The hosted journal is a 7-day trial that requires a card, then $29 a month or $249 a year.
Unlimited accounts. Cancel in Settings before a renewal. The October sample book is labeled sample data.