Funded Trader Survey

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Have you attempted at least one prop firm evaluation (any firm, any asset class)?

Which best describes your current status?

In which year did you last attempt an evaluation or trade a funded account?

How long have you been actively trading (funded or not)?

What is your primary funded/evaluation asset class?

Where are you based?

Is trading your main source of income?

Roughly how many prop firm evaluations have you attempted in total, across all firms?

Roughly what was your total gross income from prop trading in the last 12 months (payouts received, before costs)?

Which firm do you currently (or most recently) hold a funded account or active evaluation with?

If other, which firm?

How many different prop firms have you tried (evaluation or funded)?

What mattered most when you chose your firm? Pick up to 3.

Where did you first hear about your firm?

How likely are you to recommend your firm to another trader? (0 = not at all, 10 = extremely likely)

On which attempt did you first pass an evaluation (any firm)?

How long did it take you to pass your most recent successful evaluation, from starting that attempt?

Roughly how much have you spent on evaluation fees, resets, and activations in total, across all firms, lifetime?

What caused your most recent failed evaluation?

How fair did the evaluation process at your firm feel?

Optional: in one or two sentences, what is the single biggest thing firms get wrong about evaluations? (Free-text answers are never included in the public dataset.)

Have you ever requested a payout from a funded account?

Thinking of your most recent payout request at your firm: what happened?

How long did your most recent completed payout take from request to money received?

What payout method did you use most recently?

How satisfied are you with payouts at your firm overall? (1 = very unsatisfied, 5 = very satisfied)

Before you paid for your most recent evaluation, how well did you understand the rules that could fail you (drawdown type, daily loss, consistency, news)?

Which rule frustrates you most in practice?

Has a firm changed rules that affected you while you held an active evaluation or funded account?

Did the firm communicate the change clearly before it applied?

How would you rate your firm's communication about rules and account status? (1 = very poor, 5 = excellent)

How much do you trust your firm to honor its own published rules and payout terms? (1 = not at all, 5 = completely)

How likely are you to recommend prop trading in general (not a specific firm) to a friend who trades? (0–10)

What is your top concern about the prop firm industry right now? Pick up to 2.

Where do you go first for reliable prop firm information?