The bench
The tools around the trade: charting, data, journals, tax, copiers. Handpicked on one rule - we only list what we would use ourselves - and labeled honestly.
Some links are affiliate links; they fund the platform and never decide what is listed. Suggestions are reviewed, not guaranteed inclusion.
Charting & analysis
7 toolsTradingView
TradingView: Charting and analysis tool selected for serious funded traders.
NinjaTrader
NinjaTrader: Charting and analysis tool selected for serious funded traders.
Bookmap
Bookmap: Charting and analysis tool selected for serious funded traders.
Sierra Chart
Sierra Chart: Charting and analysis tool selected for serious funded traders.
Quantower
Quantower: Charting and analysis tool selected for serious funded traders.
ATAS
ATAS: Charting and analysis tool selected for serious funded traders.
DeepCharts
DeepCharts: Charting and analysis tool selected for serious funded traders.
Market data
3 feedsDatabento
Databento: Market data feed or brokerage layer for futures traders who need reliable prices.
Rithmic
Rithmic: Market data feed or brokerage layer for futures traders who need reliable prices.
Interactive Brokers
Interactive Brokers: Market data feed or brokerage layer for futures traders who need reliable prices.
Journals & utilities
4 toolsEdgewonk
Edgewonk: Journal or execution utility selected for tracking, reviewing and improving a trading process.
TraderSync
TraderSync: Journal or execution utility selected for tracking, reviewing and improving a trading process.
Jigsaw Trading
Jigsaw Trading: Journal or execution utility selected for tracking, reviewing and improving a trading process.
TradeScorer Forge
TradeScorer Forge: Journal or execution utility selected for tracking, reviewing and improving a trading process.
Risk & position sizing
3 toolsDrawdown Visualizer
Drawdown Visualizer: In-house risk tool for understanding sizing, costs and payouts before buying an evaluation.
Payout Simulator
Payout Simulator: In-house risk tool for understanding sizing, costs and payouts before buying an evaluation.
Cost to Fund
Cost to Fund: In-house risk tool for understanding sizing, costs and payouts before buying an evaluation.
Trade copiers
4 toolsTradeSyncer
TradeSyncer: Trade copier or multi-account utility; read each firm rulebook before using it.
ETP
ETP: Trade copier or multi-account utility; read each firm rulebook before using it.
Tradecopia
Tradecopia: Trade copier or multi-account utility; read each firm rulebook before using it.
TradersConnect
TradersConnect: Trade copier or multi-account utility; read each firm rulebook before using it.
Before copying across firms, read each rulebook: several firms restrict or prohibit copy trading across providers - a copier can pass an evaluation and forfeit a payout.
Tax & accounting
3 toolsTradeLog
TradeLog: Tax or accounting tool for organizing trading records before speaking with a professional.
Koinly
Koinly: Tax or accounting tool for organizing trading records before speaking with a professional.
CoinTracker
CoinTracker: Tax or accounting tool for organizing trading records before speaking with a professional.
Tax treatment of prop firm payouts varies by country and by how the firm pays you. These tools organize your records; they do not replace a professional for your jurisdiction.
Education
3 sourcesPropScorer Academy
PropScorer Academy: Education source selected for trader development and prop firm rule literacy.
SMB Capital
SMB Capital: Education source selected for trader development and prop firm rule literacy.
Warrior Trading
Warrior Trading: Education source selected for trader development and prop firm rule literacy.
Know a tool that belongs here? If you use something every funded trader should know about, tell us. Every suggestion is reviewed against one question: would we use it ourselves?
Suggest a resourceAffiliate links are labeled and use sponsored link attributes. In-house tools are labeled as PropScorer or TradeScorer products. Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss.