The tools prop traders use

The go-to online charts. Several prop firms let you place orders from it directly.

Charts with automated technical analysis: trendlines, patterns and multi-timeframe alerts.

Order book heatmap to see liquidity and large orders in real time.

Order flow platform: clusters, footprint and delta. Accepted by several futures prop firms.

Multi-broker platform with DOM, footprint and volume analysis, connected to Rithmic and other feeds.

Trading journal with analytics, trade replay and automatic imports from most platforms.

Online journal and performance analytics, with an AI coach that spots your repeated mistakes.

Online trading journal since 2011, with a free plan to get started.

Journal built around discipline: tracks emotions, rule-following and the real edge of each setup.

Cloud copier to mirror one account onto several futures prop firm accounts.

Only where copy trading is allowed: 42 firms we track allow it.

Futures copier with per-account risk controls (size, max loss).

Only where copy trading is allowed: 42 firms we track allow it.

Cloud copier across platforms (MT4, MT5, cTrader, Tradovate...), with no PC left running.

Only where copy trading is allowed: 42 firms we track allow it.

Replay the market candle by candle to test a strategy, with a mode that simulates prop firm rules.

Manual backtesting on years of forex history, in the browser.

Lots or contracts to trade to risk an exact amount, on forex, indices, metals and futures.

See how your max loss moves (static, end-of-day, intraday) over a run of trades.

The odds of hitting the max loss before the target, from your win rate and risk per trade.

Windows server near broker servers to run MT4/MT5 and your EAs around the clock.

Low-latency VPS (Chicago, New York, London...), popular with futures traders on NinjaTrader and with copiers.

Entry-level VPS for MT4/MT5, with servers in the main financial hubs.

This week's releases in your time zone, with each prop firm's news rules.

Sydney, Tokyo, London, New York and CME hours, in your time zone.

The economic calendar forex traders follow most, with a forum and news.