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Fine Print

Prop firm rules, prices and account terms. Tracked daily.

Human-approved pricing, account configuration, FAQ and trading-rule changes, with the exact changed text preserved.

How does Capital Critic track prop firm rule changes?

Fine Print is a changelog of the terms prop firms publish and then revise. Every firm we monitor has its public pages — pricing, account specifications, trading rules and help-centre answers — re-crawled daily and stored as an immutable version. When a page changes, the new version is compared against the previous one and the changed text is extracted.

A change is only published after a person reviews it. Detection decides what to look at; a human decides what is worth telling traders and writes the summary line. Page moves, retitles and marketing copy are recorded but never published.

Every published entry keeps the exact wording from before and after the change, the date it was detected, and a link to the firm's own page. Capital Critic monitors 43 prop firms and has published 243 changes since .

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The changelog

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Topstep · Topstep Pricing and Payment Questions | Topstep Help Center

Topstep adds a 20% first-purchase discount

Affiliate codes now give 20% off the first purchase on new purchases.

  • Affiliate code discountGood for traders

    Added
    20% off first purchase
Futures
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Added:Affiliate Codes What is Topstep’s affiliate program? Topstep partners with a select group of creators, some of whom have an affiliate code to share with their community. When someone purchases with Topstep for the first time using an affiliate code, they save 20%. What is the affiliate code offer? 20% off your first Topstep purchase (Trading Combine, Topste…
Removed:Express Funded Account™ Activation
Added:Getting Started with the Topstep Dashboard

Topstep · Revenge of the $3K Slasher Challenge

Topstep adds contract limits to Revenge of the $3K Slasher Challenge

The challenge now lists contract limits, including a 1-lot limit for specified products during Tier 1 News Events.

  • Slasher Challenge limits

    Added
    Listed contract limits, including 1 lot for specified products during Tier 1 News Events
Futures
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Added:###
Added:(Expand to learn more)
Removed:SL
Added:SI
Added:In the Return of the $3K Undead Challenge, MCL and MGC are limited to 31 lots. CL, GC, HO, QM, and RB are limited to 3 lots. MHG and SIL are limited to 2 lots. HG, PL, and SI are 0. During Tier 1 News Events, MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K, M6A, M6B, M6E, MNG, MCL, MGC, MBT, MET, MHG, and SIL are limited to 3 lots. - In the Revenge of the $3K Slasher Challenge, MCL and…
Removed:AskTopstep
Added:Topstep
Removed:7:25
Removed:AM
Removed:CT
Added:5
Added:minutes
Added:before
Added:the news event
Added:(NFP/Unemployment Rate)

Topstep · XFA

Topstep adds XFA news-trading limits

The $50K XFA is now limited to $20,000 margin and 1 micro during news; equity minis are blocked.

  • 50K XFA news limits$50K

    Added
    $20,000 margin; 1 max micro; equity minis blocked; capped at 1 micro
Futures
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Added:###
Added:(Expand to learn more)
Removed:SL
Added:SI
Added:In the Return of the $3K Undead Challenge, MCL and MGC are limited to 31 lots. CL, GC, HO, QM, and RB are limited to 3 lots. MHG and SIL are limited to 2 lots. HG, PL, and SI are 0. During Tier 1 News Events, MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K, M6A, M6B, M6E, MNG, MCL, MGC, MBT, MET, MHG, and SIL are limited to 3 lots. - In the Revenge of the $3K Slasher Challenge, MCL and…
Removed:AskTopstep
Added:Topstep
Removed:7:25
Removed:AM
Removed:CT
Added:5
Added:minutes
Added:before
Added:the news event
Added:(NFP/Unemployment Rate)

Topstep · Trading Combine (No Activation Fee)

Topstep changes No Activation Fee Trading Combine RTP treatment

RTP account treatment now covers Standard and No Activation Fee Trading Combines, up from Standard Trading Combines only. The change applies to existing accounts.

  • RTP account treatmentevaluation

    Before
    Standard Trading Combines
    After
    Standard and No Activation Fee Trading Combines
Futures
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Removed:Any Standard Trading Combine subscription started before RTP placement will remain as a Standard Trading Combine. If passed, it may be activated as either a Standard XFA or Consistency XFA.
Added:Any Standard Trading Combine subscription started before RTP placement will remain as a Standard Trading Combine, and No Activation Fee Trading Combines will remain as No Activation Fee Trading Combines. - If passed, the Trading Combine may be activated as either a Standard XFA or Consistency XFA.
Removed:Live
Removed:Funded
Removed:Account
Removed:Parameters
Removed:10657969
Removed:live
Removed:funded
Removed:account
Removed:parameters
Added:Back2 · Funded:
Added:Rules,
Added:Guidelines,
Added:and How It Works
Added:12060405
Added:back2funded
Added:rules
Added:guidelines
Added:and-how-it-works

Topstep · Risk Adjustments: High Risk/High Volatility | Topstep Help Center

Topstep cuts news limits and allows energy positions and TP/SL brackets

During news, MHG and SIL limits are now 1, 2, 5, 7, and 12 contracts, down from 1, 3, 6, 9, and 15. Energy positions and metals are allowed, and TP/SL brackets are accepted during the window.

  • MHG and SIL news limitsWorse for traders

    Before
    1, 3, 6, 9, and 15 contracts
    After
    1, 2, 5, 7, and 12 contracts

  • TP/SL brackets during newsGood for traders

    Added
    Accepted during the window
Futures
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Removed:transactions
Removed:(ES,
Removed:RTY,
Removed:YM, NQ, NKD)
Added:positions
Added:and
Added:metals
Removed:Micros (MES, M2K, MYM, MNQ, MGC, SIL, MHG): Opening transactions limited to 1, 3, 6, 9, and 15 contracts for the $25K, $50K, $100K, $150K, and $250K account sizes, respectively, during the window (see table below) - Non-equity/metals products (energies, rates, FX, etc.) are unaffected. - Existing Positions: Traders holding existing positions in Metals (GC,…
Added:Micros (MES, M2K, MYM, MNQ, MGC): Opening transactions limited to 1, 3, 6, 9, and 15 contracts for the $25K, $50K, $100K, $150K, and $250K account sizes, respectively, during the window (see table below) - MHG and SIL: Opening transactions limited to 1, 2, 5, 7, 12 contracts for the $25K, $50K, $100K, $150K, and $250K account sizes, respectively, during the…
Removed:Timeframes

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