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Prop Firm Trade Compliance Audit & Evidence Platform
A SaaS platform that automatically records trading sessions, logs every trade with timestamps, verifies compliance against each prop firm's specific rules in real-time, and generates exportable compliance reports. When a payout is disputed, traders have an independent, timestamped audit trail proving they met all requirements.
Why this matters
You spent months passing evaluations, paid for multiple accounts, and finally built up a substantial profit balance. Then, just as you request a payout, the prop firm accuses you of copy trading or system manipulation and bans you with no evidence. When you ask for proof, they cite sealed compliance files you cannot access. You have no independent record of your trading activity to prove your trades were legitimate. Even if you were screen recording manually, you would still need to cross-reference every trade against dozens of specific firm rules to demonstrate compliance. The firm holds all the cards, and your weeks of profitable trading vanish overnight.
- · Built for Active prop firm traders who have passed evaluations and are trading funded accounts, particularly those requesting payouts in the $5k-50k+ range.
- · Most likely monetization: SaaS subscription with tiered plans based on number of active funded accounts.
The Pain · Narrative
You spent months passing evaluations, paid for multiple accounts, and finally built up a substantial profit balance. Then, just as you request a payout, the prop firm accuses you of copy trading or system manipulation and bans you with no evidence. When you ask for proof, they cite sealed compliance files you cannot access. You have no independent record of your trading activity to prove your trades were legitimate. Even if you were screen recording manually, you would still need to cross-reference every trade against dozens of specific firm rules to demonstrate compliance. The firm holds all the cards, and your weeks of profitable trading vanish overnight.
Score Breakdown
Market Signal
Go-to-Market
Prop firm traders who have passed evaluations and are actively trading funded accounts with payouts exceeding $5,000
~30,000-50,000 globally based on community activity and prop firm user bases
Organic community engagement in trading forums and Discord servers where payout denial stories are discussed
$49/month for up to 3 funded accounts
100 paying users within 30 days, driven by posting in trading communities during a wave of payout denial posts
MVP Scope · 1–2 weeks
- Build a desktop app (Electron) that captures screen during active trading sessions with automatic start/stop detection
- Implement a trade log parser that ingests MT4/MT5/NinjaTrader export files and creates timestamped records
- Create a configuration screen where users select their prop firm and account tier to load the relevant rule set
- Build the rule engine core with the two most commonly mentioned rules: minimum hold time (30 seconds) and max volume per contract (5%)
- Set up a PostgreSQL database schema for immutable trade logs with hash-based integrity verification
- Implement real-time compliance checking that alerts the user via notification when a trade is about to violate a rule
- Build the compliance audit report generator that exports a PDF with trade-by-trade verification against all applicable rules
- Add blockchain timestamping using a simple hash submission to a public chain for each session's trade log
- Create a dashboard showing compliance status, flagged trades, and payout dispute readiness score
- Develop onboarding flow with a library of the top 5 most popular prop firms' rule sets pre-configured
Differentiation
Why This Might Fail
Self-rebuttal — the most important trust signal
- 1Prop firms may simply refuse to accept third-party compliance reports, stating their internal systems are the sole authority, which would eliminate the core value proposition of dispute protection.
- 2The rule sets across prop firms are deliberately vague and subject to retroactive interpretation, making it impossible to build a definitive compliance checker that firms would respect.
- 3Traders who get burned and leave prop firm trading represent a naturally churning customer base, and the market may contract significantly if regulatory action targets the industry.
Evidence Summary
How AI synthesized this insight — no verbatim quotes
Approximately 12 commenters discussed payout denials with vague accusations and no transparent evidence. Multiple users suggested screen recording sessions as a workaround, and one specifically recommended recording between each payout. The original poster described having trades incorrectly flagged before and needing to dispute them. The core pain is that traders have zero independent evidence to counter opaque accusations, and several commenters noted this is a recurring industry pattern affecting multiple firms.
Action Plan
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Headline
Prop Firm Trade Compliance Audit & Evidence Platform
Sub-headline
A SaaS platform that automatically records trading sessions, logs every trade with timestamps, verifies compliance against each prop firm's specific rules in real-time, and generates exportable compliance reports. When a payout is disputed, traders have an independent, timestamped audit trail proving they met all requirements.
Who It's For
For Active prop firm traders who have passed evaluations and are trading funded accounts, particularly those requesting payouts in the $5k-50k+ range
Feature List
✓ Automated session recording with trade-by-trade timestamp logging ✓ Configurable rule engine encoding each prop firm's compliance rules (min hold time, volume limits, copy trading thresholds) ✓ Real-time compliance alerts warning traders before a rule is about to be violated ✓ Exportable compliance audit report with cryptographic timestamps for dispute submission ✓ Dashboard tracking all trades, flagged incidents, and compliance status per account
Where to Validate
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