Ethan Brooks

Ethan studied Finance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, graduating in 2013 — not far from the Chicago exchanges that would shape his career. He has traded CME index, energy and metals futures for over a decade and knows firsthand how a drawdown rule feels at 9:30 in the morning with a position on. At PropTradingScanner he works through firms’ evaluations himself, then translates the fine print — trailing vs end-of-day drawdown, consistency rules, daily limits — into plain English for our reviews and guides. If a rule quietly traps traders, Ethan is usually the first to flag it. He works remotely and trades the US session from wherever he happens to be.

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