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Research Briefs

Concise evidence-led PTC analysis of a specific question, development or market theme.

Published briefs

PTC Research Briefs, most recent first.

Research Brief · Market Structure™

Research Brief: The New Models of Crypto Prop Trading

A trader-facing brief drawn from PTC Market Structure research PTC-MS-2026-03: what on-chain infrastructure in crypto prop trading proves, what it does not, and which questions decide whether a funded account is live, simulated or hedged.

GLOBAL CRYPTO PROP TRADING · H1 2026 + AUGUST 2026 UPDATE · RESEARCH BRIEF
Research Brief · Market Structure™

Your Platform Goes Down. Your Trade Loses Money. Who Pays?

A platform outage does not automatically mean your losses will be restored. PTC found automatic remediation, case-by-case resets, explicit non-compensation policies — and many situations where the answer is simply not publicly documented.

Based on PTC Market Infrastructure™ research

GLOBAL · AUGUST 2026 · RESEARCH BRIEF
Research Brief · Industry Structure

Will My Prop Firm Pay Me?

What documented H1 2026 payout disputes tell traders about why payouts get delayed or denied—and what to check before you trade.

GLOBAL · H1 2026 · RESEARCH BRIEF

Where briefs sit

The format between a Market Monitor entry and a full research report.

Market Monitor records individual documented firm, market and regulatory events. PTC Research Briefs provide concise evidence-led analysis of a defined question or development. Full PTC research reports examine broader subjects through a larger evidence base and more extensive analysis.

Research Briefs may receive publication IDs such as PTC-RB-YYYY-## in the future.