The best prop firms, by what you need.
Rankings built only from each firm's published rules and prices. No paid placement.
Cheapest futures challenges
The lowest list price to start a 50K, before any code.
- 1
TopstepFutures$49/mo - 2
DayTraders.comFutures$50 - 3
OneUp TraderFutures$75/mo - 4
The Trading PitFutures & CFD$99 - 5
Lucid TradingFutures$115 - 6
FTMOFutures & CFD$119/mo
Daily payouts
Firms with at least one plan paying daily or on demand.
- 1
Goat Funded FuturesFuturesEvery 24 hours (GOAT Daily) or two windows a month - 2
FundedNextFutures & CFDEvery 5 trading days - 3Lucid TradingFuturesEvery 5 profitable days (Flex)
- 4
Alpha FuturesFuturesEvery 5 trading days - 5
BulenoxFuturesWeekly - 6
TradeifyFuturesDaily (Select) or every 5 days
No activation fee
Pass and trade: nothing more to pay once you're funded.
- 1Lucid TradingFuturesNo activation fee
- 2FTMOFutures & CFDNo activation fee
- 3
Phoenix Trader FundingFuturesNo activation fee - 4Alpha FuturesFuturesNo activation fee
- 5
TradeDayFuturesNo activation fee - 6FundedNextFutures & CFDNo activation fee
Best for copy trading
Copying between your own accounts is allowed, ranked by how many accounts you can run.
- 1DayTraders.comFutures15 accounts
- 2
Phidias PropfirmFutures15 accounts - 3Alpha FuturesFutures5 accounts
- 4
AquaFundedFutures & CFD5 accounts - 5FundedNextFutures & CFD5 accounts
- 6Lucid TradingFutures5 accounts
End-of-day drawdown
The max-loss line only moves at the close: kinder to open winners that pull back.
- 1TopstepFuturesEnd of day
- 2DayTraders.comFuturesEnd of day
- 3The Trading PitFutures & CFDEnd of day
- 4Lucid TradingFuturesEnd of day
- 5FTMOFutures & CFDEnd of day
- 6Phoenix Trader FundingFuturesEnd of day
Highest profit split
The biggest share of withdrawn profit you keep.
- 1
Apex Trader FundingFuturesUp to 100% - 2
City Traders ImperiumCFD80–100% - 3DayTraders.comFutures100%
- 4
Funding TradersCFD80–100% - 5
FundingPipsCFD100% - 6Goat Funded FuturesFutures80–100%
Most funded accounts
Scale up with the most accounts at the same time.
- 1
Top One FuturesFutures38 accounts - 2Apex Trader FundingFutures20 accounts
- 3DayTraders.comFutures15 accounts
- 4Phidias PropfirmFutures15 accounts
- 5TradeDayFutures10 accounts
- 6Alpha FuturesFutures5 accounts
CFD & forex firms
MetaTrader and cTrader firms with a static max loss.
- 1
Alpha Capital GroupCFDBi-weekly or on demand - 2AquaFundedFutures & CFDAfter 5 winning days (futures Flex)
- 3
Audacity CapitalCFDEvery two weeks - 4
Blue GuardianFutures & CFDDaily to weekly by plan - 5City Traders ImperiumCFDFirst payout after 7 days
- 6
E8 MarketsCFD
Ranked from the figures on each firm page, checked on the date shown there. A firm without a published figure isn't ranked on it. Ties go to the lower price, then alphabetical order; a promo code never moves a firm up.