Futures prop firm comparison

12 futures prop firms side by side: drawdown, loss limits, fees, payouts and platforms, from official pages.

Firms: 12
Order: Alphabetical
Paid placements: None
Accept US traders: 12, two with caveats

Rules checked on September 26, 2026 · Methodology · By helloweekends Editors

This futures prop firm comparison puts 12 firms side by side on the rules that shape an evaluation: drawdown, daily loss limit, consistency, weekend holding, news trading, fees, profit split and payouts. An evaluation is a paid test on a simulated account. Every fact comes from the firm's own pages, checked on September 26, 2026. Firms are in alphabetical order, and no firm paid to appear here.

How to read the table

Drawdown is how far your balance may fall before the account fails. With an end-of-day trailing drawdown, the limit moves up with your highest closing balance. With an intraday trailing drawdown, it also moves with open profits. A static drawdown does not move.
Daily loss limit is the most you may lose in one day. At most of these firms, hitting it pauses trading until the next session instead of failing the account.
Consistency rule caps how much of your profit may come from a single day.
Activation fee is a one-time fee some firms charge after you pass, before the funded account starts.
Profit split is the share of each payout you keep. Payout cadence is how often you can ask for one.
Varies by plan means the firm's plans differ. The last row links to each firm's rules and payouts pages with the detail.

More on each rule: trailing drawdown, eod vs intraday drawdown, daily loss limit prop firm rules, prop firm consistency rule, prop firm weekend holding, prop firm news trading rules and prop firm activation fee.

Compare the 12 firms

The full table works on its own. With the controls, you can tick two or three firms to see only those, or filter by a rule.

Firms in alphabetical order. "Varies by plan" means the firm's plans differ; see its rules page. Source: each firm's official pages, checked September 26, 2026.
Rule or fact	Alpha Futures	Apex Trader Funding	Bulenox	Earn2Trade	FundedNext Futures	Lucid Trading	MyFundedFutures	Phidias Propfirm	Take Profit Trader	The5ers Futures	Topstep	Tradeify
Account model	Evaluation and instant funding	Evaluation	Evaluation and instant funding	Evaluation	Evaluation	Evaluation and instant funding	Evaluation	Evaluation	Evaluation	Evaluation	Evaluation	Evaluation and instant funding
Drawdown type	End of day trailing	Choice by plan	Choice by plan	End of day trailing	End of day trailing	Varies by plan	Varies by plan	Varies by plan	Varies by plan	End of day trailing	End of day trailing	End of day trailing
Daily loss limit	Varies by plan	Varies by plan	Varies by plan	Yes	Varies by plan	Varies by plan	Varies by plan	No	No	Varies by plan	Varies by plan	Varies by plan
Consistency rule, evaluation	Varies by plan	No	No	Yes	Varies by plan	Varies by plan	Varies by plan	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Varies by plan
Consistency rule, funded	Varies by plan	Yes	Yes	No	Varies by plan	Varies by plan	Varies by plan	Varies by plan	No	Yes	Varies by plan	Varies by plan
Weekend holding	Not allowed	Not allowed	Not allowed	Not allowed	Not allowed	Not allowed	Not allowed	Varies by plan	Not allowed	Not allowed	Not allowed	Not allowed
News trading	Varies by plan	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed	Varies by plan	Varies by plan	Allowed	Restricted	Allowed	Restricted	Allowed
Activation fee	None	Varies by plan: $69 on the 25K Intraday Trail (Standard); other sizes Not confirmed; none on No Activation Fee versions	Varies by plan: none on some plans	Yes: $139, taken from your first withdrawal	None	None	None	Varies by plan: $83 to $169 where charged; none on some plans	Yes: $130	None	Varies by plan: $149 where charged; none on some plans	None
Minimum trading days (lowest plan)	1	1	None	None	None	1	1	None	3	None	2	1
Lowest confirmed price	$79 a month (Zero, 25K)	$199 one-time (Intraday Trail, Standard, 25K). Some plans: Not confirmed	$94 one-time (Momentum, 25K). Some plans: Not confirmed	$150 a month (Trader Career Path (TCP25), 25K). Some plans: Not confirmed	$79.99 one-time (Legacy, 25K)	$123 one-time (LucidPro, 25K). Some plans: Not confirmed	$125 one-time (Builder Add-On, $1,500 max loss, 50K). Some plans: Not confirmed	$88 one-time (Express to Live, evaluation only, 25K). Some plans: Not confirmed	$150 a month (Test, 25K)	$59 one-time (Day Trade, 25K). Some plans: Not confirmed	$49 a month (Trading Combine, Standard Path, 50K)	$99 one-time (Growth, 25K)
Billing	Both	One-time	One-time	Monthly subscription	One-time	One-time	One-time	Both	Monthly subscription	One-time	Monthly subscription	One-time
Profit split	90% of every funded (Qualified Account) withdrawal on Zero, Standard, Advanced and Direct. The Live program pays 80%; Alpha Prime pays 60% plus a salary.	100% of approved payouts on simulated funded Performance Accounts sold since March 1, 2026. Apex Live: 90/10 on live profits. Older Performance Accounts: 100% of the first $25,000 per account, then 90%.	100% of the first $10,000 in payouts, then 90/10 in your favor.	Evaluations bought on or after July 6, 2026: 50/50 on a withdrawal below a threshold set by account size ($1,500 on 25K up to $5,000 on 200K), 80/20 on the full amount at or above it. The 400K TCP account: 60/40.	Your share: Flex 95%, Rapid Pro and Rapid Daily 90%, Legacy 80%.	90/10 on all funded accounts (LucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDaily, LucidDirect). LucidPro accounts bought or reset before 3:00 p.m. ET on November 28, 2025 keep 100% of the first $10,000.	90/10 on Rapid and Rapid EOD (90% on Rapid funded accounts since January 12, 2026). 80/20 on Builder and Pro, live accounts included.	Express to Live and Fundamental: 80/20. Premium: 75% on the first payout, then 80%, 85% and 90%, and 100% from the fifth. LIVE accounts: 80/20.	80/20 in PRO (simulated funded); 90/10 in PRO+ (live market).	80/20 in your favor, per the example on its futures page.	90/10 for traders who joined on or after January 12, 2026. Those who joined the new Topstep dashboard before that date get 100% of their first $10,000 in lifetime profits, then 90/10.	90/10 on all simulated funded accounts (Growth, Select, Lightning) from the first payout; 80/20 on Elite Live accounts.
Payout cadence	Up to 4 requests a month. Zero, Standard and Advanced: after every 5 winning days of $200 or more, not necessarily in a row. Direct: whenever the profit target and the 20% consistency rule are met, with no winning-day requirement.	Up to weekly: after every 5 trading days that meet the minimum daily profit. At most 6 payouts per Performance Account.	Classic Master: request any time in the month after at least 10 trading days; paid weekly on Wednesdays. The homepage now says payouts are available every day. Momentum and Fast Track: Not confirmed.	Weekly, paid on Wednesdays. The request must arrive by 2:00 p.m. CT the Friday before.	Rapid Daily: daily. Rapid Pro: every 3 days. Legacy and Flex: every 5 benchmark days. FundedNext says it processes requests within 24 hours.	No fixed payout window. LucidPro: any day once the profit goal, the 40% consistency rule and the buffer are met. LucidFlex: every 5 profitable days. LucidDaily: daily. LucidDirect: when you hit the cycle profit goal within 20% consistency.	Rapid and Rapid EOD: daily (every 24 hours) once the buffer is cleared. Builder: every 48 hours, with at least 2 trading days per cycle. Pro: every 14 calendar days from the first trade.	Fundamental: every 10 qualifying trading days. Premium: every 5. Express to Live: one fixed bonus when you hit the CASH target and the account moves to LIVE. LIVE accounts: daily, no maximum, $500 minimum.	From day one, daily, in PRO and PRO+. No payout windows, no minimum profitable days and no maximum withdrawal.	Every 14 days: the first request 14 days after the funded account starts, then every 2 weeks after the last approved withdrawal. Scaling restarts the 14-day timer.	XFA Standard: after every 5 winning days of $150 or more net. XFA Consistency: after at least 3 trading days, with the largest day at or below 40% of net profit. Live Funded Account: every 5 winning days, then daily after 30 winning days of $150 or more.	Growth: every 5 profitable days. Select Flex: every 5 winning days. Select Daily: daily, once above the buffer. Lightning: whenever the cycle profit goal and the consistency rule are met, with no minimum days.
Platforms	Quantower, TradingView Other platforms AlphaTrader (Alpha's own platform), WealthCharts and Deepchart (Volumetrica). TradingView runs through AlphaTrader and Plus500US.	Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView Other platforms WealthCharts (its own account type), R\|Trader Pro (Rithmic) and Tradovate on web, desktop and mobile. TradingView connects through Tradovate, and NinjaTrader through Rithmic or Tradovate; Apex says a free NinjaTrader license is included.	Rithmic, NinjaTrader Other platforms R\|Trader Pro (Rithmic). A free NinjaTrader 8 license on Master accounts. Bulenox says it supports 20+ platforms; we could not confirm which others.	Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Quantower, TradingView Other platforms Free: Finamark (with a 90-day live license), R\|Trader and R\|Trader Pro, and BlackArrow (added for all evaluations on August 17, 2026). With your own license: Sierra Chart, ATAS, Bookmap, Jigsaw, MotiveWave, MultiCharts, Investor RT, Inside Edge Trader, Photon, QScalp, QSI, ScalpTool, Trade Navigator and Volfix. NinjaTrader now connects through the NinjaTrader-Tradovate API.	Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView	Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Quantower, TradingView Other platforms With the CQG data feed: NinjaTrader, Tradovate and TradingView. With the Rithmic feed: MotiveWave, Quantower, Tradesea, Sierra Chart, Jigsaw, Bookmap, ATAS, R\|Trader Pro and MultiCharts.	Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Quantower, TradingView Other platforms Volumetrica, DeepChart and DeepDom (Volsys/Volbook), and ATAS.	Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Quantower, TradingView Other platforms DeepCharts (dxFeed data). Rithmic-compatible platforms named in its Terms of Use, including MotiveWave, Bookmap, Sierra Chart, DeepDOM and ATAS. TradingView orders run through Tradovate.	Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Quantower, TradingView Other platforms With the CQG data feed: TradingView, NinjaTrader and Tradovate. With the Rithmic feed: R\|Trader, Quantower, Bookmap, MultiCharts, MotiveWave, Trade Navigator, VolFix, ATAS, Investor R/T, Finamark and Jigsaw Trader. PRO+ live accounts run through Tradovate.	BlackArrow only (desktop, web, iOS and Android)	TopstepX, Quantower Other platforms TopstepX is the only trading platform Topstep offers. Quantower can connect with TopstepX credentials (ProjectX data feed) on Trading Combine and Express Funded Accounts only. ProjectX Trading LLC develops and owns TopstepX.	Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Quantower, TradingView Other platforms WealthCharts (its own broker connection), Tradesea, and Sierra Chart and R\|Trader through Rithmic.
US clients	Accepted. The US is not on the part of Alpha's restricted-country list we could read; we could not read the end of the list.	Accepted	Accepted	Accepted	Accepted	Accepted	Accepted	Accepted	Accepted	Accepted. The US is not on The5ers' list of excluded countries, but no official page names the US as eligible for futures.	Accepted	Accepted
Status	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active
Rules checked	Sep 26, 2026	Sep 26, 2026	Sep 26, 2026	Sep 26, 2026	Sep 26, 2026	Sep 26, 2026	Sep 26, 2026	Sep 26, 2026	Sep 26, 2026	Sep 26, 2026	Sep 26, 2026	Sep 26, 2026
Rules and payouts	Alpha Futures rules Alpha Futures payout rules	Apex Trader Funding rules Apex Trader Funding payout rules	Bulenox rules Bulenox payout rules	Earn2Trade rules Earn2Trade payout rules	FundedNext Futures rules FundedNext Futures payout rules	Lucid Trading rules Lucid Trading payout rules	MyFundedFutures rules MyFundedFutures payout rules	Phidias rules Phidias payout rules	Take Profit Trader rules Take Profit Trader payout rules	The5ers Futures rules The5ers Futures payout rules	Topstep rules Topstep payout rules	Tradeify rules Tradeify payout rules

Notes on the data

Where a firm's official pages disagree, the table uses the newer or more specific page. The conflicts that touch the table:

Topstep: one help article sets the evaluation consistency target at 55% of profit; other official pages still say 50%.
Apex Trader Funding: one payout article still describes the older 8-day payout cycle; the payout pages for current accounts say 5 qualifying days.
MyFundedFutures: the help center says new evaluations are one-time payments from August 25, 2026, but some plan pages still show monthly prices. Its payout policy says Builder has no daily loss limit, while Builder help articles show one.
FundedNext Futures: the Flex page and rules give a 95% profit share; one withdrawal article says 80%.
Tradeify: the help center says Lightning payouts have no minimum trading days; a Tradeify blog post describes a 5-day cycle.
Alpha Futures: the current platforms article lists AlphaTrader, WealthCharts, Deepchart and Quantower, with TradingView through AlphaTrader. Older Alpha posts also mention Tradovate and NinjaTrader.
Bulenox: the payout cadence comes from an older help page; the new homepage says payouts are available every day.
The5ers Futures: the payout cadence is from The5ers' general withdrawal FAQ, not a futures-only page.
Lowest confirmed price: where some of a firm's plans have no confirmed price, a lower price may exist. The evaluation cost calculator lists which plans are missing.

To add up what an evaluation costs with resets and monthly billing, use the evaluation cost calculator. For a written overview of each firm, see futures prop firms. How we collect and check the facts is on the methodology page.

Know the riskA prop firm evaluation is a paid service with simulated trading. Most people who buy one do not pass it, and firms change their rules, pause payouts and close. Read each firm's current rules before you buy. Not investment advice.

Questions

How do I compare futures prop firms?

Start with the rules that can end an account: the drawdown type and the daily loss limit. Then check the full cost, including activation fees and monthly billing, and the payout rules. Tick two or three firms above the table to see them side by side.

Which futures prop firms allow weekend holding?

Of the 12 firms, only Phidias Propfirm allows it on some plans: its Premium accounts may hold positions overnight and over the week, according to its rules page. The other 11 do not allow positions over the weekend.

Which futures prop firms have no daily loss limit?

Phidias Propfirm and Take Profit Trader list no daily loss limit on any plan. At the other firms it depends on the plan, or a limit always applies.

Can a firm pay to appear in this comparison?

No. No firm paid to appear here. Firms are listed in alphabetical order, and every fact comes from the firm's own pages.

How current is this futures prop firm comparison?

The rules were checked on September 26, 2026. Firms change their rules often; dated changes are in the prop firm rule changes log.

Sources

All checked on September 26, 2026.