HOTFTMO raises max funded to $400K — our review updatedNEWFundedNext now pays 90% profit split on all funded accountsDEALThe5ers free evaluation — limited spots this weekUPDATEE8 Markets drawdown rules updated — see our revised reviewHOTFTMO raises max funded to $400K — our review updatedNEWFundedNext now pays 90% profit split on all funded accountsDEALThe5ers free evaluation — limited spots this weekUPDATEE8 Markets drawdown rules updated — see our revised review
Complete Rankings

All Prop Firm Reviews 2026

Every firm reviewed with a live funded account. Sorted by our overall score. Updated September 2026.

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BrightFunded

✓ Verified

BrightFunded pairs a fixed (not trailing) drawdown with a token-loyalty program that pays you for trading volume regardless of outcome — genuinely unusual, though a Trustpilot guideline-breach flag from 2026…

2-Step Classic Weekend Hold ✓
4.0
Max Funded $400,000
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Crypto Fund Trader

✓ Verified

One of the few prop firms with direct Bybit exchange execution rather than CFD-only crypto access — the split scales from a fairly low 50% starting point up to 90%,…

Instant / 1-Phase / 2-Phase News Trading ✓ Weekend Hold ✓
2.6
Max Funded $200,000
3

Atmos Funded

✓ Verified

Atmos Funded backs its pricing with a real broker (Taurex) and eliminates trailing drawdown entirely on its main plans — a genuinely trader-friendly structural choice, still building its multi-year track…

1-Step / 2-Step / Instant News Trading ✓ Weekend Hold ✓
4.0
Max Funded $200,000 (scaled to $400,000)
4

Moneta Funded

✓ Verified

Backed by an actual multi-regulated broker (Moneta Markets, FCA/ASIC/FSCA licensed), Moneta Funded pays a flat 88% split across every account type — genuinely new, launched only in late 2025, so…

1-Step / 2-Step / Instant / Phoenix News Trading ✓ Weekend Hold ✓
3.8
Max Funded $200,000 (scaled to $2,000,000 via Phoenix)
5

FundedElite

✓ Verified

FundedElite advertises splits up to 95% across six account types, but aggressive IP-sharing enforcement has produced payout denials even in ordinary situations like mobile data or shared households — a…

1-Step / 2-Step / Instant
3.1
Max Funded $300,000
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Trade The Pool

✓ Verified

One of the only prop firms funding real US stocks and ETFs instead of forex or CFDs — run by the team behind The5ers, with genuine Interactive Brokers execution, though…

1-Step (Day Trade / Swing)
4.2
Max Funded $200,000 (scaled to $4,000,000)
8

Audacity Capital

✓ Verified

One of the oldest firms in this batch — registered in the UK since 2012 — but the profit split structure is genuinely confusing, starting as low as 50% and…

Ability Challenge (2-Step) / Ability One (1-Step) / Instant
3.7
Max Funded $240,000 (scaled to $2,000,000)
9

WSFunded

✓ Verified

WSFunded (Wall Street Funded) offers a competitive 80% base split and a 4.4 Trustpilot rating from over 4,000 reviews, but at least one detailed, documented complaint describes a payout rejected…

Rapid (1-Phase) / Classic (2-Phase) / Ultra (2-Phase)
3.6
Max Funded $100,000 (combinable to $400,000, scaling to $2,000,000)
10

For Traders

✓ Verified

For Traders publishes its own comparative rankings placing itself at the top for payout reliability — a real conflict of interest worth knowing, even though the underlying rules and multi-asset…

Varies by asset class
2.7
Max Funded $200,000
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Instant Funding

✓ Verified

UK-based and partnered with regulated broker ThinkMarkets, Instant Funding has a real four-year track record ($18.7M+ paid since 2023) and skips the evaluation entirely — you trade funded from day…

Instant Funding / 1-Phase / 2-Phase / 3-Phase
4.1
Max Funded $200,000
12

Leveraged

✓ Verified

Leveraged's Turbo Challenge lets you start for under $9 and only pay the rest after passing — a genuinely low-risk entry point, though the firm launched in 2023 and its…

Turbo / Sprint / Classic (1/2/3-Step) Weekend Hold ✓
2.8
Max Funded $400,000
13

Fintokei

✓ Verified

Broker-backed by Purple Trading with a genuine 4.8 Trustpilot rating and $20M+ paid out, Fintokei's SwiftTrader plan offers a real 100% profit split from day one — a rare, verifiable…

SwiftTrader (1-Step) / ProTrader (2-Step) / StartTrader (3-Step) News Trading ✓ Weekend Hold ✓
4.3
Max Funded $200,000 (scaled to $4,000,000)
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Orion Funded

✓ Verified

Orion Funded backs its 48-hour payout guarantee with a real financial penalty if missed, and has grown to over 100,000 traders since 2023 — a genuinely strong operational signal, tempered…

Instant / 1-Step / 2-Step / 3-Step / Nova
4.0
Max Funded $400,000
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ThinkCapital

✓ Verified

Broker-backed by the multi-regulated ThinkMarkets, ThinkCapital is the only prop firm offering genuine TradingView integration for live trade execution — a real technical differentiator, still building its track record since…

Lightning (1-Step) / Dual Step (2-Step) / Nexus (3-Step)
3.9
Max Funded $200,000 (scaled to $1,500,000)
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BEM Funding

✓ Verified

BEM Funding responds to nearly every Trustpilot review and offers a clean no-consistency-rule structure on several plans, but 'account denied after passing' is the single most common complaint pattern across…

BEM One (1-Step) / Classic / Swing / Extended News Trading ✓
3.2
Max Funded $200,000
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Top One Trader

✓ Verified

Top One Trader offers a genuinely low entry price and splits up to 90%, but independent aggregator Traders Union scores it just 3.05 out of 10 and explicitly recommends traders…

1-Step / 2-Step / Instant Weekend Hold ✓
3.9
Max Funded $200,000 (scaled to $5,000,000)
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The Trading Pit

✓ Verified

Backed by Pinorena Capital (parent of Tickmill and Darwinex) with $15M+ paid and real scale across 180+ countries, The Trading Pit is genuinely established — but independent reviewers consistently describe…

1-Phase / 2-Phase (CFD Prime and Futures Prime)
3.3
Max Funded $100,000 (scaled to $5,000,000)
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Hantec Trader

✓ Verified

Backed by the 30-year-old, multi-regulated Hantec Group, Hantec Trader offers real institutional credibility — but a documented 'buffer rule' resets your drawdown to starting balance after your first withdrawal, catching…

1-Step / 2-Step / Instant / Instant24 News Trading ✓
3.8
Max Funded $100,000 (scaled to $200,000)
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Funding Pips

✓ Verified

Funding Pips built a following among traders who got tired of FTMO's stricter rule book — and the weekend-and-news flexibility shows why.

2-Step News Trading ✓ Weekend Hold ✓
4.6
Max Funded $300,000
✓ Get 20% OFF any challenge —
24

E8 Markets

✓ Verified

Best for swing traders — no minimum trading days, no consistency rule, and full news trading and weekend holding. Trailing drawdown requires attention.

1-Step (customizable) News Trading ✓ Weekend Hold ✓
4.8
Max Funded $300,000
✓ 5% off any E8 evaluation —
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The5ers

✓ Verified

Fifty percent feels low next to FundedNext's 90 — until you realize The5ers actually gets you to 100% over time, not just on a slide deck.

2-Step / 3-Step News Trading ✓ Weekend Hold ✓
4.7
Max Funded $4,000,000 (scaled)
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Goat Funded Trader

✓ Verified

A dollar gets you in the door at Goat Funded Trader. Just know that the payout track record behind it is a fraction of what the bigger names can show.

1-Step / 2-Step / Instant / Pay Later
3.9
Max Funded $400,000
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DNA Funded

✓ Verified

DNA Funded backs its prices with a regulated broker behind it — rare in this space, and worth something on its own.

1-Step / 2-Step / 3-Step News Trading ✓ Weekend Hold ✓
4.3
Max Funded $600,000
30

Bulenox

✓ Verified

Bulenox lets you run EAs on a funded account. That alone separates it from almost every other futures firm on this list.

One-Step (Option 1 or Option 2) News Trading ✓ Weekend Hold ✓
4.1
Max Funded $2,750,000 (scaled via 11 accounts)
✓ Promo-driven — verify current offer —
31

Tradeify

✓ Verified

Tradeify built its entire pitch around one specific complaint: the consistency rule that gets profitable traders denied elsewhere.

One-Step / Instant News Trading ✓ Weekend Hold ✓
4.2
Max Funded $250,000
33

Take Profit Trader

✓ Verified

No single flashy feature here. Just daily payouts, sensible rules, and years without a major red flag.

One-Step Weekend Hold ✓
4.3
Max Funded $300,000 (5 accounts)
34

TradeDay

✓ Verified

TradeDay is solid and unremarkable in the best sense — fair pricing, no alarming rules, nothing to specifically warn you about.

One-Step Weekend Hold ✓
4.0
Max Funded $200,000
35

Lucid Trading

✓ Verified

Lucid Trading's whole pitch is straightforward rules. In a category full of complicated fine print, that's a real selling point.

One-Step Weekend Hold ✓
4.1
Max Funded $250,000
36

Alpha Capital Group

✓ Verified

Alpha Capital Group doesn't lead the pack on any single number, but a consistent 4.4-star rating across multiple sites says something too.

2-Step News Trading ✓ Weekend Hold ✓
4.2
Max Funded $250,000
✓ 15% off any challenge —
37

Blue Guardian

✓ Verified

Miss your own payout guarantee, and your trader's split jumps to 100%. That's a strange incentive to build into your own pricing — and it's clever.

2-Step News Trading ✓ Weekend Hold ✓
4.3
Max Funded $4,000,000 (scaled)
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Aqua Funded

✓ Verified

Aqua Funded sits in the same $4 million scaling tier as Blue Guardian and The5ers, just without a standout feature of its own yet.

2-Step News Trading ✓ Weekend Hold ✓
4.1
Max Funded $4,000,000 (scaled)
✓ 45% off — verify current offer —
39

Hola Prime

✓ Verified

Hola Prime competes mainly on price. The single-platform limit and the strict rules are the tradeoff for that.

2-Step
3.8
Max Funded $200,000
✓ 50% off — verify current offer —
40

Finotive Funding

✓ Verified

Finotive Funding is a fair, middle-of-the-road choice — nothing wrong with it, nothing that makes it your first pick either.

2-Step Weekend Hold ✓
3.9
Max Funded $200,000
✓ 25% off — verify current offer —
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Maven Trading

✓ Verified

Maven Trading gets you into a funded account for under $15. What that entry price doesn't advertise is a hard $10,000 monthly payout cap and a trust score that lags…

1-Step / 2-Step / 3-Step / Instant Weekend Hold ✓
4.1
Max Funded $100,000 (scaled to $1,000,000)
✓ 30% Discount on any Maven Trading challenge —