Compare 33 prop trading firms

Across the 33 firms we screen, the median evaluation fee for a 100,000 dollar account is about 265 dollars. The cheapest audited route in our table is The5ers at roughly 74 dollars. Subscription firms look cheaper per month but cost more if you take several attempts, which is why the table shows the pricing model next to every fee.

Static drawdown is measured from your starting balance and never moves, so your loss limit is known on day one. Trailing drawdown follows your highest balance or equity upward, which means a profitable morning can tighten your stop-out level the same afternoon. Of the firms in this comparison, 5 use a static structure and 28 use some form of trailing or mixed rule.

Apex Trader Funding tops the split column at 100% (flat, Apex 4.0). A high split only matters alongside payout frequency and any payout cap, so read the split column together with the first payout and cap columns rather than on its own.

A consistency rule limits how much of your total profit any single day or trade may represent, typically between 30 and 50 percent. It rarely blocks trading, but it commonly delays a withdrawal until your profit curve is spread across more days. The consistency column shows the exact threshold per firm and the amber dot marks firms where the rule gates a payout.

Payout speed in the table is the firm stated processing window from request to funds sent, not the eligibility cycle. Futures firms typically pay weekly or on demand, forex CFD firms typically pay every fourteen days. The first payout column separates the two so you can see when you are first eligible as well as how fast the transfer clears.

The value score is our composite of evaluation cost, profit split, drawdown headroom, payout terms and independent review sentiment, normalised across every firm we track. It is the default sort order. It is a ranking aid, not a recommendation, and the full weighting is published on the methodology page.

Yes. Every row comes from our own systematic screening of the firm public pricing and rule pages, re-audited on a fixed cycle, with the verification level shown per firm. Firms cannot pay for placement, ordering or a higher value score.

Volatile fields (fees, profit splits, drawdown rules and operating status) are re-screened automatically on a rolling cycle, and firms that announce model changes move onto a watchlist with a seven day re-audit. The verified date shown at the top of the page reflects the most recent audit across the dataset.