Best Prop Firms in the UK
Best Prop Firms in the UK (2026)
This page ranks prop firms that accept UK traders and offer practical evaluation or funded-account routes for UK residents. JoinProp orders this page by live category membership and editorial quality signals, then checks each firm against the rules that matter most for this topic.
Quick answer: start with The Trading Pit, Funded Trading Plus, FTMO, The Concept Trading. They sit at the top of this category because they combine stronger overall review signals with a clearer fit for UK availability, payout methods, platform choice, fee transparency and the strength of the underlying rulebook.
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- Liechtenstein-registered (real Impressum, named directors); unregulated; contract language is German
- A flat 80% split, with no add-on to buy and no upsell at checkout
- Static on most CFD sizes; Futures and Stocks trail end-of-day
- The inactivity clock starts the day you BUY, not the day you first trade
- A 1% fee is deducted from every payout; the fee rebate now lands on your 3rd payout
- Flat 80% split on CFD Prime and Futures Prime, with no add-on to buy
- One-time fee, not a subscription (futures market data is billed separately)
- Static drawdown on most CFD account sizes
- Weekend and overnight holding permitted on all CFD accounts
- Wide platform choice: cTrader, MT4/MT5, NinjaTrader, Tradovate, Quantower, Sierra Chart
- Payouts processed within 24 hours on business days
- Minimum payout $100 on CFD accounts
- Resets and extensions available at a discount rather than a full rebuy
- The fee rebate now lands on your 3RD payout, not your 1st (accounts bought from 29 April 2026)
- On 29 April 2026 the max drawdown on the largest CFD accounts switched from static to trailing
- A 1% fee is deducted from every payout
- The inactivity clock starts the day you buy - 21 days without a trade breaches the account
- Hitting the daily drawdown closes the account permanently; it is not a pause
- The firm publishes three different payout requirements across three of its own pages
- UK-registered (Acello Ltd); states plainly it is NOT FCA regulated
- Acquired by Instant Funding in May 2026; the CEO has since stepped down
- Static 8% on the 2-Step Classic; Instant and 1-Step Express both TRAIL
- A 3% loss on any single symbol terminates the 2-Step account outright
- The fee rebate was abolished in February 2026 - no refund on any current product
- Instant Funding and 1-Step Express allow payouts from day one, once in profit
- 7-day payout cycle on Instant and 1-Step Express (10 days on 2-Step)
- $50 minimum payout on Instant and 1-Step Express
- EAs, algos and bots are permitted on all programmes
- Static 8% drawdown on the 2-Step Classic
- Swap-free across all programmes; no monthly fees
- UK-registered operating company (Acello Ltd, no. 12696083)
- No minimum trading days and no time limit
- The fee rebate was abolished in February 2026 - there is now NO refund on any programme on sale
- 2-Step Classic: a 3% loss on any single symbol terminates the account outright
- 2-Step Classic consistency rule - one strong day can block a pass even if you hit the target
- Instant Funding and 1-Step Express both use a TRAILING drawdown; payouts do not lower the high-water mark
- Weekend holding is not allowed on Instant Funding
- The firm markets a split of up to 100%, but no rule document supports more than 90%
- The best-known firm in the sector; simulated capital; unregulated
- 2-Step max drawdown is STATIC - a genuine fixed floor
- The 2-Step fee is refunded 100% with your first payout; the 1-Step never is
- The 1-Step carries a Best Day rule that nothing warns you about
- Includes the June 2026 payout report
- 2-Step challenge fee is refunded 100% with your first payout — one of the only genuine full refunds in the industry
- 2-Step max drawdown is STATIC (10%) — the floor never moves
- No consistency rules on the 2-Step beyond the stated objectives
- No withdrawal commission at all — FTMO charges nothing to pay you
- Scaling Plan: +25% capital every 4 months up to $2,000,000 (2-Step), performance-gated and free
- Minimum payout just $20 by bank wire
- No time limit on either challenge; MT4, MT5 and cTrader all supported
- Swing accounts have no news or weekend-holding restrictions
- The 1-Step fee is NON-REFUNDABLE — it looks cheaper than the 2-Step but is permanently the more expensive route to funded
- The 1-Step uses an END-OF-DAY TRAILING drawdown (the 2-Step is static) and a tighter 3% daily loss
- The 1-Step's 50% Best Day Rule silently blocks your pass or payout — it is not a breach, so nothing warns you
- On the 1-Step, every payout RESETS your trailing drawdown back to 90% of initial capital — you lose your entire buffer
- The Scaling Plan is 2-Step ONLY — the 1-Step has none
- There is NO reset product — failing means repurchasing the challenge at full price
- Australian company (ACN 652 938 399); an authorised representative, NOT AFSL licensed itself
- The advertised 90% split is 50% at every level except the very top one
- Static drawdown on every account, and NO daily drawdown at all
- Binding terms allow ONE payout per calendar month; the homepage advertises weekly
- Prices are in Australian dollars; the fee is not refundable
- Static drawdown on every account, with NO daily drawdown at all
- No consistency rule, no minimum trade duration and no time limit
- EAs, HFT, copy trading and scalping are all explicitly permitted
- Overnight and weekend holding allowed, including weekend crypto
- Real Australian company (ACN 652 938 399), operating as an authorised representative
- Entry accounts from AUD 65, with a low-cost route in
- Scaling of +70% to +80% per level on most families
- Payouts by bank transfer, crypto, Revolut or PayPal
- The advertised 90% split is 50% at every level except the very top one
- Binding terms allow ONE payout per calendar month; the homepage advertises weekly
- Profit above the payout matrix figure is not payable, however much you make
- Miss the 30-day invoice window after hitting a target and you forfeit the profit share
- The firm is NOT AFSL licensed - it is an authorised representative of a licensee
- A new clause (12.24) allows a breach for trading deemed not commercially replicable
- CFD prop firm trading simulated capital; unregulated
- Split scales to 100% - free and performance-gated, never a paid add-on
- STATIC drawdown across every CFD programme; the floor never trails
- A 3.5% commission is deducted from every cash withdrawal, on all methods
- The 0.5% profitable-day rule is the real gate to getting paid
- Drawdown is STATIC across every CFD programme — the floor never trails you
- The split scales to 100% and it is free and performance-gated, never a paid add-on
- High Stakes runs 1:100 leverage — double most competitors
- A genuine ~70% fee refund exists on High Stakes
- No time limit on any evaluation; one-time fee, no recurring charges
- Forex commission 4 USD per lot round turn; no commission on indices
- MT5, cTrader and TradingView (US traders) supported
- A 3.5% commission is deducted from every cash withdrawal — Rise, crypto and bank transfer
- The 0.5% profitable-day rule is the real gate, and an open losing position at midnight destroys the day
- The 70% refund is High Stakes only, paid as equity, and the Terms separately call the fee non-refundable
- The consistency-rule percentage is not disclosed before purchase
- The5ers Futures uses a never-locking trailing drawdown — a trap for CFD traders crossing over
- FTUK is NOT a UK firm - no UK entity; operates across four jurisdictions
- The profit split contradicts itself three ways across the firm’s own pages
- Simulated capital; no stop-loss requirement; scaling to a claimed $6.4m
- A "trading day" only counts if you made at least 0.5% profit that day
- "Account Protector", sold as a safety feature, can terminate the account
- Flex costs just 9 USD upfront — you pay the real fee only on passing
- No time limits on the evaluations
- Scaling runs to 3.2 million USD (6.4 million with a paid upgrade)
- Instant Funding available with no evaluation phase
- One-time fees, with no monthly subscription
- Trustpilot 4.0 from 735 reviews, with no enforcement banner
- There is no UK entity. FTUK names four different jurisdictions across its own site and holds no FCA authorisation
- A "trading day" is secretly defined as a day with at least 0.5% profit — so every minimum-trading-days rule is really a minimum profitable-days rule
- Account Protector: a −2% floating loss auto-closes trades and counts as a violation. Two triggers = automatic termination on Flex and Instant
- Payouts can be reduced to 0–50% at FTUK’s sole discretion
- CFD prop firm trading simulated capital; unregulated
- 80%, 90% or 100% split - a paid choice at checkout, not a performance tier
- E8 Zero: no daily drawdown at all and a 3% STATIC maximum. E8 Pro: 8% static, no consistency rule
- your first payout permanently raises the loss level to your initial balance
- E8’s own example shows a $104,000 account requesting $4,000 and breaching instantly
- E8 Zero: no daily drawdown at all, and a 3% STATIC max drawdown
- E8 Pro: 8% STATIC drawdown with no consistency rule
- Single-phase evaluations across the whole range — no second phase to grind
- Resets available at a 10% discount (within 7 days of failing)
- Publishes a pass rate (17.7%) — though the window is now over two years stale
- Unregulated and says so plainly; no false regulatory claim
- Choice of drawdown model and split at checkout
- THE PAYOUT TRAP: on E8 Zero and E8 Pro, your first payout permanently raises the loss level to your initial balance — E8's own example shows a $104,000 account requesting $4,000 and BREACHING instantly at $100,000
- The 80/90/100% profit split is a PAID CHOICE at checkout — higher splits cost more upfront and are locked for the life of the account
- E8 Zero DEACTIVATES after 5 payouts — capped at $15k ($50K acct) to $35k ($500K acct) lifetime
- E8 Pro's '80% split' is really 40% of profits — only half your profit is ever made requestable
- E8 One's max drawdown TRAILS (4-14%) and breaches on intraday equity
- Real UK company (Companies House 13719951); NOT FCA regulated, and no FCA warning exists
- A flat 80% split on every plan - there is no 90% tier at any price
- Static on Alpha Pro, Swing and Three; Alpha One trails a high-water mark
- The 2-minute rule: 50% of profits must come from trades held over two minutes
- $100 minimum payout; the fee is not refundable - all sales are final
- Static drawdown on Alpha Pro, Alpha Swing and Alpha Three
- Hedging and stacking permitted; overnight and weekend holds allowed in all evaluation phases
- Four platforms: MetaTrader 5, cTrader, DX Trade and TradeLocker
- No time limit and no account expiry on any evaluation
- On-demand payouts available once the account is 2% in profit
- Payouts processed within 2 business days via Rise, Wise or bank transfer
- Scaling to a cumulative $2m in allocated balance
- A 0.25% bonus of initial account size on your 4th payout
- The fee is non-refundable: "All sales are final and no refund will be issued"
- The split is a flat 80% - there is no 90% tier at any price, and scaling does not raise it
- The 2-minute rule: at least 50% of profits must come from trades held over 2 minutes, or profits are removed
- Alpha One trails on a high-water mark, and once locked, withdrawing all profit closes the account
- The Risk Management Group can cut your leverage to 1:30 and halve your lot caps at the firm's discretion
- UK-registered but not FCA regulated; the group's only licence sits with a Seychelles sister broker
- Binding terms name a UAE company (GrowthNext F.Z.E.) as the contracting party; unregulated
- Base 80%; 90% via Scale-Up; 95% is a paid add-on (+25-30% of the fee)
- Up to 3.5% is deducted from EVERY payout - an "80%" split nets about 77%
- Static on Stellar 1-Step, 2-Step and Lite; only Stellar Instant trails
- The 3% max risk rule: a second breach permanently caps you at 1% risk for life
- Static drawdown on Stellar 1-Step, 2-Step and Lite
- The 100% fee refund is standard and free (not an add-on)
- Four platforms: MT4, MT5, cTrader and Match-Trader
- Weekend and overnight holding permitted on CFDs
- Payouts from a $20 minimum, targeted within 24 hours
- No consistency rule on standard CFD accounts
- Scaling to 90% and up to a $4m allocation
- Trustpilot 4.5 from over 73,000 reviews, with no consumer alert
- A processing fee of up to 3.5% is taken from every payout - an 80% split nets about 77%
- The base split is 80%; 95% is a paid add-on at +25-30% of the fee
- The 3% max risk rule: a second breach permanently caps you at 1% risk for the life of the account
- News-window profits count at 40%, but news-window losses count at 100%
- Payouts are capped at $2,000 per request for most traders
- Stellar Instant uses a trailing drawdown and has no fee refund
- UK-based futures prop firm (Alpha Group) trading CME-group contracts on AlphaTrader/Quantower/WealthCharts; simulated evaluations
- Signature: Alpha Prime — a rare salaried, real-capital London trading-floor path, not just a perpetual simulator
- Trader-friendly end-of-day trailing drawdown that locks at starting balance and doesn’t move after payouts
- One-step Zero, Advanced (flat 90% split, no daily loss limit) & Direct (instant); sizes $25K–$150K; US accepted
- July 2026 caveat: NinjaTrader split + Premium-plan closure and payout-handling episode — factor it in
- Alpha Prime offers a rare salaried, real-capital London trading-floor path
- Trader-friendly EOD trailing drawdown that does not move after payouts
- Advanced pays a flat 90 percent split with no daily loss limit
- Industry-leading 15,000 dollar maximum per payout request on Advanced
- US traders accepted; strong historical reputation and payout record
- July 2026 NinjaTrader split, Premium-plan closure and payout-handling backlash
- Platform migration to AlphaTrader is ongoing, so confirm what you are buying
- Consistency rules vary by plan (40 percent Zero, 20 percent Direct)
- One of the very few stock/ETF-focused prop firms — the equities arm of the 5%ers group; simulated US equities
- Signature: a buying-power model for 12,000+ US stocks & ETFs (short-selling, penny stocks), no PDT rule
- A “Pump” scaling engine grows buying power & daily-loss allowance 10% per 10% profit milestone
- Flex (unlimited time) or Max (60-day, cheaper); day buying power $5K–$200K + swing tiers
- 70% profit split; payouts from 14 days ($300 min); US traders welcomed; no futures/crypto
- One of the few genuine stock and ETF prop firms
- Buying power for 12,000-plus US stocks and ETFs, including short-selling, no PDT rule
- Pump scaling grows buying power with performance
- Flex (unlimited time) or cheaper Max (60-day) tracks
- US traders explicitly welcomed
- Simulated, not real share ownership, and unregulated
- Modest 70 percent profit split by current standards
- Up-to-72-hour risk review before payout
- You contract with FT US Inc (Miami); the terms name an unnamed third party as the funder
- Base 80% (2-Step) or 90% (1-Step, Instant); 100% is a paid add-on
- Static on 2-Step PRO6 and PRO10; 1-Step PRO trails and never locks
- The 2% cap is per aggregated trade idea, not per trade - an instant hard breach
- $50 crypto / $200 bank minimum; 21-day cycle; fee refunded on your 2nd payout
- No time limit on any evaluation phase
- Static drawdown on both 2-Step routes (PRO6 and PRO10)
- 90% base split on 1-Step PRO and Instant Funded
- News trading, weekend and overnight holding permitted on the PRO accounts
- VPNs, VPSs and proxies are explicitly allowed
- Flat, published commission: $3 per lot round turn on the PRO products
- Crypto payouts from a $50 minimum (USDT), or bank transfer via Rise
- Evaluation resets available at a discount rather than a full rebuy
- The 2% cap is per aggregated trade idea, not per trade - scale-ins share one budget, and breaching it is an instant hard breach
- 1-Step PRO's 10% max drawdown trails from your highest balance and never locks
- The 100% profit split is a paid add-on (+30% of the fee); 90% costs +15%
- The fee refund lands on your SECOND payout, though the homepage still advertises the first
- Contracting entity is FT US Inc (Miami Beach); the terms say it merely recommends you to an unnamed third-party funder
- No regulator anywhere; governing law is the UAE despite a Florida entity
This page is a comparison hub, not a guarantee that every firm is right for every trader. The best choice depends on your country, market, account size, platform and tolerance for rules such as trailing drawdown, payout consistency and minimum trading days.
The ranked list
Firms are shown in the same order as JoinProp’s live category ranking. Use the list as a shortlist, then read the individual reviews before opening an account.
1. The Trading Pit. Review this firm first if you want a category-relevant option, then check the firm’s own review for drawdown type, payout rules, fees, platform access and trader restrictions before buying.
2. Funded Trading Plus. Review this firm first if you want a category-relevant option, then check the firm’s own review for drawdown type, payout rules, fees, platform access and trader restrictions before buying.
3. FTMO. Review this firm first if you want a category-relevant option, then check the firm’s own review for drawdown type, payout rules, fees, platform access and trader restrictions before buying.
4. The Concept Trading. Review this firm first if you want a category-relevant option, then check the firm’s own review for drawdown type, payout rules, fees, platform access and trader restrictions before buying.
5. E8 Markets. Review this firm first if you want a category-relevant option, then check the firm’s own review for drawdown type, payout rules, fees, platform access and trader restrictions before buying.
6. The5ers. Review this firm first if you want a category-relevant option, then check the firm’s own review for drawdown type, payout rules, fees, platform access and trader restrictions before buying.
7. FTUK. Review this firm first if you want a category-relevant option, then check the firm’s own review for drawdown type, payout rules, fees, platform access and trader restrictions before buying.
8. Alpha Capital. Review this firm first if you want a category-relevant option, then check the firm’s own review for drawdown type, payout rules, fees, platform access and trader restrictions before buying.
Comparison table
| Firm | Why it belongs here | Main check before buying |
|---|---|---|
| The Trading Pit | UK availability | Check the live review before buying |
| Funded Trading Plus | UK availability | Check the live review before buying |
| FTMO | UK availability | Check the live review before buying |
| The Concept Trading | UK availability | Check the live review before buying |
| E8 Markets | UK availability | Check the live review before buying |
| The5ers | UK availability | Check the live review before buying |
How this list was built
JoinProp reviews firms across rules, payouts, transparency, platform access, support, costs, restrictions and track record. For this category, we also check UK availability, payout methods, platform choice, fee transparency and the strength of the underlying rulebook. No firm can buy its position in the editorial ranking.
FAQ
What is the best firm in this category? The highest-ranked firms above are the best starting points, but the right answer depends on your market, country, platform and risk style.
Are all firms on this page available to every trader? No. Availability can depend on country, platform, asset class and current terms. Always check the review and the firm’s current checkout before paying.
Does JoinProp operate any of these firms? No. JoinProp is an independent comparison and review platform. The individual firm handles evaluations, accounts and payouts.