Futures Prop Firms

Hola Prime is a simulated prop firm launched in late 2024, selling forex and futures evaluations through Hola Prime Limited Cyprus (HE 454359), a subsidiary of Hola Prime Limited in Hong Kong. Its defining feature is a 1-hour payout claim with a Zero Payout Denial Policy, backed by an independent Deloitte review that reported 98.35 percent of withdrawal requests completed within the hour with zero denials between 15 October 2025 and 15 March 2026. Four forex plans are sold, 1-Step Prime, 2-Step Prime, 2-Step Pro and Direct, at 5,000 to 50,000 dollars only, plus two futures plans at 25,000 to 150,000. The split is 80 percent bi-weekly or on demand and 95 percent monthly for 20 percent more on the fee, with scaling advertised to 4 million. Two caveats sit under the headline: every payout waits on an account review of up to 24 business hours, and a 2.5 percent processing fee applies, minimum 25 dollars by wire or Rise and 5 by crypto. The prop firm itself is unregulated; only the Mauritius broker leg holds a licence.

Leeloo Trading has real strengths: a long-established (2019) US futures firm, unusually honest that everything is simulated, with a wide platform choice and a generous headline structure, 100% of your first $12,500 then 90%. The trade-offs are the discretionary payout rules and the current transition. Because the payout is a discretionary release of simulated profits, it is gated behind subjective rules that are the main source of complaints, the drawdown is an intraday trailing auto-liquidation, and evaluations are a monthly subscription.

Lucid Trading offers simulated futures evaluations and funded accounts, with later live selection at its risk team’s discretion. Pro and Flex use EOD trailing drawdown, but reaching the existing loss floor can breach the account during a session. Pro and Flex offer DLL on/off configurations. Daily funded accounts use intraday trailing and restrict high-impact USD news. Pro’s 40% consistency is a funded payout rule; Flex evaluation uses 50% consistency. Rules and payout eligibility differ by plan and account vintage.

Ment Funding is one of the more solid, well-regarded firms in this space: operating since 2021, a ~4.8 Trustpilot across 200-plus reviews, a not-a-single-refused-payout-since-2021 claim, and a genuinely uncommon funded-equities program alongside forex and futures. The main thing to get right is reading the rules per program: the attractive no-consistency-rule and no-time-limit headlines apply only to forex, futures and equities carry a 33% consistency rule and a 90-day eval, and the evaluation is simulated with 90% a paid upgrade.

My Funded Futures offers Builder, Rapid, Rapid EOD and Pro. New evaluations from 25 August 2026 use one-time payments, while legacy subscriptions retain their terms. Compare the funded drawdown model, payout buffer and news rules before choosing: Rapid EOD differs from standard Rapid, and Builder permits Tier-1 news.

OneUp Trader provides simulated futures evaluations and placement with third-party funding partners. Minimums are 10 trading days for standard, 5 for Pro and 3 for eligible returning Express traders. Drawdown trails in real time and locks at starting balance. Traders keep the first $10,000, then 90%; withdrawals require a retained buffer and $1,000 minimum trader share. Evaluation subscriptions renew every 30 days and a funded activation fee also applies. Funded news, scaling and activity rules differ from evaluation rules.

Take Profit Trader is a US futures funding firm based in Windermere, Florida, trading only exchange-listed futures across CME, COMEX, NYMEX and CBOT on 15-plus third-party platforms such as NinjaTrader, Tradovate and TradingView. Its defining feature is day-one payouts: after a one-step Test of at least 3 trading days, the funded PRO account lets you withdraw from day one with no minimum profit days, once you clear a buffer. The catch is that the funded PRO account is still simulated and uses a stricter intraday trailing drawdown, and profits inside the buffer only pay out, at 50 to 80 percent, if you close the account. The split is 80/20 on PRO and 90/10 on the invitation-based live PRO+, there is no daily loss limit, and US traders are accepted.

Taurus Arena is a Cyprus futures firm selling one-step evaluations and direct-funded accounts on CME Group futures. Its 85/15 profit split is flat from the first payout with no add-on, tier or scaling ladder to climb, and a consistency breach here delays a payout rather than closing the account. The catch is the default real-time trailing drawdown, which follows unrealised profit on open trades and never moves back down; the gentler end-of-day version is a paid add-on. Four programmes each gate payouts differently, evaluations expire on a 30-day subscription, and the firm has disclosed no payout figures at all.

Top One Futures offers futures evaluations and instant simulated funded accounts. The current checkout lists Elite Daily, Elite Access, Instant Sim Funded and Ignite. Simulated funded accounts pay a 90% trader share; Pre-Live and Live pay 80%. Pre-Live remains simulated. Compare programme-specific drawdown, payout buffers, consistency and news restrictions. Elite Access has a separate activation fee, while Elite Daily evaluations bill monthly. Elite Daily payouts require a buffer and at least 50% new profit. Automated trading is prohibited.

Topstep is a Chicago-based futures prop firm offering the standard Trading Combine in three sizes ($50K/$100K/$150K), with separate Labs offers. The split is a flat 90/10 with no upgrade to buy — but the headline "100% of your first $10,000" perk CLOSED to new accounts on 12 January 2026 and is now grandfathered only. The rule that decides most accounts is the Maximum Loss Limit: it trails on your END-OF-DAY balance, but it breaches INTRADAY on unrealised P&L, so you can be liquidated by an open drawdown you never actually realise — and after your first payout it is forced to $0, leaving your balance as your entire buffer. Express Funded accounts are simulated; Topstep's own 2025 data shows 16.8% pass the Combine and just 0.71% reach a real Live account. Minimum payout $125; XFA Standard requires five $150+ winning days, while the Consistency path has separate criteria. No XFA subscription.

Tradeify offers Growth and Select evaluations plus Lightning instant simulated funding. Select lets you choose a payout cadence after passing. Match the plan to its loss limits and withdrawal conditions; a profit goal is not the amount you can withdraw.

Traders Yard is one of the more genuinely innovative firms in this batch. The preset challenge lineup is now clearer, futures accounts are live, and the Build Your Yard configurator still gives advanced traders control over custom rules. Read the details rather than the headlines: the account is simulated under a signal-provider model, the split is tiered, and the up-to-$300k claim depends on allocation/scaling rather than one simple account headline. TradersYard also publishes several scale signals: $410K+ in total rewards, an 8-hour average reward time, $76M in challenge volume and 25K+ active traders, plus iOS and Android apps. Treat award claims as firm-supplied unless independently verified.