Prop Firm Offering 1 Million Dollars Funding

Goat Funded Trader runs seven evaluation routes across five platforms, with an 80% base profit split, bi-weekly payouts and a $100 minimum. The multi-step evaluations use a static drawdown; the Instant and Blitz products trail. Two rules decide most outcomes here: the fee is rebated on your fourth payout rather than refunded, and the first Reward on Demand is paid at 40% whatever split you bought.

Instant Funding is a UK-based, simulated forex/CFD and crypto-CFD prop firm run by Acello Ltd, on MT5, cTrader and Match-Trader, built around no-evaluation instant funding. Its signature is Smart Drawdown: the flagship has no profit target, and once you reach plus 5 percent the drawdown floor ratchets up to lock in a protected buffer. The lineup includes the instant flagship, a 24-hour IF1 account, and 1-phase and 2-phase challenges, with sizes roughly 5,000 to 50,000 from about 47 dollars. The base split is 80 percent, up to 90 percent via a paid add-on, with account-doubling scaling to 1.28 million. The main caveat is payout denial at the compliance and KYC stage. US traders are accepted on Match-Trader only, and it is not swap-free.

Top One Trader is registered in Anjouan, Union of Comoros, under licence L15829/TOT - not in the United States, as an earlier version of this review stated. It runs six programmes on Match Trader, TradeLocker and MT5, with splits from 60% to 100% and payouts through RiseWorks. Drawdown varies by product: the 2-Step PRO v2 is static, while FLASH, NOVA and both Instant plans trail.

Blue Guardian is a Dubai-run, simulated prop firm that offers both a CFD side (forex, indices, commodities) and a futures side (CME contracts), across an unusually wide platform list including MT5, Match-Trader, TradeLocker, TradingView, NinjaTrader and Tradovate. Its defining feature is a 24-hour payout guarantee: approved withdrawals are paid within a day or the firm pays extra. Two caveats matter: the promise is worded two different ways on its own pages, and it covers how fast an approved payout is paid, not whether a payout is approved, since the terms make payouts discretionary. Account sizes reach 400,000, the split runs up to 90 percent, and while futures welcome US traders, the CFD side reportedly restricts US residents.

Hola Prime is a fast-growing simulated prop firm that launched in late 2024, offering both forex/CFD and futures on a wide platform set including MT4, MT5, cTrader, DXTrade, Match-Trader and, for futures, Tradovate and NinjaTrader. Its defining feature is a 1-hour payout guarantee with a Zero Payout Denial Policy, unusually backed by an independent Deloitte review that reported 98.35 percent of withdrawals processed within an hour with zero denials. It offers 1-Step Prime, 2-Step Prime and Pro, and a Direct instant account, with forex sizes 2,000 to 300,000, a base split of 80 percent up to 95 percent, the challenge fee refunded on passing, and scaling to 4 million. The caveat is that zero denial applies to rule-compliant payouts, and consistency and risk rules are where disputes arise. Its simulated operations run through Hong Kong and Cyprus entities, with a separate Mauritius broker licence. US traders are accepted.

City Traders Imperium is one of the longest-running prop firms, with a brand dating to 2018 and a reputation built on a long payout track record. It is a simulated forex and CFD firm on MT5 and Match-Trader, built for swing and long-term traders. Its defining features are balance-based drawdown, calculated from closed balance rather than floating equity, with no time limits, and a scaling plan that roughly doubles the account at each 10 percent milestone toward 4 million. It also offers swap-free Islamic accounts. The base split is 90 percent, rising to 100 percent at the top VIP tier, and US traders are accepted. Note it is now an offshore, unregulated structure, not a UK-regulated broker.

Think Capital (TFG Payments Ltd, London) is one of the more substantial firms in its tier: real broker infrastructure from ThinkMarkets, TradingView execution, EAs allowed by default, a low $100 payout, no recurring fees, open to US traders, and an unusually well-drafted Terms document including the Bolt drawdown lock (a trailing 6% that permanently locks at 6% of your initial balance after your first payout). Weigh three things: the 90% split is a PAID add-on over an 80% base; the accounts are SIMULATED, and the firm can hedge your trades in real markets; and most important, the REGULATION belongs to the broker, not to the company you contract with - the Terms sever that link explicitly even as the marketing leans on it.

Finotive Funding is a Dubai (DIFC) simulated forex and CFD prop firm operating since 2021 on MT5 and Match-Trader. Entry is cheap from about 25 dollars, sizes run 2,500 to 200,000 dollars, and scaling is advertised to 5.4 million. Its defining feature is a 10 percent strike system: rule breaks cut your next payout to a 10 percent split rather than closing the account, though the discretionary holistic assessment behind reductions is its top complaint. The Pro tier adds a 1 percent monthly salary and a 100 percent split after 30 days. Drawdown is static and payouts are weekly on Fridays.

Rebels Funding has a genuinely distinctive, trader-friendly pitch: no time limit on evaluations, an oversized 200% refund, a wide 1-to-4-phase-plus-scaling ladder, and a broadly positive reputation (around 4.3 Trustpilot, with platform lag rather than non-payment the main gripe). Go in with two things clear: it is an unregulated, fully simulated firm whose Terms disclaim any entitlement to payout and whose split is not stated on its own pages, and its funded stage runs under a two-entity structure, with RIFM s.r.o. providing the evaluations and RIFM or FRCSM s.r.o. managing the funded RCF stage. Verify the key terms directly before buying.

Axi Select is a no-challenge-fee funded program from Axi, an established broker founded in 2007. Instead of paying to pass a demo, you fund your own live account (from $500) and Axi allocates its own capital on top as you climb six stages, from $5,000 at Seed to $1,000,000 at Pro M, with the split rising from 0% to a maximum of 80%. Two things to understand before you start. The regulatory position is easy to over-credit: the Axi group is genuinely regulated (ASIC, FCA, DFSA), but Axi Select is operated by AxiTrader LLC, an offshore St Vincent entity, OUTSIDE that perimeter. And everything is gated by the proprietary Edge Score, which Axi does not fully publish and reserves the right to change at any time.

Blueberry Funded is the proprietary-trading arm of Blueberry Markets, an established retail broker operating since 2016 whose Australian entity is ASIC-regulated. It offers a simulated forex and CFD product on an unusually broad platform set, MT4, MT5, TradeLocker and DXtrade. Its defining feature is genuine regulated-broker parentage, giving it real infrastructure and longevity that most standalone props lack. The rules are permissive on paper, with no consistency rule, no time limit, a base split of 80 percent rising to 90 percent, and scaling to a simulated 2 million. Two honest caveats: the ASIC licence covers the broker, not the simulated challenges, which are run through an offshore entity, and there is a documented pattern of discretionary breach-at-payout complaints. It does not accept US traders.

Quant Tekel runs its prop product as QT Funded, a 2023-founded simulated multi-asset firm on MT5, cTrader and TradeLocker, trading forex, indices, commodities and crypto CFDs plus a futures line. Its standout is an unusual Payout Guarantee: if you breach a non-prohibited rule after requesting a payout, you still keep 10 percent of pre-breach profit or a full fee refund, whichever is greater, up to three times. The central concern is payout enforcement: through 2026 there is a rising pattern of denied and delayed payouts, often on after-the-fact rule calls. It offers a low 7 percent Phase-1 target, an 80 to 90 percent split and funding to 300,000, with instant, 1-step pay-later and other options. US traders are accepted via TradeLocker, but the structure is offshore and unregulated.