Prop Firm Offering 1 Million Dollars Funding

Think Capital (TFG Payments Ltd, London) is one of the more substantial firms in its tier: real broker infrastructure from ThinkMarkets, TradingView execution, ThinkTrader-compatible automation allowed with advance support notification, 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.

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.

Top Tier Trader no longer exists as a brand. The firm now trades as TX3 Funding, operating from TX3 Funding FZCO in Dubai, and toptiertrader.com redirects to tx3funding.com. If you hold an old account or are researching the old name, this is the firm you are actually dealing with. Two things most reviews still get wrong: the max drawdown TRAILS on the 1 Phase and both Instant products, and Expert Advisors are banned outright.

A workable simulated CFD firm on MT5 with a genuinely trader-relevant hook: the 30% Daily PNL Cap rewards steady, repeatable trading. No monthly fee and a low $100 payout minimum. The reservations are about trusting the marketing over the paperwork: the real split is the 70 to 80 percent base, and the up-to-$400k and regulated-framework claims do not match the Terms.

E8 Markets offers single-phase simulated programs with distinct rules by product and market. One and Pro cover Classic Markets and Perpetual Futures; Signature covers Classic Markets and Futures; Zero Starter/Max serves Futures. Zero and Signature use EOD trailing drawdown, while Pro’s standard static floor moves after the first payout. Pro retains half the profit as a buffer that can count toward later payouts. Zero closes after five payout requests and supplies a free challenge of the same size.

FTUK offers simulated Forex programs and separate Futures accounts. Forex One/Two Step use qualifying profitable-day gates; Flex and Instant have on-demand payout eligibility tied to consistency. Account Protector adds a 2% floating-loss limit and all trades must last 30 seconds. MT5 is now listed alongside MatchTrader and TradeLocker. The current footer names the Netherlands operator and Saint Lucia service provider.

FunderPro offers One Phase, Classic and Pro evaluations plus Instant accounts on MT5, cTrader and TradeLocker. One Phase/Classic pay 80% (90% add-on); Pro Daily pays 60% and Weekly 90%. Evaluation maximum drawdown is static, while Instant trails and adds 15% consistency, five profitable days and a 2% per-idea risk limit. Reward minimums and schedules depend on the program.

Funded Trading Plus offers Instant, Express, Classic and Activation simulated programs on MT5 and Match-Trader. Standard split is 80%, with eligible upgrades to 90%; Activation stays at 80%. Classic uses static drawdown and a daily 3% symbol-loss rule. Activation changes from static challenge drawdown to equity trailing when funded and requires 25% consistency for payouts.

Alpha Capital offers One, Pro, Swing and Three evaluations plus instant-qualified Direct. Pro, Swing and Three use static maximum drawdowns; One and Direct trail the highest balance. Standard splits are 80%, with eligible 90% purchase-time upgrades and 90% included on Direct. Duration, risk and payout conditions need to match the trading strategy.

FTMO (FTMO s.r.o., Prague) is the sector's most established simulated-funding firm, running a 2-Step and a newer 1-Step challenge. The most important fact is one almost every review gets backwards: the 2-Step fee is refunded 100% with your first payout, while the 1-Step fee is NON-REFUNDABLE. Net entry costs depend on the number of attempts, fees paid and whether the first eligible reward is reached. The 2-Step uses a STATIC 10% drawdown; the 1-Step uses an end-of-day TRAILING drawdown, a 3% daily loss, a 50% Best Day Rule displayed in Account MetriX — and the maximum-loss floor resets to 90% of initial capital when a reward is withdrawn and a new account is provided. FTMO charges no withdrawal commission, has no consistency rules on the 2-Step, and scales to $2,000,000. Scaling is subject to eligibility; a discounted CFD reset policy has not been verified here.

The5ers (Five Percent Online Ltd, a UK company — but contracted under Israeli law with exclusive jurisdiction in Tel Aviv) runs four CFD programmes: Bootcamp, Hyper Growth, Pro Growth and High Stakes. Its real strengths are genuine: drawdown is STATIC on every CFD programme, the split scales to 100% for free rather than as a paid add-on, and High Stakes offers 1:100 leverage. But two things are widely misreported. First, a 3.5% commission is taken from EVERY cash withdrawal — Rise, crypto and bank transfer alike; the only 0% route is non-convertible Hub Credit. Second, the celebrated ~70% fee refund is High Stakes only, is paid as account equity rather than cash, and is itself subject to that 3.5% on the way out. High Stakes qualifying days require 0.5% of initial balance using the lower of midnight balance and equity, less the previous day’s balance. Floating losses can reduce that result below the threshold; they do not automatically invalidate the day.