Prop Firm Reviews

Funded Academy is a clean, straightforward evaluation with several trader-friendly touches: no consistency rule, no time limit, a low $100 payout minimum, 12-hour processing, a strong 85% base split on 1-Step, and a genuinely free education primer with no upsell. The caveats: it is young and unregulated, the accounts are simulated, and the Pro Flex vs Standard choice is LOCKED AT CHECKOUT - get it wrong and you cannot add weekend or news-holding rights without buying a new challenge. High-impact news trading is allowed, subject to a two-minute blackout either side of a high-impact release. Note it does not accept US or UK traders.

IQ Capital has a genuinely well-designed rule set: a 90/10 split from the first dollar with no paid upgrade, NO daily loss limit at all, no minimum payout, a consistency rule that raises the bar rather than failing you, a 48-hour payout guarantee backed by a real penalty, and a soft-breach system that closes the offending trade instead of the account. The problem is the paperwork around it. The site names TWO different operating companies (Saint Lucia and UAE) and publishes a registration number for neither; the marketing promises no subscriptions while a monthly management fee is documented in the same breath; it promises daily payouts the rules do not support; and the pricing page still advertises an 80/20 split contradicting the 90/10 everywhere else.

Kraken Prop is the most infrastructure-credible crypto prop program going: a one-off fee with no subscription, a single-phase evaluation with no time limit, no consistency rule or profit cap, a $50 first-payout threshold, sub-24-hour payouts into a Kraken wallet, and the real possibility that funded trades reach an actual matching engine. But the brand reassures more than the contract supports. It is operated by Payward Oceanic Ltd, a BVI entity that declares itself unregulated; the funded capital is notional and can be B-booked as simulated at Kraken's discretion; drawdowns are very tight (3-6%) on volatile crypto; and the 90% split is a paid add-on, not earned. Judge it as a fast, well-built, crypto-only prop program - not as a regulated Kraken account.

Sabio Trade offers comprehensive forex trading services with user-friendly platforms and educational resources. Their competitive spreads and responsive customer support make them popular among both beginners and experienced traders. The company maintains strong security protocols while providing access to diverse market opportunities through their intuitive trading interface.

TradeDay (TradeDay LLC - an ILLINOIS company, not a UK one) is a futures-only prop firm trading simulated capital, rebuilt as TradeDay 2.0. Its best feature is genuine: there is no daily drawdown at all. The constraint to understand before you buy is the $10,000 lifetime ceiling, which takes your profit once you reach it - and prior withdrawals count toward it. The firm is unusually transparent about its own numbers, which we credit in the review.

The Trading Pit is a Liechtenstein-registered firm running CFD Prime, Futures Prime and a Stocks Challenge on a flat 80% split. Two changes on 29 April 2026 reshaped the deal: the fee rebate moved from your 1st payout to your 3rd, and the drawdown on the largest accounts switched from static to trailing. The rule that ends most accounts here is not a drawdown at all - it is the inactivity clock, which starts the day you buy, not the day you first trade.

FunderPro sells four evaluations - One Phase, Classic, Pro and Instant - on MetaTrader 5, cTrader and TradeLocker, with an 80% base split and a $100 minimum payout. It is unusually candid in one respect: it publishes its own pass rate, 7.35%, in the site footer. It is less candid in others. The homepage advertises "No Trailing Drawdown" while the binding Instant terms specify a trailing one, and the contract that governs your payouts is not published anywhere.

Funding Traders sells four evaluations - 1-Step PRO, 2-Step PRO6, 2-Step PRO10 and Instant Funded - on simulated capital, through MetaTrader 5 and TradeLocker. The base split is 80% on the 2-Step products and 90% on 1-Step and Instant, with the headline 100% sold as a checkout add-on. The rule that decides most accounts is a 2% cap on loss per trade idea, enforced as an immediate hard breach. Note the contracting entity is a Florida company that, by its own terms, is not the party that funds or pays you.

The Concept Trading is an Australian firm running five account families on MetaTrader 5 and TradeLocker, with static drawdown, no daily drawdown and no consistency rule - a genuinely permissive rule set. The headline numbers are the problem. The advertised 90% split is 50% at every level except the last one, and while the homepage sells weekly payouts, clause 12.17 of the binding terms allows only one payout per calendar month.

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. The 1-Step's lower sticker price (€499 vs €540 on a $100K) therefore makes it the more expensive route to funded, permanently. 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 that silently blocks payouts, no Scaling Plan — and it resets your entire drawdown buffer every time you withdraw. FTMO charges no withdrawal commission, has no consistency rules on the 2-Step, and scales to $2,000,000. There is no reset product: failing means buying again at full price.