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How to Compare Prop Firms

Comparing prop firms comes down to four things: how their drawdown is calculated, what trading restrictions they impose, how and when they pay out, and what the evaluation costs. Every rule matters when real funded money is on the line.

Drawdown Type Is the Most Important Difference

A static drawdown (FTMO, MyFundedFutures, FundedNext, Take Profit Trader) is fixed from your starting balance — your floor never moves. An EOD trailing drawdown (Topstep, Tradeify, Bulenox, TradeDay) only moves up at your closing balance each day, so intraday swings you close out of don't touch the floor. Apex and Goat Funded Trader use an intraday trailing drawdown — the floor follows your highest balance in real time, including unrealized gains, which makes it the most restrictive of the three types.

Consistency Rules Can Disqualify a Profitable Month

Apex enforces a consistency rule on its funded accounts: no single day can account for more than 50% of total accumulated profit since your last payout (it does not apply during the evaluation). Topstep's Trading Combine has its own percentage-based rule, a 50% Consistency Target — best single day can't exceed 50% of the Profit Target, or the target increases. The other firms on this site — FTMO, MyFundedFutures, Tradeify (Growth), Bulenox, TradeDay, FundedNext, and GOAT — have no percentage-based consistency rule on their evaluations.

Which Prop Firms Are Best for Automated Trading?

All major futures prop firms allow TradingView Pine Script automation via services like TradersPost. Apex is the most automation-friendly — no daily loss limit means your script needs no session circuit breaker. Topstep's standard Combine has no mandatory daily loss limit either — only the Maximum Loss Limit, with an optional Daily Loss Limit if you choose to enable one. Firms with a genuinely mandatory daily loss limit (FTMO $2,500 on a 50k account, MyFundedFutures) require your Pine Script to track intraday P&L and halt trading when the cap is hit. FTMO also restricts news trading, which can affect automated entries around major economic events.

Payout Splits and Speed Vary Widely

Topstep pays a flat 90/10 split from the first dollar for accounts opened since January 12, 2026 (traders grandfathered in before that date keep 100% of their first $10,000). Apex and FundedNext pay 90% with Apex settling as early as the next business day. TradeDay, Bulenox, and GOAT pay 80% on bi-weekly or weekly cycles. For cash-flow, Apex next-day and Topstep weekly are the fastest options in the industry.

Eval Cost and Reset Fees Add Up

Eval fees on a $50k account range from ~$140 (MyFundedFutures on promo) to $345 (FTMO). Apex runs frequent sales where a 50k eval can drop to as low as $7. Reset costs run $80–$250 — for high-volume eval traders the reset price often matters more than the initial fee.