{
  "title": "Forex Prop Firm Ledger",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "release_status": "provisional (v0, not yet human-checked)",
  "as_of": "2026-10-16",
  "firms_in_ledger": 26,
  "firms_read": 25,
  "firms_not_read": [
    "FundingPips"
  ],
  "claims_checked": 991,
  "claims_verified": 991,
  "claims_read_by_hand": 0,
  "sources_fetched": 151,
  "sources_ok": 149,
  "sources_blocked_or_failed": [
    "alpha-capital-group-homepage",
    "fundingpips-homepage"
  ],
  "read_from": "United States network address, 2026-10-16",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "headline": "As of 16 October 2026, the median price of the cheapest $100K evaluation, across the 14 forex prop firms whose own pages state one, is $544 at the prices shown that day (including any activation fee). We read the pages of 25 of the 26 firms in the ledger; 1 blocked or did not answer our reader.",
  "headline_basis": "measured prices (each firm's own page, saved and hashed on the check date); the median is judged arithmetic over the cheapest stated price per firm at that account size, plus any activation fee the plan states",
  "headline_account_size_usd": "100000",
  "median_cheapest_price_usd": 544.0,
  "firms_with_measured_prices": [
    "Audacity Capital",
    "Blue Guardian",
    "BrightFunded",
    "City Traders Imperium",
    "E8 Markets",
    "FTMO",
    "FTUK",
    "FXIFY",
    "Fintokei",
    "Funded Trading Plus",
    "FundedNext",
    "FunderPro",
    "Funding Traders",
    "Hola Prime",
    "Lark Funding",
    "Lux Trading Firm",
    "Maven Trading",
    "PipFarm",
    "The5ers",
    "Think Capital"
  ],
  "firms_stating_exclude_us": [
    "Blueberry Funded",
    "FTMO",
    "FTUK",
    "FXIFY",
    "Fintokei",
    "PipFarm"
  ],
  "plan_rows": 89,
  "plan_rows_with_price": 83,
  "cheapest_price_by_firm": [
    {
      "firm": "The5ers",
      "slug": "the5ers",
      "plan": "1-Step 100K",
      "total_usd": 249.0,
      "eval_price_usd": 249.0,
      "activation_fee_usd": null,
      "eval_list_price_usd": null,
      "source_url": "https://the5ers.com/"
    },
    {
      "firm": "PipFarm",
      "slug": "pipfarm",
      "plan": "Consistency 100K",
      "total_usd": 280.0,
      "eval_price_usd": 280.0,
      "activation_fee_usd": null,
      "eval_list_price_usd": null,
      "source_url": "https://help.pipfarm.com/en/articles/0873123-challenge-mode-comparison"
    },
    {
      "firm": "E8 Markets",
      "slug": "e8-markets",
      "plan": "$100K Challenge 100K",
      "total_usd": 299.0,
      "eval_price_usd": 299.0,
      "activation_fee_usd": null,
      "eval_list_price_usd": 398.0,
      "source_url": "https://e8markets.com/"
    },
    {
      "firm": "Audacity Capital",
      "slug": "audacity-capital",
      "plan": "Ability Challenge (2 steps) 100K",
      "total_usd": 357.0,
      "eval_price_usd": 357.0,
      "activation_fee_usd": null,
      "eval_list_price_usd": 549.0,
      "source_url": "https://audacity.capital/two-step-prop-firm-ability-challenge/"
    },
    {
      "firm": "Maven Trading",
      "slug": "maven-trading",
      "plan": "Standard 2-Step 100K",
      "total_usd": 440.0,
      "eval_price_usd": 440.0,
      "activation_fee_usd": null,
      "eval_list_price_usd": null,
      "source_url": "https://maventrading.com/challenges/2-step"
    },
    {
      "firm": "City Traders Imperium",
      "slug": "city-traders-imperium",
      "plan": "1-Step Challenge 100K",
      "total_usd": 449.0,
      "eval_price_usd": 449.0,
      "activation_fee_usd": null,
      "eval_list_price_usd": null,
      "source_url": "https://citytradersimperium.com/1-step-challenge/"
    },
    {
      "firm": "FunderPro",
      "slug": "funderpro",
      "plan": "Classic 100K",
      "total_usd": 539.0,
      "eval_price_usd": 539.0,
      "activation_fee_usd": null,
      "eval_list_price_usd": null,
      "source_url": "https://funderpro.com/"
    },
    {
      "firm": "Fintokei",
      "slug": "fintokei",
      "plan": "ProTrader 100K",
      "total_usd": 549.0,
      "eval_price_usd": 549.0,
      "activation_fee_usd": null,
      "eval_list_price_usd": null,
      "source_url": "https://www.fintokei.com/programs/"
    },
    {
      "firm": "Funded Trading Plus",
      "slug": "funded-trading-plus",
      "plan": "1-Step Express 100K",
      "total_usd": 549.0,
      "eval_price_usd": 549.0,
      "activation_fee_usd": null,
      "eval_list_price_usd": null,
      "source_url": "https://www.fundedtradingplus.com/"
    },
    {
      "firm": "FundedNext",
      "slug": "fundednext",
      "plan": "Stellar 2-Step 100K",
      "total_usd": 549.99,
      "eval_price_usd": 549.99,
      "activation_fee_usd": null,
      "eval_list_price_usd": null,
      "source_url": "https://fundednext.com/"
    },
    {
      "firm": "Hola Prime",
      "slug": "hola-prime",
      "plan": "1-Step Prime 100K",
      "total_usd": 579.0,
      "eval_price_usd": 579.0,
      "activation_fee_usd": null,
      "eval_list_price_usd": null,
      "source_url": "https://holaprime.com/forex/prime-challenge/"
    },
    {
      "firm": "Blue Guardian",
      "slug": "blue-guardian",
      "plan": "Instant Standard 100K",
      "total_usd": 623.0,
      "eval_price_usd": 623.0,
      "activation_fee_usd": null,
      "eval_list_price_usd": null,
      "source_url": "https://blueguardian.com/forex"
    },
    {
      "firm": "FTUK",
      "slug": "ftuk",
      "plan": "Flex Challenge 100K",
      "total_usd": 681.0,
      "eval_price_usd": 9.0,
      "activation_fee_usd": 672.0,
      "eval_list_price_usd": null,
      "source_url": "https://ftuk.com/flex-challenge"
    },
    {
      "firm": "Funding Traders",
      "slug": "funding-traders",
      "plan": "2-Step Pro10 100K",
      "total_usd": 750.0,
      "eval_price_usd": 750.0,
      "activation_fee_usd": null,
      "eval_list_price_usd": null,
      "source_url": "https://fundingtraders.com/"
    }
  ],
  "notes": [
    "Data only. 'Not stated' means the firm's pages we read do not say. It is not a finding either way.",
    "Prices change often and promotions are frequent. Each value is the price shown on the check date.",
    "Regulatory status is shown only where the firm states it."
  ]
}