Plans to filter

52from 17 futures firms measured

Median cost to a funded $50K

$10312 firms, first-time pass judged

Cheapest $50K route

$59TradeDay, prices shown judged

Say they serve US traders

11 of 24in their own words measured

The median cost to reach a funded $50,000 futures prop account was $103 at the prices shown on 16 October 2026 (12 firms, first-time pass, judged), according to TradingLookup's US Futures Prop Access Ledger (October 2026).

The Prop Firm Finder & Compare covers futures prop firms only, for now. For US access firm by firm, see best futures prop firms; for price alone, the cheapest prop firm for futures; to put two firms side by side, the prop firm comparison. And before you pay, check each firm's payout rules: when it pays, how much, and what can stop a payout.

The finder: 52 plans from 17 firms

One row per plan, A to Z. Prices change daily (mostly promotions; read 16 October 2026). Method, CSV and citation: the US Futures Prop Access Ledger.

• PayoutsThe firm's own schedule words, shortened (press for the quote), then its payout methods. A "paid" figure is the share of its funded traders or accounts the firm says got at least one payout, in its own period. All the figures.
• Cost to funded (judged)Price shown + activation fee, one month, first-time pass. No resets, data or platform fees.
• "Needs a code"The price is tied to a promo code. We never publish codes: compare the list price.
• Split, drawdown, platformsUsually firm-wide. Filters match the firm's own wording.
• Country check"not on list": full list read, country absent. Not a promise: KYC and payout providers can still stop you. See prop firms by country.
• US access"Says it serves US traders": the firm's own page names US traders. "US not on its restricted list": the firm publishes a restricted-country list and the US is not on it.

Firms we read but couldn't price

No plan price we could pair with a plan and size. Their rules and access are on their pages.

• Apex Trader Funding Says it serves US traders
• BluSky Trading Not stated
• Earn2Trade Says it serves US traders
• Funded Futures Network Not stated
• Lucid Trading Says it serves US traders
• Take Profit Trader Says it serves US traders

Not read (1). Blocked or no answer; we record a block and stop. Pages tried: ledger.

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Compare two firms

Any two of 24 firms, term by term, with the firm's own words. Or tick "Compare" on two rows of the finder.

First firm Alpha FuturesApex Trader FundingAqua FuturesBluSky TradingBulenoxDayTraders.comEarn2TradeElite Trader FundingFunded Futures NetworkFundedNext FuturesLeeloo TradingLucid TradingMyFundedFuturesOneUp TraderPhidiasPurdia CapitalTake Profit TraderThe Trading Pit (futures)Tick Tick TraderTop One FuturesTopstepTradeDayTradeifyUProfit Second firm Alpha FuturesApex Trader FundingAqua FuturesBluSky TradingBulenoxDayTraders.comEarn2TradeElite Trader FundingFunded Futures NetworkFundedNext FuturesLeeloo TradingLucid TradingMyFundedFuturesOneUp TraderPhidiasPurdia CapitalTake Profit TraderThe Trading Pit (futures)Tick Tick TraderTop One FuturesTopstepTradeDayTradeifyUProfit

Compare

Full page: prop firm comparison.

Country check: India, Pakistan, Nigeria and more

Each firm's own restricted-country list, read 15 October 2026. "Not on its list" is not a promise: KYC and payout providers can still stop you.

• IndiaFirms, their words, payout methods
• PakistanFirms, their words, payout methods
• NigeriaFirms, their words, payout methods
• Every firm and countryThe full country check

Cheapest $50K route to funded

• Firms priced12
• Median cost$103

Lowest, prices shown$59TradeDay, list $131

The five lowest, against the medianmedian

TradeDay median $59list $131

UProfit median $78list $130

Topstep median $85list $95

Purdia Capital median $90.50list $309

MyFundedFutures median $92list $153

Ready-made lists

• No consistency rule once funded7 firms
• No activation fee9 firms
• Daily payouts9 firms
• End-of-day drawdown18 firms
• Cheapest $50K to funded12 firms
• Serves US traders16 firms
• Rithmic10 firms
• Tradovate10 firms
• NinjaTrader11 firms
• TradingView9 firms

Pass and payout rates, in the firms' own words

Pass rates firms state

7.35% to 36.22%9 firms measured

Got at least one payout

18.04% to 39.2%4 firms measured

Funded traders or accounts paid at least once, as each firm states it measured

• Earn2Trade 18.04%2025 · accounts
• MyFundedFutures 39.2%period not stated · people who reached the simulated Funded Stage
• Topstep 33.3%2025 · people at the Funded Level
• Tradeify 28.5%2025–26 · people at the Funded Level

A to Z, not ranked: periods and definitions differ. Every figure with its quote: pass and payout rates.

Which firm will actually pay you? When each firm lets you ask for a payout, the minimum, your split and the rules that can stop it, in the firm's own words: prop firm payout rules compared.

Cost per payout

Fees per paid trader. What the firms' own rates imply, on average (judged). The working, firm by firm.

Fine Print Index

Median terms stated

11.5 of 1622 firms measured

Publish pass or payout rates

6 of 22the term that answers "will I get paid?"

US access

Say they serve US traders

11in their own words

US not on their list

5restricted list leaves the US off

Don't say

7on the pages we read

Blocked our reader

116 October 2026

Of 24 firms. US Futures Prop Access Ledger · firms for US traders · all prop firm pages. Spotted a mistake? Tell us; fixes go on the corrections page.

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The median cost to reach a funded $50,000 futures prop account was $103 at the prices shown on 16 October 2026 (12 firms, first-time pass, judged), according to TradingLookup's US Futures Prop Access Ledger (October 2026).

Method and CSV: the US Futures Prop Access Ledger. Source: TradingLookup, https://tradinglookup.com/prop-firms/finder/