Every futures prop firm worth taking seriously in 2026, in one place. The four featured firms below cover the majority of trader activity in the space — Apex alone has 18,000+ Trustpilot reviews. The remaining 10 firms in the table beneath are legitimate operators with smaller trader bases or narrower specializations. Firms that have shut down, lost regulator approval, or been credibly accused of non-payment have been excluded. New this quarter: FundedNext Futures (62K+ Trustpilot reviews — the largest review base in the entire prop firm space) and Phidias (Gibraltar-registered, static drawdown option that's rare in futures).
Need help narrowing it down?
The comparison tool filters all 14 firms by your trading style, drawdown preference, news policy, and platform. Most users land on 3–5 matches.
The four to start with
Apex Trader Funding
High-volume futures prop firm with the largest trader base in the space. The March 2026 Apex 4.0 overhaul replaced monthly fees with one-time pricing and added an EOD trailing drawdown option alongside the legacy intraday model. 100% profit split on first $25,000.
Topstep
Industry's longest-running futures prop firm at 12+ years. Three-stage program: monthly-subscription Combine, simulated Express Funded Account, then a rare real-capital Live Funded tier. Acquired The Futures Desk in April 2026. Trailing intraday drawdown is the defining rule.
MyFundedFutures (MFFU)
Differentiated by zero daily loss limit across all plans and four distinct drawdown structures. The Rapid plan pays daily at a 90/10 split — among the fastest payout cadences in the futures prop space. Strong choice for traders who hate daily loss limits.
Tradeify
Fastest-growing US-based futures prop firm. Three differentiated account paths (Growth, Select, Lightning Funded) and a real-capital path via Tradeify Elite — one of only three major futures firms offering formalized live capital transitions. EOD trailing drawdown locks at starting balance plus $100, more forgiving than the trailing-intraday model that dominates the space. Won three Prop Firm Match awards in 2025: Highest Rated Firm, Best Payout Process, Most User Friendly Platform.
All 14 futures prop firms tracked
The featured firms above are the most established. Below is every firm currently tracked in the comparison tool, including the four featured. Newer firms can be excellent matches for specific strategies — Lucid Trading, for example, allows unrestricted news trading and scalping where most firms restrict both.
| Firm | Founded | Trustpilot | Standout Feature | |
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Apex Trader Funding
Featured
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2021 | 4.4 · 18K | Largest trader base. EOD or Intraday DD choice. | View → |
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Topstep
Featured
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2014 | 3.4 · 14K | 12+ year operating history. Live capital tier. | View → |
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MyFundedFutures (MFFU)
Featured
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2023 | 4.6 · 5.4K | Zero daily loss limit. Daily payouts on Rapid. | View → |
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Tradeify
Featured
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2024 | 4.6 · 2.7K | EOD DD locks at start +$100. Live capital (Elite) path. | View → |
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FundedNext Futures
New
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2022 | 4.5 · 62K | Largest review base in prop firm space. 24-hr payout guarantee with $1K missed-deadline penalty. | View → |
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Take Profit Trader (TPT)
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2022 | 4.5 · 3.2K | Daily payouts. Switches DD model between eval and PRO. | View → |
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Bulenox
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2021 | 4.7 · 1.3K | Dual checkout (Trailing or EOD). 18+ platforms supported. | View → |
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Earn2Trade
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2016 | 4.6 · 2.8K | Trader Career Path scales to $400K. Decade of operation. | View → |
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Alpha Futures
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2024 | 4.9 · 3.6K | Highest Trustpilot in space. UK-registered. EOD only. | View → |
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Blue Guardian Futures
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2025 | 4.4 · 900 | 100% on first $15K. Eval fee refunded after 4th payout. | View → |
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Lucid Trading
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2024 | 4.6 · 600 | Unrestricted news and scalping across all plans. EOD only. | View → |
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TradeDay
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2020 | 4.6 · 1.4K | CME-veteran founders. Three DD types selectable at purchase. | View → |
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Elite Trader Funding
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2022 | 4.4 · 2.1K | Diamond Hands plan allows overnight/weekend holds. Live capital path. | View → |
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Phidias
New
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2023 | 3.8 · 270 | Static drawdown on $25K account. Gibraltar-registered. Polarized reviews — see notes below. | View → |
Firms we don't recommend (and why)
A directory that lists every prop firm on the internet would be useless — most of them are content marketing operations rather than legitimate prop firms. The 14 above are the ones with real trader bases, verifiable payouts, and operating histories long enough to evaluate. A few notable absences worth explaining:
Other firms excluded from this directory:
- Firms with under 12 months of operation. Too early to evaluate payout reliability or rule stability.
- Firms with verified non-payment complaints. Multiple unresolved Trustpilot complaints about withheld payouts is a hard exclusion.
- Firms that switched to retroactive rule changes. If a firm changes the rules after traders have paid for evaluations, they're not a partner — they're a content trap.
- Affiliate-marketing-first operations. Some "prop firms" are primarily affiliate funnels with minimal actual trading infrastructure. These get excluded regardless of their marketing spend.
If a futures prop firm you're considering isn't listed above, that's a signal worth taking seriously. Either the firm is too new to evaluate, too small to have a verifiable track record, or has been excluded for one of the reasons above. The comparison tool will narrow these 14 to the 3–5 that actually fit how you trade.
