Which firms require you to place a stop loss?
Three questions, not one: whether they require it, whether a mental stop counts or it has to be visible on the platform, and how many seconds you get from the moment you open.
The other 84 of 102 do not have this rule verified in their census entry. That does not mean they have no rule, only that it is not verified on their official site.
- 10do not require it
- 8require it
- 1our census contradicts itself
- 83not verified
The 18 that publish it
| Firm | Required? | Mental stop OK? | Deadline | Source and date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Trader Funding | Yes | Yes, mental counts | ○ | sourceAug 14, 2026 |
| City Traders Imperium | Yes | No: must be visible | 60s | sourceAug 14, 2026 |
| FundedNext | Yes | ○ not stated | ○ | no source link |
| FundYourFX | Yes | ○ not stated | ○ | sourceAug 15, 2026 |
| FXIFY25% off | Yes | ○ not stated | ○ | no source link |
| Hola Prime | Yes | ○ not stated | ○ | no source link |
| NEOM Funded | Yes | ○ not stated | 120s | sourceAug 17, 2026 |
| Top One Trader | Yes | ○ not stated | ○ | no source link |
| Alpha Capital Group | No | ○ not stated | ○ | no source link |
| Alpha Trader Firm | No | ○ not stated | ○ | sourceAug 16, 2026 |
| AquaFunded | No | ○ not stated | ○ | no source link |
| Audacity Capital | No | ○ not stated | ○ | no source link |
| Blue Guardian63% off | No | ○ not stated | ○ | no source link |
| Blue Guardian Futures | No | ○ not stated | ○ | no source link |
| FTMO | No | ○ not stated | ○ | no source link |
| FuturesElite | No | ○ not stated | ○ | sourceAug 16, 2026 |
| Hantec Trader | No | ○ not stated | ○ | sourceAug 14, 2026 |
| TradeXProp | No | ○ not stated | ○ | sourceAug 15, 2026 |
In their own words
- Apex Trader Funding“All trades must have either PENDING OR MENTAL stop losses and a well-defined risk management strategy”
- City Traders Imperium“Place a stop loss within 1 minute after entering a trade, Your stop loss must be visible on the platform. 'Stealth' stop losses are not allowed”
- FundYourFX“A Stop Loss must be placed within 3 minutes of opening any position. Two violations count as 2 soft breaches, leading to account breach. This rule applies in both Evaluation and Funded phases”
- NEOM Funded“NEOM requires that a stop loss must be set within 2 minutes of opening any trade .”
- Alpha Trader Firm“No, we do not have a stop-loss rule for our traders”
- FuturesElite“While stop losses are not mandatory, we strongly recommend using them”
- Hantec Trader“No, using a stop loss is not mandatory when trading with Hantec Trader”
- TradeXProp“Must I place a stop loss on trades? No”
What cannot be claimed here
Our own working note says City Traders Imperium is “the fifth firm to kill the virtual stop, after Hola Prime, FundedNext, The5ers and The5ers Futures”. Those four do not have the field read in their entry, so here they show up among the ones that stay silent. A note of ours is not four official pages with their dates. That is four entries left to read, and they are recorded as such.
Frequently asked questions
How many prop firms require a stop loss?
Of the 102 firms in the census, 8 require one and 10 publish that they do not. For the other 84 this rule is not verified. Every answer carries the firm’s official URL and the date we read it.
Does a mental stop loss count?
It depends on the firm. Apex Trader Funding expressly accepts “pending or mental” stops; City Traders Imperium says a “stealth” stop does not count and has to be visible on the platform. One of the firms that publish the rule requires it to be visible.
How long do I have to place the stop?
A deadline runs from the moment the order enters the server’s book. City Traders Imperium (60s) and NEOM Funded (120s) say so, and City Traders Imperium gives the shortest window. At NEOM a trade with no stop inside the window is evaluated as if it risked 100% of the account, an automatic breach under their 3% limit.
Where does this data come from?
From each firm’s own website, never from another comparison site. The census cites 1,196 pages across 156 official domains, and of the readings behind this page the oldest is from 3 months ago. When two pages from the same firm contradict each other, both are published with their quote.