Start here

Three decisions

1. How many steps

   Fewer exams does not mean a lower price. Median price of a $100,000 account, by format:

   • Instant funding$660
   • 1 step$450
   • 2 steps$555
   • 3 steps$365
   The four formats compared

2. Which loss limit

   A static limit stays where it starts. A trailing one follows your best balance, at the close or during the day. Models in the census with each:

   • Static154 models
   • End of day trailing41 models
   • Intraday trailing28 models
   Try one in the simulatorGlossary

3. Which rules you need

   If your strategy depends on one of these, ask for it before anything else. Find your prop sorts every firm into fits, unknown and ruled out.

   • Trade the news
   • Hold over the weekend
   • Use bots
   • Hedge in one account
   • Hold overnight
   Find your propFirms by rule

Shortcuts by style

• Under $100The cheapest account of each firm, at any size, for $100 or less.60 firms fitCheapest: AquaFunded, Goat Funded Trader, Maven TradingOpen in Find your prop
• First challengeA $25,000 account, one step, and a loss limit that does not move.29 firms fitCheapest: Breakout, Trade The Pool, HypernovaOpen in Find your prop
• Swing tradingPositions held overnight and over the weekend.17 firms fitCheapest: AquaFunded, Funding Traders, Blue GuardianOpen in Find your prop
• Bots and EAsExpert advisors and automated strategies allowed.59 firms fitCheapest: AquaFunded, Goat Funded Trader, Vanta TradingOpen in Find your prop
• Forex with no consistency ruleCFD challenges whose rules, read on the firm’s own site, set no consistency requirement.94 modelsOpen in the table

Scalping and multiple accounts have no shortcut yet: we have not read those rules for enough firms.