Futures prop firms: the rules behind the marketing

Each page below breaks one futures prop firm down to the numbers that decide whether you pass: price, profit target, how the drawdown moves, daily loss limit and consistency rules. Every number links to the firm's own help center and shows when we last checked it.

Most comparison sites rank firms by discount codes. These pages do something narrower: they show the rules that end accounts, in the same format for every firm, with the source next to each number.

A few things to know before you read them:

• Prices change constantly. Firms run coupons most of the time. We show the list price the firm publishes and note when a coupon is the normal price.
• The firm's page wins. If a number here disagrees with the firm's current help center, trust the firm and tell us at support@fundedsim.com.
• Simulated or not. Apex Trader Funding and Topstep run 1:1 in the FundedSim simulator. For the others we point you to the closest practice account.

Want the firms side by side instead? Start with the 50K evaluation comparison.

• Apex Trader Funding: End of Day vs Intraday evals, with the real numbers

  Apex Trader Funding End of Day and Intraday evals side by side: coupon prices, drawdown, daily loss limit, PA activation, payouts and the six-payout close.

• Topstep Trading Combine: rules, costs and the drawdown that ends most accounts

  Topstep's Trading Combine in plain numbers: monthly price, profit target, Maximum Loss Limit, the 55% consistency target and what the XFA payout rules ask of you.

• MyFundedFutures: Builder vs Rapid, and the buffer you have to clear before getting paid

  MyFundedFutures Builder and Rapid: profit target, end-of-day Max Loss Limit, soft daily loss limit, the payout buffer and when the drawdown turns intraday.

• Tradeify Select vs Growth: which evaluation fits how you trade

  Tradeify Select vs Growth: profit targets, daily loss limits, the 40% consistency rule, contract limits and how the drawdown locks once funded.

• Lucid Trading LucidFlex: the numbers, and where the drawdown stops

  Lucid Trading LucidFlex in numbers: profit target, end-of-day Max Loss Limit, where the drawdown locks, contract limits and the consistency choice.

• Take Profit Trader: the test account rules, and what the 50% rule does to your target

  Take Profit Trader test account: targets from 25K to 150K, the end-of-day trailing drawdown, three-day minimum, 50% consistency rule and the PRO fee.

• Bulenox: pick your drawdown model before you buy, because you can't change it later

  Bulenox Qualification accounts: one-time prices, profit targets, the two drawdown models you pick before buying, the 30-day window and the data fee trap.

• Alpha Futures Zero: no consistency rule to pass, and a drawdown that doesn't punish your first payout

  Alpha Futures Zero accounts: monthly prices, resets, profit targets, the end-of-day Maximum Loss Limit, the Daily Loss Guard and payout limits.