Top futures prop firms
Some futures firms bill every month and a few add an activation fee after you pass. Best-graded first, each with its cheapest account after the code.
| Rank | Firm | Years | Platforms | Max allocation | Assets | Price and offer |
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| 1 | Blue Guardian | Years5 | PlatformsDeepchartsMatch-TraderMetaTrader 5NinjaTraderTradeLocker2 more platforms: TradingView, Tradovate | Max alloc$400K | AssetsForex CFDIndices CFDMetals CFD10 more instrument types: Commodities cfd, Crypto CFD, Index futures, Currency futures, Agriculture futures, Crypto futures, Metals futures, Interest rate futures, Energy futures, Micros |
Price after code
$59.50
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| 2 | AquaFunded | Years3 | PlatformsMetaTrader 5cTraderTradeLockerMatch-TraderTradovate3 more platforms: Deepcharts, NinjaTrader, DeepDOM | Max alloc$400K | AssetsForex CFDIndices CFDMetals CFD10 more instrument types: Crypto CFD, Commodities cfd, Currency futures, Index futures, Agriculture futures, Metals futures, Energy futures, Interest rate futures, Crypto futures, Micros |
Price after code
$14
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| 3 | Ment Funding | Years5 | PlatformsDXtradeMatch-TradercTraderGooeyProATAS2 more platforms: DXFutures, R | Trader Pro | Max alloc$2M | AssetsForex CFDMetals CFDEnergy CFD9 more instrument types: Indices CFD, Crypto CFD, Index futures, Currency futures, Energy futures, Metals futures, Agriculture futures, Stocks, Micros | From $300 cheapest account, $25K Read review |
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What makes a futures prop firm different?
The best futures prop firms for one trader can be a poor match for another. PFG’s dynamic futures ranking provides a starting point.
Personal fit begins with the contracts available and country access. The exact plan’s drawdown method and total cost matter too. Payout conditions and platform needs can rule out a route, as can account state.
A futures prop firm offers a rule-based program around exchange-listed instruments and a contractual reward. The firm’s terms govern that relationship, which differs from depositing margin in a personal futures brokerage account.
Contract specifications also shape fit. Confirm permitted contract months and tick values, then check exchange sessions and position limits. Market-data access and strategy permissions require separate review. Billing, loss rules, and account state can change by route or stage.
How are these futures firms ranked?
The criteria behind every grade separate evidence-based assessment from popularity and commercial offers. A letter grade appears only after our team ratifies the assessment. NR means we have not assessed the firm. It is not a low grade, and a letter does not confirm that a program fits a particular trader.
17 firms are in the catalogue today. 17 of these grades are preliminary: the letters can move as verification of the records completes.
- 1 (6%)
- 5 (29%)
- 11 (65%)
- 0 (0%)
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- 0 (0%)
This live distribution covers every futures firm we grade. Read it with the source state and freshness of the underlying evidence. Missing information stays unknown, and a conflict prevents a conclusion until the data is reconciled. Affiliate arrangements do not improve a grade or turn an unknown into a favorable result.
When a firm’s funded trader agreement is not available to us, we do not score clauses we cannot read, and we do not assume what they say. Where a firm keeps that agreement from buyers until after purchase, that counts as a finding against company trust. Once we obtain the agreement, we read it and re-grade the firm.
What to check before choosing a futures prop firm
- Confirm market and workflow fit. Check the futures contracts you trade and country access. Make sure the platform supports the contract months and order types your strategy uses. Verify exchange data and device support, then review session holding. Check automation and copying permissions separately. Treat an essential feature as a hard filter.
- Inspect one exact product route. Map its drawdown method and daily-loss rule against the tick value and permitted position size. That relationship defines usable room; nominal account size does not. Check consistency rules and session resets separately. Match billing and reward conditions to the assessed stage, then confirm its account configuration.
- Check how the loss limit moves. A static loss limit does not move up as you profit, while a trailing one rises with the account’s highest point. With intraday trailing, open profit can raise the limit before you close a trade; other firms move it only at the end of the trading day. Check whether it stops rising at a set level.
- Read the evidence before checkout. Check the account state and contracting entity, then open the governing agreement. Review source freshness separately and note unresolved conflicts. Distinguish an operator claim from a contract term or observed interface. Save the governing terms for the product you buy. An unavailable field does not establish a favorable or adverse fact.
Futures platforms and account types
A platform name answers part of the compatibility question. Confirm the exact contracts and order types you use. Check exchange data and session boundaries, then contract rollover. Record any platform or data charge.
Automation and trade copying may follow separate rules. Multiple accounts and overnight holding need their own checks. So does news-event trading.
Account labels also need a stage definition. Evaluation and performance can describe program milestones. The same applies to a funded label, which may not identify account ownership or order routing.
Confirm which terms govern each stage. Then check whether the account state changes and what event moves a trader to a different rule set.
A futures label does not prove live execution
A program can use simulated or live account stages. Some routes are hybrid, while others remain unconfirmed.
An exchange-listed contract alone does not establish that an order reaches a live exchange. Neither does a familiar platform or market-data feed. Start with the agreement and account ownership, then look for the broker or clearing relationship and routing evidence.
Advantages and limitations of futures prop firms
In a futures prop program, the exchange defines the instrument and the firm defines the qualification and reward route. Traders must read both rulebooks together.
- Futures contracts define tick size and tick value, along with expiry and trading hours. Price risk is calculable, but the same move can have a different dollar effect across contracts.
- Centralized exchange prices provide a common reference. The prop account can still be simulated, so the price does not establish live routing or firm capital at risk.
- Specialist futures platforms can suit order-entry and market-data workflows. Data entitlements and platform charges must match the exact route. The same applies to supported contracts and permitted order types.
- Multiple sessions and expiring contract months create flexibility. They also add session boundaries and rollover decisions. Overnight rules or position limits can still trigger a breach.
A program fee buys access to a contractual route, not brokerage margin. Traders who want control of margin, execution, or withdrawal timing should compare the program with a personal futures brokerage account.
Filter futures firms by account size, evaluation model and price
Use the filters above the table to narrow the futures firms by account size, evaluation model (one-step, two-step or instant funding) and price, and sort the table into the order you need.
Three things no filter can check for you, and every review answers:
- How the loss limit moves once you are funded.
- What stops a payout: minimums, caps and consistency rules.
- Which company you contract with, and where a dispute goes.