Best prop firms for beginners
For a first account, this ranking covers plans with drawdown measured at the end of each day or set at a fixed level. Such plans are easier to follow than live trailing drawdown. The ranking uses the cost of 3 tries at 50K.
| Rank | Firm | Plan | Fee | Activation | 3 tries, funded | Drawdown | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BluSky Trading | Launch | $59 / mo | $99 | $276 | end-of-day trailing | 90% |
| 2 | Legends Trading | Apprentice | $59 / mo | $99 | $276 | end-of-day trailing | |
| 3 | Topstep | Trading Combine (No Activation Fee Path) | $95 / mo | No fee | $285 | end-of-day trailing | 90% |
| 4 | The Trading Pit | Futures Prime | $99 | No fee | $297 | end-of-day trailing | 80% |
| 5 | Top One Futures | Elite ACCESS | $39 | $189 | $306 | end-of-day trailing | 90% |
| 6 | FTMO | FTMO Futures Growth | $119 / mo | No fee | $357 | end-of-day trailing | 80% to 90% |
| 7 | UProfit | ONE 50K | $120 | No fee | $360 | static | |
| 8 | Alpha Futures | Standard | $129 / mo | No fee | $387 | end-of-day trailing | 90% |
| 9 | FundedNext Futures | Flex | $141.99 | No fee | $425.97 | end-of-day trailing | 95% |
| 10 | Tradeify | Growth Evaluation | $145 | No fee | $435 | end-of-day trailing | 90% |
| 11 | Aqua Futures | Futures Flex | $168 | No fee | $504 | end-of-day trailing | 90% |
| 12 | AquaFunded | Futures Flex | $168 | No fee | $504 | end-of-day | 90% |
| 13 | Lucid Trading | LucidPro | $172 | No fee | $516 | end-of-day trailing | 90% |
| 14 | Funded Futures Network | MAX Standard | $178 | No fee | $534 | end-of-day | 80% |
| 15 | BrightFunded | BrightCore | $190 | No fee | $570 | end-of-day | 80% |
With a monthly plan, each try is counted as one month. What you see are list prices, with no code applied to any of them. Try another size or number of tries.