Best Prop Firms (2026): Independent Reviews & Rankings

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Moneta Funded

30% off · MAY30

Up to 100% profit split with instant payouts on the Sprint Challenge, six programs across 1-Step through Phoenix scaling to $2M — all backed by multi-regulated Moneta Markets. Less than a year old, but the credibility behind it is real.

Broker-backed Moneta Markets

4.2/5 Overall

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Entry from $30 · $10K

Profit split Up to 100%

Payout 14d

Founded 2025

Funded scalers Quick payouts EA / algo

Score breakdown 5 axes · 33 sub-criteria

Trust 3.9

Cost 4.2

Payouts 4.4

Rules 4.2

Experience 4.5

Rules at a glance

News ±5 min Weekend OK EAs OK No refund

Account sizes (7)

$3K $5K $10K $20K $25K $50K $100K

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Programs (6)

1-Step 2-Step Instant Tier scaling Time-windowed Free trial

Strengths

Up to 100% profit split on the Sprint Challenge, 88% across the standard four programs (1-Step, 2-Step, Instant Funding, Phoenix). Sprint payouts are on-demand once the target is reached.
Backed by Moneta Markets, a multi-regulated parent broker (FCA UK, ASIC, FSCA SA, FSC Mauritius, FSA Seychelles) — a rare real-broker backing in the prop-firm niche.

Trade-offs

Founded in July 2025 — the long-term track record on payout consistency simply does not exist yet. Strong early signal is not the same as a decade of clean payouts.
News-trading restrictions on 1-Step and 2-Step block opening, closing, AND holding positions in the 5-minute window around high-impact news. Phoenix and Instant let you hold but not open or close. Sprint blocks news outright.

Traders 100,000

Top-ranked · By overall score

FTMO

Eleven years, $500M+ paid, and as of December 2025 FTMO owns the OANDA brokerage group. The benchmark prop firm by every measure that matters.

Independent

4.5/5 Overall

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Entry from $85 · $10K

Profit split Up to 90%

Payout 14d

Founded 2015

Established Funded scalers EA / algo

Score breakdown 5 axes · 33 sub-criteria

Trust 4.7

Cost 4.0

Payouts 4.9

Rules 3.8

Experience 4.6

Rules at a glance

News allowed Weekend OK EAs (personal) Refund on pass

Account sizes (5)

$10K $25K $50K $100K $200K

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Programs (3)

1-Step 2-Step Free trial

Strengths

Eleven years of operations and $500M+ in verifiable rewards, the longest unbroken track record in the niche.
Acquired OANDA in December 2025, so the US route now trades under FTMO-group, NFA-regulated infrastructure.

Trade-offs

Drawdown is strict, particularly the 3% daily on the 1-Step measured against the higher of equity or balance EOD.
Standard funded accounts cannot trade within a 2-minute window of high-impact news. Only the Swing variant is exempt.

Payouts $500M+ paid Traders 3,500,000

Crypto Fund Trader

The self-styled #1 crypto prop firm: 700-plus crypto pairs, Bybit integration, news allowed and fast payouts. Three years in, with a regulator warning and a suppressed Trustpilot score to weigh against it.

Independent

3.5/5 Overall

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Entry from $58 · $5K

Profit split Up to 90%

Payout 30d

Founded 2022

News traders Weekend swingers EA / algo

Score breakdown 5 axes · 33 sub-criteria

Trust 3.0

Cost 3.8

Payouts 3.8

Rules 3.6

Experience 3.6

Rules at a glance

News allowed Weekend OK EAs OK No refund

Account sizes (7)

$3K $5K $10K $25K $50K $100K $200K

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Programs (3)

2-Step 1-Step Instant

Strengths

Genuinely crypto-native: 556 crypto pairs, 715-plus crypto futures, and a native Bybit integration that traders single out as a differentiator.
Fast, repeatedly confirmed payouts, with trader reviews citing 4 to 26-hour windows and $19.5M claimed paid to date.

Trade-offs

The evaluation fee is non-refundable, even when you pass, which removes the cost-recovery most rivals offer.
FINMA added the firm to its public warning list in August 2024, and CFT's Swiss entity openly states it is not licensed.

Payouts $20M+ paid