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Best Prop Firms (2026)

We've reviewed 2 prop firms and scored each one on five independent axes — Trust, Cost & Path to Funded, Payouts, Trading Rules, and Experience & Support — built from 33 measurable sub-criteria drawn from firm filings, real-account testing, payout audits, and verified reader reports. Affiliate relationships are disclosed; they never move a ranking.

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2 firms reviewed Scoring: 5 axes · 33 sub-criteria Last updated: May 2026
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Eleven years, $500M+ paid, and as of December 2025 FTMO owns the OANDA brokerage group. The benchmark prop firm by every measure that matters.

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4.5/5 Overall
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
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

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