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[ 01 ]Prop firms · the roster

The prop firms I trade with, the ones I’m watching, and the ones I’d skip.

I run live capital across multiple firms. This is the roster, the rules, and the small print that almost cost me payouts. Updated as the journey moves.

E
E8 Markets
Trading
86EA-fit
Accounts that fit
EAs allowed✓News: bannedSame-acct hedging✓Consistency: 40%
Profit target6%
Daily loss3%
Max drawdown6% trailing
Overnight holdYes
Weekend holdYes
Newsbanned
Min holdnone
LeverageFX 1:30, Metals 1:15, Indices 1:15, Crypto 1:1
Special rules
  • Max orders: 100 open
  • Prohibited strategies ⓘ
  • 6% max drawdown is dynamic (trails up on closed profit, then locks at the starting balance). HFT rule: over 50% of trades held under 1 min is not allowed.
Read my review →Open account ↗
F
84EA-fit
Account that fits
EAs allowed✓News: freeSame-acct hedging✓No consistency rule
Profit target10% then 5%
Daily loss5%
Max drawdown10% static
Overnight holdYes
Weekend holdYes
Newsfree
Min holdnone
LeverageFX 1:30, Metals 1:9, Indices 1:15, Crypto 1:1
Special rules
  • Margin: no margin rule, the platform just blocks new trades once free margin runs out
  • Prohibited strategies ⓘ
Read my review →Open account ↗
H
Hantec Trader
Suitable
84EA-fit
Accounts that fit
EAs allowed✓News: ±3 min, profit cutSame-acct hedging✓No consistency rule
Profit target10% then 5%
Daily loss5%
Max drawdown10% static
Overnight holdYes
Weekend holdYes
News±3 min, profit cut
Min holdnone
LeverageFX 1:50, Metals 1:10, Indices 1:15, Crypto 1:1
Special rules
  • Max open exposure: 3% floating loss across open trades (hard breach)
  • Prohibited strategies ⓘ
B
BlueberryFunded
Trading
82EA-fit
Accounts that fit
EAs allowed✓News: close-onlySame-acct hedging✓No consistency rule
Profit target8% then 6%
Daily loss4%
Max drawdown10% static
Overnight holdYes
Weekend holdYes
Newsclose-only
Min holdnone
LeverageFX 1:30, Metals 1:10, Indices 1:10, Crypto 1:2
Special rules
  • Prohibited strategies ⓘ
Read my review →Open account ↗
B
BrightFunded
Trading
80EA-fit
Accounts that fit
EAs allowed✓News: ±5 min, profit cutSame-acct hedging✓No consistency rule
Profit target10% then 5%
Daily loss5%
Max drawdown10% static
Overnight holdYes
Weekend holdYes
News±5 min, profit cut
Min holdnone
LeverageFX 1:100, Metals 1:40, Indices 1:20, Crypto 1:5
Special rules
  • Margin: Margin rule removed, no auto-liquidation; drawdown limits are the only kill levels.
  • Prohibited strategies ⓘ
Read my review →Open account ↗
A
ATFunded
Suitable
78EA-fit
Account that fits
EAs allowed✓News: ±5 min, opening blockedSame-acct hedging!Consistency: 50%
Profit targetnone
Daily loss4% (balance and equity)
Max drawdown10% static
Overnight holdYes
Weekend holdYes
News±5 min, opening blocked
Min hold50% of trades over 1 min
LeverageFX 1:30, Indices/Metals 1:20, Oil 1:10, Crypto 1:2
Special rules
  • Max risk per trade: 1.5% per trade idea (hard breach)
  • Prohibited strategies ⓘ
F
76EA-fit
Accounts that fit
EAs allowed✓News: ±5 min, profit cutSame-acct hedging✓No consistency rule
Profit target8% then 5%
Daily loss5%
Max drawdown10% static
Overnight holdYes
Weekend holdYes
News±5 min, profit cut
Min holdnone (but no SL within 3 min, or SL removed at any point, = trade treated as 100% risk - live-confirmed article 14702245)
LeverageFX 1:100, Metals 1:15, Indices 1:15, Crypto 1:1
Special rules
  • Max open exposure: 3% across all open trades
  • Max risk per trade: 3% max, 1% after 2nd breach
  • Margin: 70% cumulative ceiling (30% after 2nd risk breach)
  • Prohibited strategies ⓘ
Read my review →Open account ↗
F
Funded Trading Plus
Suitable
74EA-fit
Account that fits
EAs allowed✓News: freeSame-acct hedging✓No consistency rule
Profit target10%
Daily loss4%
Max drawdown6% trailing
Overnight holdYes
Weekend holdYes
Newsfree
Min holdnone
LeverageFX 1:30, Metals 1:20, Indices 1:20, Crypto 1:2
Special rules
  • Prohibited strategies ⓘ
  • Copy trading across accounts is banned, including the same EA opening the same trades on more than one FT+ account, which limits running one EA across multiple accounts.
B
Blue Guardian
Suitable
64EA-fit
Accounts that fit
EAs allowed✓News: bannedSame-acct hedging✓No consistency rule
Profit targetverify
Daily loss4% of initial (5pm EST reset, higher of balance/equity minus 4%)
Max drawdown8% (1-Step Std) trailing
Overnight holdYes
Weekend holdYes
Newsbanned
Min hold2 min (under = tick-scalping flag, prohibited)
LeverageFX lower on funded (below 1:100)
Special rules
  • Prohibited strategies ⓘ
  • GUARDIAN SHIELD: auto-closes ALL open trades at 2% floating loss. Verbatim: 'If your PnL on open trades reaches a 2% loss, Guardian Shield will, in most cases, automatically close all open trades.' Soft breach but PERMANENT: the 1st trigger cuts the profit split to 50% (irreversible), the 2nd closes the account. Payout first 14 days after first trade (7 with add-on), then every 14 (7 with add-on); min $500 bank / $100 crypto.
A
AquaFunded
Trading
62EA-fit
Accounts that fit
EAs allowed✓News: ±5 min, profit cutSame-acct hedging✓No consistency rule
Profit target8% then 5%
Daily loss5%
Max drawdown8% static
Overnight holdYes
Weekend holdYes
News±5 min, profit cut
Min holdnone
LeverageFX 1:50, Metals 1:10, Indices 1:10, Crypto 1:2
Special rules
  • Prohibited strategies ⓘ
  • 2% Wave Stop auto-closes all open trades at 2% account loss (soft breach; a repeat cuts the split to 50%, a third breaches the account). The -2% floating-loss-per-trade closure is scoped to Instant, AquaMan and Pay-After-Pass, not confirmed for Two Step funded.
Read my review →Open account ↗

Rules are quoted from each firm’s live Terms and FAQ and re-verified; anything unconfirmed is marked “verify.” Prop firm rules change weekly, always confirm a rule-critical detail with the firm before you rely on it.

[ 02 ]Methodology

How a firm earns the roster (and how it loses it).

Earns a place
  • I have a funded account there right now, or a documented review on file
  • They've paid me at least one withdrawal in the last 90 days
  • EA policy is published, not implied
  • Rules haven't changed adversely since my last payout
Gets dropped
  • Delayed or denied payouts (mine or community-reported)
  • Sudden EA-policy changes mid-account
  • Unverifiable parent company or regulatory red flags
  • Aggressive affiliate inflation in public reviews
[ 03 ]Affiliate disclosure

Some links are affiliate. The reviews are written the same whether I’m affiliated or not.

If a firm I’m affiliated with does something I’d warn a friend about, I write that too. The tricky-rules section above is exactly that. Aqua Funded is on the roster because I trade there, and the Trustpilot concern is on the page because it’s the truth.

Tom

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