The Complete Prop Firm FAQ Hub Nine Major Futures Firms, Real Rules, Real Answers

Independent, regularly-updated guides for the prop firms most US futures traders are actually using in 2026 — covering drawdown rules, payout cadence, plan structures, supported platforms, and TradingView automation. No marketing fluff.

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Each guide covers the firm's evaluation model, drawdown rules, profit splits, payout cadence, supported platforms, and whether you can automate through TradingView.

The Big Three 2 firms

Apex Trader Funding

Largest US futures prop firm — Apex 4.0 vs Legacy 3.0, trailing drawdown, 50% consistency rule, 20-account cap, automated payouts.

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MyFundedFutures (MFFU)

Core / Rapid / Pro / Flex plan structure, plan-specific drawdown (3% EOD vs 4% intraday), RiseWorks payouts, automation allowed.

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Established Futures Prop Firms 4 firms

Take Profit Trader (TPT)

1-step Test → PRO sim (80/20) → PRO+ LIVE Tradovate brokerage (90/10). On-demand payouts, NinjaTrader/Tradovate/TradingView.

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Tradeify

Tradeify 3.0 (March 2026), Select/Growth/Lightning plans, Elite Live real-money tier, ZERO news restrictions, WealthCharts & TradeSea.

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Alpha Futures

Bots and semi-automation rules, news trading, drawdown, consistency, copy trading and payouts at Alpha Futures, from its own help center.

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Trading Psychology

Tilt, revenge trading, overtrading, position sizing, losing streaks and FOMO, answered from research and regulator sources.

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TradingView Indicators

Repainting, alerts, Pine Script versions, plan limits and invite-only scripts, answered from TradingView docs.

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Topstep

Hedging flags, consistency, trailing max loss, payouts, Live Funded promotion and the ProjectX API at Topstep.

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FundedNext

Futures and CFD rules at FundedNext: EAs and VPS, copy trading, hedging, news, consistency, the 3% risk rule and payouts.

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FundingPips

EAs, copy trading, VPN and VPS, hedging, news, lot limits, the consistency score and payouts at FundingPips.

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Goat Funded Trader

EAs, VPS and VPN, copy trading, hedging, the 2-minute rule, news, consistency and payouts at Goat Funded Trader.

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Lucid Trading

Hedging, bots and copiers, news, LucidFlex payouts, consistency, drawdown, live accounts and scaling at Lucid Trading.

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RebelsFunding

EAs, copiers, martingale, the 1.5% risk rule, hold time, news, drawdown warnings and payouts at RebelsFunding.

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TradingView Webhooks

Alerts that do not fire, bar-close timing, strategy alert modes, plan and 2FA requirements and webhook delivery, answered from TradingView docs.

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Bulenox

Option 1 vs Option 2, $10K–$250K plans, 100% / 90% split, $1,000 minimum payout, Rithmic platforms (NinjaTrader 8, Quantower, ATAS).

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Earn2Trade

Trader Career Path scaling to $400K, Gauntlet Mini, 80/20 split, native TradingView (added March 2026), education resources.

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Specialized & Niche 2 firms

TickTickTrader (TTT)

TTTPerformance, TTTDirect instant funding, S2F+ Profit Score payouts, $250 min payout via Rise, Rithmic-only post-Tradovate.

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Funded Futures Family (FFF)

Six programs (Classic, Elite, Premiere, Straight-to-Funded, Velocity, Evaluation-to-Live), 90/10 split, automation banned. Not MFFU.

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