Find the Best Prop Firm For You

Fill out the quiz and get Riley’s recommendation on which firm is right for you.

Which prop firm should you actually start with?

I'll point you at the one that best fits where in the account growth process you are in.

Where are you at right now?

My Picks For You

Starting as cheap as possible

The cheapest place to find out whether funded trading is for you. No minimum trading days, so it can be passed in one session.

90% OFF*

For Traders finding consistency

Pay once, no clock, and end of day drawdown so a winner that pulls back does not end your account.

50% OFF*

For extremely consistent Traders

Withdraw from your first funded day, no cap and no payout window.

50% OFF*

*Discount is up to % off not exactly % off,
**Always use coupon code at checkout to get the best available discount.

How these firms actually work

You buy an evaluation. You hit a profit target without breaking the drawdown rule. You pass, you get a funded account, and you take a split of what you make from there.

That part is the same everywhere. What differs is the rules, and the rules are the product. Two accounts at the same price can behave completely differently the first time you are up on a trade and it pulls back.

The 4 that matter most:

NO. 1

Drawdown type.

End of day drawdown measures at the close. Intraday tracks your open profit in real time, so a winner that retraces can end your account without a single closed loser. Intraday accounts blow up more often.

NO. 2

How you are billed.

Some firms charge once. Some bill monthly until you pass, so a slow month costs you more than the account did.

Also pay attention to reset and activation fees.

NO. 3

Consistency rules.

A consistency rule caps how much of your total profit can come from one day, so a lower % means grinding longer before you withdraw. If you’re genuinely consistent one big trade shouldn’t make or break your month anyway. The looser the rule, the more you usually pay for it.

NO. 4

Riley’s rules.

Do not pick on price. Pick the rules that fit how you trade and where you are at in your growth journey

Compare the 3 Firms

Feature
Best for
Best forCheapest way in
Best forSurviving a pullback
Best forPayout freedom
Evaluation
EvaluationYes, no minimum trading days
EvaluationYes
EvaluationYes
Drawdown
DrawdownIntraday for both eval and funded
DrawdownEnd of day
DrawdownEnd of day on eval, intraday when funded
Billing
BillingOne time
BillingOne time
BillingMonthly until you pass
Consistency rule
Consistency rule50%
Consistency rule35% on Growth, none on Select once funded
Consistency ruleNone once funded
Resets
ResetsNone, a fail means re-buying the account
ResetsReset fee
ResetsReset fee on both
Split
Split100%
Split90/10 from first payout
Split80/20
Platform note
Platform noteChoose Rithmic at checkout for NinjaTrader, and a free NinjaTrader license comes with it
Platform noteChoose Rithmic at checkout for NinjaTrader, and a free NinjaTrader license comes with it
Platform noteNinjaTrader Prop
Code
CodeRCT
CodeRCT
CodeRCT
Discount
DiscountUp to 90%
DiscountUp to 50%
DiscountUp to 50%

If you have never traded futures...

Do not buy any of these yet. Open a free NinjaTrader demo, claim the two weeks of free market data, and learn the platform first. Evaluations are timed and rule heavy, and learning both at once cost you a lot of money.