How we compare
A comparison table is only as good as the rules behind it. These are ours, written down before the first firm was listed, so they cannot be bent to fit a result later.
- 17futures prop firms scored
- 11published figures read per firm
- 5axes in the PFT Scout Score
- 57highest score today, out of 100
The rules
Six rules, all of which can be checked against the page itself.
Every figure has a source
Every number comes from the firm's own rulebook, terms or account page, never a blog or another comparison site. Source link and read date are shown.
A stale comparison is worse than none
Entries are re-checked against each firm's own pages, and every entry shows its check date.
Unknown is never zero
A figure a firm does not publish reads "Not stated". It is never shown as zero and never filtered out. How the Score treats it is explained below.
Our score, your sort
The PFT Scout Score is our own rating and the list opens sorted by it. Re-sort by fee, split or drawdown, because the right firm depends on what you trade.
Ranking and money stay separate
We only list firms we have a partner code or link with, and every row shows it. The partnership changes neither the order nor the PFT Scout Score.
Nothing here is advice
The comparison describes published terms. It is not financial advice or a recommendation. Read the current rules before you pay for an evaluation.
What the columns mean
Drawdown decides most accounts, so it is split into an amount and a type. The type is what ends the account.
Trailing (intraday)
The limit follows your highest unrealised equity in the session. Giving back an open profit can breach it, even on a winning day.
Trailing (end of day)
The limit rises only with the closed balance at session end, so intraday give-back does not count against it.
Static
The limit sits at a fixed level from the starting balance and does not move with profits.
Track record and payouts
“Claimed” means the firm says it on its own website. We quote the figure and link the page; we cannot check bank records, so it is not verified.
In business
Years since the firm or brand was founded, from its own statement or a company register. A footer copyright year does not count.
Claimed payouts
The total the firm says it has paid out, rounded down, never up. “All products” marks totals that include CFD or forex accounts. Revenue or simulated capital is never counted.
Max payout
The cap on the first payout of the $50k account; later payouts may be capped differently. “No cap” appears only where the firm states it in writing.
The PFT Scout Score
A score from 0 to 100 per firm, based on our years of experience in the prop game. It weighs five axes, listed from most to least important. Each figure is compared with the same figure at every other firm, so the score shows how a firm stands against the market, not against a threshold we made up. Today the five axes have 5 different leaders: no firm is best at everything.
- 01
Rules
Weighs mostHow hard the account is to keep: the rules that end an evaluation.
What goes in- Profit target vs. max drawdownHow much you must make per dollar you may lose. Lower is better.
- Drawdown typeStatic beats trailing end of day, which beats trailing intraday.
- Daily loss limitNo daily limit ranks highest; otherwise wider is better.
- Minimum trading daysFewer required days rank higher.
Top on this axis todayBulenoxAhead of 16 other firms on Rules.67/ 100 on Rules- Profit target
- 6%
- Max drawdown
- 5%
- Drawdown type
- Trailing (intraday)
- Daily loss limit
- None
- Minimum trading days
- 0 days
- 02
Payouts
Rank 2 of 5How the money gets out once the account is funded.
What goes in- Max payoutCap on the first payout. A written “no cap” ranks above any figure.
- Payout cycleHow often you can request a payout, in trading days. Shorter is better.
- Profit splitYour share of the profit (the starting split where it scales). Higher is better.
Top on this axis todayBluSkyAhead of 16 other firms on Payouts.81/ 100 on Payouts- Max payout
- $2,500
- Payout cycle
- Daily Monday to Friday, minimum $500
- Profit split
- 90%
- 03
Track record
Rank 3 of 5How long the firm has been on record, mostly years in business.
What goes in- Founding yearMore years rank higher. A firm that does not state its founding year ranks below every firm that does.
- Claimed payoutsCounts only a little, as a plausibility check spread over the years, because no one verifies these totals.
Top on this axis todaySaviusAhead of 16 other firms on Track record.89/ 100 on Track record- In business
- 13 yrs · 2013
- Claimed payouts
- $25M claimed
5 of 17 firms do not state a founding year and are counted low.
- 04
Reputation
Rank 4 of 5What traders who paid the firm say about it in public.
What goes in- Trustpilot ratingThe headline rating, weighted by review count, so a handful of reviews cannot outrank thousands.
- Trustpilot warningWhere Trustpilot shows a warning instead of a rating, the firm gets the lowest value on this axis, below the weakest real rating.
Top on this axis todayTop One FuturesAhead of 16 other firms on Reputation.100/ 100 on Reputation- Trustpilot rating
- 4.8 / 5
- Reviews
- 5,179
5 of 17 firms show a Trustpilot warning instead of a rating and sit at 0 on this axis.
- 05
Transparency
Weighs leastHow much of its own rulebook the firm puts in writing.
What goes in- Core rule figuresprofit target, max drawdown, drawdown type, daily loss limit, minimum trading days, max payout, payout cycle, profit split, founding year. Every figure the firm keeps to itself costs a little. The entry fee is not one of them.
Top on this axis todayAlpha FuturesShares the top value with 7 other firms.78/ 100 on TransparencyLowest on this axis: 4PropTrader, the firm that leaves the most core figures unstated.
Missing data counts as neutral
A figure a firm does not publish sits in the middle of its axis: never zero, never a strength. Silence costs points only in Transparency and in the founding year, because trust is earned on the record.
Commission has no influence
The score reads the published rules and nothing else. Partner links, commissions and the entry fee are not part of it. A firm cannot pay for a better score.
Know which rule you break first
Whichever firm you pick, the account is lost on the rule your own behaviour hits soonest. PFT EdgeBook journals every fill so that rule is visible before it costs you the account.