💰 Cheapest $100K
Funding Pips ($525) and E8 Markets ($528) are the lowest gross fee for a $100K two-step evaluation. Both refund the fee with the first payout.
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Funding Pips ($525) and E8 Markets ($528) are the lowest gross fee for a $100K two-step evaluation. Both refund the fee with the first payout.
Read more →Funding Pips: median 12–24h from request to wallet. FundedNext and FTMO both hit 24–48h. Anything over 5 business days is a yellow flag.
Read more →FTMO, FundedNext, and Funding Pips all allow weekend holds without restrictions. The 5%ers restrict weekend holds on some plans.
Read more →FundedNext explicitly allows EAs on Stellar and Express plans. Most other firms allow them too, but check for HFT restrictions.
Read more →FTMO's rule set is the most mature and predictable. Static drawdown, clear rules, and the largest support infrastructure in the category.
Read review →The 5%ers and a few others offer instant funding — no evaluation required. Higher upfront cost, but you skip the challenge filter.
Read more →Each firm has a full editorial review with rule set, payout receipts and pricing breakdown.
Max loss type — static vs trailing. A static drawdown means your account is closed if you hit 10% below starting balance, regardless of how much profit you made. A trailing drawdown moves up as you profit, which makes it progressively harder to recover from a losing streak. For most traders, static is significantly more forgiving.
Instant funding costs more because you skip the challenge filter — the firm is pricing in the higher probability that you'll reach a payout without proving consistency first. For evaluation-based accounts, the fee reflects the firm's pass rate assumption and how generous the refund policy is.
No. A $50 fee difference means nothing if the payout is unreliable or the rules are designed to fail you. The real cost of a prop firm is the evaluation fee plus the probability of passing multiplied by the time to first payout. Cheap fees with a 3% pass rate are more expensive than higher fees with a 15% pass rate.