Prop firms accept traders resident in France without special restrictions. France appears on no significant blocked-country list, and a French tax resident can buy a challenge, pass it and collect payouts like any other European trader. The important nuance is legal rather than practical: these companies are not brokers, so they hold no AMF authorisation, and the trader never risks personal capital — you buy an evaluation service and then operate an account the firm provides.
This page ranks the firms open to French traders on payout reliability, contract clarity, availability of French-language support, payment methods usable from a French bank, and how long the company has been operating.
Coming in at number 1, FTMO has been operating since 2015 and scores 88/100 on our scale. Entry starts at €79 for a 1-phase evaluation. The risk envelope is a static drawdown capped at 10 %, with 3 % allowed per day. Funded traders keep 90 % of profits, with a first withdrawal available after 14 days. Notable freedoms: no time limit, expert advisors allowed, news trading allowed. Available on mt4, mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, tradingview.
Founded in Prague in 2015, FTMO reports more than $450 million paid to traders and closed its acquisition of broker OANDA in December 2025. The 2-Step challenge, static drawdown and no deadline, remains its core product, with fees fully refunded on the first payout. Price is the weak spot, and it rose again in 2026.
Ranked 2 on this list, The5ers has been operating since 2016 and scores 86/100 on our scale. Entry starts at $39 for a 2-phase evaluation. The risk envelope is a static drawdown capped at 10 %, with 5 % allowed per day. Funded traders keep 100 % of profits, with a first withdrawal available after 14 days. Notable freedoms: no time limit, no consistency rule. Available on mt5, ctrader, tradingview.
Founded in Israel in 2016, The5ers is one of the oldest forex prop firms still operating. Its strongest asset is the rulebook: static drawdown across every program, no time limit and no consistency rule. The tradable universe stays narrow, though — forex, indices, metals and futures, with no crypto and no equities.
In third place, FundedNext has been operating since 2022 and scores 85/100 on our scale. Entry starts at $59.99 for a 2-phase evaluation. The risk envelope is a static drawdown capped at 10 %, with 5 % allowed per day. Funded traders keep 95 % of profits, with a first withdrawal available after 5 days. Notable freedoms: no time limit, no consistency rule, expert advisors allowed. Available on mt4, mt5, ctrader, match-trader.
On the forex and CFD side, FundedNext runs just two routes: Stellar 1-Step (10% target, 6% max loss) and Stellar 2-Step (8% then 5%, 10% max loss). Both use static drawdown, carry no deadline and come with refundable fees. Pricing is on the high side, and the headline 95% split needs a paid option — the contractual base is 80%.
In 4th place, City Traders Imperium has been operating since 2018 and scores 83/100 on our scale. Entry starts at $29 on an instantly funded account. The risk envelope is a trailing intraday drawdown capped at 6 %. Funded traders keep 100 % of profits, with a first withdrawal available after 7 days. Notable freedoms: no time limit, no consistency rule, expert advisors allowed, news trading allowed. Available on mt5, match-trader.
City Traders Imperium has funded forex traders since 2018 through four routes — 1-Step, 2-Step, Instant Funding and Direct Funding — with no time limit and entry from $29. The profit split starts at 80% and can reach 100%, but the 1-Step allows only 5% trailing drawdown and every trade must carry a stop loss.
In 5th place, FundingPips has been operating since 2022 and scores 83/100 on our scale. Entry starts at $29 for a 2-phase evaluation. The risk envelope is a static drawdown capped at 6 %, with 3 % allowed per day. Funded traders keep 100 % of profits, with a first withdrawal available after 7 days. Notable freedoms: no time limit. Available on mt5, ctrader, match-trader.
FundingPips lets you choose the withdrawal rhythm and prices the split accordingly: 60% weekly, 80% biweekly, 90% on demand, 100% on a monthly cycle. Its four evaluation models keep static drawdown, with only the instant-funding Zero account switching to trailing. Against that, a Striking System closes a funded account on the fourth warning.
In 6th place, Bulenox has been operating since 2022 and scores 81/100 on our scale. Entry starts at $145 for a 1-phase evaluation. Funded traders keep 100 % of profits, with a first withdrawal available after 10 days. Notable freedoms: no time limit, expert advisors allowed, news trading allowed. Available on ninjatrader, rithmic, quantower.
Bulenox is a futures-only firm run from Delaware since 2022. Accounts are sold as renewable monthly subscriptions, $145 to $325 for $25,000 to $150,000, payouts clear every Wednesday, and the first $10,000 goes entirely to the trader. It holds 4.7/5 across 1,761 Trustpilot reviews, but a 40% consistency rule gates withdrawals and drives recurring complaints.
Coming in at number 7, Alpha Capital Group has been operating since 2021 and scores 80/100 on our scale. Entry starts at $27 for a 1-phase evaluation. The risk envelope is a trailing (end of day) drawdown capped at 4 %, with 3 % allowed per day. Funded traders keep 90 % of profits. Notable freedoms: no time limit, news trading allowed. Available on mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, tradelocker.
Alpha Capital Group is a UK forex prop firm registered in 2021, running eight programs that span a $27 two-phase challenge through to accounts funded at purchase. The rulebook is permissive — news, weekend and overnight holding allowed, four platforms — but the tradable universe stops at forex, indices and metals, and Trustpilot has suspended the rating over fake reviews.
Ranked 8 on this list, Funded Trading Plus has been operating since 2021 and scores 80/100 on our scale. Entry starts at $89 for a 1-phase evaluation. The risk envelope is a trailing intraday drawdown capped at 6 %, with 4 % allowed per day. Funded traders keep 100 % of profits. Notable freedoms: no time limit, expert advisors allowed. Available on mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, match-trader.
A London firm founded in late 2021 and bought by Instant Funding in May 2026, Funded Trading Plus pays every 7 days on its 1-Step Express and Instant programs, with the split rising from 80 to 100% and scaling up to $5 million. The catch: intraday trailing drawdown on both, and a Trustpilot score the platform has pulled.
Coming in at number 9, My Funded Futures has been operating since 2023 and scores 80/100 on our scale. The risk envelope is a trailing (end of day) drawdown capped at 4 %. Funded traders keep 90 % of profits, with a first withdrawal available after 1 days. Notable freedoms: no time limit, news trading allowed. Available on ninjatrader, tradovate, tradingview, quantower, volumetrica.
Launched in late 2023 in Delaware, My Funded Futures posts the highest customer satisfaction in our futures database, at 4.9/5 across more than 21,000 reviews. Its four plans share a 6 % target and an end-of-day trailing drawdown that locks above the starting balance. The notable trade-off: over 80 countries are excluded.
Ranked 10 on this list, TradeDay has been operating since 2020 and scores 80/100 on our scale. Entry starts at $131 for a 1-phase evaluation. Funded traders keep 90 % of profits, with a first withdrawal available after 0 days. Notable freedoms: no time limit, news trading allowed. Available on tradovate, rithmic, ninjatrader, tradingview.
TradeDay was founded in Chicago in 2020 by two former institutional market professionals, and that background shows in the rulebook: no daily loss limit, news trading and scalping allowed, and withdrawals available from day one. The May 2026 rework dropped static drawdown accounts in favour of two paths, Quick Pay and Fast Pass.
Ranked 11 on this list, Earn2Trade has been operating since 2016 and scores 79/100 on our scale. Entry starts at $150 for a 1-phase evaluation. Funded traders keep 80 % of profits. Notable freedoms: no time limit, news trading allowed. Available on ninjatrader, tradovate, tradingview, rithmic.
Earn2Trade does not fund traders itself: it is a US evaluation and education platform founded in 2016, with capital supplied by partner firms Helios, Appius and Kronos. Its TCP and Gauntlet Mini programs bill monthly, $150 to $550, cover CME futures only, cap the split at 80% and run a trailing EOD drawdown.
Ranked 12 on this list, Goat Funded Trader has been operating since 2023 and scores 78/100 on our scale. Entry starts at $36 for a 2-phase evaluation. The risk envelope is a static drawdown capped at 10 %, with 4 % allowed per day. Funded traders keep 100 % of profits. Notable freedoms: no time limit, expert advisors allowed, news trading allowed. Available on mt5, tradelocker, ctrader.
Goat Funded Trader launched in 2023 out of Hong Kong. It publishes a full price grid, runs static drawdown across its three evaluation models, and pays every 14 days with a profit split from 80 % up to 100 %. The counterweight: its Trustpilot score is suspended over fake reviews, rules tightened in summer 2026, and 29 countries are excluded.
A prop firm does not take money to invest. It sells an evaluation, then provides an account it continues to own, so the trader’s savings are never exposed and the maximum loss is the fee already paid. That structure is exactly why no AMF or ACPR authorisation exists: there is no investment service in the regulatory sense and no client funds to safeguard. In practice this means no entry in the French register of financial intermediaries, no deposit guarantee, and no access to the AMF ombudsman if a dispute arises. The AMF blacklist, often quoted in forum arguments, targets forex and CFD brokers soliciting French residents illegally; it does not describe this model. Unregulated is not the same as illegal, but it moves all protection into the contract. Read the governing law and jurisdiction clause, because it frequently points outside the European Union, which makes litigation theoretical.
Paying in and cashing out from France
French cards are accepted almost universally, SEPA transfers are common, and stablecoin payment remains a secondary option. Three precautions are worth the effort. The identity used to pay must match the KYC file exactly — settling a challenge with a relative’s card is enough to stall a payout months later. Pricing is usually in dollars, adding a conversion on the way in and another on the way out, so a multi-currency card pays for itself. And confirm the payout channel before you need it, because French banks scrutinise incoming crypto-linked flows and may ask for supporting documents.
The tax question French traders keep postponing
A payout is not a capital gain. Nothing was sold, no personal capital was committed, and the money is contractual remuneration paid by a company for performance delivered. That places it outside the regime covering disposals of securities and outside the flat withholding applied to investment income. In practice the declaration tends towards non-commercial profits, and a regular activity generally implies registering as self-employed. The right structure depends on frequency, volume and your wider situation, which makes it a conversation with an accountant rather than a forum thread. Keep challenge invoices, payout statements and a record of every currency or crypto conversion; that file, not the amount received, is what makes a declaration straightforward to defend.
Frequently asked questions
Are prop firms legal in France?
Yes. Nothing prevents a French resident from buying an evaluation and then trading an account the firm owns. The relationship is governed by contract law rather than investment services regulation, because the trader deposits no trading capital and never opens a brokerage account in their own name.
Are prop firms regulated by the AMF?
No, and they are not required to be. They provide no investment service and hold no client money, so they are not brokers. There is no licence, no deposit guarantee and no access to the AMF ombudsman. Your only real protection is the contract, including its governing law and jurisdiction clause.
How are prop firm payouts taxed in France?
A payout is not a capital gain, since nothing was sold and no personal capital was risked. It is contractual remuneration from a company, which normally points to the non-commercial profits category, and regular activity usually implies registering as self-employed. Have an accountant confirm your position and keep every invoice and payout statement.
Can I pay for a challenge with a French bank card?
Yes. Cards issued in France are accepted almost everywhere, and SEPA transfers are common. Prices are frequently quoted in dollars, so expect a currency conversion in both directions. Always pay from an instrument in your own name: a mismatch with your KYC documents is the classic reason a payout gets frozen.
Do prop firms offer French-language support?
Some do, with a translated dashboard and French-speaking staff. Many operate only in English, including their terms and conditions, which is the document that decides disputes. If your written English is shaky, favour a firm whose contract exists in French rather than one whose marketing pages merely are.