A profit split is the share of trading gains a funded trader keeps, the rest going to the firm. It is the most advertised figure in the industry and one of the easiest to dress up: a headline percentage may apply only at the top of a scaling ladder, only on certain account sizes, only if you bought a paid add-on, or come bundled with slower withdrawal cycles. This ranking uses the split that applies on the first payout, with no upgrade and no progression requirement, then separates firms on payout frequency and on how stable those terms have been over time. It matters most to consistently profitable traders: at low profit volume a few percentage points are noise, at high volume they are the paycheck.
Coming in at number 1, 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.
Coming in at number 2, 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.
Coming in at number 3, 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.
Coming in at number 4, 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.
Ranked 5 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.
Ranked 6 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.
Ranked 7 on this list, Elite Trader Funding has been operating since 2022 and scores 77/100 on our scale. Entry starts at $99 for a 1-phase evaluation. Funded traders keep 100 % of profits, with a first withdrawal available after 8 days. Notable freedoms: no time limit. Available on ninjatrader, tradingview, rithmic, tradovate.
At Elite Trader Funding the funded account stays simulated: the headline split is 100%, but payouts are capped at $25,000 per trader, after which moving to the LIVE ELITE program on an 80/20 split becomes mandatory. Six futures evaluation models, $47 resets, but activation fees of $177 to $307 and $87 a month once funded.
Coming in at number 8, BrightFunded has been operating since 2023 and scores 76/100 on our scale. Entry starts at €47 for a 2-phase evaluation. The risk envelope is a static drawdown capped at 8 %, with 4 % allowed per day. Funded traders keep 100 % of profits, with a first withdrawal available after 30 days. Notable freedoms: no time limit, no consistency rule, news trading allowed. Available on mt5, ctrader, dxtrade.
Set up in 2023 by a Dutch team and operated out of Dubai, BrightFunded keeps its rulebook short: no consistency rule, no time limit, static drawdown on both 2-Step plans. The model leans instead on paid add-ons — fee refund, 90% split, waived minimum days — and the first payout only lands 30 days after the first trade.
In 9th place, E8 Markets has been operating since 2021 and scores 76/100 on our scale. Entry starts at $110 for a 1-phase evaluation. Funded traders keep 100 % of profits. Notable freedoms: no time limit, news trading allowed. Available on mt5, ctrader, tradelocker, match-trader.
Every E8 Markets product is now single-phase: a 6% target, withdrawals available from day three, and a split running from 80% to 100%. The trade-offs are a 35-40% consistency rule, no scaling plan, and a Trustpilot rating suspended in August 2026 for a breach of the platform's guidelines.
Ranked 10 on this list, Fintokei has been operating since 2022 and scores 75/100 on our scale. Entry starts at $44 for a 3-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 14 days. Available on tradingview, mt5, ctrader.
Fintokei is a Czech prop firm launched in 2022 and backed by Purple Holding, the group behind broker Purple Trading, which supplies execution. All four of its evaluation tracks run on static drawdown measured from the starting balance, never trailing. The trade-off is a narrow instrument list: forex and CFDs on metals, energy and indices, with no crypto and no stocks.
Ranked 11 on this list, Apex Trader Funding has been operating since 2021 and scores 72/100 on our scale. The risk envelope is a trailing intraday drawdown capped at 5 %. Funded traders keep 100 % of profits, with a first withdrawal available after 5 days. Notable freedoms: no consistency rule. Available on rithmic, tradovate.
Apex Trader Funding trades futures only, on Rithmic and Tradovate, through a single 30 calendar-day evaluation with a 6% target. The Apex 4.0 rework of March 2026 swapped the monthly subscription for a one-off fee and added an end-of-day trailing drawdown alongside the intraday version. First payout comes after five qualifying trading days.
In 12th place, Moneta Funded has been operating since 2025 and scores 72/100 on our scale. 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 14 days. Notable freedoms: no time limit, no consistency rule. Available on mt5, match-trader.
Moneta Funded was launched in late 2025 by broker Moneta Markets' group, advertising an 88 % profit split and allocation of up to two million dollars. Attractive terms on paper, but the firm is too recent to have a payout track record, and its site blocks automated verification of its pricing.
Not long ago, a 70 to 80 percent share for the trader was the industry standard. Competition pushed the number up until the split became a saturated marketing lever: past a certain point there is nothing left to differentiate, so firms recover their margin somewhere else. That somewhere else is what a serious comparison has to find.
Three patterns recur. The top rate is reserved for the final tier of a scaling plan, which a minority of accounts ever reach. The top rate is sold as a paid add-on at checkout, which means buying back your own pay. Or the top rate belongs to the most expensive product in the range and gets presented as the firm’s general policy.
What a percentage leaves out
A split only means something alongside a withdrawal policy. A generous share paired with a long payout cycle, a high withdrawal minimum or a cap on early payments delivers less cash than a smaller share paid every two weeks with no threshold. Judge on net income received over a quarter, not on the number in the banner.
Check the calculation base as well. Is the percentage applied to net profit after commissions and swaps, or to gross profit? Futures programmes, where per-contract commissions accumulate quickly, are especially sensitive to that wording. Add transfer fees, currency conversion and any withholding that applies in your jurisdiction, and two offers that looked identical stop being identical.
The last factor is rarely priced in: stability. A profit split is a contract term, and contract terms get revised. Several firms have cut their conditions after a growth phase, and traders found out at renewal. An older firm whose rules have survived multiple market cycles offers a better expected outcome than a new operator advertising an aggressive number to buy attention.
When the split becomes the deciding factor
If you have never passed an evaluation, the split is secondary. Your probability of reaching funded status dominates everything else, and that depends on targets, drawdown rules and time limits, not on how profit gets divided afterwards.
For a trader who withdraws every month, the ranking inverts. A few percentage points applied to a recurring flow add up to a serious sum over a year, and it is the cheapest variable to optimise: no extra risk, no extra screen time.
That logic holds only if the firm pays. A very high split at an operator with no verifiable payout history is a promise, not compensation. The order of importance stays the same: ability to pay, consistency of payments, then percentage.
Frequently asked questions
What is a profit split in prop trading?
It is how gains on a funded account are divided between the trader and the firm, expressed as a percentage and applied at every payout, usually to profit net of commissions. The advertised number is not always the one you get on your first withdrawal: it can depend on a scaling tier, an account size, or a paid upgrade bought at checkout.
Is a 100% profit split real?
It exists, but almost always in a limited form: on a first slice of profit, during a promotional window, or in exchange for a subscription or non-refundable fees. A permanent 100% model would mean the firm earns only from selling challenges. Read the full clause before treating that figure as the standing rule.
Is the split calculated before or after fees?
It depends on the firm. Most compute the trader's share on net profit, after commissions, swaps and any platform charges; some start from gross profit. The gap becomes material for high-frequency strategies and for futures programmes billed per contract. Transfer fees and currency conversion are then deducted separately, outside the split calculation.
Can you increase your profit split?
Three routes exist: reach a scaling tier that improves the share, buy an enhanced-split add-on when purchasing the challenge, or move to a programme reserved for consistent traders. Only the first is free. Paying up front for a better split only pays off if you are confident you will pass and then withdraw repeatedly.