Bulenox vs Funded Trading Plus: which prop firm is better in 2026?
Across pricing, rules and payout terms, the two firms are hard to separate. The decision comes down to which constraint matters most to you: entry cost, drawdown model, or payout terms.
Bulenox
Futures · Trustpilot 4.7/5
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.
Criteria won : 7 / 33
Funded Trading Plus
Forex / CFD
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.
Criteria won : 7 / 33
Pricing at equal account size
Cheapest evaluation for a 100 K account.
Bulenox
$215
Funded Trading Plus
$549
Full comparison
| Criterion | Bulenox | Funded Trading Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | ||
| Score | 81/100 ✓ | 80/100 |
| Trustpilot | 4.7/5 | — |
| Founded | 2022 | 2021 ✓ |
| Headquarters | US | GB |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry price | $145 | $89 ✓ |
| Price for a 100 K account | $215 ✓ | $549 |
| Refundable fee | — | Yes |
| Reset price | $78 | — |
| Account sizes | 150 K | 200 K ✓ |
| Rules | ||
| Steps | 1 | 1 |
| Profit target | 6 % ✓ | 10 % |
| Max daily loss | — | 4 % |
| Max total drawdown | — | 6 % |
| Drawdown type | Hybrid ✓ | Trailing intraday |
| Time limit | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | — | — |
| Min trading days | 0 | — |
| Payouts | ||
| Profit split | 90 % ✓ | 80 % |
| Max profit split | 100 % | 100 % |
| First payout | 10 days | — |
| Payout frequency | hebdomadaire (traitement le mercredi) | Tous les 7 jours sur 1-Step Express et Instant ; tous les 10 jours sur 2-Step Classic |
| Payout methods | bank, wire, paypal, and wise ✓ | crypto and rise |
| Scaling plan | — | Yes |
| Max allocation | 150 K | 5 M ✓ |
| Trading | ||
| Platforms and instruments | ninjatrader, rithmic, quantower | mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, match-trader ✓ |
| Instruments | futures | fx, indices, metals, energy, crypto ✓ |
| Leverage | — | 1:30 sur 1-Step Express, 1:50 sur 2-Step Classic |
| News trading | Yes | — |
| Weekend holding | No | Yes ✓ |
| Expert Advisors | Yes | Yes |
| Copy trading | Yes ✓ | Restricted |
| Scalping | Yes | Yes |
| Hedging | — | — |
Choose Bulenox if…
- You need a platform Funded Trading Plus does not offer: ninjatrader, rithmic, quantower.
Choose Funded Trading Plus if…
- Your budget is the binding constraint: the entry ticket starts at $89, below Bulenox.
- You need a platform Bulenox does not offer: mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, match-trader.
- You are aiming for size: allocation scales up to 5 M.
Our analysis
Drawdown: the rule that decides
Bulenox applies a hybrid drawdown. Funded Trading Plus applies a trailing intraday drawdown capped at 6 %, with a 4 % daily limit. This is the single most consequential difference between the two. A static drawdown is measured once, from the starting balance, and never moves; a trailing drawdown follows your equity upward, so a winning streak raises the floor you can no longer fall below. Intraday trailing is stricter still, because it tracks unrealised peaks reached inside the session — profit you never actually banked can permanently raise your loss threshold.
What reaches your account
Bulenox keeps 100 % of profits, allows a first withdrawal after 10 days, then pays hebdomadaire (traitement le mercredi). Funded Trading Plus keeps 100 % of profits, then pays Tous les 7 jours sur 1-Step Express et Instant ; tous les 10 jours sur 2-Step Classic. Payout frequency deserves as much attention as the split itself: a slightly lower share paid every two weeks compounds faster than a headline percentage locked behind a monthly cycle and a long first-withdrawal delay.
Where you actually trade
Bulenox is the only one of the two to offer ninjatrader, rithmic, quantower. Funded Trading Plus covers mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, match-trader, which its rival does not. Platform choice is not cosmetic: order execution, available order types and the reliability of your automation all depend on it, and switching mid-evaluation is rarely possible.
Track record
Funded Trading Plus has been running since 2021, 1 years longer than Bulenox. Our trust pillar scores them 77/100 and 74/100, which weighs age, corporate transparency and public payout evidence. In an industry with no financial regulator overseeing these evaluations, longevity and a verifiable payout history are the closest thing to a guarantee.
What you pay to start
Funded Trading Plus opens at $89 against $145 for Bulenox, a substantial gap on the smallest account. At the reference size of 100 K the comparison is $215 for Bulenox against $549 for Funded Trading Plus. The headline fee is rarely the real cost, though: what matters is the price of a reset after a failed attempt, whether the fee comes back on the first payout, and whether an activation fee appears when you move to a funded account. Compare those three lines in the table above before deciding on price alone.