Best FTMO Alternatives and Competitors in 2026

How we picked these firms

Inclusion takes all of these on the record of a two-step forex programme, each read for the $10,000 account as its cheapest checkout option sells it: a maximum loss that is static and no smaller than FTMO's 10%; a daily limit of 5% or wider, or none; no deadline to pass; no best-day rule; and a one-time fee below the one FTMO's own record holds for the FTMO Challenge: 2-Step. FTMO charges in euros, so both fees are converted to US dollars at the reference rate every price on the site uses. A value past its freshness date counts as missing, and FTMO itself is never placed. Firms that pass are ordered by editorial score, as in our firm directory. Nothing a firm pays us changes its place.

How the score works

Which FTMO rules do these alternatives copy, and which do they change?

They copy the rules that can end an account and change the ones that set the road to a payout. The FTMO Challenge: 2-Step gives you a static 10% maximum loss and a 5% daily limit, counted from the balance at 00:00 Europe/Prague, with no time limit and no consistency rule, and every programme placed here keeps those four. The rest may differ. FTMO asks 10% and then 5%, which is $1,000 and then $500 on $10,000, over at least 4 trading days. Its first payout falls 14 days after funding, with 80% of the profit yours at first and up to 90% later, and it refunds the fee only on conditions. An alternative may ask a lower first target, start on another split or return the fee another way. Those differences, not the price alone, are what the three cards below compare.

How much less do FTMO's competitors charge, and who copies its rules for more?

For a $10,000 account, FTMO's record holds a one-time fee of €89, about $100 at our reference rate. The5ers charges $69, Atlas Funded $79 and Hola Prime $69 for the same balance, with limits no tighter than FTMO's. Across the 41 firms we approve, 6 copy FTMO's core rules on a two-step forex evaluation: 4 undercut its fee, and 2 charge as much or more: BrightFunded and Crypto Fund Trader. The saving counts most if you need a second attempt, since a retry is a new purchase unless a firm sells a discounted reset. Prices also move. A firm can change its list price overnight, and the exchange rate moves FTMO's euro fee in dollars, so both sides are read from the records with the date they were captured, never typed into the page. If the fee is the only thing that matters to you, our cheapest prop firm guide ranks every firm by its smallest one-time fee, whatever the rules.

Which other firms did we check?

We also checked one more firm with a matching programme.

• Goat Funded Trader