What is online prop trading?

A new way for traders to gain a fully funded account - regardless of your background or where you are in the world.

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No professional qualifications

Most old-school prop firms require heavy qualifications and PhDs. After COVID-19, remote futures prop firms opened the door to independent traders who want to scale existing capital without taking huge risks to personal savings.

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Fraction of the cost

An average trader loses around $10,000+ of their own money when they first start trading live. The hardest part is overcoming your own mental hurdles - when there is any skin in the game, the stakes are much higher. Prop firm challenges let you practice under pressure in a low-cost environment.

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Mitigate risk

Controlling and reducing risk is the name of the game. In prop trading, the firm takes on losses on your behalf. When you trade for yourself, every loss comes out of your own pocket.

Choice of prop firms

Futures trading firms offering accounts from $50k up to $300k. Several Market Stalkers alumni hold funded accounts at these firms after completing the program.

Apex Trader Funding

The budget king of evaluations. The cheapest way to get started, full stop — near-permanent 80–90% discounts make evaluations almost throwaway money while you find your feet. The trade-off: payouts have become more gated in recent years, so treat Apex as your low-cost proving ground rather than your long-term payout machine.

  • Intraday trailing and end-of-day drawdown options
  • Up to 20 accounts can be active (we do not recommend running that many)
  • Near-permanent discounts of 80-90% on evaluations

Use code SAVENOW for the biggest discount currently available.

Learn more at Apex

TradeDay

The firm everyone sleeps on. Quietly one of the best deals in the industry: a one-step assessment, no gated payouts, and daily payouts from day one of being funded. If you want a straightforward, trader-friendly path from evaluation to withdrawal, this is it.

  • One-step assessment
  • No gated payouts
  • End-of-day trailing drawdown
  • Up to six funded accounts can be active
  • No activation fee promos run frequently

Use code GRASSHOPPERS for the best discount and no activation fee.

Learn more at TradeDay

Tradeify

Straight to Funded — for proven traders. The new kid on the block, offering funded accounts that skip the evaluation entirely. Powerful in the right hands — but only the right hands: we recommend proving your consistency first with at least one monthly payout for three consecutive months at another firm.

  • Choice of different evals and instant funded accounts for every skill level
  • All accounts are end-of-day drawdown
  • Instant funded accounts have consistency rules
  • Select Flex accounts have no consistency rule

Use code GRASSHOPPERS for the best available discount.

Learn more at Tradeify

Before you pick a firm. The Pro Development Program includes the Funded Trader Blueprint - a logistics guide to navigating evaluations and keeping funded accounts through payouts. Use our prop firm consistency calculator when planning payout targets.

See the full partner list - brokers, journals, and tooling - on Our partners.

The links above are affiliate or referral links. Market Stalkers may receive a commission if you sign up through them, at no additional cost to you. Prop firm evaluations involve substantial risk; most evaluation attempts do not result in a funded account.

A note on what this is, and what this isn't. Market Stalkers is an educational program. We teach a methodology: we do not manage your money, we do not give you trade calls, and nothing on this site is investment advice. Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss. The majority of retail traders lose money. Past results do not predict future results. Testimonials describe individual experiences and are not indicative of future performance for any other trader. Study the curriculum. Decide if it fits how you think. Trade only what you can afford to be wrong about.

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