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We checked 20 one-step prop firm evaluations, ranked by what happens at BOTH the single evaluation phase and the funded stage that follows it, checked October 2, 2026.
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We checked 20 one-step prop firm evaluations, ranked by what happens at BOTH the single evaluation phase and the funded stage that follows it, checked October 2, 2026. 7 of the 20 add or tighten at least one rule the moment the account is funded, and 4 more see a mix of a rule easing and a new rule appearing; only 8 carry the exact same rule set through, unchanged. Four products price their profit target exactly equal to their entire max-loss budget, a 1.00x ratio with no cushion left over: FundingPips, E8 Markets, FTMO, Funding Traders. Three more products pass the one-step test on their evaluation phase but set a funded-stage floor that trails open, unrealized profit rather than a closed balance or an end-of-day mark, so they are shown separately rather than ranked alongside the rest: Top One Trader 1-Step FLASH, AquaFunded 1 Step Standard, and Elite Trader Funding’s 1 Step 50K Live Trailing Eval.
Freshness: checked October 2, 2026. Firms change terms without notice; re-check before you buy. Each firm’s Trustpilot figure carries the date we read it.
Editorial disclosure. BestProps has no affiliate or sponsor relationship with any firm in this post (The5ers, Goat Funded Trader, FundingPips, FXIFY, FunderPro, Lux Trading Firm, Lucid Trading, Alpha Trader Firm, E8 Markets, Blue Guardian, Alpha Capital Group, City Traders Imperium, Hola Prime, Funded Trading Plus, FTMO, Instant Funding, Funding Traders, FundedNext, Finotive Funding, AudaCity Capital, and others named for contrast), and has received no money from any of them. Codes shown are uncompensated and firm-published only. No firm paid for placement or reviewed this post before publication. Full policy: affiliate disclosure.
Quick picks among one-step prop firms
- Cheapest one-step with a static floor: Lucid Trading LucidPro Evaluation, $172 at $50K, 1.5x target-to-drawdown ratio.
- Best static floor: FundedNext Stellar 1-Step, 6% static max loss that never moves until breached.
- Best for small accounts: The5ers Hyper Growth, $189 at $20K, sizes stop at $20K.
- Best futures one-step: FXIFY Futures Flex Plan, 1.71x target-to-drawdown ratio, the widest among the futures contrast firms.
- Fewest funded-stage changes: 8 of the 20 ranked products carry every rule through unchanged, The5ers, FXIFY, Lux Trading Firm, E8 Markets, Alpha Capital Group, City Traders Imperium, Funded Trading Plus, and AudaCity.
- Highest split with no add-on required: FundingPips 1 Step Flex reaches 100% on its Monthly cycle once a 35% consistency score and 7 profitable days are met, no paid upgrade needed.
What a one-step prop firm evaluation is
A one-step evaluation is a prop firm product that names exactly one pass/fail phase before a trader reaches a funded (usually simulated) account. The firm’s own pages must name one phase, not two, and the product must be buyable today; a legacy or discontinued SKU does not count. Removing a phase is a structural choice about how many gates stand between a buyer and a funded account; it says nothing on its own about the rules that apply once that account is funded, which is exactly the gap this post’s angle tests.
One-step differs from a two-step evaluation in the number of pass/fail phases before funding, and from instant funding in whether there is an evaluation phase at all. Instant funding skips the evaluation entirely and funds (simulates funding on) an account directly from purchase; a one-step evaluation still has exactly one phase to clear first. Purdia Capital’s EOD Instant Funded product, covered in its own section below, is this post’s clearest example of the instant-funding boundary: its own knowledge base states plainly that no evaluation phase exists for that product.
See also our guide to forex prop firms with instant funding and our prop firms with no minimum trading days guide, since several one-step products in this post also carry no minimum-day requirement during the evaluation.
One-step vs two-step at the same firm
Removing a phase usually means trading a looser combined target for a tighter single target, or a trailing floor for a static one, or both. The table below compares five firms’ one-step product against their own two-step sibling at the same brand, with the target, max loss and floor type for each, re-checked against each firm’s own published arithmetic.
| Firm | One-step target / max loss | One-step price | Two-step combined target / max loss | Floor compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTMO | 10% target / 10% max loss, EOD trailing | €319 | 10%+5%=15% combined target / 10% max loss, static | One-step trails daily; two-step is fixed at 90% of the starting balance for the whole run. |
| FundedNext | 10% target / 6% max loss, static | $65.99 ($6K) | 8%+5%=13% combined target / 10% max loss, static | Both static; the one-step floor is tighter in percentage terms (6% vs 10%). |
| Blue Guardian | 10% target / 6% max loss, EOD-trailing to lock | $26.66 ($5K) | 8%+5%=13% combined target / 10% max loss, static | Same brand, different mechanics: the one-step floor is explicitly labelled trailing by the firm; the two-step floor is explicitly labelled static. |
| FXIFY | 10% target / 6% max loss, trails the closed balance to +6% then locks | $379 ($50K) | Phase 1: 5% target / 10% max loss, static (figures read at $5K, not $50K; sizes not comparable, stated here for the mechanic only) | One-step trails and locks; two-step Phase 1 is a fixed static floor at a different size. |
| Top One Trader | 10% target / 7% max loss, intraday trailing to +7% then locks | $286 ($50K) | 8%+5%=13% combined target / 9% max loss, static | One-step trails unrealized peak equity; two-step PRO V2 uses a fixed static floor instead. |
- FTMO: One-step ratio 1:1; two-step combined ratio 1.5:1 (15%/10%), a looser budget for a second phase and no refund on the 1-Step.
- FundedNext: One-step ratio 1.67x; two-step combined ratio 1.3x. Removing a phase also tightens the daily loss (3% vs 5%) and max loss (6% vs 10%) floors proportionally, not just the phase count.
- Blue Guardian: One-step ratio 1.67x; two-step combined ratio 1.3x, trading a looser ratio for a genuinely fixed, non-trailing floor.
- FXIFY: One-step ratio 1.67x vs the two-step Phase 1’s 0.5x at $5K; the two figures are priced at different sizes and are not a same-size comparison.
- Top One Trader: One-step ratio 1.43x; two-step combined ratio 1.44x, nearly identical on raw ratio. The real difference here is floor type and phase count, not how generous the target is relative to the loss floor.
How we checked which prop firms offer a one-step evaluation
- Sources: each firm’s help centre, FAQ, rules page and checkout, read October 2, 2026; never a bot vendor’s list or a competing roundup.
- Rank rule: a product ranks when the firm’s own current pages name exactly one evaluation phase, it is buyable today, and its max-loss floor does not trail open, unrealized profit at either stage.
- Grouping: ranked products are grouped by what the funded stage does to the rules, no added rule and no account-ending daily loss first, then a standard forex daily loss that ends the account, then products with named funded-stage watch-outs, and within each group ordered by list price per $1,000 of account at the size priced.
- Size discipline: every price is stated at the size it was read; a $5K price is never shown beside a $50K price as if comparable.
- Arms: a forex/CFD arm and a futures arm of the same brand are separate listings; FXIFY (forex/CFD, ranked) and FXIFY Futures (futures, contrast section) are never merged.
A hidden Trustpilot rating is never a reason to rank a firm lower; it is stated plainly and covered in its own section below. A firm that can call a trader up to a live account at its own discretion is named in that firm’s watch-out as a warning; it does not change the ranking.
One-step prop firm evaluations compared, checked October 2, 2026
| Firm and one-step product | Size and list price | Target and max loss (ratio) | Floor type | Daily loss and basis | Funded-stage change | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The5ers Hyper Growth 1-Step | $20K, $189 | 10% / 6% static (1.67x) | 6% static | No account-ending daily loss limit published; a 3% daily pause instead disables trading for the day without ending the account. | No new rule: no new rule | 75% rising to 80-100% by size |
| Goat Funded Trader 1 Step GOAT | $50K, $314 | 10% / 6% static (1.67x) | 6% static | 4% of balance (3% for accounts bought from August 1, 2026); ends the account on breach | Tighter: adds a per-payout minimum-days gate | 80% standard, 100% with a paid add-on |
| FundingPips 1 Step Flex | $50K, $353 | 12% / 12% static (1.0x (target equals the entire loss budget)) | 12% static | 2-3% of the higher of opening balance/equity (configurable at checkout); ends the account | Tighter: adds overnight/weekend ban and a risk-strike system | 80% Bi-Weekly or 100% Monthly (35% consistency, 7 profitable days needed for Monthly) |
| FXIFY One Phase Assessment | $50K, $379 | 10% / 6% (1.67x) | trails your closed trading balance until +6% profit, then locks | 3% of the prior trading day’s 5PM EST closing balance; ends the account | No new rule: funded rules match the evaluation exactly | 80% standard, up to 90% with a paid add-on |
| FunderPro One Phase Challenge | $10K, $109 | 10% / 6% static (1.67x) | 6% static | 3% of balance; account-ending on breach | Mixed: drawdown unchanged, consistency rule dropped | 80/20, paid bi-weekly |
| Lux Trading Firm 1-Step Evaluation | GBP 100,000, GBP 199 | 10% / £10,000 / 6% static / £6,000 (1.67x) | 6% static / £6,000 | No separate daily loss figure published beyond the 6% overall max loss. | No new rule: drawdown and risk-per-trade rules unchanged, plus a new risk manager | 80%, instant withdrawals, no fixed cycle |
| Lucid Trading LucidPro Evaluation | $50K, $172 | 6% / $3,000 / 4% static / $2,000 (1.5x) | 4% static / $2,000 | No separate daily loss figure stated on the LucidPro product page. | Mixed: drawdown same, new 40% payout concentration cap appears | 90% standard; accounts purchased or reset before November 28, 2025 keep 100% of the first $10,000. |
| Alpha Trader Firm 1-Step PRO Challenge (futures) | $100K, $375 (live checkout widget; the help-centre pricing table instead states $400, a stale figure) | 8% / $8,000 / 3% static / $3,000 (2.67x) | EOD Balance trailing | $1,500 | Looser: consistency rule drops to not enforced once funded | 90% |
| E8 Markets E8 Pro (Classic Markets / Forex) | $50K, $218 | 8% / 8% static (1.0x (target equals the entire loss budget)) | 8% static | 2.5% | No new rule: SimFi Performance repeats the Challenge wording verbatim | 80% default, up to 100% selectable, of HALF the realized profit (50% is set aside first) |
| Blue Guardian 1 Step Nano | $5K, $26.66 | 10% / 6% (1.67x) | EOD-trailing to lock | 4% | Tighter: adds a 5-profitable-day gate and news restriction | 85%, 100% with a paid add-on |
| Alpha Capital Group Alpha One 10% | $50K, $277 | 10% / 6% (1.67x) | trails the high-water mark of balance, locks at +6% | 4% of the greater of balance or equity | No new rule: drawdown % and daily-loss basis unchanged, but a lock-driven closure risk appears | 80% standard, 90% with a paid add-on |
| City Traders Imperium CTI 1-Step Challenge | $50K, $299 | 8% / 5% (1.6x) | balance-based trailing (high watermark minus a fixed 5% of starting balance) | No daily loss limit published. | No new rule: the firm states the drawdown mechanic stays in place after passing | 80% rising to 90% (Bronze VIP) and 100% (Silver VIP) |
| Hola Prime 1-Step Prime | $50K, $329 | 10% / 6% static (1.67x) | 6% static | 3% of previous day’s closing balance | Tighter: adds a per-trade risk cap and a profitable-days payout gate | 80% Bi-Weekly/On-Demand, up to 95% Monthly |
| Funded Trading Plus 1-Step Express | $50K, $349 | 10% / 6% (1.67x) | trails by 6% of the initial balance from the high-water mark, locks at the initial balance | 4% of balance, resets 23:59 server time | No new rule: drawdown and daily-loss mechanics unchanged; funded-stage consistency rule status not published for this product | 80% standard, 90% at 20% profit |
| FTMO Challenge 1-Step (Standard) | $50K (EUR 319), €319 (~$360 at the ECB rate read October 1, 2026) | 10% / 10% (1:1 (target equals the full loss budget)) | EOD trailing | 3% | Tighter: adds a news lockout and a pre-weekend close rule | 90% from the first Reward |
| Instant Funding One-Phase Pro | $50K, $424 | 10% / 8% static (1.25x) | 8% static | 3% | Mixed: drawdown/daily-loss/best-day rule unchanged, weekend holding becomes paid | No baseline percentage stated on the One-Phase Pro page itself; the firm’s broader terms cite 70% rising to 90% for its general Instant Funding Account category, not confirmed for this specific product. |
| Funding Traders 1-Step Pro | $50K, $492 | 10% / 10% static (1:1 before trailing lock-in) | before any trailing lock-in | No separate daily loss figure published beyond the 10% max loss. | Tighter: adds a consistency gate, a per-lot commission, and a news cap that did not exist during evaluation | 90% default, 100% with a paid add-on; the firm’s Discipline Program can override this to 70/30 or 60/40 for flagged accounts. |
| FundedNext Stellar 1-Step | $6K, $65.99 | 10% / 6% static (1.67x) | 6% static | 3% | Mixed: daily/max loss unchanged, trading-days and target requirements removed, two new rules added | 80% standard, 90% after Pro Scale-Up, 95% with a paid Lifetime Reward add-on |
| Finotive Funding 1-Step Challenge | $10K, $110 | 10% / 7.5% static (1.33x) | 7.5% static | 4%, hard breach, no warning | Tighter: the Floating Drawdown rule switches from report-only to enforced | 80% starting, scaling to 95% |
| AudaCity Capital Ability One (1 Step) | $5K, $69 | 10% / 6% static (1.67x) | 6% static | 3%, off the higher of balance or equity at rollover | No new rule: the firm explicitly carries both figures into the funded phase | Starts at 75%, 85% with 10%+ withdrawn within 30 days, up to 90% |
| Top One Trader 1-Step FLASH | $50K, $286 | 10% / 7% (1.43x) | trails unrealized peak equity until +7% | 4% of balance during the evaluation | Floor trails open, unrealized profit, shown separately below | 80% to 90%, up to 100% with a paid add-on |
| AquaFunded 1 Step Standard | $50K, $327 | 9% / 6% (1.5x) | trails highest recorded balance/equity | 3% of balance | Floor trails open, unrealized profit, shown separately below | 90% standard, 100% with a paid Lifetime Profit Split add-on |
| Elite Trader Funding 1 Step 50K Live Trailing Eval | $50K, $207/month | 6% / $3,000 / 4% / $2,000 (1.5x) | trails open AND realized profit | No daily loss limit published on this product. | Floor trails open, unrealized profit, shown separately below | Up to 100% of simulated profits, capped at $25,000 cumulative before Live Elite transition |
Getting paid after the one step, checked October 2, 2026
| Firm and product | Minimum days in evaluation | First payout gate | Consistency or best-day rule at funded | News or weekend at funded | Watch-out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The5ers Hyper Growth 1-Step | No minimum-day requirement stated for the evaluation itself. | 14 days after activation, plus the first 10% milestone | No consistency or best-day rule is named for Hyper Growth at either stage. | News trading allowed at both stages; no weekend-holding restriction published | Video interview can be required before payout within a 5-day window |
| Goat Funded Trader 1 Step GOAT | 3 valid days (one-time, evaluation) | 3-4 valid days per payout cycle, bi-weekly | No consistency or best-day rule is named for this product at either stage. | GFT does not publish a separate news or weekend rule for this product; the standard daily and max loss limits apply at both stages. | New recurring per-payout minimum-days gate appears only once funded |
| FundingPips 1 Step Flex | No minimum-day requirement stated for the evaluation itself. | Bi-Weekly cycle: 1% of account size minimum profit, no consistency gate. Monthly cycle: a 35% consistency score plus 7 profitable days, for a 100% split. | 35% for the Monthly cycle only; Bi-Weekly has none | Weekend holding switches to auto-closed unless the paid Swing add-on is bought | Overnight and weekend holding auto-close unless the Swing add-on is bought |
| FXIFY One Phase Assessment | 5 trading days | On demand after the first profitable trade, minimum 5 trading days | None shown on the product card | News and weekend holding allowed; rules match the evaluation exactly | Payout locks the trailing drawdown at the starting balance, no cushion left |
| FunderPro One Phase Challenge | The live checkout table shows no minimum-day figure, though the firm’s own products API separately lists a 1-day minimum for this product. | First reward available 14 days after funding (7 days with the paid add-on), once $100 profit is held. | None (dropped entirely once funded) | Funded accounts must close positions before the weekend and cannot hold through scheduled news releases unless the paid Swing add-on is bought. | Best-day consistency cap applies only during the evaluation, not once funded |
| Lux Trading Firm 1-Step Evaluation | No minimum-day requirement published. | Any time the account is in profit | No consistency or best-day rule is named beyond the per-trade profit cap described above. | Lux Trading Firm does not publish a separate news or weekend rule for this product; only the single-trade profit cap applies at every stage. | Funded-only risk manager’s guidance is binding; discretionary closure is possible |
| Lucid Trading LucidPro Evaluation | No minimum-day figure published on the LucidPro product page. | Profit buffer of $500 above the $52,100 safety margin on the $50K account; cap $2,000 on payout 1, $2,500 after, with no fixed day count. | 40% single-day concentration cap, funded-only | Lucid Trading does not publish a separate news or weekend rule for LucidPro; the funded-only payout concentration cap is the new rule that appears. | New 40% single-day payout concentration cap appears only once funded |
| Alpha Trader Firm 1-Step PRO Challenge (futures) | None during evaluation | 5 profitable days at 0.5%+ each, Payout Structure says every 5 days; the funded rules table instead says 3 minimum days per payout, a firm-page self-contradiction | Not enforced per the table (the firm’s own Key Notes bullets disagree) | Alpha Trader Firm does not publish a separate news or weekend rule for 1-Step PRO; the consistency-rule page conflict is the firm’s clearest documented inconsistency. | Firm’s own Consistency Rule page contradicts itself on which stage applies |
| E8 Markets E8 Pro (Classic Markets / Forex) | No minimum-day requirement, but the account must trade once every 60 days to stay active. | On demand, daily; 1% of initial balance minimum | None at either stage | E8 Markets does not publish a separate news or weekend rule; the payout formula paying only half of realized profit matters more. | Each payout pays only 80 to 100% of HALF the realized profit |
| Blue Guardian 1 Step Nano | None during evaluation | 5 profitable days at 0.5%+ each, every 7 days | 50% consistency rule applies to both the Challenge and Funded Account | News trading restricted only once funded; profits from news trades can be removed | Floor is EOD-trailing, not static, unlike the same brand’s 2-Step product |
| Alpha Capital Group Alpha One 10% | 1 minimum trading day | 2% gross profit plus a 40% Best Day Rule; KYC required | 40% Best Day Rule continues | Alpha Capital Group does not publish a separate news or weekend rule; the drawdown lock at the initial balance is the funded-stage detail to watch. | Withdrawing all profit after the drawdown lock automatically closes the account |
| City Traders Imperium CTI 1-Step Challenge | 3 profitable trading days | 7 profitable trading days, 2% net profit or $100 minimum | None added at the funded stage | News and weekend holding allowed at both stages per the product page | Same-rule claim rests on one blog sentence, not the product page itself |
| Hola Prime 1-Step Prime | None during the challenge | 3 profitable days (0.5%+ each), every 14 days | 40% on-demand consistency score for the On-Demand cycle only | News trading and weekend holding both remain allowed once funded | Hard 2% per-trade-idea risk cap switches on the moment you are funded |
| Funded Trading Plus 1-Step Express | No minimum-day requirement stated for the evaluation itself. | As soon as the account is in profit, from day 1, minimum $50 | Not published for this specific product | Overnight and weekend holding allowed at both stages | Funded-stage consistency-rule status is not published for this specific product |
| FTMO Challenge 1-Step (Standard) | No minimum-day requirement stated for the evaluation itself. | On request, 14 days after the first trade; 50% Best Day Rule must be met | 50% Best Day Rule continues to gate every Reward request | A 2-minute news lockout and a pre-weekend close rule both activate only once funded | Entry fee is never refunded on the 1-Step, unlike FTMO’s own 2-Step |
| Instant Funding One-Phase Pro | 3 separate trading days | 40% Best-Day Rule (best single day capped at 40% of total profit) plus a minimum profit threshold, after at least 3 separate evaluation trading days. | 40% best-day rule applies to payouts at both stages | Weekend holding requires a paid Swing add-on once funded; free during the evaluation | Weekend holding, free in evaluation, becomes a paid add-on once funded |
| Funding Traders 1-Step Pro | No minimum-day figure published for this product. | 21 days after the first funded trade (14 days with the paid add-on); 2 minimum trading days; a 50% Consistency Score cap applies at payout. | A new consistency gate appears only once funded | Trades near news are capped at 30% of profit only once funded | MATRIX promo requires buying 2 accounts to get the discounted price |
| FundedNext Stellar 1-Step | 2 separate trading days (1 trade/day) | Every 5 business days, cycle begins at first funded trade | No consistency or best-day rule is named beyond the new 3% live-risk cap and the 40% news profit split. | Trades within 5 minutes of high-impact news count only 40% toward the account | A new 3% live-risk cap and 40% news-profit haircut appear only once funded |
| Finotive Funding 1-Step Challenge | 3 profitable trading days | On demand once funded, then every 7 calendar days | 2.0% Floating Drawdown becomes a live, strike-triggering rule once funded | Finotive Funding does not publish a separate news or weekend rule; the Floating Drawdown rule switching from silent to enforced is the funded-stage change that matters. | Floating Drawdown rule is dormant in evaluation, strike-triggering once funded |
| AudaCity Capital Ability One (1 Step) | 3 trading days (evaluation only) | 14 days after the first live-stage trade | No consistency or best-day rule is named; the daily and max drawdown figures are the only risk gates. | News trading and weekend holding both remain allowed once funded | Firm keeps a discretionary right to end any account without explanation |
| Top One Trader 1-Step FLASH | 3 profitable trading days | 2% minimum payout, account in good standing, max drawdown respected | No consistency or best-day rule is named for FLASH beyond the funded-only 3% daily profit cap. | FLASH adds a 3% daily profit cap and a news-trading block only once funded. | Floor trails unrealized peak equity; three new rules switch on once funded |
| AquaFunded 1 Step Standard | 3 trading days, each with 0.5%+ profit, no time limit | Balance above the initial balance; no rule violations; all trades closed | No consistency or best-day rule is named beyond the Wave Stop auto-close rule. | Not published separately; the Wave Stop open-loss rule is the funded-only change that matters most. | Wave Stop, a new 2% open-loss auto-close, applies only once funded |
| Elite Trader Funding 1 Step 50K Live Trailing Eval | 5 trading days | 8 ATDs ($200+ realized profit and 23%+ of the best ATD’s P&L each) | Best-day-style cap built into the 23%-of-best-ATD payout rule above | Not published separately for this product. | Floor trails OPEN profit; a new Loss Limit Rule appears only once funded |
What changes after you pass a one-step evaluation
Of the 20 ranked products, 7 add or tighten a rule at the funded stage, 4 see a mix of a rule easing and a new rule appearing, 1 (Alpha Trader Firm) sees a rule drop to not enforced, and 8 carry an identical rule set through unchanged. Every competitor roundup stops at pass one phase and get funded; that is only half the product, so we read each firm’s one-step product through both states, the rules during the single evaluation phase, and the rules that switch on once funded.
Worked example, tighter: FTMO Traders trading on an FTMO Account must comply with… a time window starting 2 minutes before and ending 2 minutes after the release… you are required to close your positions shortly before the markets close for the weekend. FTMO’s 1-Step adds a news lockout and a pre-weekend close rule the moment a trader is funded, neither of which applied during the single evaluation phase.
Worked example, mixed: Minimum Trading Days: No minimum required in the FundedNext Account. Profit Target: No Profit Target requirement. FundedNext requires traders to limit risk to a maximum of 3% at any given time. Trades within 5 minutes of high-impact news: only 40% of profits count. FundedNext’s Stellar 1-Step removes the trading-days and profit-target requirements once funded, but adds a 3% live-risk cap and a 40% news profit split that did not exist during the evaluation.
Worked example, unchanged: The profit target, maximum loss, and daily pause remain the same for the pro stages for Hyper Growth Program. The5ers’ Hyper Growth is the clearest same-rules case in this ranking.
One-step evaluation drawdown types explained
Static: the max-loss floor is fixed to a percentage of the starting balance and does not move as the account grows. FunderPro’s One Phase Challenge sets a static 6% floor: on the $10K product priced in this post, that is a fixed $600 floor regardless of how much profit the account later banks.
End-of-day trailing: the floor recalculates once per day from the highest end-of-day balance, then typically locks once the account clears a set profit threshold. FXIFY’s One Phase Assessment trails the closed trading balance until the account is up 6%, then locks; on the $50K product priced here, that is a $3,000 floor that can rise as the account’s daily closing balance rises, then stops moving once locked.
Trailing open (unrealized) profit: the floor trails the account’s highest intraday mark-to-market value, including open positions that have not yet been closed. Elite Trader Funding’s 1 Step 50K Live Trailing Eval states plainly that the floor moves up the moment an open trade shows unrealized profit, before that profit is ever realized; this is the floor type behind this post’s shown-separately section.
Ranked one-step prop firms
Ranked by the rank rule above: no account-ending rule change at the funded stage first, then a standard forex daily loss, then products with named funded-stage watch-outs, ordered within each group by list price per $1,000 of account at the size priced.
1. The5ers Hyper Growth 1-Step carries the same 6% stop-out and 3% pause through to the funded account
Verdict: This suits a trader who wants the fewest rule changes after passing; the trade-off is that first payout waits a flat 14 days no matter how fast the account qualifies.
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