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We checked 20 prop firms on October 5, 2026 for traders in the Netherlands and ranked 17 standard forex and futures products by cost per $1,000 of loss room at $50K.
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We checked 20 prop firms on October 5, 2026 for traders in the Netherlands and ranked 17 standard forex and futures products by cost per $1,000 of loss room at $50K. Blue Guardian 2 Step Nano is cheapest at $25.40 on its fee alone, then Topstep at $47.50 ($95 a month), E8 Markets E8 Pro 10% at $49.80 with a euro bank payout through WorkMarket, FundingPips 2 Step Flex at $49.83, which names the Netherlands for local bank payouts, and Alpha Capital Group Alpha Pro 10% at $53.40, which names the Netherlands in its country guide. No firm excludes the Netherlands, none is on the AFM’s warnings list, none claims an AFM licence and none names iDEAL. Only FTMO and BrightFunded charge in euros, BrightFunded and E8 Markets publish euro bank payouts, Maven pays the Netherlands only through Rise, and Rise lists the Netherlands for euro withdrawals at $10. BrightFunded has a Dutch B.V. and an Amsterdam office but sells through a Dubai company. Alpha Futures and Apex Trader Funding sit in a warning group. Euro figures use the October 2, 2026 ECB rate of 1.1225.
Checked: October 5, 2026; AFM list re-checked October 6, 2026. Firms change prices, codes and country lists without notice, so confirm on the firm’s own page before paying. Each Trustpilot figure shows its own read date.
Editorial disclosure. BestProps has no affiliate or sponsor relationship with any firm in this guide and has received no money from any of them. Codes shown are published by the firms and are uncompensated. No firm reviewed this guide before publication. Full policy: affiliate disclosure.
Quick answer and the top five prop firms in the Netherlands
The Netherlands is an easy country for prop firms: none of the 20 firms checked names the Netherlands as excluded, and every standard product we priced can be bought by a Dutch resident. The differences are in how firmly the firm says yes, whether you can pay the way Dutch buyers usually pay, and whether a payout can reach a Dutch bank in euros. Ranked on what you pay for each $1,000 the account can lose, these five come first:
- Blue Guardian 2 Step Nano: $25.40 per $1,000. Price $127 (about €113.14); floor $5,000, static, both stages.
- Topstep Trading Combine, No Activation Fee: $47.50 per $1,000. Price $95/month (about €84.63); floor $2,000, end-of-day trailing.
- E8 Markets E8 Pro 10%: $49.80 per $1,000. Price $249 (about €221.83); floor $5,000, static, both stages.
- FundingPips 2 Step Flex: $49.83 per $1,000. Price $299 (about €266.37); floor $6,000, static (12%), all stages.
- Alpha Capital Group Alpha Pro 10%: $53.40 per $1,000. Price $267 (about €237.86); floor $5,000, static, both stages.
Blue Guardian’s lead depends on an activation fee it does not publish either way, and FundingPips’ figure is fee-only too. On fully published prices the lowest are Topstep for futures and E8 Markets for forex. If you want the Netherlands named rather than merely missing from a list, Alpha Capital Group names it in its country guide, while FundingPips and Maven Trading name it on their payout pages, for very different payouts. For the same checks across all 27 EU states, see our guide to the best prop firms for traders in Europe.
What a prop firm is for traders in the Netherlands
A prop firm, in the sense these 20 firms use the word, sells you an evaluation on a simulated account. You trade to a profit target without touching a daily or overall loss limit; pass, and you trade a funded account that is usually still simulated, and the firm pays you a share of the simulated profit, typically 80% to 90%. That is different from a broker, which holds your own money in a real account. It is also different from the trading firms in Amsterdam that hire traders as employees to trade the firm’s own capital, such as Optiver, which appears on the AFM’s register of investment firms. A job at such a firm is an application and an interview; nothing in this guide is that. For the basics, see what a prop firm is.
- For: your loss is capped at the fee, you can trade a $50,000 account for $95 to $379, and most firms here pay 80% or more of profit.
- Against: most buyers never reach a payout, a broken daily limit ends the account at once, the funded account is simulated, and several firms keep a discretionary live move or a right to refuse funded status.
Are prop firms a good investment? The fee is not an investment: it buys an attempt, and it is gone whether you pass or fail. Treat it as a cost of trading, budget for more than one attempt, and compare firms on what each attempt buys you in loss room, which is what the ranking below does. Every ranked firm describes its funded accounts as simulated or demo. FTMO says its traders trade with simulated capital only, Maven says all trading is simulated with virtual funds, and Funded Trading Plus says its services are limited to simulated trading programs. A few keep a live stage behind a discretionary move, covered in each firm’s section below.
Are prop firms regulated in the Netherlands, and what the AFM list shows
The Netherlands has no licence written for prop firms. The Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM, licenses investment firms and keeps public registers of them, and it publishes a list of parties it warns consumers about, mostly suspected boiler rooms offering investments without a licence. We copied that list in full on October 5, 2026 and again on October 6, 2026: 515 entries, 504 of them dated, from June 16, 2020 to October 1, 2026; older warnings sit in the AFM’s web archive. Then we searched it for every firm in this guide, every domain it uses, its group brand and the registered company names in its terms.
None of the entries names any firm in this guide. A typical entry reads “Deze onderneming is vermoedelijk een boilerroom: een vorm van online beleggingsfraude”, that is, a suspected boiler room and a form of online investment fraud. A few entries share part of a name with a firm here, and they are worth knowing so they are not confused with the firms ranked below:
- Alpha Assets Finance Ltd, February 19, 2026: a London-addressed company at alphaassetsfinanceltd.com. Alpha Capital Group trades from alphacapitalgroup.uk and Alpha Futures from alpha-futures.com, different domains, and nothing published links them.
- Alpha Trade Financials Ltd, March 7, 2022: an entry for alphafx24.com. Different domain and different company from both Alpha firms here.
- Apex Group Ltd, trading as Apex Europe Limited, April 1, 2025: the AFM calls it “een kloon van een legitieme onderneming”, a clone of a legitimate company, at apexgroup-eu.com. It is not Apex Trader Funding, a Texas company at apextraderfunding.com.
- Guardian Investment, August 13, 2026: an entry for guardianinvestment.org. It is not Blue Guardian.
Read any entry yourself if a name looks close. An AFM warning would be shown here as a dated warning beside the firm, not as a reason to drop it, and we do not call any firm legal or illegal.
Authorisation is a separate question from the warning list. None of the 20 firms claims AFM authorisation or a Dutch licence for its prop program, and several say plainly that they hold no licence for it: For Traders says “The Company is not a licensed investment services provider (securities broker-dealer) within the meaning of MIFID II”, Funded Trading Plus says it “is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority”, and FundingPips says “FundingPips Corp does not conduct brokerage services or offer real trading accounts on this website”. Some firms cite other licences that do not cover the prop program in the Netherlands: FXIFY’s footer says “Prime Intermarket Group Eurasia Ltd is licensed in Mauritius”, and Tradeify’s agreement names “Tradeify Brokerage LLC d/b/a Slay Markets” as a US-registered introducing broker. For firms that do hold a licence somewhere, see our guide to regulated prop firms, and for the same checks against the FCA register, the best prop firms for UK traders.
Is any prop firm Dutch? The BrightFunded question for traders in the Netherlands
One English-language list that ranks for this search calls BrightFunded a Netherlands-based company. We tested that against the firm’s own pages, the Dutch company register and the AFM register. The register (KvK) lists BrightFunded B.V. in Amsterdam, KvK number 89766474, and BrightFunded’s About page names its founders, Jelle and Syb Dijkstra, and an Amsterdam office opened in April 2024, then a move of its headquarters to Dubai in January 2025. Its terms name a Dubai company, Bright Global FZCO, as the provider and a Saint Lucia company, BrightFunded Ltd, as the seller of the CFD challenges, and UAE law governs them. Neither BrightFunded name appeared in the AFM’s investment firm register when we searched on October 5, 2026, while a control search for Optiver returned its Amsterdam entry.
So the fair description is Dubai-headquartered, with Dutch roots, an Amsterdam office and a Dutch B.V. on the register, selling to Dutch traders through non-Dutch companies.
Which prop firms accept traders in the Netherlands
We read each firm’s own restricted-countries page, terms, help article or checkout for the Netherlands, and for Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean Netherlands. No firm restricts any of them. Four groups come out:
- The Netherlands named as accepted: Alpha Capital Group lists the Netherlands among 48 European countries in its country guide and in its checkout menu.
- Named on a payout page instead: FundingPips names the Netherlands for a local bank transfer, and Maven Trading names it as a country it pays only through Rise. Both are covered in the payout section below.
- Missing from a named list with no “including” wording: Topstep, E8 Markets, Maven Trading, FundedNext, Goat Funded Trader, The5ers, Funding Traders, BrightFunded, For Traders, FTMO, Tradeify, My Funded Futures and Tradeify 247.
- Missing from a list worded “include”, “including” or “includes”: Blue Guardian, FundingPips, FXIFY and Funded Trading Plus. They rank, but their wording leaves room for a country they have not named.
The Caribbean parts of the Kingdom show up in a few places. Alpha Capital Group names Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba as supported, Maven lists them separately as Rise-only payout countries, and several checkout menus list them apart from the Netherlands. FTMO’s list includes Suriname, which is an independent country. This guide covers the European Netherlands.
Neighbours fare differently, which is why a country check beats a Europe-wide one. Germany is on Topstep’s Express-only table, Bulgaria and Iceland are on Tradeify’s and My Funded Futures’ lists, and Alpha Futures restricts Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Slovenia. Each firm also tests something different, which matters if you are a Dutch citizen living abroad or a foreign resident in the Netherlands:
| Firm | How it is tested | How the list is worded |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Guardian | Not stated | “include”, so not complete |
| Topstep | Citizenship and permanent residency | Two tables that can change at any time |
| E8 Markets | Country on your ID document | A named list, no “including” |
| FundingPips | Residence | Footer says “including” |
| Alpha Capital Group | Nationality or residence | NL named in a 203-country guide |
| Maven Trading | Residence, for payouts | Footer list; NL named for payouts |
| FundedNext | Residents and citizens | Named list; shorter footer list |
| Goat Funded Trader | Where you are or live, not split | 33 countries, no “including” |
| The5ers | Residents or citizens | FAQ list closed; footer is not |
| Funding Traders | Country of residence at checkout | Five countries, no “including” |
| BrightFunded | Residence or nationality | Six countries, no “including” |
| For Traders | Nationality, location or residence | Closed definition in its terms |
| FTMO | Nationals and residents | Exceptions to “clients globally” |
| Tradeify | Residence (agreement is wider) | A “full” list of 58, naming 65 |
| FXIFY | Nationality or residence | Footer says “including” |
| My Funded Futures | Citizenship or residency | Named list plus unlisted partner limits |
| Funded Trading Plus | Not stated | 23 in its help; footer says “includes” |
Our shorter Netherlands country page lists four crypto options; this guide checks the standard forex and futures products as well.
Paying a prop firm from the Netherlands with iDEAL, SEPA, cards or euros
Most Dutch online shops take iDEAL, so it is the first thing many buyers look for. None of the 20 firms we checked names iDEAL at checkout or in its help pages, and none names SEPA for paying. What Dutch buyers can use instead:
- Bank transfer named for the Netherlands: FundedNext lists AIIA’s instant bank transfer for the Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Germany and Belgium.
- Bank transfer without a country line: FTMO takes bank wire, For Traders sends a proforma invoice to pay by transfer, and Maven Trading lists bank transfers. Funding Traders shows a Local Payment option without naming the methods behind it.
- Wallets: FTMO takes PayPal and Revolut Pay, FundedNext PayPal at 1% and Skrill at 3%, Goat Funded Trader and Tradeify 247 PayPal, and Topstep, E8 Markets and Blue Guardian Apple Pay and Google Pay.
- Cards and crypto: most firms take cards and crypto; The5ers, FXIFY and Alpha Futures show their methods only after sign-up.
Currency matters as much as the method. FTMO and BrightFunded price in euros. FundingPips can show euros at checkout, but it says “All FundingPips accounts are issued in USD, regardless of the currency you select during checkout”. Everyone else prices in US dollars, so your card issuer converts and adds its margin. Topstep adds VAT at checkout where it applies, and Funded Trading Plus shows its dollar price as including VAT.
How prop firm payouts reach a Dutch bank in euros
No firm checked names SEPA for payouts. Two challenge firms publish a euro bank payout that reaches the Netherlands: BrightFunded says bank transfers are processed in euros, and E8 Markets pays through WorkMarket, whose own fee page lists the Netherlands for a euro bank-account transfer at €1.75 plus 2-3% conversion. FundingPips names the Netherlands for a local bank transfer without saying in what currency. Most of the others pay into Rise, whose help page lists the Netherlands for euro withdrawals to a local bank at $10, with the conversion done by Rise.
| Payout method | Firms that offer it | Pays in | What we found for NL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank transfer in euros | BrightFunded | EUR | Firm says euros; SEPA and NL not named |
| WorkMarket bank account | E8 Markets | EUR | Provider lists NL, €1.75 plus 2-3% FX |
| Local bank transfer, Pay to Card | FundingPips | Not stated | Named for NL and five other EU states |
| Bank wire | FTMO, FundedNext, The5ers, Alpha Capital Group | Not stated or USD | No firm calls it SEPA |
| International wire | Topstep | Not stated | $30 fee, 5 to 10 business days |
| Wire, Wise or Rise | Alpha Futures | USD | “All payments are made in USD” |
| Rise only | Maven Trading, FXIFY | USD into Rise, then EUR | Maven names NL as Rise-only, $20 fee |
| Rise | Tradeify, Tradeify 247, My Funded Futures, Funding Traders | USD into Rise, then EUR | Rise lists NL in euros, $10 |
| Rise | Blue Guardian, For Traders, Goat Funded Trader | USD into Rise, then EUR | Firm fee first: 3%, $50 or 3% |
| Rise | Alpha Capital Group, FundedNext, The5ers | USD into Rise, then EUR | Rise’s NL line applies; firm fees vary |
| Rise | E8 Markets, Funded Trading Plus | USD into Rise, then EUR | Rise’s NL line applies; no firm fee named |
| Crypto (USDT or USDC) | Most firms here | Crypto | You convert to euros on an exchange |
| Plane | Apex Trader Funding | Not stated | Local bank account; fee not stated |
Maven Trading is the clearest Dutch-specific limit: it lists the Netherlands among countries that can only be paid through Rise, at $20 a withdrawal before Rise’s own $10. Goat Funded Trader’s bank transfer covers eight African countries only, and Topstep’s Wise route covers China, Canada and the UK, so Dutch traders at both use other rails. Fees add up before the conversion: Blue Guardian and Goat Funded Trader take 3% of every payout, The5ers 3.5%, FundedNext a provider fee of up to 3.5%, Topstep $30 per wire, Maven $20 and For Traders $50 per Rise transfer from $400. FTMO, BrightFunded and E8 Markets charge no fee of their own. For how each rail works across firms, see prop firms that pay by wire, bank, Rise, Deel or Wise.
A worked example: a $2,000 payout through Rise at a firm with no fee of its own arrives as about €1,781.74 at the October 2 rate, less Rise’s $10 and whatever margin Rise builds into the conversion. The same payout at a firm that takes 3% first loses $60 before Rise sees it.
Traders elsewhere in the eurozone face the same euro payout leg but a different regulator and a different set of country lists. We ran the same checks in our guides for traders in Germany, traders in France, traders in Italy and traders in Spain, and outside Europe for traders in the Philippines and traders in Indonesia.
How we checked prop firms for the Netherlands
- Read each firm’s own restricted-countries page, terms, help article or checkout for the Netherlands, product by product, and note whether the list is called complete.
- Treat a brand’s forex, futures and crypto arms as separate listings, and keep crypto-only products in their own table.
- Price every $50K variant at list price, add any activation fee, and convert euro prices at the October 2, 2026 ECB rate; codes go in the firm notes only.
- Divide by the smallest overall loss limit in dollars at any stage, never a daily limit or a per-asset rule, and multiply by 1,000.
- Search the AFM warnings list for each firm, domain and company name, then note the ways to pay, the payout routes that reach a Dutch bank, live stage terms, Dutch-language help and Trustpilot.
Prop firms in the Netherlands ranked by cost per $1,000 of loss room
Lower is better. A $2,000 floor at $95 and a $5,000 floor at $249 both cost under $50 for each $1,000 you are allowed to lose, which is the comparison that matters if you expect to buy more than once.
| Firm and product | Netherlands status | Price at $50K | Overall loss floor | Cost per $1,000 | Euro payout to NL | Live call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Blue Guardian 2 Step Nano | Not on its list, which says “include” | $127 (about €113.14) | $5,000, static, both stages | $25.40 (€22.63)a | Via Rise in euros ($10 Rise fee), after a 3% firm fee | No live stage; funded is simulated |
| 2. Topstep Trading Combine, No Activation Fee | Not on either of its country tables | $95/month (about €84.63) | $2,000, end-of-day trailing | $47.50 (€42.32)b | No; $30 international wire, currency not stated | Discretionary Live move; cannot decline |
| 3. E8 Markets E8 Pro 10% | Not on its list (tested on your ID document) | $249 (about €221.83) | $5,000, static, both stages | $49.80 (€44.37) | Yes: euro bank account via WorkMarket, €1.75 plus 2-3% FX | No live stage; all accounts demo |
| 4. FundingPips 2 Step Flex | Not on its list; footer says “including” | $299 (about €266.37) | $6,000, static (12%), all stages | $49.83 (€44.39)c | Local bank transfer named for NL; currency not stated | Prime invite is mandatory; cannot refuse |
| 5. Alpha Capital Group Alpha Pro 10% | Named in its country guide and checkout | $267 (about €237.86) | $5,000, static, both stages | $53.40 (€47.57) | Euros via Rise; the firm pays in US dollars | Alpha Prime move; declining ends ties |
| 6. Maven Trading Standard 2-Step | Not on its footer list; named for payouts | $220 (about €195.99) | $4,000, static, both stages | $55.00 (€49.00)d | Rise only for NL: $20 Maven fee plus $10 Rise | No live stage; fully simulated |
| 7. FundedNext Stellar Lite | Not on its residents and citizens list | $229.99 (about €204.89) | $4,000, static, both stages | $57.50 (€51.22)e | Euros via Rise; bank wire currency not stated | No call-up published; simulated |
| 8. Goat Funded Trader 2 Step GOAT | Not on its 33-country list | $308 (about €274.39) | $5,000, static, both stages | $61.60 (€54.88)f | Euros via Rise after a 3% fee; no bank rail for NL | No call-up; accounts simulated |
| 9. The5ers High Stakes 2-Step (NEW) | Not on its FAQ country list | $249 (about €221.83) | $4,000, static (its FAQ says $5,000) | $62.25 (€55.46)g | Euros via Rise after a 3.5% fee | No call-up; Pro account not guaranteed |
| 10. Funding Traders 1-Step Pro | Not on its five-country list | $329 (about €293.10) | $5,000, trailing the highest balance | $65.80 (€58.62)h | Euros via Rise; crypto only if Rise is not possible | No live stage published; simulated |
| 11. BrightFunded 2-Step Classic | Not on its six-country list | €297 (about $333.38) | $5,000, static, both stages | $66.68 (€59.40)i | Yes: bank transfer processed in euros | No live stage; demo accounts only |
| 12. For Traders Classic 2-Step Forex, 10% loss | Not on the list in its terms | $343 (about €305.57) | $5,000, static, both stages | $68.60 (€61.11) | Euros via Rise after a $50 firm fee from $400 | No call-up; demo accounts only |
| 13. FTMO 1-Step Challenge | Not on its list of exceptions | €319 (about $358.08) | $5,000, end-of-day trailing | $71.62 (€63.80)j | Bank wire, currency not stated; no FTMO fee | No live stage; fully simulated |
| 14. Tradeify Growth | Not on its full restricted list | $145 (about €129.18) | $2,000, end-of-day trailing | $72.50 (€64.59) | Euros via Rise, $10 Rise fee | Elite Live move; mandatory once picked |
| 15. FXIFY Two Phase Classic | Not on its lists; footer says “including” | $379 (about €337.64) | $5,000, static, both stages | $75.80 (€67.53)k | Euros via Rise only, $10 Rise fee | No discretionary call-up published |
| 16. My Funded Futures Builder | Not on its list; partner limits unlisted | $153 (about €136.30) | $2,000, end-of-day trailing | $76.50 (€68.15) | Euros via Rise, $10 Rise fee | Live move cannot be refused |
| 17. Funded Trading Plus 2-Step Classic | Not on its list, which says “includes” | $319 (about €284.19) | $4,000, static on balance, both stages | $79.75 (€71.05)l | Euros via Rise, or crypto | No live stage; simulated programs |
Notes on this ranking: Cost per $1,000 is the list price of the firm’s cheapest $50,000 product that a resident of the Netherlands can buy, plus any activation fee, divided by the smallest overall loss limit in dollars at any stage, times 1,000. Daily loss limits, per-asset, per-symbol and per-position rules (Alpha Capital Group’s 2% Max Risk Rule, Funded Trading Plus’ 3% Symbol Loss Limit, For Traders’ 2% Drawdown Protection, Goat Funded Trader’s Goat Guard) are not used; they are named as watch-outs. Euro figures convert at the European Central Bank reference rate of October 2, 2026, EUR/USD 1.1225; your card or bank rate will differ. Only FTMO and BrightFunded charge in euros. “Via Rise” means the firm pays into Rise, whose own help page lists the Netherlands for euro withdrawals to a local bank at $10. NL stands for the Netherlands. Ties share a rank. a Blue Guardian publishes no activation fee for 2 Step Nano and does not say there is none, so $127 is the evaluation fee alone; an activation fee above $110.50 would drop it below Topstep. Its restricted list is introduced with the word “include”, so the Netherlands is missing from a list the firm does not call complete. b Monthly billing: the figure covers one 30-day cycle. A second month at $95 would make it $95.00 per $1,000, behind every product in this table. c FundingPips publishes no activation or Master fee either way, so $299 is the evaluation fee alone; a fee above $21.40 would drop it below Alpha Capital Group. Its footer bars residents of “certain jurisdictions, including” sanctions and FATF lists; the Netherlands is on neither FATF list dated June 19, 2026. d Maven Trading shows no activation line and does not state that there is none, so $220 is the evaluation fee alone; a fee above $10.00 would drop it below FundedNext. The Netherlands is named on its payout page, as a country paid only through Rise; its restricted list in the footer leaves the Netherlands off. e FundedNext does not name an activation