We tested 18 prop firms on the month a trend follower actually has: many small up and down days and one breakout day worth +5% that ran to +6% before a trailing stop took it.
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We tested 18 prop firms on the month a trend follower actually has: many small up and down days and one breakout day worth +5% that ran to +6% before a trailing stop took it. The score is the keep rate, the share of that one day paid at the first funded payout after every cap, buffer and split. 14 of 18 products pay it without needing more profit. Futures at $50K: Phidias Express to Live 64.0% (fixed bonus, $650 floor), FundedNext Futures Flex 47.5%, then Topstep XFA Standard, Lucid Trading LucidFlex and Tradeify Select Flex at 45.0% (Topstep cheapest at $47.50 per $1,000 of lo