We re-checked 18 prop firm listings on November 3 and 4, 2026, product by product and from a US IP where the checkout is public, and ranked the 15 that sell a $50K account to US residents by cost per $1,000 of loss room (list price plus activation, divided by the overall max loss).
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We re-checked 18 prop firm listings on November 3 and 4, 2026, product by product and from a US IP where the checkout is public, and ranked the 15 that sell a $50K account to US residents by cost per $1,000 of loss room (list price plus activation, divided by the overall max loss). Cheapest: Blue Guardian 2 Step Nano ($25.40, $127 for a $5,000 static floor, activation fee not published), AquaFunded 2 Step Elite ($39.67), Topstep’s Trading Combine ($47.50 for one $95 month) and E8 Pro ($49.60, the cheapest with every fee published). Dearest: Apex’s 50K EOD Trail at $359.50. Futures firms sell US residents the same product as everyone else; six of the seven ranked forex firms steer US clients off MetaTrader (FTMO US is the exception, with MT5 and TradingView). FXIFY’s footer excludes US residents while its checkout takes a US address, so it is not ranked, and Tradeify 247 has stopped selling new accounts. FTMO US bars companies from five states (F