Real options funding you can buy today is rare.
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Real options funding you can buy today is rare. Of 16 firms that turn up as options prop firms, only two sell a plan that lets you trade listed options on the funded account and passes our test: Vanquish Trader Advanced Options $50K ($499 a month, $199.60 per $1,000 of loss room, spreads and short premium on stocks and ETFs, but SPX, XSP and VIX long single-leg only) and TradeFundrr Options Growth 25K ($215.67 per $1,000 on the higher of two published prices, multi-leg spreads at 10 contracts per leg, a $1,000 daily loss that ends the account). Both are simulated, both close you out every afternoon (3:59pm and 3:55pm Eastern), and neither says which option price counts toward the loss limit. Vanquish’s cheaper Options (Basic) plan ($100.00 per $1,000) is long calls and puts only, with a floor that trails your highest unrealized balance, so we show it and do not rank it. Real-money options seats exist at Maverick Trading, T3 Trading Group and SMB Capital, but each is an application, a licensed desk or a job. The other 11 names fail on their o