Best Prop Firms That Use TradeLocker, Checked at Checkout

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We checked 15 prop firms at their own live checkout for TradeLocker on October 2, 2026, not a marketing page claiming it.

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We checked 15 prop firms at their own live checkout for TradeLocker on October 2, 2026, not a marketing page claiming it. 11 confirmed TradeLocker as a selectable platform today: Blue Guardian is the cheapest at $25.40 per $1,000 of loss room ($127 at $50,000 against a $5,000 static floor), OneFunded sells TradeLocker as the only platform a US checkout session sees, FunderPro lists TradeLocker at every size from $5,000 to $200,000, and Blueberry Funded offers it on five of its seven products, the broadest in-catalogue choice here, though it does not sell to US residents at all. Four firms we checked do not deliver a working TradeLocker checkout today for four different reasons: FundingPips (never actually offers it despite old claims), TopTier Trader (rebranded to TX3 Funding and dropped it), Paradise Capital (site is parked, offline) and DNA Funded (mid-migration, new orders paused).

Freshness: checked October 2, 2026. Firms change checkout options without notice; re-check before you buy. Each firm’s Trustpilot figure carries the date we read it.

Quick picks among prop firms that use TradeLocker

• Cheapest per $1,000 of loss room, US residents included: Blue Guardian, $127 at $50,000 against a $5,000 static floor, $25.40 per $1,000; US buyers choose TradeLocker or Match-Trader.
• Simplest US checkout: OneFunded, $199 at $50,000, where TradeLocker was the only platform our US checkout session showed.
• TradeLocker at every account size: FunderPro, sold on TradeLocker from $5,000 to $200,000.
• Broadest TradeLocker choice inside one firm: Blueberry Funded, five of its seven products, though not sold to US residents.
• Bigger floor than the pay-later plans: Top One Trader FLASH, $286 one-time against a $3,500 trailing floor, $81.71 per $1,000, with TradeLocker, Match-Trader and MT5 on the menu.

What TradeLocker is and why US traders end up on it

TradeLocker is a browser-based trading platform that needs no download, running directly in a web tab with its own charting and order panel. For a US-based prop trading evaluation buyer, TradeLocker is frequently not a style preference at all, it is the only door open. OneFunded’s help center states the reason directly: “MT5 is unavailable in the United States and Turkey. If cTrader isn’t available in your country, you’ll be able to trade using TradeLocker.” Blue Guardian’s Platform Rules article draws the identical line: “Existing and prospective US clients are restricted to using Match Trader and TradeLocker only.” Across the firms in this post, TradeLocker and Match-Trader repeatedly show up as the pair left standing once MT5 and sometimes cTrader are excluded for US residency.

How we checked which prop firms use TradeLocker

1. Sources: each firm’s own live checkout page, help center and terms, read October 2, 2026; never a bot vendor’s list or a competing roundup.
2. Selectable today: we confirm TradeLocker renders as a clickable platform option on the firm’s own checkout for the exact product and size, not a marketing page that merely names it.
3. Funded-stage carryover: we check whether the firm states directly that the platform chosen at purchase continues once funded, or whether that fact is only implied, or not published.
4. Who can buy: we check whether a US-based checkout session can actually select TradeLocker, and whether any other country is blocked specifically on that platform SKU.
5. The metric: firms that pass the above are ranked by cost per $1,000 of loss room, the cheapest TradeLocker-selectable product’s price divided by the smallest overall max-loss floor in dollars at any stage, never the daily loss limit.

A discretionary live call-up is worth knowing about but never moves a firm down the table; Alpha Capital Group is the one firm here where a call-up changes the platform itself, so it is that firm’s first watch-out.

Prop firms that use TradeLocker compared, checked October 2, 2026

Notes on this ranking: The floor is each product’s overall maximum loss in dollars at its smallest stage, never a daily loss limit, and ties share a number. ^* OneFunded is ranked on its Value 2-step ($199 against a static $4,000 floor, $49.75 per $1,000); its Flash 1-step, also sold on TradeLocker ($279 against a static $3,000 floor, $93.00 per $1,000), would sit 10th. Our checkout session ran from a US location and showed TradeLocker as the only platform, so non-US buyers may see more choices. ^§ Alpha Capital Group is ranked on its Pro 10% 2-Step, the cheapest of its own three static-drawdown plans per $1,000 of loss room; the Pro 6% plan costs less at the till ($217) but gives less loss room, $72.33 per $1,000, and Pro 8% costs $74.25 per $1,000. TradeLocker is confirmed for the evaluation and simulated funded stages only; a trader the firm invites into its discretionary live program, entirely at the firm’s discretion, moves to CQG, AgenaTrader or Alpha Trader instead, and a trader who declines that invitation keeps their final payout but forfeits any further relationship with any branch of the Alpha Group. ^** Goat Funded Trader is ranked on its 2 Step GOAT, cheaper per $1,000 of loss room than the firm’s better-known 1-Step Model ($314 against a $3,000 floor, $104.67 per $1,000) even though the 1-Step costs $6 more to buy. ^† E8 Markets shows TradeLocker inside the account dashboard after identity verification, not on the public checkout; the firm’s own help article is the source, and the price and floor are unchanged either way. ^‡ Hola Prime does not say in one sentence that TradeLocker carries into the funded account; it is implied by its funded-stage platform-change benefit. Canadian residents cannot buy its TradeLocker plan at all; FunderPro sells TradeLocker at the same $63.80 per $1,000. ^‖ Top One Trader is ranked on FLASH, whose 7% floor trails your highest balance until your first payout request locks it; a static floor of the same size gives more room. Its NOVA plan ($7 plus a $275 activation fee, $282 against a $2,500 funded-stage floor) costs $112.80 per $1,000 and would rank 12th, and NOVA’s own table limits TradeLocker to the US and Canada while the same page says worldwide. ^¶ Blueberry Funded does not sell to US residents, so its rank only matters to buyers outside the US. ^†† Funding Traders is ranked on its 1-Step Pro, whose 10% floor trails your account’s highest recorded balance; its better-known 2-Step Pro6 costs less to buy ($387) but its static floor is smaller, $129.00 per $1,000, the same rate as the 2-Step Pro10.

Ranked prop firms that use TradeLocker

Eleven firms confirmed a working TradeLocker checkout for the exact product and size tested on October 2, 2026, ranked by cost per $1,000 of loss room, cheapest first. Ties share a number.

Blue Guardian prices TradeLocker lowest of any firm we checked at $50K

First, and not close: the 2 Step Nano is $127 at $50,000, TradeLocker sits in the checkout’s own platform selector next to MT5 and Match-Trader, and the loss floor is a flat $5,000 at both stages. That combination, cheap, confirmed, and simple, makes this the number one pick on cost per $1,000 of loss room.

Video: “Which Blue Guardian Account is Best? (All Rules explained),” Blue Guardian official YouTube channel, May 7, 2026. Source type: vendor-produced. Why selected: No official video is specifically about TradeLocker setup at Blue Guardian; this general account-comparison explainer is the firm’s best available official-channel pick and does not conflict with the checkout finding here.

Blue Guardian’s checkout rendered “Trading Platform: MetaTrader 5 / Match-Trader / Tradelocker” as three radio buttons on every CFD model we tested, including the 2 Step Nano at $50,000 for $127. The firm’s Platform Rules help article goes further for US traders: “Existing and prospective US clients are restricted to using Match Trader and TradeLocker only,” even though MT5 is the default button shown at checkout. The account does not have a separate funded-stage platform menu; whichever platform you pick at purchase keeps running once you are funded, because “platform migration is only permitted if no trades have been executed on the account.” That one rule cuts both ways: pick TradeLocker correctly the first time, because there is no do-over once a trade is placed.

• Product: 2 Step Nano $50,000 (also sold on Instant, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Nano, 2 Step Standard)
• Price at $50K: $127.00 one-time list (a BG25 promo code priced it at $95.25 at last check, no stated end date)
• Max-loss floor: $5,000, 10% of $50,000, static at both evaluation and funded, measured on equity including floating profit and loss
• TradeLocker at checkout and funded: Confirmed at checkout for evaluation. The funded account continues on the same platform chosen at purchase; there is no separate funded-stage selector
• Other platforms: MetaTrader 5 (the checkout default) and Match-Trader
• Who can buy: Anyone the firm accepts can select TradeLocker; US clients are specifically restricted to Match-Trader and TradeLocker only, with MT5 off the table for them
• First watch-out: Every CFD account here, including the funded stage, is a simulated account with no live-capital trading, and the platform choice locks permanently the moment your first trade executes
• Best for: Traders who want the cheapest confirmed TradeLocker evaluation at $50,000 and are comfortable with a simulated funded account
• Trustpilot: rating hidden (“breach of our guidelines” banner), 2,102 reviews. Blue Guardian profile, status.

OneFunded sells TradeLocker as the only checkout platform on a US session

Second: a $50,000 Value evaluation at $199 with no separate activation fee, an 8% static floor worth $4,000, and a checkout that showed a single TradeLocker button with no alternative when we checked from a US (Los Angeles) location.

Video: “How to Get Funded with OneFunded | From Challenge to Payout,” OneFunded official YouTube channel, September 9, 2026. Source type: vendor-produced. Why selected: No OneFunded video is specifically about TradeLocker; this evaluation-to-payout overview is the firm’s own most relevant alternative.

OneFunded’s checkout panel for the Value, Core and Instant challenge types all rendered the same “Trading Platform” section with exactly one active button: TradeLocker, no MT5 or cTrader option visible anywhere in the DOM. The firm’s own help center explains why: “MT5 is unavailable in the United States and Turkey. If cTrader isn’t available in your country, you’ll be able to trade using TradeLocker.” The firm never states a separate funded-stage platform; nothing on the help center suggests the platform changes once you are funded, and the checkout-time choice is the only selector that exists. One Trustpilot reviewer flagged a TradeLocker-specific complaint worth knowing: “Trader locker had an outage yesterday which caused huge losses,” a platform-reliability note worth flagging for anyone focused on TradeLocker specifically.

• Product: Value (2-step) $50,000 (TradeLocker was also confirmed on Core and Instant)
• Price at $50K: $199.00 one-time list ($159.20 with the live OCT20 20% code)
• Max-loss floor: $4,000, 8% of $50,000, static at both evaluation and funded per the firm’s own drawdown article
• TradeLocker at checkout and funded: Confirmed at checkout for evaluation and stated as available at the funded stage in the same help article
• Other platforms: None shown; the help center implies MT5 and cTrader appear for non-US traders, something this session’s US-based checkout could not confirm
• Who can buy: Confirmed buyable from a US session; MT5 is named as unavailable in the United States and Turkey specifically
• First watch-out: The checkout showed TradeLocker as the only visible option from a US IP, with no greyed-out alternatives to compare against, and the funded stage carries a tighter 30-day inactivity window than the 60-day evaluation window
• Best for: US-based traders who want a cheap, one-time TradeLocker evaluation and don’t need to compare platforms side by side at checkout
• Trustpilot: rating hidden (“breach of our guidelines” banner), 158 reviews. FTMO vs OneFunded, FundedNext vs OneFunded.

Alpha Capital Group’s cheapest plan at the till is not its cheapest plan per $1,000 of loss room

Third: the Alpha Pro 10% 2-Step is $267 at $50,000 against a 10% static floor of $5,000, $53.40 per $1,000 of loss room, the cheapest of Alpha’s own three static-drawdown plans on that measure even though the Pro 6% plan costs less to buy, with TradeLocker named directly as one of the three platforms US residents actually get.

Video: “Skip the Evaluation. Keep 90%. Start from Day 1.,” Alpha Capital Group official YouTube channel, July 26, 2026. Source type: vendor-produced. Why selected: No dedicated TradeLocker explainer exists on the firm’s own channel; this video is the closest official-channel match since no platform-specific video has been published for this product.

Alpha Capital Group’s help center states: “Our platform currently offers exclusive access to MetaTrader 5, cTrader, DX Trade, and TradeLocker. Please note that for U.S. residents, the available platforms are cTrader*, DX Trade, and TradeLocker… *cTrader is currently not accepting new U.S. customers.” In practice that leaves DX Trade or TradeLocker as a new US customer’s real choice. The live checkout confirmed the Platform step appears after account size selection on every plan and size. Alpha sells three static-drawdown Pro plans at $50,000: Pro 6% for $217 against a $3,000 floor, Pro 8% for $297 against a $4,000 floor, and Pro 10% for $267 against a $5,000 floor. Pro 6% is the cheapest plan to buy but gives the least loss room, $72.33 per $1,000; Pro 10% costs $50 more up front but its bigger floor works out cheapest overall, $53.40 per $1,000, so that is the plan ranked here. The watch-out that matters most here: TradeLocker is only confirmed at the evaluation and Qualified (simulated) stage. Selection into the firm’s discretionary Alpha Prime live-account program is entirely at the firm’s discretion, and the platform switches entirely to CQG, AgenaTrader or Alpha Trader, not TradeLocker, for anyone invited in. A trader who declines that invitation keeps their final payout but, per the firm’s own program terms, forfeits any further relationship with any branch of the Alpha Group.

• Product: Alpha Pro 10% 2-Step $50,000 (also sold as Pro 6% $217 and Pro 8% $297 at the same size; the same Platform step applies to every plan and size)
• Price at $50K: $267.00 one-time list
• Max-loss floor: $5,000, 10% of $50,000, static
• TradeLocker at checkout and funded: Confirmed at evaluation only; the funded live-stage platform is not TradeLocker if a trader is selected for the discretionary live-account program
• Other platforms: MetaTrader 5, cTrader (closed to new US customers), DX Trade
• Who can buy: TradeLocker and DX Trade are the two real choices for new US customers; MT5 is blocked and cTrader is closed to new US signups
• First watch-out: A discretionary live call-up, entirely at the firm’s discretion, can move a trader off TradeLocker entirely onto CQG, AgenaTrader or Alpha Trader; a trader who declines keeps their final payout but forfeits any further relationship with any branch of the Alpha Group
• Best for: US residents who are locked out of MT5 and want the cheapest cost per $1,000 of loss room among Alpha’s own static-drawdown plans
• Trustpilot: rating hidden (“breach of our guidelines” banner), 21,810 reviews. status, payouts.

E8 Markets confirms TradeLocker in the dashboard, after identity verification, not at checkout itself

Fourth: E8 Pro at $50,000 for $228 against an 8% static floor of $4,000, with TradeLocker named as one of only two platforms US clients can use. The one catch: the firm’s own help article says platform choice only becomes visible post-verification, not at the public configurator.

Video: “Consistency Rule Explained in 2 minutes (Best Day rule),” E8 Markets official YouTube channel, May 21, 2026. Source type: vendor-produced. Why selected: No official E8 video addresses TradeLocker specifically; the firm’s general Best Day consistency-rule explainer is the closest official-channel match.

E8 Markets’ help center states plainly: “For Classic Markets and Perpetual Futures, you can choose from the following platforms, depending on your region and account type: TradeLocker, MatchTrader, cTrader, MetaTrader 5 / MT5. Clients from the US are unable to use and purchase accounts on the MT5 and cTrader trading platforms. US clients can utilize only TradeLocker and MatchTrader.” The same article adds a catch worth knowing before you pay: “If you do not see every trading platform in your checkout, make sure that your profile is verified.” The public pre-purchase configurator does not show a platform picker at all; platform selection happens after purchase and identity verification, inside the account dashboard. That is why this firm carries a watch-out mark rather than a flat yes.

• Product: E8 One / E8 Pro / E8 Signature, Classic Markets line (not product-specific; the same platform list applies across all three)
• Price at $50K: $228.00 one-time list at $50,000 (cheapest TradeLocker-eligible size is $5,000 at $32)
• Max-loss floor: $4,000, 8% of $50,000, static, unchanged between the SimFi Challenge and SimFi Performance (funded) stage
• TradeLocker at checkout and funded: Confirmed available at both evaluation and funded stage per the help article, but only inside the dashboard after Veriff identity verification, not pre-purchase
• Other platforms: MatchTrader, cTrader (with a $10 fee under $100 account cost), MetaTrader 5, plus E8 Terminal on the separate Perpetual Futures market
• Who can buy: US clients are explicitly limited to TradeLocker and MatchTrader; MT5 and cTrader are blocked for them entirely
• First watch-out: TradeLocker selection is confirmed in the help center, not on the public checkout screen itself; it only appears after your identity is verified, so budget time for that step before assuming the platform is locked in
• Best for: US traders who have already completed E8’s verification step and want a static-drawdown account with TradeLocker access
• Trustpilot: rating hidden (“breach of our guidelines” banner), 3,299 reviews. E8 Markets profile, rules.

Goat Funded Trader’s 2-Step plan beats its better-known 1-Step on loss room per dollar

Fifth: the 2 Step GOAT is $308 at $50,000 against a 10% static floor of $5,000, $61.60 per $1,000 of loss room, cheaper on that measure than the firm’s 1-Step Model even though the 1-Step costs $6 more to buy and is the product most of the firm’s own marketing leads with.

Video: “Goat Funded Trader Prop Firm Explained (full tutorial + real payout proof),” Goat Funded Trader official YouTube channel, November 16, 2025. Source type: vendor-produced. Why selected: No official video is specifically about TradeLocker; this full-tutorial-and-payout-proof video is the firm’s closest official-channel match.

Goat Funded Trader’s live checkout quotes the 2 Step GOAT plainly: “2 STEPS GOAT GOAT · 50K · TradeLocker $308.00 Subtotal $308.00 Total $308.00.” The firm’s own 2-Step GOAT model article states a “Maximum Loss Limit (Hard Breach), 10% (Static)” at $50,000, a $5,000 floor. The better-known 1-Step Model costs $314 against only a 6% static floor, $3,000, which works out to $104.67 per $1,000, nearly double the 2-Step’s cost per $1,000 of loss room, so the 2-Step is the plan ranked here even though the 1-Step is the product this firm pushes hardest in its own marketing. At checkout, the platform panel read: “Platform TradeLocker. Platform changed cTrader isn’t available to traders in the United States, so we’ve set this challenge up on TradeLocker instead, same challenge, same price. Choose another platform below if you’d prefer.” The help center confirms the full list: “Currently, our platform exclusively grants access to Ctrader, Tradelocker, MatchTrader, Volumetrica and MT5. Please note that MT5 and Ctrader are not available to clients located in the USA. All other platforms (TradeLocker, MatchTrader, and Volumetrica) are available to US traders.” A platform change request is allowed only before any trade is placed, the same persistence logic every other firm in this post uses to imply funded-stage carryover.

• Product: 2 Step GOAT $50,000 (the 1-Step Model also offers TradeLocker but costs more per $1,000 of loss room)
• Price at $50K: $308.00 one-time list
• Max-loss floor: $5,000, 10% of $50,000, static, unchanged at evaluation and funded
• TradeLocker at checkout and funded: Confirmed at checkout for evaluation; the help center states a single platform change request is allowed only before any trade is placed, implying no automatic stage-based swap at funding
• Other platforms: MT5, cTrader, Match-Trader, Volumetrica
• Who can buy: TradeLocker, Match-Trader and Volumetrica are all available to US traders; MT5 and cTrader are not
• First watch-out: A 33-country restricted list bars signup entirely for some residents regardless of platform choice, and this list is updated frequently
• Best for: US traders who want the firm’s cheapest cost per $1,000 of loss room, not just its most heavily marketed plan
• Trustpilot: rating hidden (“breach of our guidelines” banner), 4,343 reviews. Goat Funded Trader rules, status, profile.

FunderPro sells TradeLocker at every size from $5,000 to $200,000

Tied for sixth with Hola Prime: the Classic 2-Phase is $319 at $50,000 against a 10% static floor of $5,000, and FunderPro is the only firm in this post that lists TradeLocker as a live product SKU at every single size it sells.

Video: “FunderPro's Consistency Rule,” FunderPro official YouTube channel, September 20, 2024. Source type: vendor-produced. Why selected: No dedicated TradeLocker-setup video exists on FunderPro’s channel; this evaluation-rules overview is the closest official-channel match, though it predates the current consistency-rule help article.

FunderPro’s live checkout rendered a single “PLATFORM / TradeLocker” button with no other platform button shown, at every size we tested from $5,000 to $100,000. The firm’s own live products API confirms TradeLocker SKUs exist at $5K through $200K (“50K TL Challenge – Classic,” $319), The homepage advertises “MT5, cTrader & TradeLocker” brand-wide, but on October 3 the challenge checkout (Classic, One Phase and Pro at $50,000) rendered only TradeLocker. MT5 and cTrader showed up as selectable options only on the Instant Program checkout, which skips the evaluation, so every FunderPro challenge is a TradeLocker purchase. One rule to plan around: “Changing your trading platform after purchasing a challenge is not possible.” The only fix is a full refund within 14 days if you haven’t traded yet, then a fresh purchase on the platform you actually wanted.

• Product: Classic 2-Phase Challenge $50,000 (One Phase, Pro Weekly and Pro Daily also default to TradeLocker at every size)
• Price at $50K: $319.00 one-time list
• Max-loss floor: $5,000, 10% of $50,000, static, unchanged between Phase 1, Phase 2 and the funded account
• TradeLocker at checkout and funded: Confirmed at checkout for evaluation and funded; there is no live-capital stage at all, FunderPro’s funded accounts stay simulated
• Other platforms: MT5 and cTrader are offered only on the Instant Program checkout (no evaluation); FunderPro challenges are sold on TradeLocker
• Who can buy: TradeLocker carries no country restriction beyond FunderPro’s general sign-up list; MT5 and cTrader are both excluded for US residents (“cTrader is not available for customers residing in the United States”), which leaves TradeLocker as the US route
• First watch-out: There is no platform switch after purc