Side-by-side analysis of both prop firms. Entry account starting from $16.70.
Each category shows the winner between the two firms.
Full price and the final price with the coupon applied at checkout, plan by plan.
MARKET| Plan | Account | Full price | With coupon |
|---|---|---|---|
| EOD Trail | 25K | $390 | $39 |
| EOD Trail | 50K | $490 | $49 |
| EOD Trail | 100K | $790 | $79 |
| EOD Trail | 150K | $1490 | $149 |
| Intraday Trail | 25K | $167 | $16.70 |
| Intraday Trail | 50K | $249 | $24.90 |
| Intraday Trail | 100K | $399 | $39.90 |
| Intraday Trail | 150K | $599 | $59.90 |
MARKET| Plan | Account | Full price | With coupon |
|---|---|---|---|
| IGNITE | 25K | $218 | $98 |
| IGNITE | 50K | $398 | $179 |
| IGNITE | 100K | $563 | $253 |
| IGNITE | 150K | $799 | $360 |
| Elite Daily | 25K | $178 | $80/mo |
| Elite Daily | 50K | $218 | $98/mo |
| Elite Daily | 100K | $398 | $179/mo |
| Elite Daily | 150K | $549 | $247/mo |
| INSTANT Sim | 25K | $419 | $189 |
| INSTANT Sim | 50K | $679 | $306 |
| Apex | Top One | |
|---|---|---|
| Activation fee | Yes | Yes |
| Consistency rule | Not required | 40% on funded |
| Minimum days | 8 | 1 |
| Payout speed | 5 days | 5 days |
| Scaling | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, WealthCharts | Rithmic, NinjaTrader, Tradovate, Quantower |
Cheapest entry: Apex Trader Funding, from $16.70 with the coupon.
Biggest discount: Apex Trader Funding, at 90% OFF.
Better reputation: Top One Futures, rated 4.8 on Trustpilot.
Both charge an activation fee on at least one plan, check before you buy.
Numbers read at each firm checkout, not from their marketing pages. When a code stops working it leaves this page the same day.
Five points that decide the purchase, read from each firm official data.
Apex runs a Trailing/EOD drawdown and Top One runs EOD Trailing.
Trailing means the limit rises with your equity peak, open positions included: giving profit back can end the account even without a real loss. EOD only recalculates at the session close, which forgives intraday swings.
In practice that is -$1K a -$4K trail of room at Apex and 4% trail at Top One.
The cheapest entry is Apex, from $16.70 with the coupon applied at checkout, against $39.00 at Top One.
The discount differs too: 90% OFF at Apex and 55% OFF at Top One.
On the split, Apex pays 100% up to $25K / 90% and Top One pays 90%.
Apex / Top One allows a payout from the first profitable day, which shortens the path between passing and getting paid.
Declared speed: 5 days at Apex and 5 days at Top One.
Apex has no consistency requirement, so one strong day counts in full.
Top One enforces a consistency rule (40% on funded), which stops a single day from carrying the whole result.
Minimum trading days: 8 at Apex and 1 at Top One.
Apex explicitly bans: Copy trading between accounts, Latency arbitrage.
Top One explicitly bans: Copy trading entre contas, HFT scalping bots, Account hedging.
If the goal is testing the model on the smallest possible budget, Apex has the cheaper entry.
If reputation matters more than price, Top One is rated 4.8 on Trustpilot.
Platforms: Apex runs on Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, WealthCharts; Top One, on Rithmic, NinjaTrader, Tradovate, Quantower. A strategy tied to one platform decides this on its own.
There is no better firm in the abstract: there is the one that matches your drawdown, your trading hours and how fast you need to withdraw.