Prop firm pass rates: what the firms publish

Prop firms that publish their own statistics report that 8.89% to 36.22% of evaluation attempts pass. Counted per person, 19.97% to 51.8% pass at least once, because many traders buy several attempts. Far fewer get paid or trade live: 28.5% to 39.2% of funded traders received a payout, and 0.71% to 5.23% reached a live account.

Checked against the firms’ own pages: 8 Nov 2026

The numbers in one minute

Attempts: 8.89% (Earn2Trade) to 36.22% (Take Profit Trader) of evaluations passed.
People: 19.97% (MyFundedFutures) to 51.8% (Topstep) passed at least once.
Payouts: 28.5% (Tradeify) to 39.2% (MyFundedFutures) of traders at the funded stage were paid at least once.
Live capital: 0.71% (Topstep) to 5.23% (Earn2Trade) of funded traders reached a live account.
Across 10 firms on FPFX Tech’s software, about 7% of traders received a payout (a 2024 report).

Published figures by firm

Each figure as the firm publishes it, with the firm’s own unit. “—” means the firm does not publish that figure.
Firm	Period	Attempts passed	People who passed at least once	Funded traders paid at least once	Reached a live account
Topstep	Jan–Dec 2025	16.8% of Trading Combines started	51.8% of participants	33.3% of participants at the Funded Level	0.71% of Express Funded traders
Tradeify	Aug 2025 – Jul 2026	17.2% of evaluations started	40.3% of participants	28.5% of participants at the Funded Level	3.0% of Funded Account traders
MyFundedFutures	Not stated	—	19.97% of evaluation participants	39.2% of participants at the simulated Funded Stage	4.2% of Sim Funded traders
Take Profit Trader	Jan–Dec 2025	36.22% of Trading Tests	—	—	—
Earn2Trade	2025	8.89% (subscriptions passed ÷ new subscriptions)	—	18.04% of Live and 18.20% of LiveSim accounts had a withdrawal	5.23% of those who passed traded a Live account

The firms count different things — attempts or people, simulated or live accounts — so read the definitions below before comparing rows.

What each firm’s figure means

Topstep: From January to December 2025, 16.8% of all Trading Combines started were completed; 51.8% of individual participants reached the Funded Level in at least one Combine; 33.3% of participants at the Funded Level received a payout; 0.71% of participants trading an Express Funded Account were called up to a Live Funded Account. The Funded Level counts Express Funded and Live Funded accounts together.
topstep.com ↗
Tradeify: From August 2025 to July 2026 (calculated on 9 August 2026), across the Growth, Advanced and Select evaluations: 17.2% of evaluation accounts started were completed; 40.3% of participants reached the Funded Level in at least one evaluation, having started a median of 3 evaluations each; 28.5% of participants at the Funded Level received a payout; 3.0% of participants trading a Funded Account were called up to a Live Funded Account.
tradeify.co ↗
MyFundedFutures: For a measurement period the page does not date: 19.97% of evaluation participants completed the objectives, and about 19.95% reached the simulated Funded Stage; 39.2% of participants at that stage earned at least one payout; 4.2% of participants trading a Simulated Funded Account were promoted to a Live Funded Account.
myfundedfutures.com ↗
Take Profit Trader: From 1 January to 31 December 2025, 36.22% of all Trading Tests were passed, with the trader reaching a PRO account. For 2024 the same disclaimer reported 16.86%, so the figure can change a lot from year to year.
takeprofittrader.com ↗
Earn2Trade: In 2025, 8.89% of candidates passed the Trader Career Path or Gauntlet Mini exams, counted as subscriptions passed against new subscriptions. Of those who passed or progressed, 5.23% traded a Live account and 94.77% a LiveSim account. 18.04% of Live accounts and 18.20% of LiveSim accounts had at least one withdrawal.
earn2trade.com ↗
TradeDay: TradeDay reports a 36% “trader pass rate” for January to June 2026 but doesn’t say whether it counts attempts or people, so it is not in the table.
tradeday.com ↗

Across ten firms: the FPFX Tech data

FPFX Tech, which supplies software to prop firms, shared data with Finance Magnates in September 2024: more than 300,000 accounts of 100,000 traders at 10 firms. 14% of traders passed a challenge and got a funded account, and about 45% of those received a payout. The article puts the overall share at 7% (14% × 45% is about 6.3%). The average payout was 4% of the account size. The period of the data is not stated.

financemagnates.com ↗

Firms that don’t publish a pass rate

We found no pass-rate figure on the own websites of FTMO or Apex Trader Funding (checked 8 November 2026). If they publish one, we will add it here.

How to read these numbers

Attempts and people are different units. A firm can show a low share of attempts passed and a high share of people who passed at least once: the gap is resets and repeat purchases.
Funded usually means simulated. At these firms the funded stage is mostly a simulated account whose profits are paid out in real money; a live account is a separate, usually invitation-only step.
Each firm sets its own definitions and periods, so the rows are not a ranking of firms.
All figures are self-reported by the firms. We copied them from their own pages and did not audit them.

How risk per trade sets your margin for error

An attempt fails only when a loss limit is broken. How many losses in a row fit inside the limits depends on your risk per trade, not on the profit target.

Losses in a row that reach the limit
Risk per trade	3% daily limit	5% daily limit	10% maximum loss
2%	2	3	5
1%	3	5	10
0.5%	6	10	20

Losses = limit ÷ risk per trade, rounded up. Assumes every loss equals the planned risk; commissions and slippage make it slightly bigger.

Chance of at least one losing streak of this length
Trades	3 in a row	5 in a row	6 in a row	10 in a row
20	78.7%	25.0%	12.2%	0.6%
50	98.3%	55.2%	31.5%	2.0%
100	>99.9%	81.0%	54.6%	4.4%

Each trade loses with a 50% probability, independently of the others. A streak like this is enough to reach the limit, but losses with wins in between can reach it too, so the real chance of a breach is higher.

With a 10% maximum loss, five losses in a row end the account at 2% risk. Over 100 trades with half of them losing, such a streak happens with an 81% probability. At 1% risk it takes ten losses in a row, and the chance falls to 4.4%. If 60% of trades lose, five in a row within just 20 trades has a 47.8% chance.

StatWidget calculation: exact probabilities, not a simulation.

Questions

What percentage of traders pass a prop firm challenge?

Per attempt, 8.89% to 36.22% at the firms that publish it; per person, 19.97% to 51.8% passed at least once. The figures come from the firms’ own disclosures for 2025–2026 and use different definitions.

Why is the per-person pass rate higher than the per-attempt rate?

Because traders buy several attempts and resets. Tradeify reports that its participants started a median of 3 evaluations over the period, so one pass often comes with two failed attempts.

How many funded traders actually get paid?

At Topstep, Tradeify and MyFundedFutures, 28.5% to 39.2% of traders at the funded stage received at least one payout. In FPFX Tech’s data across 10 firms, about 45% of funded traders were paid — about 7% of all traders.

Are funded accounts live accounts?

Usually not. At most firms in the table the funded stage is simulated, and payouts come from simulated profits. From 0.71% (Topstep) to 5.23% (Earn2Trade) of funded traders reached a live account.

How can I improve my chances of passing?

Keep risk per trade small enough that an ordinary losing streak can’t reach the daily or maximum loss limit, set a personal daily limit below the firm’s, and stop for the day when you hit it. At 0.5% risk a 5% daily limit takes ten losses in a row; at 2% it takes three.

Sources

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