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Every article in Prop-Firm-Challenges, newest first. Where an article names a robot, its figures from our own tracked accounts sit beside it.
16 articles in Prop-Firm-Challenges · page 1 of 3
Short version: the best FTMO alternatives in 2026 are The5ers for steady scaling, FundedNext for discretionary traders chasing a high reward share, and iFunds for EA users who would rather skip an evaluation altogether. Each one fixes a different frustration people run into with FTMO, which is why I don’t think a single winner exists
Petko Aleksandrov12 min
Last reviewed: July 2026. Prop-firm rules on account limits, allocation caps, and copy trading vary by provider and change over time, so confirm current terms directly with each firm. To manage multiple prop firm accounts, verify each firm’s ownership and maximum-allocation rules first, build one master dashboard tracking every account’s limits and status, size risk
Petko Aleksandrov16 min
Tax year covered: General concepts applicable to recent tax years. Specific dollar thresholds, rates, and limits change annually. Published: July 2026. Last reviewed: July 2026. Jurisdiction: United States federal tax only. Professional review status: This article has not yet been reviewed by a licensed CPA or Enrolled Agent. Treat it as a starting point for
Petko Aleksandrov15 min
Last reviewed: July 2026. Prop-firm rules change often, so treat the figures here as a snapshot and confirm the current terms with your firm. A prop-firm consistency rule is a firm-specific restriction designed to prevent one day, trade, or position-size change from accounting for a disproportionate share of a trader’s results. The exact calculation varies
Marin11 min
Darwinex Zero often gets compared to prop firms, and on the surface that makes sense. Both offer traders a path to accessing capital beyond personal savings. Both involve performance evaluation of some kind. Both pay based on results. But Darwinex Zero is not a prop firm. The model is genuinely different, and treating it as
Petko Aleksandrov7 min
Ask ten traders which is better, and you will get ten different answers, usually shaped by personal experience rather than a clear framework. The honest answer is that it depends on factors most comparison guides do not address directly: what kind of account a prop firm is actually giving you, how execution differs between environments,
Petko Aleksandrov10 min
Where we run a robot on our own account, its page shows the gain, the deepest drawdown and every month, the losing ones included.
