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Futures prop firms with no activation fee (50K)

By TradeDesk HQ editorial desk · copied from each firm's official pages, checked to

8/17

8 of the 17 futures prop firms we track list no activation fee on the 50K plan: Alpha Futures, Blue Guardian, FTMO, FundedNext, Lucid, MyFundedFutures, Top One and TradeDay.Same $50K account size for every firm, so the rules line up.

No activation fee (8)

Alpha Futures

50K Standard Evaluation + Standard Qualified$0
Activation fee (Standard): “No Activation Fee”
Checked 2026-10-16 · official source

Blue Guardian

50K Standard Evaluation + Standard Funded (futures)$0
Monthly or activation fee: “no monthly subscription fees, no recurring renewal fees and no hidden activation fees”
Checked 2026-10-16 · official source

FTMO

Futures 50K Growth$0
Fee after passing: “No fee to refund: the monthly subscription is cancelled when the Evaluation is passed; no activation fee”
Checked 2026-10-16 · official source

FundedNext

Futures 50K Flex Challenge + Flex FundedNext Account$0
Activation fee (all futures models): “None”
Checked 2026-10-16 · official source

Lucid

50K LucidPro Evaluation + funded$0
Activation fee (upgrade to funded): “No activation fees to upgrade to funded account”
Checked 2026-10-15 · official source

Top One

50K Elite Daily Evaluation + Elite Daily Funded$0
Activation fee (Elite Daily): “None”
Checked 2026-10-16 · official source

TradeDay

50K Quick Pay evaluation (Intraday or End of Day) + Quick Pay Funded Sim$0
Activation fee: “No activation fee”
Checked 2026-10-15 · official source

You choose: pay it or skip it (1)

Topstep

50K Trading Combine + XFA$149 or $0$0 if you pay $95/mo instead of $49/mo
Activation fee (XFA): “$149 one-time activation fee per XFA on the Standard path; $0 on the No Activation Fee path”
Checked 2026-10-15 · official source

Has an activation fee (4)

Not in our data yet for the 50K plan: Apex, Take Profit Trader, The5ers, Tradeify. That means we have not sourced the figure, not that the firm has no such rule.

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