Can an American actually buy it? That’s the first question.

Why eligibility comes first

Most forex and CFD prop firms run on offshore brokers. US retail forex needs a US registration those brokers rarely hold, and retail CFDs on indices and single stocks aren’t offered to US persons at all. Even firms that do sell to Americans often limit them. MetaTrader (MT4/MT5) is the usual casualty, so US buyers end up on Match-Trader, TradingView, DXtrade or TradeLocker.

Futures props are the opposite. Their evaluations run on exchange-traded futures through US-friendly infrastructure, which is why firms like Topstep or MyFundedFutures are built around American customers.

So eligibility is checked per program, not per firm. One brand can sell a futures program Americans can buy and a CFD program they can’t, or can only buy on one platform.

Our evidence, strongest first

1. A checkout test from a US connection. We open the firm’s checkout as an American and record what it shows: is the United States in the country list, is any state missing, which platforms appear, and does that change if the country changes? A firm’s marketing can be vague. Its checkout can’t. We never create accounts, enter personal details or place orders.
2. The firm’s own words. Their FAQ, help center or terms, quoted word for word with a link. When a checkout sits behind a login, this is what the verdict rests on, and the page says so.
3. Support replies. Useful, but the weakest evidence we accept, and always labelled as such.

Every verdict carries the date we checked it. Rules change monthly in this industry, so an old check is a stale check.

What we never do

• Copy a fact from another review or comparison site. They’re wrong often enough that we treat them as leads, never as sources.
• Call a prop firm “regulated”. Challenges are paid evaluations on simulated accounts, and no US regulator oversees them.
• Invent scores or “best” badges.
• Mark a discount code verified because it exists. A code is verified only after it works at the firm’s own checkout, on a recorded date.

How the list is ordered

Our featured pick comes first. That’s an editorial choice, and the page says so. After it, the main list is the ten biggest firms that sell to Americans, ranked by the number of reviews on Trustpilot. That’s a public, dated measure of size, not of quality. Firms we’ve checked that fall outside that ranking appear further down as “More US-friendly firms”.

Commission never changes the order. If a firm ever pays for placement, it will be labelled Sponsored, visibly and separately from the ranking. See our affiliate disclosure.

Found something out of date?

Tell us and we’ll re-check it and update the date. Corrections from traders are how a list like this stays true.