Prop firms, side by side with ROMER.
What each firm allows for bots, HFT and servers, what its funded account really is, and what it costs, checked against its own pages.
- 01 Topstep vs ROMER Topstep suits a futures day trader who wants a firm with 15+ years in the industry, and its $50K Combine starts at $49 a month. It allows bots through a paid API on simulated accounts, but bans HFT and VPS use. ROMER is built for automated and high-frequency strategies that keep running on real capital.
- 02 Apex Trader Funding vs ROMER Apex suits a manual futures trader who wants a one-time evaluation fee and many accounts at once. It bans bots, algorithms and HFT outright, and its Performance Accounts are simulated. ROMER is built for algorithmic and high-frequency traders who want their code run at the exchange and a path to real capital, though manual trading is allowed as well.
- 03 FTMO vs ROMER FTMO suits forex, CFD and futures traders who want an established firm: it has operated since 2015 and allows EAs, bots and a VPS within limits, though it bans high-frequency strategies and its accounts are simulated. ROMER suits high-frequency and automated strategies that need to run at the exchange, with a path to real capital.
- 04 Tradeify vs ROMER Tradeify suits futures traders who want a one-time price with no activation fee, including bot traders who own their code and hold most trades longer than 10 seconds. It bans HFT bots, and its funded accounts are simulated. ROMER is built for high-frequency and automated strategies on real capital.
- 05 Lucid Trading vs ROMER Lucid Trading suits futures traders who want to pay once, including those running bots that hold trades longer than a few seconds. It allows automation, bans HFT and pays 90% on a simulated funded account. ROMER is built for fast and high-frequency algos, with real capital at the end.
- 06 MyFundedFutures vs ROMER MyFundedFutures suits futures traders who want a one-time evaluation with no activation fee, including bot traders whose code doesn't exploit simulated fills. It bans high-frequency trading. ROMER is built for automated and high-frequency strategies, run on our hardware inside the exchange's data centre.
- 07 FundedNext vs ROMER FundedNext Futures suits traders who want a one-time fee: it allows bots and a VPS, charges no activation fee, and pays up to 95% of simulated profit, but bans HFT. ROMER suits algo and HFT traders. It runs algos inside the exchange's data centre, and traders keep 80% of real profits.
- 08 Take Profit Trader vs ROMER Take Profit Trader suits manual futures traders, with a monthly Test, day-one withdrawals in its simulated PRO account and a live PRO+ stage by invitation. It bans bots and algos on every account. ROMER is built for automated and high-frequency strategies, and you can trade by hand there as well.
- 09 Alpha Futures vs ROMER Alpha Futures suits discretionary futures traders, with evaluations from $129 a month and a 90% split on simulated accounts. It bans bots and restricts HFT. ROMER suits automated and high-frequency strategies run on our hardware in the exchange's data centre, and funded algos keep 80% of real profits.
- 10 The5ers vs ROMER The5ers suits forex and CFD traders running their own EAs without HFT, and futures traders who trade by hand, with one-time fees. It bans HFT, and its futures program doesn't support algorithmic trading. ROMER is built for automated and high-frequency futures and digital-asset strategies, and hand traders can use it too.
- 11 FundingPips vs ROMER FundingPips suits forex traders who want a one-time fee and a choice of reward cycles. It allows full automation only with an EA you wrote, and it bans HFT and VPS use. ROMER suits automated and high-frequency futures and digital-asset strategies, which run on our hardware inside the exchange's data centre.
- 12 Breakout (Kraken Prop) vs ROMER Breakout suits discretionary crypto traders who want a one-time fee, no time limit and payouts on demand. Kraken Prop takes manual orders only, and Breakout publishes no rule allowing bots. ROMER suits algo and HFT traders, running their algos colocated at the exchange, and takes hand-placed orders too.
- 13 HyroTrader vs ROMER HyroTrader suits crypto traders who want to trade perpetuals through Bybit, with API bots allowed and a deposit returned at the first payout. It bans HFT, and its funded accounts are simulated. ROMER suits HFT and latency-sensitive algos, which it runs colocated at the exchange, with a path to real capital.
- 14 Velotrade vs ROMER Velotrade suits algo traders who want a free REST and WebSocket API, VPS use and five asset classes on one account. It bans HFT and tick scalping, and its funded accounts are simulated. ROMER is built for HFT, with algos colocated at the exchange.