PTC Industry Estimates™
Modelled estimates of active traders, funded traders and trader payouts across PTC's tracked proprietary trading market.
PTC estimates are modelled values, not company-reported industry totals.
The published baseline aggregates for the PTC modelled cohort — the same locked figures shown on the PTC Industry Dashboard™.
213 modelled firms · 113 publishable firm-level
As of 2 Sep 2026
213 modelled firms · 116 publishable firm-level
As of 2 Sep 2026
213 modelled firms · 8 publishable firm-level
As of 2 Sep 2026
Published annualisation of the modelled monthly payout total
How each published estimate divides between PTC's two public modelled universes. These are modelled-universe components, not estimates of every prop firm globally, and shares are calculated only from the published components above.
- Forex155 firms
- 1.12M63.4%
- Futures58 firms
- 646.9K36.6%
- Forex155 firms
- 78.4K50.3%
- Futures58 firms
- 77.6K49.7%
- Forex155 firms
- $53.7M33.9%
- Futures58 firms
- $104.7M66.1%
Futures account for 36.6% of estimated active traders but 66.1% of the modelled monthly payout run-rate in the current baseline.
This reports the relationship between two PTC estimates in the same baseline. It does not establish per-trader payout size, profitability, pass rates or firm revenue.
Being modelled means a firm is inside a model's cohort and contributes to the aggregate. A publicly publishable firm-level estimate is a stricter test: the individual value must also meet PTC's publication requirements. A firm can therefore be modelled without its own estimate being shown.
| Model | Version | Modelled firms | Tracked universe | Coverage | Public firm estimates | Withheld | Avg. confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Trader Model™ v2.0 | active_trader_v2.0 | 213 | 306 | 69.6% | 113 | 100 | 57 |
| Funded Trader Model™ v2.0 | funded_trader_v2.0 | 213 | 306 | 69.6% | 116 | 97 | 45 |
| Monthly Payout Model™ v2.0 | monthly_payout_v2.0 | 213 | 306 | 69.6% | 8 | 205 | 61 |
Withheld firm-level estimates remain internal because their confidence, evidence or universe classification does not meet publication requirements. Missing confidence is reported as “Not scored”, never as zero.
Estimated Active Traders™
People estimated to be actively trading evaluation or funded accounts within the modelled cohort.
Publication-gated firm-level PTC estimates, ranked by modelled central value. Withheld and internal estimates are never shown, so this is not a ranking of the whole industry.
| Firm | Market | Estimated Active Traders™ | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funding Pips | Forex | 219.1K | Medium |
| FTMO | Forex | 166.7K | High |
| FundedNext | Forex | 157.8K | High |
| Lucid Trading | Futures | 102.1K | Medium |
| Alpha Capital Group | Forex | 100.0K | High |
| Tradeify | Futures | 100.0K | High |
| Apex Trader Funding | Futures | 81.9K | High |
| Take Profit Trader | Futures | 77.2K | Medium |
| FundedNext Futures | Futures | 70.4K | Medium |
| My Funded Futures | Futures | 70.0K | High |
Estimated Funded Traders™
Traders estimated to currently hold at least one funded account within the modelled cohort.
Publication-gated firm-level PTC estimates only; eligibility is assessed separately for this model.
| Firm | Market | Estimated Funded Traders™ | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funding Pips | Forex | 15.3K | Medium |
| Lucid Trading | Futures | 12.3K | Low · range-first |
| Tradeify | Futures | 12.0K | Medium |
| FTMO | Forex | 11.7K | Medium |
| FundedNext | Forex | 11.1K | Medium |
| Apex Trader Funding | Futures | 9.8K | Medium |
| Take Profit Trader | Futures | 9.3K | Low · range-first |
| FundedNext Futures | Futures | 8.4K | Low · range-first |
| My Funded Futures | Futures | 8.4K | Medium |
| Alpha Capital Group | Forex | 7.0K | Medium |
Estimated Monthly Payout Run-Rate™
The Estimated Monthly Payout Run-Rate™ is the payout volume modelled for a typical current month across the modelled cohort. It is a modelled run-rate, not an observed or company-reported aggregate.
Firm-level payout publication is materially narrower than the active- and funded-trader models: 8 of 213 modelled firms currently qualify for firm-level display. The aggregate run-rate above is modelled across all 213 cohort firms — it is not the sum of the firms listed below, and the narrow publication list does not mean the model itself covers only those firms.
Only firm-level payout estimates explicitly allowed by the current publication layer are listed. This list is deliberately incomplete relative to the modelled cohort.
| Firm | Market | Estimated Monthly Payout Run-Rate™ | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tradeify | Futures | $31.8M | High |
| My Funded Futures | Futures | $11.6M | High |
| Apex Trader Funding | Futures | $10.7M | Low · range-first |
| Funding Pips | Forex | $9.8M | Medium · range-first |
| FundedNext Futures | Futures | $9.2M | Low · range-first |
| FundedNext | Forex | $8.3M | Medium · range-first |
| FTMO | Forex | $5.5M | High |
| Alpha Capital Group | Forex | $5.2M | Medium · range-first |
- Observed
- Directly measured or recorded data.
- PTC Estimate
- Modelled values based on a disclosed PTC methodology.
- Derived
- Calculated from PTC datasets, rankings or published snapshots.
Interpretation and limits
- Observed inputs
- Publicly observable or company-reported evidence PTC records and feeds into its models.
- PTC estimate
- A modelled value produced with PTC's disclosed methodology. Not a company-reported figure.
- Coverage
- The subset of the tracked firm universe included in a particular model's cohort.
- Public estimate
- A firm-level estimate that additionally meets PTC's publication requirements.
- Baseline
- The locked reference cohort and period behind the published aggregates — currently 2026-M09.
- Confidence
- Model-assigned confidence. Where a confidence value does not exist it is reported as not scored, never as zero.
These are estimates of PTC's modelled tracked market, not a census of every proprietary trading firm worldwide. PTC estimates are modelled from public evidence and proprietary methodologies. They are not company-reported figures unless explicitly identified as such.
Estimate MethodologyEstimated active trading population.
Estimated funded-account population.
Estimated trader payout activity.