Glossary · Cost per $1K
What is cost per $1K?
A plan's price divided by its account size in thousands — a fair way to compare prices.
A $50K plan for $250 and a $100K plan for $450 are hard to compare at a glance. Per $1K of funding they cost $5.00 and $4.50.
We include one-time activation fees and use list prices before codes.
Where cost per $1k matters
89 firms we've checked match “cheapest”. The highest-scoring ones:
- DayTraders.com$0.48 per $1K of funding
- Lux Trading Firm$0.93 per $1K of funding
- Blue Guardian Futures$1.48 per $1K of funding
- Topstep$1.49 per $1K of funding
- Traders Launch$1.50 per $1K of funding