Tradovate Prop Firm Pricing and Rules: What Actually Varies Between Firms
Evaluation price, profit split, and drawdown rules for Tradovate-supported prop firms aren't set by Tradovate itself — they're entirely up to each firm. Here's what to actually compare before paying for a challenge.
Once you’ve confirmed which firms actually support Tradovate, the real comparison work starts — because Tradovate itself has no say in what any given firm charges, requires, or pays out. Every one of those terms is set independently by the firm.
What Tradovate does and doesn’t determine
Tradovate determines: the execution experience — order types available, charting tools, how fast you can place and manage trades, platform reliability and uptime.
Tradovate does not determine: evaluation fee, profit split, maximum drawdown, drawdown type (trailing vs. static), minimum trading days, time limits, payout frequency, or scaling plans. All of that is 100% up to the individual firm.
This matters because it’s easy to assume “Tradovate-supported firms” is a meaningfully comparable category on its own — it isn’t. Two firms both supporting Tradovate can have an evaluation fee that differs by hundreds of dollars and a profit split that differs by 10+ percentage points.
What to actually check before paying for a Tradovate-based evaluation
- Evaluation fee and whether it’s refundable on your first payout. Some firms refund it, some don’t — worth confirming before you pay, not after.
- Drawdown type. Trailing drawdown moves up with your peak equity and never resets down; static drawdown is calculated from your starting balance and stays fixed. This is the single biggest source of accounts getting blown for reasons that feel unfair — see our full breakdown on trailing vs. static drawdown.
- Time limit on the evaluation, if any. An untimed evaluation removes the pressure to force trades on a bad week just to hit a deadline.
- Profit split and whether it scales. Some firms increase your split after consecutive profitable periods — read the fine print on what resets that progress.
- Payout frequency and methods. How often you can actually request a payout, and through what method, varies meaningfully firm to firm.
Why trust score matters more than any single rule
A firm with genuinely favorable rules on paper is worth less if it doesn’t reliably pay out at scale. Real trader review volume and payout consistency — not marketing copy — are what actually separate firms that last from firms that don’t.
Compare real trust scores, drawdown types, profit splits, and current discounts across every active Tradovate-supporting firm on our comparison table.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Tradovate itself set the evaluation price or profit split?
No. Tradovate is the execution platform, not the prop firm — pricing, profit split, drawdown rules, and every other evaluation term are set entirely by the individual prop firm, not by Tradovate. Two firms using the exact same Tradovate integration can have completely different pricing and rules.
Why do Tradovate prop firm accounts sometimes reference an account login separate from the prop firm's own dashboard?
Because Tradovate handles the actual trade execution while the prop firm handles evaluation and funding separately — you'll typically have a Tradovate login for placing trades and a separate firm dashboard for tracking evaluation progress, payouts, and account status.