Profit split: definition and what it changes
The profit split is the share of simulated profits paid to the trader on a funded account, the rest going to the prop firm: 80% and 90% are the most common levels.
Updated 15 September 2026Of the 62 evaluation programs we track, 45 are concerned: they state a profit split of 90% or more. Recomputed from the records on 20 September 2026.
How it works
On a funded account showing $4,000 of profit with a 90% split, the trader requests $3,600 and the firm keeps $400. The calculation runs on net profit for the period, after data fees and commissions where the firm passes those on, which is not systematic and is spelled out in the terms.
The percentage is often tiered: a lower band on the first payouts, then the maximum rate once a threshold is reached. The figure pushed on a sales page is almost always the highest tier, not the one that applies to the first withdrawal.
Why it is not the right thing to choose on
Above 90%, the gap between two firms is decided elsewhere: on payout frequency, on the minimum amount you can withdraw, on the conditions to be met before the first withdrawal. Ten extra points of split are worth nothing if the first payout lands after thirty days and a set number of winning days, while a more modest split paid every two weeks produces real income sooner.
What to check before buying
The tier that applies to the first payout rather than the maximum tier, what is charged back before the calculation, and how the split moves with scaling. Those three things sit in the terms and conditions, rarely in the banner on the home page.
Where Profit split shows up on real firms
Of the 13 prop firms we track, 9 meet the “profit split of 90% and above” criterion. The ranking sorts them on verified fields, and every row leads to the record where the rule is detailed program by program.
Related terms
- Payout
- A payout is the payment to the trader of their share of the simulated profits made on a funded account, on a schedule and under conditions set by the prop firm.
- Funded account
- A funded account is the account, usually simulated, that a prop firm entrusts to a trader after a passed evaluation, and on which they receive a share of the profits made.
- Scaling plan
- A scaling plan is the mechanism by which the size of a funded account grows when the trader reaches profit milestones, without buying another evaluation.