Direct Funded Prop Firms 2026: no-evaluation accounts

Updated: September 2, 2026 · By PropScope

Only three firms in the PropScope catalogue sell genuine direct funding: Tradeify Lightning Funded, Alpha Futures Direct and Blue Guardian Direct. "Direct funding" means one specific, verifiable thing: you buy a funded account and trade from day one, with no evaluation phase to pass. A plan being fast or having no minimum days is not enough — if there is a profit target to reach before you are funded, it is an evaluation, not direct funding.

That is why this list is short. We reviewed every plan that looked like a candidate and dropped the ones that turned out to be fast evaluations in disguise — the case of Phidias Express to Live, explained below.

Comparison: the 3 verified direct funding options

Price of the 25K size with code applied, to compare each firm’s cheapest entry. All figures sync from the PropScope price feed.

#	Firm and route	25K price	Discount	Profit split	Drawdown	Consistency	Access
1	Tradeify Lightning Funded	$172.50 $345.00	50% OFF	90%	End of Day	Progressive 20% → 25% → 30%	Go →
2	Alpha Futures Direct	$209.40 $349.00	40% OFF	90%	EOD trailing (MLL)	20%	Go →
3	Blue Guardian Direct	$230.00 $307.00	25% OFF	90%	End of Day	Tiered 20% → 25% → 30%	Go →

* All three routes are one-time payments. None charges an activation fee. Prices are verified at each firm’s checkout.

The 3 options in detail

#1 · Tradeify Lightning Funded

25K · 50K · 100K · 150K

Why it qualifies: Tradeify official documentation defines Lightning Funded as an account that lets the trader "skip the typical evaluation phases and begin trading simulated funds immediately". There is no evaluation profit target and no minimum trading day count before the first payout.

25K price with code: $172.50 (was $345.00)
Profit split: 90%
Drawdown: $1,000 / $2,000 / $4,000 / $5,250
Daily loss limit: None / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,000
Contract limit: 1/10 · 4/40 · 8/80 · 12/120
Consistency: Progressive 20% → 25% → 30%

Upside: No minimum trading days and payouts requestable instantly from the dashboard.

Watch out: No resets: if the account breaches you must buy a full new one.

Go to Tradeify → See plan rules → Review of Tradeify →

#2 · Alpha Futures Direct

25K · 50K · 100K · 150K

Why it qualifies: Alpha Futures publishes Direct as a straight-to-qualified account with no prior evaluation step and a one-time payment. Leftover profit does not carry over to the next cycle.

25K price with code: $209.40 (was $349.00)
Profit split: 90%
Drawdown: EOD trailing MLL, no intraday trailing
Daily loss limit: $500 – $3,000 by size
Contract limit: By account size
Consistency: 20%

Upside: Up to 4 withdrawals per month on meeting the cycle profit goal.

Watch out: Keeps a 20% consistency rule and a daily loss limit.

Go to Alpha Futures → See plan rules → Review of Alpha Futures →

#3 · Blue Guardian Direct

25K · 50K · 100K · 150K

Why it qualifies: Blue Guardian lists Direct as the route that goes straight to a funded account with no evaluation, unlike the Reserve, Express and Standard models, which are evaluations.

25K price with code: $230.00 (was $307.00)
Profit split: 90%
Drawdown: EOD across all four models
Daily loss limit: $1,000 / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,000
Contract limit: By account size
Consistency: Tiered 20% → 25% → 30%

Upside: Instant payout on meeting the cycle profit goal.

Watch out: Minimum withdrawal of $1,000 and tiered consistency from the first cycle.

Go to Blue Guardian → See plan rules → Review of Blue Guardian →

What is NOT direct funding (and why we spell it out)

Phidias Express to Live — fast evaluation, not direct funding

Express to Live looks like direct funding at first glance: static drawdown, zero minimum days and no consistency rule. But it does have a phase to pass. You must reach a profit target in CASH (for example, $2,500 on the 50K size) and only then does the "Switch to Live" button convert the account to LIVE and credit the bonus.

It is a very fast evaluation, and for many traders that is exactly what they want — but it is not the same as buying an already-funded account. Mixing them into the same ranking would make for a longer, less useful list. If that route interests you, it is covered in the Phidias review.

The same criterion excludes 1-day evaluations such as Tradeify Growth: they can be passed in a single session, but there is a target to reach. The practical difference is risk — fail an evaluation and you pay for a cheap reset; breach a direct funded account with no resets and you lose the whole account.

Is paying for direct funding worth it?

The short answer: only if you already have proven results. Direct funding costs three to four times more than an equivalent evaluation at the same firm, and that premium buys one thing — it saves you the pass phase.

A concrete example with Tradeify: the Growth 50K costs $72.50 and its reset $95. Even counting two failed attempts, that still costs less than a Lightning Funded 50K at $246.00. Direct funding only wins when your pass rate is high and time is worth more than the price gap.

None of the three options removes the consistency rule: they move it to the payout stage, where it usually hurts more. And all three apply per-request withdrawal caps, so hitting the profit goal does not mean you can withdraw all of it.

Frequently asked questions about direct funding

It is a firm that sells a funded account directly, with no prior evaluation. You buy the account and start trading simulated capital from day one, without having to reach a pass target. In exchange, the price is several times higher than an equivalent evaluation and consistency rules usually apply on every payout cycle.

Tradeify Lightning Funded at 25K is the cheapest entry of the three verified options, followed by Blue Guardian Direct and Alpha Futures Direct. Exact prices with code are in the table on this page and sync automatically.

It is worth it if you already have proven results and the account cost does not strain your budget: it saves you the time and risk of failing an evaluation. It is not worth it if you are still calibrating your strategy, because you pay three to four times more than for an equivalent evaluation and some routes (such as Lightning Funded) have no resets.

Yes, all three. Tradeify Lightning Funded applies a progressive 20% to 30% rule, Blue Guardian Direct a tiered 20% to 30% one and Alpha Futures Direct a flat 20%. None of the direct funding options analysed removes consistency: they move it to the payout stage.

No. Express to Live is a fast evaluation, not direct funding. It has a profit target you must reach (for example $2,500 on the 50K size) and only then does the "Switch to Live" button convert the account. Having no minimum days and no consistency rule makes it quick, but it is still an evaluation, so it does not appear in this ranking.

With direct funding there is no phase to pass: you buy the funded account. In a 1-day evaluation, such as Tradeify Growth, there is a profit target to reach, even if it can be done in a single session. The practical difference is risk: if you fail an evaluation you can pay for a cheap reset; if you breach a direct funded account with no resets, you lose the whole account.

All three verified options use end-of-day drawdown, not intraday trailing. That means the loss floor recalculates on the balance at session close and intraday swings do not move it — though in Tradeify’s case the level is still enforced in real time.

Less than the profit goal suggests, because all three apply per-request caps. On Tradeify Lightning Funded, for instance, the first payout goal reaches $9,000 on the 150K account but that request is capped at $3,000; the rest stays in the account for future cycles.

Related pages

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