Futures ranking · 23 Oct 2026

Best futures prop firms for NQ scalping

Drawdown, daily limits and contract caps that suit NQ scalpers.

How this list is built

Futures firms without intraday trailing drawdown in the evaluation, with no forced daily loss limit and no consistency rule stricter than 40%, ranked by our rating. Contract caps are for 50K accounts.

Ranked firms

  1. 3

    BluSky

    Launch 50K
    5 minismax on 50K
    8.2/10 4.7 (933)
    • Up to 5 NQ minis or 50 MNQ on a 50K
    • End-of-day trailing drawdown, so a fast spike doesn’t move your floor mid-trade
    • Consistency rule: best day no more than 55% of total profit in the evaluation
  2. 4

    Lucid Trading

    LucidFlex 50K
    4 minismax on 50K
    8.0/10 4.4 (6.8K)
    • Up to 4 NQ minis or 40 MNQ on a 50K
    • End-of-day trailing drawdown, so a fast spike doesn’t move your floor mid-trade
    • Consistency rule: best day no more than 50% of total profit in the evaluation
  3. 5

    Top One Futures

    Elite Daily 50K
    3 minismax on 50K
    7.7/10 4.8 (5.2K)
    • Up to 3 NQ minis or 30 MNQ on a 50K
    • End-of-day trailing drawdown, so a fast spike doesn’t move your floor mid-trade
    • Consistency rule: best day no more than 40% of total profit in the evaluation
  4. 6

    Tradeify

    Select 50K
    4 minismax on 50K
    7.6/10 4.4 (5.3K)
    • Up to 4 NQ minis or 40 MNQ on a 50K
    • End-of-day trailing drawdown, so a fast spike doesn’t move your floor mid-trade
    • Consistency rule: no day above 40% of total profit in the evaluation
  5. 9

    Topstep

    Trading Combine 50K
    5 minismax on 50K
    7.0/10 3.7 (15K)
    • Up to 5 NQ minis or 50 MNQ on a 50K
    • End-of-day trailing drawdown, so a fast spike doesn’t move your floor mid-trade
    • Consistency rule: best day should stay under 55% of the target, or the target rises

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