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29JUL 2026
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One Landlord: How Futures Prop Became NinjaTrader's World
29 Jul 2026→
3 articles
ProjectX went Topstep-exclusive in February. In July, NinjaTrader cut off a firm days after it dared to build its own platform. Futures prop now rents from one landlord.
Four firms the industry had written off — The Funded Trader, FTUK, OneUp Trader, UProfit — are trading again. The question is whether their history restarted with them.

302 prop firms exist. 72 are already dead, and the median firm doesn't survive its second birthday. The mid-2026 numbers behind the growth story.
