Prop Firm  Comparison Engine

Yes, meaningfully. Futures evaluations are usually priced and measured in dollar amounts rather than percentages of account size, run on platforms built for order-flow and volume analysis (NinjaTrader, Rithmic-based tools, Sierra Chart) rather than MT4/MT5, and often have their own scaling and time-in-market rules distinct from the FX/CFD side of the industry. If you're coming from forex prop trading, don't assume the rules translate directly — read a futures firm's rule set from scratch.

MT4 is the oldest and still common for retail forex EAs and indicators, though it's gradually being phased out industry-wide. MT5 is its successor with more asset classes and a more modern order system. cTrader is popular for its cleaner interface and ECN-style execution transparency. TradeLocker is a newer web-based platform built specifically with prop firms in mind, with built-in API access for bots. None of these differences affect your evaluation rules directly — it's purely a matter of which interface and tooling you prefer to trade on.

Almost always no — funded accounts run on the specific platform(s) the firm supports, since that's how they track your trades against the evaluation rules. A small number of firms offer a copy-trading bridge that lets you trade on your own preferred platform and mirror the trades into their required platform, but that's the exception, not the norm. Check platform support before buying if you're committed to a specific charting or execution tool.