Head to head

Lucid Trading or YRM Prop: which one actually costs less

On a 50K account, the order between Lucid Trading and YRM Prop changes with the path you take. A page that announces “the cheapest” without saying which path it assumed has picked that path for you.

This comparison is written neither by Lucid Trading nor by YRM Prop. No link on this page is paid for — the methodology explains how to check, and links to the firms’ sites go through a page that says so.

Total cost across three paths

PathLucid TradingYRM PropCheaper
Passed first time $146 $132 YRM Prop $14 apart
Three resets before passing $416 $501 Lucid Trading $85 apart
A year of funded account $146 $132 YRM Prop $14 apart

A total marked “≥” is a minimum: an amount is missing — sometimes because the firm does not publish it, sometimes because we have not recorded it. Each firm's guide says which. A minimum cannot be ranked against a firm price, and the column says “undetermined” rather than pick one.

The answer depends on the scenario, and that is the point

The three rows above are the same calculation along three paths. Where both totals are firm, the column names the cheaper of Lucid Trading and YRM Prop; where one is a floor, it answers “undetermined” rather than compare a minimum against a price.

The detail, item by item

The Lucid Trading guide · The YRM Prop guide