How we weigh quality and price
The best funding account isn't always the cheapest, nor the one with the most drawdown, nor the one with the highest profit split. It's the one that combines a reasonable price with operational conditions that let you reach payouts. Here we order accounts by value-for-money score using an algorithm that weighs both.
The quality score comes from 20+ variables per account: total price with discount, drawdown type (trailing intraday, trailing EOD or static), drawdown size against profit target, profit split in sim funded, payout frequency, number of allowed accounts, withdrawal rules and trading restrictions. Each variable has a weight calibrated against accounts that historically generate payouts.
The value-for-money score divides the quality score by the real total cost (evaluation + activation with applied discounts). The higher the ratio, the more quality you receive per dollar invested. This avoids two typical biases: cheap evaluation accounts with impossible rules, and expensive accounts with all the comforts.
If all you want is low price, check the cheapest accounts ranking instead. If your priority is choosing based on your career stage (beginner, intermediate, advanced), the by-level ranking makes that match. Value for money is the middle filter that almost always gives a sensible answer.
