TradingView has become so dominant in the retail trading world that it’s basically the default charting environment for a huge chunk of futures traders. You’ve spent months building your layout, dialing in your indicators, setting up Pine Script alerts. The last thing you want is to get funded and then be forced onto some clunky desktop terminal that feels like it was designed in 2009.
The good news: more prop firms support TradingView than ever. The not-so-good news: “supports TradingView” doesn’t always mean what you think it means. Some firms offer full order execution directly from TradingView charts. Others let you use TradingView for charting only, while you execute trades on a separate platform. And a few firms get listed in “TradingView prop firms” articles based on third-party claims that don’t hold up when you dig into their actual documentation.
So let’s cut through it.
Quick Reference: Prop Firms With TradingView Support
| Firm | TradingView Integration | How It Works | Execution Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| TradeDay | Yes | Via Tradovate bridge | Full order execution |
| Apex Trader Funding | Yes | Via Tradovate (free tier = 5-sec data delay) | Full order execution |
| MyFundedFutures | Yes | Via Tradovate | Full order execution |
| Take Profit Trader | Yes | Via Tradovate | Full order execution |
| Elite Trader Funding | Yes | Via Tradovate | Full order execution |
| Topstep | Yes | TopstepX platform (TV engine embedded) | Full order execution |
| Earn2Trade | Partial | TradingView as charting tool only | No direct execution |
The Tradovate Bridge Explained
Before diving into individual firms, here’s the thing that most articles skip over: for futures prop firms, TradingView integration almost always works through Tradovate. TradingView isn’t a broker itself (for futures, anyway), so it connects to brokers like Tradovate through the Trading Panel feature. Once you link your Tradovate credentials to TradingView, you can place, modify, and manage positions directly from your charts.
This is legitimately useful. You watch your NQ setup form on TradingView, and you click buy right there. No switching windows, no coordinating between two platforms.
One thing to know: if you’re connecting through the free Tradovate add-on, your TradingView data updates every 5 seconds instead of continuously. For scalpers and fast discretionary traders, that lag is a real problem. You’d need a paid TradingView subscription to get the CME data bundle for continuous real-time feeds. Worth factoring into your cost math before assuming the “free TradingView integration” is actually free.
TradeDay
Best for: TradingView traders who want a clean 1-step challenge and don’t hold overnight
TradeDay runs on Tradovate as its primary infrastructure, which means TradingView integration is about as seamless as you’re going to get from any futures prop firm. Their own support documentation describes it directly: once your TradeDay and Tradovate accounts are linked, everything syncs automatically. You can manage positions, monitor your account, and execute trades right from within TradingView, including on mobile if you’re into that (though trading from a phone is a choice I’ll reserve judgment on).
The firm offers NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView, Jigsaw, Quantower, and their own TradeDayX platform. So if TradingView doesn’t work out for whatever reason, you’re not stuck.
The challenge structure: 1-step evaluation with a choice between trailing or EOD trailing drawdown. No time limit to pass, 7 minimum trading days, and a 30% consistency rule (no single day can exceed 30% of total profits). The profit split starts at 80% and scales up to 95% as you keep withdrawing.
What traders consistently mention about TradeDay is the educational component. They do daily live market sessions and have a genuine community feel. For someone still developing a systematic approach, that matters.
Account sizes: $50k, $100k, $150k
Profit split: 80% to 95%
Platforms: Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView, Jigsaw, Quantower, TradeDayX
Trustpilot: 4.6 from 800+ reviews
One limitation worth knowing: TradeDay prohibits trading news events and doesn’t allow overnight holds. If your TradingView alerts are set up around economic calendar triggers, make sure you’re accounting for their news trading rules. Traders who like to catch the initial move on CPI or FOMC releases will need to adjust their approach here.
Earn2Trade
Now here’s where I want to be upfront with you, because most articles just copy each other on this and get it wrong.
Earn2Trade gets mentioned frequently as a “prop firm that uses TradingView.” Their blog even references TradingView as a useful charting tool for funded traders. But when you go to their actual help documentation and look at the official list of supported platforms for the Gauntlet Mini and Trader Career Path evaluations, you get: NinjaTrader (recommended), Finamark, R|Trader Pro, Overcharts, QuantTower, MotiveWave, MultiCharts, Jigsaw, Sierra Chart, ATAS, and Volfix.
TradingView is not on that list.
What Earn2Trade recommends is using TradingView as a separate charting solution alongside your execution platform. So you’d chart on TradingView, execute through NinjaTrader. That’s a dual-platform setup, which some traders are totally fine with. But it’s not the same as having full order execution integrated directly into TradingView.
If TradingView-only trading is non-negotiable for you, Earn2Trade isn’t your firm. If you’re fine using NinjaTrader for execution and just want TradingView’s chart layouts on a second monitor, it works, but that’s a workaround rather than a feature.
That said, Earn2Trade has genuinely strong things going for it. They’ve been around since 2016, hold a 4.7 Trustpilot score from thousands of reviews, and their structured approach to evaluation genuinely rewards consistent traders over lucky ones. The Trader Career Path program is one of the better-designed scaling structures in the industry, letting traders grow all the way to $400k in funded capital. Their 60-video beginner education course gets real praise, not the usual filler content.
The pass rate in 2025 was 8.89%. That’s low, but it’s also honest. They publish the data right on their homepage, which is more transparency than most firms offer.
Key details: 80/20 profit split, futures only (CME/CBOT/NYMEX/COMEX), 10-day minimum evaluation, NinjaTrader recommended
TradingView support: Charting reference only, no direct order execution
Best for: Traders who prefer NinjaTrader’s DOM and order flow tools, or those drawn to Earn2Trade’s education ecosystem
Apex Trader Funding
Apex is massive. Over $577 million in reported payouts, 13,000+ Trustpilot reviews, one of the highest search volumes of any futures prop firm globally. And yes, they fully support TradingView through the Tradovate bridge.
The integration works the same way described above: connect your Tradovate credentials to TradingView’s Trading Panel, and you’re placing trades from your charts. Apex even has detailed documentation walking through the exact steps, which traders appreciate. Community feedback on this setup is generally positive, though some users report initial activation taking up to 4 hours before TradingView shows as enabled.
The gotcha: Apex’s free TradingView data through Tradovate updates every 5 seconds. For ES or NQ scalpers watching 1-minute bars, that delay is significant. You’d want to purchase a TradingView subscription with the CME data bundle for real-time data. Budget accordingly.
Apex’s challenge structure is 1-step, 7-day minimum, trailing drawdown. The profit split is genuinely attractive: 100% of the first $25,000 per funded account, then 90% after that. You can hold up to 20 funded accounts simultaneously, which is unusual and genuinely useful if you’re trading multiple setups or want to diversify across account sizes.
One thing that frustrates traders: Apex’s 30% consistency rule means no single day’s profit can exceed 30% of your total profits. If you’re up $800 on day 1 of a $50k challenge, your daily cap on any subsequent winning day is capped relative to that. It catches people off guard.
Account sizes: $25k to $300k
Profit split: 100% first $25k per account, 90/10 after
Platforms: Tradovate, NinjaTrader/Rithmic, TradingView
Trustpilot: 4.5 from 13,000+ reviews
MyFundedFutures (MFFU)
MyFundedFutures has built a reputation specifically for strong platform flexibility, and TradingView is a genuine part of that. MFFU uses a unified login that works across TradingView, Tradovate (web/desktop/mobile), NinjaTrader, Quantower, ATAS, and Volumetrica.
The firm’s “Expert” and “Pro” accounts stand out by eliminating daily loss limits entirely, which is a pretty significant differentiator. The drawdown rules switch to EOD-only rather than intraday monitoring, which gives traders more room to breathe during volatile sessions. Traders report that evaluations can be completed in as few as 2 days, which is aggressive, but it’s there if you have a strong run.
MFFU processes most payouts same-day when requested before 11 AM ET. That’s a legitimate point of differentiation from firms with 1-4 week payout windows.
Take Profit Trader (TPT)
Take Profit Trader connects to TradingView via Tradovate, same mechanism as most firms on this list. Their support documentation covers the setup step by step, and traders on Reddit and Discord generally report the connection is stable and straightforward to configure.
TPT is known for simple evaluation rules and responsive support. Multiple community reports mention claims of immediate payout capability once traders reach the live PRO+ stage. The firm hasn’t had the same volume of complaints about rule changes or payout delays that some larger firms have accumulated.
If you’re choosing between TPT and a bigger firm like Apex purely on platform grounds, there’s no meaningful difference. Both use the Tradovate-TradingView bridge. The decision comes down to evaluation rules, fees, and whether Apex’s 100% first $25k split justifies its higher monthly costs.
Elite Trader Funding (ETF)
ETF supports TradingView through Tradovate and actually includes one detail in their setup guide that’s worth knowing: they specifically instruct traders to use contract month codes (like ESZ5) instead of continuous symbols (ES1!). This matters for execution accuracy and avoids a common misconfiguration that causes data sync problems.
They offer 100% profit splits up to $12,500, then an 80/20 structure after that. Evaluation rules are generally considered straightforward, and traders report fast scaling relative to some competitors.
Topstep
Topstep’s TradingView situation is a bit different from the rest. They moved all new Trading Combines to their TopstepX platform starting July 2025 (the old Tradovate-based setup is legacy-only). TopstepX is powered by ProjectX technology and has TradingView’s charting engine embedded directly into the platform.
This is actually a cleaner integration in some ways, since the risk management rules are built directly into the platform rather than sitting on top of a third-party broker. You’re not going through a Tradovate bridge. You’re using a platform that is TradingView-powered but customized for Topstep’s risk framework.
The trade-off is you’re locked into Topstep’s interface rather than your existing TradingView environment. Your custom layouts and indicator templates don’t just carry over. For traders with years of chart setup invested in TradingView’s cloud, that’s a real friction point.
The Bottom Line on TradingView Prop Firms
Here’s how I’d summarize it after digging through all of this:
If TradingView order execution is what you’re after, TradeDay, Apex, MFFU, Take Profit Trader, and Elite Trader Funding all deliver it cleanly through the Tradovate bridge. Any of these will let you trade your actual funded account from TradingView charts.
If platform flexibility matters more than TradingView specifically, firms like TradeDay (7 platforms) and MFFU (multiple options) give you the most room to switch if TradingView’s latency on a given day becomes a problem.
If you’re set on Earn2Trade because of their reputation and education, don’t let TradingView support be a dealbreaker. Plenty of traders use NinjaTrader for execution and keep TradingView open on a second monitor for analysis. It’s not seamless, but it works.
And the 5-second data delay issue through the free Tradovate TradingView add-on is real and affects anyone using Apex, TradeDay, MFFU, and the others on this list. Budget for a paid TradingView plan if you’re a discretionary trader who needs real-time CME data.
FAQ
Can I trade futures directly from TradingView with a prop firm account?
Yes, but it requires a broker bridge. Most futures prop firms use Tradovate as the intermediary, which has native TradingView integration. You link your Tradovate credentials to TradingView’s Trading Panel and execute from there.
Does the free TradingView plan work with prop firms?
The free plan can connect to Tradovate, but data through the free Tradovate add-on only updates every 5 seconds. For active futures trading, that’s a meaningful delay. Most serious traders opt for a paid TradingView plan to get continuous real-time data.
What’s the difference between TradingView charting and TradingView execution?
Charting means you’re using TradingView’s charts for analysis only and placing orders on a separate platform. Execution means your orders route directly from TradingView charts through a connected broker. The firms listed here (except Earn2Trade) support execution.
Does Earn2Trade support TradingView?
Their officially supported platforms are NinjaTrader, Finamark, R|Trader Pro, and a few others. TradingView is not listed as a supported execution platform in their help documentation. You can use TradingView for chart analysis alongside your Earn2Trade account, but not for direct order placement.
Can I use my custom Pine Script indicators with prop firm accounts?
Yes, Pine Script indicators run on your TradingView account and work independently of your broker connection. Your indicators, drawings, and layouts are all stored in TradingView’s cloud, so they’ll be there regardless of which prop firm you’re connected to.
Do I need a paid TradingView subscription to trade futures with a prop firm?
Not technically required, but strongly recommended for active trading. The free tier works fine for strategy development and analysis, but the 5-second data delay through the Tradovate free add-on makes it impractical for real-time discretionary trading. The Plus or Premium plan with CME data bundle runs around $50-60/month depending on your subscription tier.