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The Rithmic prop firm connectivity census

Quick answer

As of August 18, 2026, we track 65 active prop firms in Rithmic's ecosystem with a documented NinjaTrader connection path. Only 7 have a documented native NinjaTrader option for a single Rithmic login, 5 offer native NinjaTrader only through a different data feed, 4 publish no native NinjaTrader option at all, and for the remaining 49 native availability is undocumented — the add-on route covers them. And the list churns: 20 of the 88 directory listings we tracked (23%) were dead or not operating as prop firms when we audited them in July–August 2026.

Census baseline: August 18, 2026 Routes verified: August 18, 2026 Download the dataset (CSV) Rithmic's public directory

Headline numbers

Native NinjaTrader access is the exception, not the rule

65 active firms in this census issue or have issued Rithmic credentials and have a documented NinjaTrader connection path.
Only 7 of 65 have a documented native NinjaTrader option for their Rithmic accounts — and it covers a single login at a time.
12 of 65 have any documented native NinjaTrader option at all, counting firms whose only native NinjaTrader option runs on a different data feed. For 49 firms native availability is undocumented, and 4 publish no native option.
20 of the 88 directory listings we tracked (23%) were dead or not operating as prop firms when we audited them between July 23 and August 6, 2026.

No native NinjaTrader option published (4)

These firms issue Rithmic credentials, and their own materials list no native NinjaTrader option for them; an add-on connection path is required.

Native NinjaTrader only via a different data feed (5)

These firms offer NinjaTrader natively on another feed (for example Tradovate or CQG), while their Rithmic accounts have no native NinjaTrader route.

Native NinjaTrader for a single Rithmic login (7)

These firms have a native NinjaTrader option for one Rithmic login at a time; running several Rithmic accounts side by side requires an add-on.

Add-on route available (49)

These firms are listed in Rithmic’s prop-firm directory and the add-on connects Rithmic logins issued by them; native NinjaTrader availability varies by firm and account type, and a directory listing is not confirmation that a firm still issues Rithmic credentials today. Two firms in this group, Alpha Futures and My Funded Futures, no longer document Rithmic in their current platform documentation — their guides cover previously issued Rithmic credentials only.

The churn ledger: how fast the firm list moves

Our tracking list held 88 entries when we built it on July 23, 2026. It is Rithmic's public prop-firm directory minus historical listings for firms that had already left the Rithmic-to-NinjaTrader ecosystem — Topstep (whose new accounts run on TopstepX), MES Capital, and TheFuturesDesk — and one duplicate listing. By August 6, 2026, two weeks later, 20 of those 88 were out of the census:

FastTrack Trading (retired July 27, 2026): ceased operations in November 2024, yet still listed in the public directory in July 2026.
18 entries with no active website (pruned August 6, 2026): AIMTrader, BestFundingTraders, Builtix, FortezzaTrading, FortressCapital Markets, FundedFuturez, IbexPeakFuturesTrading, IncubatorTrading, Mara Futures Fund, StartUpTrader, ThriveTrading, TradingBattlefield, TradingCompetitions, TradingFactoryPro, TradingRevolution, Tradurz, VJCapital, WeYouCapital.
DDG (pruned August 6, 2026) is a special case, not a closure: DDG remains active as an introducing broker in Rithmic's broker ecosystem — we maintain a DDG live-broker connection guide — but it has no prop-firm web presence, so its prop-firm listing left the census.

Two more listings continue under new brands: AlphaPropTrading now operates as Alpha Futures, and DeluxeProductions as Deluxe Trader Funding.

Update, August 18, 2026: three further firms left the census, taking the population from 68 to 65. Rithmic reclassified Discount Trading from its funding-evaluator directory to its broker directory, where we already track it as a live-broker connection guide, so keeping the prop-firm entry counted one company twice. Rithmic retired the Tradentry listing, which is no longer present in the directory's data. And FundedNext Futures appears in Rithmic's directory only in the section Rithmic's own site marks unverified, while FundedNext's current documentation describes no Rithmic route and no archived page we found described one — the credentials it issues are Tradovate credentials, and its NinjaTrader access runs on that track. The July figures above are left as recorded: they are the result of that audit, on those dates.

The takeaway for traders: roughly one in four entries on the public directory pointed at a firm that was dead or no longer operating as a prop firm. Before paying for an evaluation, verify the firm is active and confirm how its accounts actually connect to your platform.

Methodology and limitations

The census tracks the firms in Rithmic's public prop-firm ecosystem directory, normalized against each firm's public materials. A firm's connection status reflects the routes we have documented and, where marked verified, tested; native platform availability can vary by account type and can change without notice. Status definitions match the per-firm connection guides, which carry the details behind each row. The census counts firms, not account types, and only covers firms issuing Rithmic credentials — firms on other feeds are out of scope.

Cite as: PropFirmConnector Rithmic Prop Firm Connectivity Census (updated August 18, 2026), https://propfirmconnector.com/blog/rithmic-prop-firm-connectivity-census/ — maintained by Eric, Founder, PropFirmConnector. The CSV dataset is free to reference with attribution.