# What is Profit split?

> Also called: Payout split, Profit share

**In short.** The profit split is the share of the profits the trader keeps on a funded account, the rest going to the prop firm. Splits on futures prop firms typically start at 80 % and rise to 90 or 100 %, sometimes only after a first amount is paid or a number of payouts is reached.

**On today's board.** Profit splits on the board range from 80 % to 100 % across 14 firms. Data checked October 15, 2026.

A 90 % split on a $4,000 payout is $3,600 to the trader. Some firms let the trader keep 100 % of the first few thousand dollars, then apply the split. Others publish a split that only applies after the account has been 'scaled' or after the first payout; the reference account on this site shows the split as published for that account.

The split is rarely the number that decides what you take home: the first-payout delay, the payout cap and the consistency rule move the money far more than ten points of split. Compare the whole payout policy, not the headline.

- Guides on this term: [Prop firm payout rules: when you actually get paid](https://fillprint.io/en/journal/prop-firm-payout-rules-explained)
- Shortlists: [Prop firms with the highest profit split](https://fillprint.io/en/prop-firms/best/highest-profit-split)
- Read next: [Payout](https://fillprint.io/en/glossary/payout)
- Read next: [Funded account](https://fillprint.io/en/glossary/funded-account)

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