Funded Futures Network - Prop Firm Review

First, do not confuse it with its near-namesakes

There are three similarly named futures firms, and aggregator sites blend them constantly: Funded Futures Network (this one), Funded Futures Family, and My Funded Futures. They are separate companies with different rules. If you have seen “Rapid / Builder / Flex” or “Classic / Premier / Elite” plans attributed to FFN, those belong to the other two. FFN’s real structure is OG versus MAX, Standard versus Express.

Company and regulation

Funded Futures Network is a proprietary trading firm operating under the laws of Florida (a Florida LLC registration exists in the state registry). Like essentially every retail futures prop firm, it claims no financial regulator, and you should treat it as unregulated. Its own description is plain: “a proprietary trading firm that provides traders with simulated or live funded accounts to trade futures markets.”

That word simulated is doing real work. The funded account almost everyone trades is a simulated account; payouts on it are real money paid from the firm’s revenue against your simulated performance. A genuine live-market account exists only at the Live-Funded stage, which is gated (see below).

The products and pricing

One evaluation, configured two ways by two ways: Type (Standard or Express, which sets how many days you need) and Style (OG or MAX, which sets the drawdown model and whether you pass through Exhibition). The subscription is monthly, and billed only while you are in evaluation.

Prices are per month during evaluation. The good news is that once you pass, the subscription drops to $0/month — you are not bleeding fees while you build a buffer or trade a funded account. FFN runs near-permanent promotions (50% off, buy-one-get-one, activation waivers), so check for an active code before buying.

Days to pass: Standard OG needs 7 trading days, Express OG 4, Standard MAX 5 winning days, Express MAX just 2. Reset is $100. Activation, on passing, is $120 — often waived in sales.

The drawdown — genuinely different by account

This is the choice that matters most, because the four styles behave differently under pressure:

• Standard OG and Express OG use a realised trailing drawdown — it moves only on closed-trade balance. An intraday dip while a trade is open does not catch you. This is the most forgiving model in the sector.
• Standard MAX uses an end-of-day trail, recalculated once at session close.
• Express MAX uses an unrealised trail — real-time, including open losses. FFN itself calls this “the most restrictive drawdown type.”

On funded accounts the trail locks and goes static once your buffer is built — on an OG account it stops at buffer plus $100 above your starting balance. Drawdown amounts run from $1,500 on a $25k account to $6,000 on a $250k.

Daily loss limits are refreshingly light: none at all on Standard OG, Express OG and Express MAX. Only Standard MAX has one, and it is a soft breach — a session lockout, not an account failure.

The rule worth the whole review: the Exhibition stage

Most firms fund you the moment you pass, or make you build a safety buffer inside the funded account. FFN’s OG accounts do neither. They insert a separate, named, gated stage in between — Exhibition — and it is the thing that most defines the OG experience.

After you pass the OG evaluation, you do not get a funded account. You get an Exhibition account, whose only job is to build the buffer — $1,500 on a $25k, $2,000 on a $50k, up to $6,000 on a $250k. It costs $0/month, which is genuinely fair. Once the buffer is reached, “that exact amount rolls over into your Sim-Funded account as a static starting profit,” and your funded account opens at account size plus buffer, with the drawdown then locked.

Here is the sting. Tier-1 news — FOMC, NFP, CPI — is bannable in Exhibition, and the penalty is absolute: “immediately liquidated… ALL profits forfeited. This cannot be reversed. There is no appeal process.” You must be flat one minute before, during, and one minute after each Tier-1 event. So a trader can pass the evaluation, spend weeks building a buffer, and lose the entire Exhibition account to a single mistimed position — before ever reaching funding.

It is telling that FFN’s newer MAX accounts exist specifically to skip Exhibition. If the stage appeals to you as a structured on-ramp, OG is fine. If it sounds like an extra hurdle with a guillotine attached, MAX is the reason it exists.

Payouts

• Minimum: $500, and there is no fixed payout cycle — the day you become eligible is the day you can request. Submit before 5pm EST for same-day review.
• Processing: typically 1–3 business days, no fees on any method (ACH, PayPal, wire).
• The $10,000 cap is per user, cumulative across all your accounts — you cannot split withdrawals across copy-traded accounts to beat it. Per-account caps also apply, from $1,000 on a $25k to $3,500 on a $250k after the third payout.
• Account minimum to withdraw: your balance must sit above a threshold (e.g. $52,000 on a $50k) and at least $500 above the buffer. Dropping below just blocks withdrawal — it does not fail the account.
• Consistency: your best day must be within 40% of profit (25% on Express MAX) to withdraw. It resets after each payout — but your best-day figure never resets, which quietly constrains you over time.

Trading rules, platforms and fees

• News: allowed in evaluation; Tier-1 banned in Exhibition and funded, using the Financial Juice calendar. The penalty is forfeiture of all profits, with no appeal.
• No overnight or weekend holding — flat by 4:50pm EST, though the firm warns you not to rely on its auto-flatten.
• Hedging is prohibited across accounts and products — and a micro and a mini of the same instrument count as different products.
• Copy trading is allowed across up to five accounts. Up to ten accounts total, five funded at once.
• Consistency in evaluation raises your target rather than failing you — a forgiving touch.
• Platforms: Onyx, Quantower (as “FundX”), EdgeProX, NinjaTrader, on Rithmic data. CME futures, with micros at $0.89 a side.
• Fees: $100 reset, $120 activation. A $126/month data fee applies on live funded accounts, taken from profits rather than your card. FFN’s own pages are inconsistent about whether it also applies to sim-funded accounts — worth confirming before you rely on either answer.

Verdict

Funded Futures Network is one of the more forgiving evaluations in futures. Three of its four account styles have no daily loss limit, the OG drawdown is realised-only so intraday noise will not fail you, the subscription drops to zero once you pass, payouts are same-day with no fees, and a consistency slip in evaluation raises your target rather than ending your run. For a disciplined futures trader that is a genuinely trader-friendly package.

The things to go in knowing: the funded account is simulated, and the advertised 90% split lives behind a discretionary human-approved promotion most traders never reach. The Exhibition stage adds a hurdle on OG accounts, complete with a no-appeal news rule that can wipe it before you are funded — which is exactly why the MAX accounts exist to skip it. And FFN’s own pages contradict each other on the scope of the $126 data fee. None of that is disqualifying; all of it is worth reading before you pick a style.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Funded Futures Network the same as My Funded Futures or Funded Futures Family?

No. They are three separate firms with different rules that are frequently confused online. Funded Futures Network uses OG and MAX accounts in Standard and Express variants. Plans such as Rapid, Builder, Classic or Elite belong to the other two firms, not to FFN.

What is the Funded Futures Network profit split?

The base split is 80/20 in your favour on the Sim-Funded Pro account, which is where nearly all traders sit. The higher 90/10 split exists only on the Live-Funded Pro account, which is a discretionary promotion granted after you accumulate at least $5,000 in payouts and a risk manager approves the move. It is not a tier you can simply select at purchase.

What is the Exhibition stage at Funded Futures Network?

On OG accounts, after you pass the evaluation you enter a separate unpaid stage called Exhibition, whose job is to build a safety buffer before your funded account opens. It costs nothing per month, and once the buffer is built it rolls over into your funded account as static starting profit. However, holding a position through Tier-1 news during Exhibition liquidates the account with all profits forfeited and no appeal. The newer MAX accounts skip Exhibition entirely.

Does Funded Futures Network have a daily loss limit?

On three of its four account styles — Standard OG, Express OG and Express MAX — there is no daily loss limit. Only Standard MAX has one, and it is a soft breach that locks you out for the rest of the session rather than failing the account.

How does the Funded Futures Network drawdown work?

It depends on the account. OG accounts use a realised trailing drawdown that moves only on closed-trade balance, so an intraday dip on an open trade will not fail you. Standard MAX uses an end-of-day trail, and Express MAX uses a real-time unrealised trail that the firm calls its most restrictive. On funded accounts the drawdown locks and becomes static once your buffer is built.

How do payouts work at Funded Futures Network?

The minimum is $500 and there is no fixed cycle — the day you become eligible is the day you can request, with same-day review if submitted before 5pm EST and processing typically in 1 to 3 business days with no fees. A $10,000 cap applies per user cumulatively across all your accounts, with smaller per-account caps on top, and your balance must sit above an account minimum to withdraw.

Are Funded Futures Network accounts simulated or live?

The funded account nearly everyone trades is simulated, and payouts on it are real money paid from the firm against your simulated performance. A genuine live-market account exists only at the Live-Funded Pro stage, reached after $5,000 in payouts and risk-manager approval.

Does Funded Futures Network charge a monthly fee?

The monthly subscription applies only during evaluation and drops to $0 once you pass. There is a $126 monthly data fee on live funded accounts, taken from profits rather than charged to your card. The firm’s own pages are inconsistent about whether that data fee also applies to sim-funded accounts, so confirm before relying on either answer.

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