Futures Prop Firms
For a futures trader, the number on the account label is less useful than the distance to the liquidation threshold. A nominally large account can allow only a small dollar loss, while contract limits determine how quickly that allowance can disappear. That combination makes futures prop programmes a distinct comparison rather than another version of a forex challenge.
This category covers programmes based on exchange-listed futures contracts, including simulated evaluations and funded stages. A CFD tracking a stock index does not qualify as the corresponding exchange futures contract. Identify the specific futures programme when a brand also offers other markets and account types.
Compare the drawdown calculation first, then the contract allowance, trading-session restrictions and total running costs. Pay particular attention to whether a threshold moves with intraday unrealised profit or only updates after the session. Traders using micros, scaling into positions or leaving runners open can experience very different outcomes under those rules, even when two accounts display the same starting balance and profit target.
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- US futures prop firm based in Las Vegas
- One product, the Funded Futures Plan: four phases at $25,000 to $150,000, one-time fee from $265
- 9% target per phase, a 5% end-of-day trailing loss, no daily loss limit and 60 days per phase
- Fixed phase payouts instead of a split, from $500 to $9,000, and Phase 1 pays more than the plan fee at every size
- Real live exchange account at the end on a 90/10 split, but sized at only $3,000 to $18,000
- Brand new firm with no payout figures disclosed and no public payout log
★★★★★
More details +18th Street Trading
18th Street Trading is a Las Vegas futures firm selling one product, a four-phase Funded Futures Plan at 25,000 to 150,000 dollars, with a real live exchange account at the end. Every size is measured the same way: a 9 percent target per phase, a 5 percent end-of-day trailing loss, a 25 percent consistency ratio, 60 days per phase and no daily loss limit. Instead of a profit split the phases pay fixed amounts, and at every size the Phase 1 payout is larger than the plan fee, so the money comes back early. The catches are the length of the road and the absence of a record. There are four phases with no resets, no overnight or weekend holding at all, fixed payouts that cap the upside, a live account much smaller than the plan headline, and a brand new firm that disclosed no payout figures and publishes no payout log.PROS:
- Phase 1 pays more than the plan fee at every size, so the fee comes back on the first completed phase
- Four separate payouts arrive before you ever reach live capital
- No daily loss limit, and the trailing loss is end-of-day only and stops trailing once the account is 5 percent up
- One-time fee with no activation fee, no phase fee and no subscription, and market data included through Phase 4
- A real live exchange account at the end, at a 90/10 split with a fixed maximum loss
- Four platform choices at the same price, including Rithmic with ATAS
CONS:
- Four phases to clear before any live capital, each on its own 60-day clock, with no resets at any price
- Fixed phase payouts, so profit above the 9 percent target is not paid
- No overnight or weekend holding at all, everything auto-flattens at 1555 CST
- The live account is far smaller than the plan headline, 18,000 dollars on a 150,000 dollar plan
- UK-based futures prop firm (Alpha Group) trading CME-group contracts on AlphaTrader/Quantower/WealthCharts; simulated evaluations
- Signature: Alpha Prime — a rare salaried, real-capital London trading-floor path, not just a perpetual simulator
- Trader-friendly end-of-day trailing drawdown that locks at starting balance and is not automatically reset by payouts; withdrawals still reduce the loss cushion
- One-step Zero, Standard and Advanced evaluations; Direct skips evaluation. Daily Loss Guard and payout consistency depend on the plan; sizes $25K–$150K; US accepted
- July 2026 caveat: NinjaTrader split + Premium-plan closure and payout-handling episode — factor it in
★★★★★
More details +Alpha Futures
Alpha Futures is a futures prop firm, not a forex one, operated by Alpha Futures Limited, a UK company registered at Companies House under number 15655643 in Harpenden, England, and part of the Alpha Group alongside Alpha Capital Group and ACG Markets. It runs four account types: Zero, Standard and Advanced are one-step evaluations billed monthly with no activation fee, and Direct is a one-time fee that skips the evaluation entirely. Entry is $89 a month for a 25K Zero or $349 once for a 25K Direct, and the largest single account sold is 150K. Most account types pay a 90% performance split. Two mechanics stand out: the Maximum Loss Limit does not reset when you withdraw, although a withdrawal reduces the remaining loss cushion, and Advanced Qualified has a $15,000 request cap; other plans have lower caps with requests processed inside 48 business hours. The caveat is credibility, not product. The website advertises 4.9 on Trustpilot from over 17,000 reviews; the profile for alpha-futures.com actually reads 4.4 from 5,961, and the group's sister brand has its Trustpilot rating unavailable on the Trustpilot official website.PROS:
- The Maximum Loss Limit stays intact from the date of your withdrawal, but withdrawing reduces the balance and remaining loss cushion
- Advanced Qualified payout cap up to $15,000 per request, with requests processed in 48 business hours or less
- UK company registered at Companies House rather than an offshore shell
- Commission-free execution on the in-house AlphaTrader platform, apart from regulatory fees
- No news trading restrictions on any evaluation account, or on Advanced Qualified accounts
- No activation fee, and reset prices published next to every plan
- Zero evaluations have no consistency rule and a one-day minimum
- Four platforms: AlphaTrader, TradingView, WealthCharts and Quantower
CONS:
- The website advertises 4.9 on Trustpilot from 17,000+ reviews while its own profile reads 4.4 from 5,961
- Sister brand Alpha Capital Group has its Trustpilot rating unavailable on the Trustpilot official website
- Zero, Standard and Advanced bill monthly for as long as you hold the evaluation
- Standard evaluation requires 50% consistency; Qualified Standard and Zero require 40%, while Direct requires 20%
- The 90% split drops to 80%, or 60% plus a salary, once you qualify for Alpha Prime
- Futures only: no spot forex, stocks or CFDs
- Direct accounts have no scaling plan and a lower payout cap than the $15,000 headline
- Zero, Standard and Direct Qualified accounts prohibit order execution within two minutes before or after relevant high-impact news
- US futures prop firm (Austin, Texas); unregulated; all funded accounts are simulated
- 100% profit split - there is no split at all on current accounts
- Choose your drawdown: EOD Trail (once daily) or Intraday Trail (real-time on peak equity)
- Evaluations expire in 30 days with NO resets; a funded account closes after 6 payouts
- $500 minimum payout; 5 qualifying days per payout; nothing is refundable
★★★★★
More details +Apex Trader
Apex Trader Funding replaced its entire product line on 1 March 2026. Everything on sale now is a one-time fee with no rebill, a 100% profit split and no consistency rule in the evaluation. The old model - monthly subscription, 90/10 split, the 30% negative P&L rule and the 5:1 risk-reward rule - is now Legacy and cannot be bought. Most reviews of Apex, including our previous one, still describe the old product.PROS:
- 100% profit split on all current simulated funded accounts - no split at all
- One-time fee, no rebill and no monthly charge on the funded account
- No consistency rule in the evaluation; no MAE rule; no 5:1 risk-reward rule
- No minimum trading days - you can pass in a single day
- News trading permitted for a normal strategy
- An EOD option avoids intraday threshold updates, but its established threshold is enforced intraday
- NinjaTrader licence and real-time data included
- Trustpilot 4.3 from over 20,000 reviews, with no consumer alert
CONS:
- Evaluations now expire after 30 days and there are NO RESETS - a failed eval must be repurchased
- A 50% consistency rule applies on the funded account and gates the payout button
- Only 6 payouts per funded account, then it closes and you must qualify again
- The safety net must now be maintained for the LIFE of the account, not just the first three payouts
- Funded contract limits follow scaling tiers; a 50K PA starts at 2 and can reach 4 contracts
- Holding a position through the market close forfeits the account and all balances
- US futures prop firm (BluSky Trading Company LLC, Florida) on Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader and Volumetrica
- Flat 90% split from the start — not a paid upgrade or a performance tier
- Self-adjusting consistency rule: raises your target instead of failing you for a big day
- Daily payouts from $250, no minimum trading days, rolling ~$9k/week cap
- Evaluation is a recurring monthly subscription; real capital sits behind a four-stage funnel
★★★★★
More details +BluSky
One of the more trader-friendly futures firms on the economics. A flat 90% split from the start, daily payouts from $250, no minimum trading days, and a consistency rule that raises your target instead of failing you for a good day. The trade-offs are structural: a recurring monthly subscription and a four-stage funnel before you reach real capital.PROS:
- Flat 90% split from day one, not a paid upgrade or tier
- Daily payouts from $250 with no minimum trading days
- Self-adjusting consistency rule raises your target instead of failing you
- No daily loss limit once funded
- Choice of major platforms (Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Volumetrica)
CONS:
- Evaluation is a recurring monthly subscription, not a one-off fee
- $10k-per-account cap before qualifying for a live brokerage account
- Rolling seven-day payout cap of roughly $9k per week
- US futures prop firm (Bulenox LLC, Delaware) trading simulated capital — unregulated
- 100% of your first $10,000, then a free 90% split — no paid upgrade, no higher tier to buy
- Sold as a recurring monthly subscription ($145–$535), not a one-off fee
- Choose your drawdown at checkout: real-time trailing with no daily loss limit, or end-of-day with scaling
- The Safety Threshold Reserve ($3,100 on a $100k) must stay in the account — so a first payout needs ~$4,100 of profit, not $1,000
★★★★★
More details +Bulenox
Bulenox gets the split right where most futures firms do not: 100% of your first $10,000, then a free 90% - no paid upgrade, no tier to unlock. The rules are patient too: no minimum trading days, no time limit, and a daily loss limit that pauses you rather than fails you. The catches are the recurring MONTHLY subscription (a slow evaluation gets expensive) and the Safety Threshold Reserve, which locks $3,100 in a $100k account and counts toward the consistency rule - so a first payout needs roughly $4,100 of profit, not the advertised $1,000. Note also that the binding Terms of Use, dated July 2021, state that Bulenox does not provide live trading, while the Funded Account page promises real capital.PROS:
- 100% of your first $10,000, then a free 90% split - the headline number is the real one
- No minimum trading days and no time limit on the evaluation
- No recurring monthly fee on the funded (Master) account
- Hitting the daily loss limit is a lockout, not a breach
- Choose your drawdown model at checkout: real-time trailing or end-of-day
- The drawdown locks at starting balance +$100 on the Master account
- Free reset on your billing date, with completed trading days carried over
- Open commission-rate disclosure and worked drawdown examples in the help centre
CONS:
- The Safety Threshold Reserve is not yours until you terminate the agreement - and it counts toward the 40% consistency rule on your first payout
- The evaluation is a RECURRING monthly subscription, so a slow pass costs far more than the headline price
- Option 1 trails on equity including unrealised profit, so an open gain you never bank still raises your loss floor permanently
- Your first three payouts are capped
- You cannot decline the transition to a Funded Account - refusing means no payout at all
- Windows only; roughly 90 countries restricted; nothing is refundable
- US (Las Vegas) futures prop firm on browser-based ArcTrader with TradingView charts and Rithmic data
- Signature: a genuine “Straight to Live” (S2L) path to a real, live-capital account with daily payouts — not an endless simulator
- Unusually flexible: choose intraday-trailing, end-of-day or static drawdown
- Keep up to 100% on simulated Pro accounts; live S2L is an 80/20 split; sizes $25K–$300K, up to 15 accounts
- US traders accepted; futures only (forex/CFDs/stocks/crypto prohibited); core evaluation and Pro stages are simulated
★★★★★
More details +Day Traders
DayTraders.com is a US futures prop firm founded in 2023 and based in Las Vegas, trading only CME, COMEX, NYMEX and CBOT futures on its browser-based ArcTrader platform with TradingView charts and a live Rithmic feed. Its defining feature is Straight to Live, a genuine path to a real, live-capital brokerage account with the firm's own capital, real execution, daily payouts and an 80/20 split, rather than a perpetual simulator. It is unusually flexible on drawdown, offering trailing, end-of-day and static versions, plus an instant Straight to Funded route. You keep up to 100 percent on the simulated Pro accounts, sizes run 25,000 to 300,000, and US traders are accepted. The core evaluation and Pro stages are still simulated.PROS:
- Straight to Live gives a genuine real-capital account with daily payouts
- Unusually flexible: choose trailing, end-of-day or static drawdown
- Keep up to 100 percent on simulated Pro accounts
- Fast, verified payouts and strong Trustpilot standing
- US-friendly futures firm; up to 15 funded accounts
CONS:
- Core evaluation and Pro stages are simulated, not real capital
- The keep-100-percent headline applies to sim Pro; the live account is an 80/20 split
- Consistency requirements vary by product (50/30/20 percent)
- US futures evaluation firm (Wyoming); funded accounts issued by three partner prop firms
- Publishes its own pass rate: 8.89% for 2025
- For evaluations bought from July 6, 2026: 50% below the withdrawal threshold, 80% at or above it; TCP400 60%
- The evaluation is a MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION that renews until you pass or cancel
- Five consecutive trading days of unscheduled absence terminates a funded account
★★★★★
More details +Earn2Trade
Earn2Trade provides futures education and evaluations, with funded offers from partner prop firms. Evaluations bought from July 6, 2026 have no fixed minimum days, but consistency requires at least four profitable days. Their funded accounts pay 50% below each withdrawal threshold, 80% at or above it, and 60% on TCP400. Earlier purchases retain their terms. Evaluation/LiveSim drawdown trails at EOD; Live trails intraday except fixed-drawdown TCP200/400. Payouts are weekly with a $100 net minimum and plan-specific LiveSim caps.PROS:
- No fixed minimum days for purchases from July 6, 2026; consistency still applies
- News trading permitted with no restrictions
- Publishes its own pass rate - 8.89% for 2025
- Wide platform choice, including NinjaTrader, Tradovate and TradingView
- Non-professional LiveSim activation is deducted from the first withdrawal
- One free reset after every rebill on the Trader Career Path
- Weekly payouts, processed every Wednesday
- Trustpilot 4.7 from nearly 4,900 reviews, with no consumer alert
CONS:
- The split is TIERED by withdrawal size: 50% on small withdrawals, 80% at or above a threshold (purchases from July 6, 2026)
- The evaluation is a MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION that auto-renews until you pass or cancel
- Live uses intraday trailing drawdown, except fixed-drawdown TCP200/400
- A 30% consistency rule means about four profitable days in practice
- No refunds of any kind - the terms state goods are irrevocable
- Overnight and weekend holding are not permitted
- US futures firm; every account you can BUY is simulated - the firm says so itself
- Up to 100% of simulated profits; $25,000 per SIM round and $150,000 lifetime across approved re-entries
- Static, EOD-trailing or intraday-trailing - you choose the plan
- On conversion to LIVE ELITE, sim balances close and no payouts are owed from them
- Missing one calendar week of trading disables the account and forfeits profit
★★★★★
More details +Elite Trader Funding
Elite Trader Funding sells simulated futures evaluations and SIM-funded accounts, with real capital available through selection for LIVE ELITE. SIM rewards are capped at $25,000 per trader per round, with a $150,000 lifetime cap across approved re-entries. Current standard live transitions close SIM balances without carrying them over. Payout eligibility depends on the plan, purchase date, trading activity and safety net.PROS:
- Fourteen supported platforms, including NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView, Sierra Chart and Tickblaze
- Static drawdown available on the Static and some Direct to Funded plans
- News trading is explicitly allowed, with no restrictions during major releases
- Payouts processed twice weekly on sim, and daily on LIVE ELITE
- Failed evaluations reset free on the next subscription renewal
- A safety net locks the drawdown permanently once realised profit clears max DD plus $100
- Eligible reward approval or live-transition initiation guarantee; verification, exclusions and remedy terms apply
- Up to 100% of simulated profits, within the SIM-round and lifetime caps
CONS:
- SIM payouts capped at $25,000 per round; re-entry requires ETF approval and lifetime SIM rewards cannot exceed $150,000
- On conversion to LIVE ELITE, the terms state sim balances close and no payouts are owed from them
- Miss one calendar week of trading and the account is disabled and profits forfeited
- The 1-Step plan trails INTRADAY, following your highest unrealised profit
- The terms state all sales are final; a narrow 7-day first-purchase guarantee sits outside them
- Spanish-language, LATAM-focused prop firm (Emergeprofit LLC, US) with simulated EmergeFX (forex) and Futuros divisions
- Signature: choose your own drawdown (EOD or static) and unusually copytrading-friendly (up to 3 accounts)
- Products: 1-phase, 2-phase and “Pase Directo” (instant); $5k–$250k; 50% consistency rule
- One-time fees, no monthly subscription; a “Flex” tier advertises withdrawals every 10 days
- Watch: simulated Terms, consistency controls and promotional pricing; JoinProp uses base list prices
★★★★★
More details +Emerge Profit
Emerge Profit is a flexible, LATAM-focused firm with a couple of genuinely unusual strengths: you choose your own drawdown model, and it is one of the more copytrading-friendly firms around, with multi-account support and a free copy-system promo. Approach it with the standard caution for an unregulated, simulated firm: the regulated-platforms and live-account framing conflict with demo Terms, a 50% consistency rule and a discretionary inconsistent-trading clause can gate payouts, and the exact checkout setup should still be confirmed before purchase.PROS:
- Choose your own drawdown model at checkout (end-of-day or static)
- Unusually copytrading-friendly: up to 3 accounts and a free copy-system promo
- Two divisions: EmergeFX (forex/CFD) and Futuros (exchange futures)
- One-time fees, no monthly subscription, with frequent discounts
- Spanish-language support tailored to a LATAM audience; positive recent feedback
CONS:
- Regulated-platforms and live-account marketing conflict with simulated, demo Terms
- Frequent coupon pricing can make checkout prices differ from base list prices
- 50% consistency rule plus a discretionary clause to deny inconsistent-trading withdrawals
- US futures prop firm (Florida) trading simulated CME futures — unregulated
- 80/20 base split; the 90/10 is a discretionary promotion after $5,000 in payouts, not a tier you buy
- Four account styles from $25k to $250k; OG accounts use a forgiving realised-only drawdown
- No daily loss limit on three of the four styles; subscription drops to $0/month once you pass
- OG accounts pass through a separate unpaid Exhibition stage — where one Tier-1 news slip forfeits everything, with no appeal
★★★★★
More details +
Funded Futures Network is one of the more forgiving futures evaluations: three of its four account styles have no daily loss limit, OG accounts use a realised-only trailing drawdown so intraday noise will not fail you, the subscription drops to $0 once you pass, and payouts are same-day with no fees. Go in knowing two things. The funded account nearly everyone trades is SIMULATED, and the advertised 90% split is a discretionary, risk-manager-approved promotion (after $5,000 in payouts), not a tier you select. OG accounts also pass through a separate unpaid Exhibition stage where a single Tier-1 news slip forfeits everything with no appeal - which is exactly why the newer MAX accounts exist to skip it.
PROS:
- No daily loss limit on three of the four account styles
- OG accounts use a realised-only drawdown - an intraday dip on an open trade will not fail you
- Subscription drops to $0/month once you pass the evaluation
- Same-day payout requests, no fixed cycle, no fees on any method
- A consistency slip in evaluation raises your target rather than failing you
- Well-documented, recently-updated public rulebook
CONS:
- The 90% split is a discretionary human-approved promotion after $5,000 in payouts, not a selectable tier
- OG accounts add a separate Exhibition stage, where one Tier-1 news slip forfeits the account with no appeal
- The $10,000 payout cap is per user across all accounts, with per-account caps on top
- Your best-day figure never resets, quietly tightening the consistency rule over time
- Futures prop firm (Quantum SRL, Italy) trading simulated CME futures on Tradovate, NinjaTrader and Quantower — unregulated
- 80% base split, 90% on the Elite tier; the advertised 100% is a paid add-on
- End-of-day trailing drawdown that locks at your starting balance; no daily loss limit on Elite or Instant
- Payout caps are flat and do not scale — the firm says this is designed to make you buy multiple accounts
- $0 activation fee; bots and AI banned. Real capital only after five payouts, with a $50k lifetime sim cap
★★★★★
More details +FuturesElite Review 2026
FuturesElite (Quantum SRL, Italy) gets several things right: an EU-registered operator, an end-of-day (not intraday) trailing drawdown that locks at your starting balance, no daily loss limit and no consistency rule once Elite-funded, a $0 activation fee, and sub-24-hour payouts. Go in understanding two things. The 90% and 100% splits are an Elite-tier feature and a paid add-on respectively - not the "all accounts" default the homepage implies (base is 80%). And the flat, non-scaling payout caps are a deliberate nudge to buy MULTIPLE accounts - the firm openly states traders scale by holding multiple funded accounts rather than growing one. Automation (AI/bots) is banned, and the funded account is simulated with a $50,000 lifetime cap before any live transition.PROS:
- EU-registered operator (Quantum SRL, Italy) - a step up from the offshore norm
- End-of-day trailing drawdown that does not move intraday and locks at your starting balance
- No daily loss limit and no consistency rule once Elite-funded
- $0 activation fee on every tier
- Sub-24-hour average payout processing via Rise or crypto
- Aggressive bundle discounts (the tenth account is free) for traders who stack
- Detailed, dated help centre - more transparent than most
CONS:
- The base split is 80%; 90% is an Elite-tier feature and "up to 100%" is a paid add-on, not the "all accounts" default the homepage implies
- Payout caps are flat and do not scale - the firm openly designs the model around buying multiple accounts
- The funded account is simulated, with a $50,000 lifetime payout cap before any live transition
- Prime tier is materially harder than Elite (profit goal, 40% consistency, scalping excluded)
- Reset fees can stack on top of a subscription renewal - you can be charged twice in a cycle
- Futures prop firm trading simulated CME capital — a separate entity from Goat Funded Trader (the CFD firm)
- No monthly subscription and no activation fee on any plan — a real edge over Topstep, Apex and Bulenox
- EOD and Flex pay a 80% base; the 90% is a paid add-on. Sprint pays 90% free; Instant pays 100% of the first $10,000
- The trailing drawdown locks permanently at your starting balance on every product
- Payouts only in two windows a month, capped at 50% of profit on EOD/Flex/Sprint
★★★★★
More details +
Goat Funded Futures (WITI Limited, Hong Kong) is a separate company from Goat Funded Trader, the CFD firm. Its strengths are real: no monthly subscription, no activation fee, one-step evaluations, and a trailing drawdown that locks permanently at your starting balance on every product. Its weaknesses are twofold. The marketing overstates - "no daily drawdown" is untrue of three of the four funded products, and the advertised 100% split applies only to Instant, while EOD and Flex pay 80% with the 90% sold as an upsell. More seriously, the firm's own specification pages contradict each other on Sprint's drawdown type, Sprint's consistency rule, EOD's profit split and Instant's price. Screenshot the spec of whatever you buy, on the day you buy it.
PROS:
- No monthly subscription and no activation fee on any plan — a real edge over Topstep, Apex and Bulenox
- The trailing drawdown locks permanently at your starting balance, on every product, before any payout
- One-step evaluations with a 6% target and no time limit
- Daily loss limits are soft breaches — a pause, not an account failure
- 48-hour payout promise, backed by a $500 penalty if they miss it
- Flex is a genuinely clean rule set: no daily loss limit, no funded consistency rule, no minimum hold time
- Honest that the capital is simulated, with a full CFTC hypothetical-performance disclosure
- The help centre warns you about the traps in its own rules — including the zero-cushion problem after a payout
CONS:
- The firm’s own specification pages contradict each other on Sprint’s drawdown type, Sprint’s consistency rule, EOD’s profit split and Instant’s price
- The 90% split on EOD and Flex is a PAID add-on — the base is 80%
- You can withdraw only 50% of your profit on EOD, Flex and Sprint, with per-cycle caps on top
- Profit is capped at 5% a day, with an automatic trading cutoff
- Path to Live cannot be declined, force-merges your accounts, and forfeits unwithdrawn profit
- “No daily drawdown” on the homepage is untrue for three of the four funded products
Firm comparison
| Firm | Drawdown | Platform | Split and payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topstep | Trailing on end-of-day balance, monitored intraday, stops at start balance | TopstepX | 90/10. Express payouts from 3 days. No overnight or weekend holds. |
| Apex Trader Funding | Both sold side by side: end-of-day trailing on current products, intraday trailing on legacy | Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader | 100% to the $25K milestone, then 90/10. Model changed 1 March 2026. |
| TradeDay | Trailing, in both intraday and end-of-day variants by plan | Tradovate | 50/50 under $4K, 80/20 above, 90/10 once funded live. Now on TradeDay 2.0. |
| Day Traders | All three: intraday trail, end-of-day, static | Rithmic, ArcTrader | Keep 100% on the evaluation route. 80/20 on the live S2L account. |
| Elite Trader Funding | Varies by plan family: intraday unrealised, end-of-day realised, or static | TradingView, NinjaTrader, Rithmic, Tradovate, Tickblaze | Up to 100%. Same-day approval. Domain moved to elitetraderfunding.app. |
| Earn2Trade | Changes by stage: end-of-day in evaluation, trailing on live, static at the $200K tier | Rithmic stack | 50/50 under $1,500, 80/20 above. Weekly. No minimum trading days. |
| My Funded Futures | Changes by stage: end-of-day in evaluation, intraday trailing once funded | Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Quantower, TradingView | 90/10, daily payouts on Rapid. All accounts simulated. |
| Funded Futures Network | Realised trailing, end-of-day trailing or unrealised trailing by product | Rithmic | 80/20 sim, 90/10 live. Standard OG retired 1 July 2026. |
| Bulenox | Intraday trailing or end-of-day trailing by variant | Rithmic | 100% of the first $10,000, then 90/10. Weekly, 10 trading days first. No reset option. |
| Goat Funded Futures | End-of-day trailing, locks at start balance at +5%. Separate static challenge. | Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Quantower, TickBlaze | 100% of the first $10,000, then 90/10. Requests only on set dates each month. |
| Ment Funding | 6% static. Does not trail. | Rithmic, ATAS, DXFutures | 75% default, 90% as a paid add-on. 33% consistency rule. Forex-first firm. |
| Leeloo Trading | Intraday trailing on unrealised equity. The most punishing variant here. | Rithmic, NinjaTrader, Sierra Chart | 100% of the first $12,500, then 90%. Framed as discretionary, not guaranteed. |
| Take Profit Trader | End-of-day trailing, daily loss limit removed at PRO | Rithmic, CQG, Tradovate, NinjaTrader | 80/20 sim, 90/10 live. Withdraw from day one above the buffer. |
| Tradeify | End-of-day only. No intraday trap. | Tradovate, NinjaTrader, WealthCharts, TradeSea | 90%. Every 5 days, or daily on Select. Added a crypto product in 2026. |
| Alpha Futures | End-of-day maximum loss limit with static daily buffers | AlphaTrader, Quantower, WealthCharts | 90%. Up to 4 payouts a month after 5 winning days. Monthly fees on some tiers. |
| Lucid Trading | End-of-day, on the highest closing balance | NinjaTrader, Tradovate, Rithmic, Quantower | 90/10. Daily payouts from day one on LucidLive. One-time fee. |
| Top One Futures | End-of-day trailing | Tradovate, NinjaTrader | 90%. First payout at 6% of starting balance, then 5%, then 4%. |
| UProfit | End-of-day plus daily loss limit. Static on the One account. | TradingView, Tradovate | Up to 80%. 4 profitable days before a request. Rebranded from uprofittrader.com. |
| Blusky | End-of-day trailing from the 6pm balance. Separate static family. | Tradovate, Rithmic, NinjaTrader, Tickblaze | 90/10, daily payouts. News trading does not fail the account. Domain is blusky.pro. |
| FuturesElite | End-of-day trailing, recalculates only at the close | Not documented | Two payout regimes run in parallel by account open date. Consistency rules apply despite marketing copy saying otherwise. |
| OneUp Trader | Trailing, stops at the initial starting balance | NinjaTrader, Sierra Chart, Bookmap and 20 more | 100% of the first $10,000, then 90/10. Withdrawals from day one. |
| IQ Capital | End-of-day trailing, locks at the initial balance and again after the first payout | ATAS, Quantower, DeepCharts | 90/10 from the first dollar. 10 active days on Classic, 3 on Rapid. Futures line is separate from its CFD and crypto products. |
| Hola Prime | 4% end-of-day trailing, locks at start balance at +4% | Tradovate, NinjaTrader, WealthCharts, DX Futures | 90%, weekly. Dual forex and futures firm. |
| The5ers | 4% end-of-day max loss | BlackArrow only | 80/20. Separate futures line, $25K only. Headline business is forex and CFD. |
| Emerge Profit | Buyer chooses end-of-day trailing or static at checkout | Tradovate, NinjaTrader | Split not published consistently. Dual forex and futures firm, Spanish language. |
| E8 Markets | End-of-day dynamic drawdown | Tradovate | Futures line is separate from the main CFD business and labelled legacy in the firm’s own help centre. Confirm availability before buying. |
Futures access is the starting requirement
A qualifying programme identifies the futures contracts it supports and the platform or connection used to trade them. Exchange-listed instruments can still be traded in simulation during an evaluation or reward-paying stage. Exchange market data alone does not establish that the account routes live orders. The comparison therefore needs separate labels for the instrument, execution environment and route to a live account.
Selection also depends on usable contract limits. Record the maximum number of minis and micros, whether the firm treats them as equivalents, and whether position limits increase with earned profit. A strategy built around gradual entries needs that detail before a headline buying-power figure becomes meaningful.
Read the moving loss threshold correctly
Intraday trailing drawdown can rise as an open position gains value. If the trade then gives back profit, the threshold may remain higher. End-of-day trailing describes when the threshold updates; it does not necessarily mean breaches are checked only at the close. A programme can update its threshold after the session and still enforce it continuously against equity.
Ask when trailing stops and what happens after a withdrawal. Leaving sufficient profit behind can be essential where a payout reduces the balance without reducing the threshold. Model the exact first withdrawal you expect to request, then calculate the remaining dollar allowance. Treat this as part of account selection, before comparing payout speed.
Contracts, sessions and recurring charges
Contract specifications determine the dollar effect of each tick. Micros can provide finer position sizing, but commissions and fees still matter when the strategy takes many small trades. Compare the round-turn cost for the actual contract and connection you intend to use, including any data or platform charges.
Futures contracts expire, and the active trading month changes. Confirm which expiry the firm permits and how its platform handles rollover. CME’s guidance on Micro E-mini expiration explains why expiry is a practical trading issue rather than a label.
Separately, record mandatory flattening times and holiday schedules. An exchange being open does not mean a particular prop programme permits positions at that moment. For subscription evaluations, add the cost of several billing periods rather than comparing only the first promotional payment.
Who should look elsewhere?
Futures programmes with mandatory daily closure do not suit strategies requiring uninterrupted multi-day exposure. Tight trailing thresholds can also conflict with a method that regularly gives back large unrealised gains before reaching its exit.
Someone seeking fractional lot sizing on currency pairs may find the contract-based structure unfamiliar. Before paying, translate the strategy’s normal stop distance into dollars per permitted contract and compare it with the actual loss allowance. If the smallest permitted position already consumes too much of that allowance, the account is unsuitable regardless of its advertised size.
Futures challenge questions
Can I use micro futures to fine-tune risk in a prop evaluation?
Where the programme permits the relevant micro contract, its smaller contract value can offer finer position sizing than the corresponding larger contract. Check how the firm converts micros into its contract limit and calculate costs per trade. More contracts can increase commissions even when total market exposure stays modest.
What happens to my futures position near contract expiry?
Each futures contract has an expiry and settlement process. A prop programme may require you to close or switch contracts earlier than the exchange deadline. Check the permitted contract month and the firm’s rollover instructions. A continuous chart does not identify which expiring contract your order will trade.
Are futures data fees included after I pass the evaluation?
Read the funded-stage fee schedule separately. Exchange data, platform access and activation may have different pricing after qualification, and professional data classifications can matter. Work out the recurring cost for the exchanges you actually need before assuming that the evaluation subscription covers the entire account lifecycle.
Does the daily futures closing deadline match the exchange’s session end?
Use the programme’s own deadline, which may require positions to close before the exchange session finishes. Check the time zone, holiday exceptions and treatment of working orders. A market remaining open does not mean your evaluation permits holding a position until its final trading minute.
How do I compare end-of-day and intraday trailing drawdown?
Identify when the account high is measured and when the resulting breach threshold is enforced. An end-of-day reference can differ from a threshold that follows intraday peaks, but the label alone does not settle every detail. Request a worked example containing an open gain followed by a retracement.