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Innovation One Building, Level 2, DIFC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
28780 Single Oak Dr, 325, Temecula, California 92590, US
Oliver Newland
Manuel Meraz
United Arab Emirates
United States
2026
2024
Traders may enter the live-account review pool after payout 5, significant lifetime payouts, exceptional simulated-funded performance or a previous live transition. Selection is always at Finotive Futures' discretion.
Professional Stage accounts use real capital. Pro environment runs on Tradovate; Live Market Execution environment runs on Rithmic.
On demand once all requirements are met.
Simulated Funded Accounts
- Prime: Every 3 trading days
- Classic: Every 7 trading days
- Premier / Elite: Every 5 trading days
- Velocity Standard: Every 3 trading days
- Velocity Daily Payout Add-On: Daily (1x per day)
- Straight To Funded (S2F): Every 7 trading days
- S2F Accelerate: Eligible for payout after 5 trading days
- Base Plan: Daily (1x per trading day)
Professional Stage Accounts
- Daily withdrawal requests permitted.
S2F Sniper / Accelerate / Payday
- Sniper 25K: daily payouts once eligible.
- Accelerate 25K: 5 qualifying days per payout.
- Payday 50K: 7 qualifying days per payout.
Payout requests are processed within 24 to 48 hours.
1-Step Funded
- $25K: $1,000 first payout; $1,500 thereafter
- $50K: $2,000 first payout; $2,500 thereafter
- $100K: $2,500 first payout; $3,000 thereafter
- $150K: $3,000 first payout; $3,500 thereafter
Instant
- $25K: $1,000
- $50K: $2,000
- $100K: $3,000
- $150K: $4,000
Simulated Funded Accounts: Max Payout Per Request
- Prime: Payout 1 ($1,000-$3,500), Payout 2+ ($1,500-$4,000)
- Classic: Payout 1 ($1,750-$3,000), Payout 2+ ($2,000-$6,000)
- Premier / Elite: Payout 1 ($1,750-$3,000), Payout 2+ ($2,000-$6,500)
- Velocity Standard: $750-$3,250 per request
- Velocity Daily Payout Add-On: $600-$2,500 per request
- S2F: Payout 1 ($1,000-$3,000), Payout 2+ ($1,000-$3,500)
- S2F Accelerate $50K: Payout 1 ($1,250), Payout 2 ($1,250), Payout 3+ ($1,500)
- Base Plan: $1,000 per request
Professional Stage Accounts
- No maximum withdrawal amount, limited only by available profits above the required buffer.
S2F Sniper / Accelerate / Payday
- Sniper 25K: payouts 1-2 up to $500 each; payout 3 onward up to $1,000 each.
- Accelerate 25K: up to $500 per payout.
- Payday 50K: payouts 1-2 up to $1,000 each; payout 3 onward up to $1,250 each.
$500 before the 90% reward split.
- Base Plan: $500.
- Other plans: $250.
All positions must be closed and KYC and compliance checks must be complete before requesting a payout.
Base Plan
- No qualifying trading days required
- Keep at least $4,000 after withdrawal
- Earn at least $1 in new net profit between payouts
S2F Sniper / Accelerate / Payday
- Sniper 25K: $2,500 profit required between payouts.
- Payday 50K: $3,000 profit required between payouts.
S2F Accelerate
- For purchases on or after October 22, 2026, each payout requires the profit target shown in the challenge. It resets after each payout; carried-over profit does not count. Earlier purchases are exempt from this added target. All other payout requirements still apply.
Commission depends on the trading platform used
- NinjaTrader: standard NinjaTrader/CME exchange and clearing fees apply. Check NinjaTrader's commission schedule for exact rates per contract.
- Tradovate: standard Tradovate platform and exchange fees apply. See Tradovate's pricing page for per-contract rates.
- TradingView (via Tradovate): fees are determined by the connected broker (Tradovate). Refer to Tradovate for exact rates.
- WealthCharts: standard exchange and clearing fees apply. Verify with WealthCharts for specific per-contract pricing.
- 1-Step evaluation: a discounted reset can be purchased within 14 calendar days of a breach.
- 1-Step Funded: up to 2 resets before the first payout, within 14 days of the breach; each costs 5 times the evaluation fee.
- Instant: no standard reset; the same size can be repurchased at a reduced price within 3 calendar days of a breach.
Evaluation Accounts
- Unlimited resets at discounted fees. Fees vary by plan and account size.
Simulated Funded Accounts
- Maximum of 3 resets per funded account.
S2F Sniper, S2F Accelerate (including existing accounts) and S2F Payday cannot be reset.
Core: S2F Payday. Labs, invite only: S2F Sniper and S2F Accelerate (25K / 50K).
Scaling plan applies to Simulated Funded and Professional Stage accounts. In Sim Funded, position size increases with realized profit (end-of-day). In Professional Stage, scaling is decided case-by-case by the Live Desk based on EOD realized results.
Sniper 25K and Accelerate 25K have fixed position limits and no scaling plan. Payday 50K has a scaling plan.
- 1-Step: EOD trailing, based on the highest end-of-day balance; it locks at the initial balance once the Profit Buffer is reached.
- Instant: intraday trailing, following the highest balance or open equity.
- Reaching the maximum drawdown is a hard breach.
Evaluation Phase
- Prime / Classic / Premier EOD: End-of-Day trailing drawdown based on realized gains.
- Elite / Premier Intraday: Intraday trailing drawdown based on unrealized gains.
- S2F Standard: End-of-Day drawdown.
- S2F Accelerate: Intraday trailing drawdown with no ceiling.
- Velocity: Intraday trailing drawdown; optional EOD drawdown during evaluation.
- Base Plan: $2,000 End-of-Day trailing drawdown based on the highest End-of-Day balance.
Simulated Funded Phase
- Velocity: Intraday trailing drawdown, including accounts with the evaluation EOD Add-On.
- End-of-Day drawdown on all plans except Velocity, S2F Accelerate and Base Plan. Except for Sniper 25K, once an End-of-Day account reaches the buffer zone (e.g., $52,000 for $50K account), the drawdown becomes static at the initial balance.
- S2F Accelerate: Intraday trailing drawdown with no ceiling.
- Base Plan: $2,000 intraday trailing drawdown that locks once the account reaches $2,000 in profit.
Professional Stage
- End-of-Position (EoP) drawdown: adjusts only when a position is closed in profit. Drawdown locks at a static threshold once fully recovered (e.g., $50,100 for $50K account).
S2F Sniper / Accelerate / Payday
- Sniper 25K: EOD trailing drawdown that never locks.
- Accelerate 25K: intraday trailing drawdown that never locks.
- Payday 50K: EOD trailing drawdown locks at the initial balance once the EOD balance reaches the initial balance plus the maximum drawdown.
Calculated from the end-of-day balance. A breach is soft: positions are closed and trading stops for that day; the account is not failed. The new daily limit on 25K 1-Step evaluations applies only to new purchases; existing accounts retain their original rules.
Evaluation & Simulated Funded Accounts
- Except for Payday 50K, no explicit daily loss limit (DLL) during evaluation or simulated funded phase. However, the 2% CME price limit rule applies.
Professional Stage Accounts
- Daily Loss Limit (DLL) applies and is tied to the current scaling tier.
S2F Sniper / Accelerate / Payday
- Sniper 25K and Accelerate 25K: no daily loss limit.
- Payday 50K: a daily loss limit applies; exceeding it is a hard breach. The amount is shown in the challenge catalogue.
Up to 4 Simm Funded Accounts
Applies only to 1-Step Funded accounts and must remain in the account: $1,000 on $25K, $2,000 on $50K, $3,000 on $100K and $4,500 on $150K. Each payout also requires new profit equal to 1% of the initial balance above the buffer. Instant accounts use a recurring payout milestone instead: $1,450, $3,000, $5,000 and $8,000 respectively.
Classic / Premier / Elite / S2F Standard / Velocity: Buffer Required
- A buffer must be maintained at all times. The account balance cannot drop below the buffer level after withdrawal. The buffer equals the drawdown level + $100.
Base Plan
- Keep at least $4,000 in the account after every payout.
Premier Plus (accounts purchased after 4/7/26)
- No buffer requirement. Net profit rule applies: account must have at least $1 more than the balance requested previously.
Accelerate 25K
- $1,100 payout buffer; only profits above this buffer can be requested.
Unlimited evaluation accounts. Total funded allocation across 1-Step and Instant accounts is capped at $1,000,000.
No time limit for the 1-Step evaluation. Accounts close after 15 consecutive calendar days without a trade.
No time limit. Traders can take as long as needed to meet the profit target.
The 1-Step evaluation can be passed in one trading day.
- Classic Evaluation: Minimum 2 trading days to pass.
- Prime: Minimum 1 trading day to pass. Standard and Max differ only in position limits and price.
- Premier: Choose a 1-Day Pass or 2-Day Pass at checkout. The selected minimum applies to the evaluation.
- Elite: Minimum 1 trading day to pass.
- Velocity: Minimum 3 trading days to pass; no minimum with the Daily Payout Add-On.
- Funded payouts: 7 qualifying trading days ($200+ profit) for Classic / Premier / Elite / S2F Standard. 3 qualifying days for Prime. 5 qualifying days for Premier Plus accounts purchased after April 7, 2026.
- Sniper 25K, Accelerate 25K and Payday 50K bypass evaluation. Their funded payout day requirements are listed under minimum profitable days.
No activation fee or recurring subscription.
No subscription fee on funded accounts. No activation fee on Prime, Premier, and Velocity. Classic and Base Plan have an activation fee.
Sniper 25K, Accelerate 25K and Payday 50K use a one-time purchase fee with no activation or recurring funded fee.
- 1-Step evaluation: none
- 1-Step Funded: 3 per payout cycle
- Instant: 5 per payout cycle
A profitable day requires at least 0.25% of the initial account balance in realised profit.
Payout Requirements (Simulated Funded)
- Except for plans without a qualifying-day requirement, each payout cycle requires a minimum number of qualifying trading days with at least $200 realized profit per day.
- Classic / Premier / Elite / S2F Standard: 7 qualifying days per payout.
- Prime: 3 qualifying days per payout.
- Premier Plus (after 4/7/26): 5 qualifying days per payout.
- Velocity: 3 qualifying days per payout, each with at least $200 profit; no qualifying-day minimum with the Daily Payout Add-On.
- S2F Accelerate 50K: 5 qualifying days per payout, each with at least $200 profit.
Professional Stage
- A Qualified Trading Day is defined as a day with at least $200 in realized profit, used to determine withdrawal stage eligibility.
S2F Sniper / Accelerate / Payday
- Sniper 25K: no qualifying-day minimum; payout profit requirements still apply.
- Accelerate 25K: 5 qualifying days per payout, each with at least $200 profit.
- Payday 50K: 7 qualifying days per payout, each with at least $200 profit.
One-time purchase fee. No subscription or automatic rebilling, and no activation fee after passing.
Monthly subscription for Prime, Premier (Intraday and EOD), Velocity, and Classic. Base Plan uses a one-time evaluation fee. Straight To Funded (S2F) uses a one-time fee and bypasses evaluation.
Daily Payout Add-On available for Velocity Plan: enables daily payout requests (1x per day) with no consistency rule and no minimum trading day requirement.
Velocity EOD Drawdown Add-On: evaluation only. Fees: 25K $30; 50K $50; 100K $80; 150K $110. Funded drawdown remains intraday.
Simulated Funded Accounts
- 90% trader / 10% firm
Professional Stage Accounts
- 80% trader / 20% firm
Scaling applies to Simulated Funded and S2F Standard accounts based on end-of-day realized profit. Position size increases progressively as profit thresholds are met. S2F Accelerate does not use a scaling plan.
Premier Plus Simulated Funded
- Accounts purchased before September 9, 2026 use the legacy scaling plan, with maximums of 3 minis / 30 micros on 25K, 5 / 50 on 50K, 10 / 100 on 100K and 15 / 150 on 150K.
- Accounts purchased from September 9, 2026 have fixed maximums of 2 minis / 20 micros on 25K, 4 / 40 on 50K, 6 / 60 on 100K and 10 / 100 on 150K.
Base Plan Simulated Funded
- Position size changes with the account balance after trades are closed. $1,000 allows 1 mini / 10 micros, $2,000 allows 2 / 20 and $4,000 allows 4 / 40, up to 15 minis / 150 micros.
S2F Sniper / Accelerate / Payday
- Sniper 25K and Accelerate 25K: no position size scaling.
- Payday 50K: position size scaling applies.
Bots, EAs and personal automated strategies are allowed if they do not exploit latency, feed errors or the simulated environment.
Connections must remain stable and verifiable. VPNs, proxies or location masking are prohibited when they impair identity, location or account-control checks.
VPNs and VPSs are allowed for trading activities on the trading platform. They must not be used to access or log in to the FFF account dashboard. Use is at the trader's own discretion and risk.
Hedging within one account is allowed, including mini versus micro positions. Opposing or correlated hedges across separate accounts or prop firms are prohibited.
Microscalping is allowed, but no more than 50% of total profit may come from trades held for less than 30 seconds.
Allowed when used responsibly within contract and drawdown limits. Aggressive exposure may be reviewed as gambling behaviour.
Allowed only between accounts personally owned and controlled by the same trader, including their accounts at other prop firms. Third-party signals, accounts and copy services are prohibited.
Allowed without restrictions during the 1-Step evaluation. On 1-Step Funded and Instant accounts, orders cannot be opened, closed or triggered from 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after high-impact news.
15 consecutive calendar days without a trade is a hard breach and permanently closes the account.
At least 1 trade per week (Monday-Friday) lasting minimum 10 seconds is required per account. Accounts idle for 2 consecutive weeks are marked inactive and automatically closed without restoration.
No consistency rule during the 1-Step evaluation. At payout, one day may represent at most 40% of cycle profit on 1-Step Funded accounts and 20% on Instant accounts.
Classic Evaluation
- 50% consistency rule applies: no more than 50% of the total profit target can be achieved in a single day.
Base Plan
- Evaluation: 40% consistency rule.
- Simulated Funded: no consistency rule.
Simulated Funded Accounts (Classic / Premier / Elite / S2F / Velocity: before 4/7/26)
- Payouts 1-3: 40% maximum per trading day
- Payouts 4-5: 45% maximum per trading day
- Payouts 6+: 50% maximum per trading day
S2F
- Standard: 25% daily consistency applies.
- Accelerate 25K / 50K: purchases before October 22, 2026 retain 25% lifetime consistency. Purchases on or after that date: payout 1, 20%; payout 2, 25%; payout 3 onward, 30%.
Prime Simulated Funded
- 40% consistency per payout cycle; resets after a payout.
Premier Plus Simulated Funded
- Accounts purchased before September 9, 2026: no consistency rule.
- Accounts purchased from September 9, 2026: 40% consistency rule.
- Promotional giveaway accounts: 40% consistency rule.
Professional Stage
- No consistency rule.
S2F Sniper / Accelerate / Payday
- Sniper 25K: no consistency rule.
- Payday 50K: 40% consistency requirement.
Velocity
- Evaluation and Simulated Funded: 40% lifetime consistency. No consistency rule with the Daily Payout Add-On.
Premier+ Evaluation
- No consistency rule on FastPass or Standard evaluations.
Positions cannot be carried through the Friday close into the Sunday reopen.
Hedging across accounts or platforms; latency, feed, spread or exchange arbitrage; account or device sharing; coordinated/group trading; copying third parties; spoofing, layering and market or order-queue manipulation; volume inflation or artificial trades; HFT and algorithmic exploitation; non-viable simulated-fill strategies; gambling/account rolling; news straddling; and gap or illiquid-market exploitation.
- Bots / algorithmic trading
- Hedging
- Trading within 2% of CME price limits
- Straddles / strangles exploiting news volatility
- Excessive Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) into losing positions
- Micro-scalping: over 50% of trades and over 50% of profits must come from positions held longer than 20 seconds
- Unauthorized group trading / signal services
All open positions are automatically closed at 15:55 CT, five minutes before the daily close.
Overnight trading is allowed. All positions must be closed by 4:15 PM EST daily (automatic close if not closed manually). Trading resumes at 6:00 PM EST. Weekend trading is not permitted; all positions must be closed before Friday 4:15 PM EST.

















