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28780 Single Oak Dr, 325, Temecula, California 92590, US

450 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10017

Manuel Meraz

2024

2026

No Boxcar payout fee.

Professional Stage accounts use real capital. Pro environment runs on Tradovate; Live Market Execution environment runs on Rithmic.

Evaluation and initial funding are simulated. Prime, Flex and Funded reach live review after 5 approved payouts. Payout triggers review at USD 6,000 / 8,000 / 10,000 / 12,000 daily profit for 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K; the risk team may also initiate review. Approval, KYC and a separate agreement are required. One live account per eligible funded account with at least one payout.
Live starts at USD 0 with size-based EOD drawdown of USD 1,000 / 2,000 / 3,000 / 4,500, no DLL and exchange-specific position scaling. The floor locks at USD 100 upon earning profit equal to the starting drawdown or requesting an earlier payout. Daily requests when eligible.
Moving live closes all household simulated accounts; accounts without payouts are refunded. Prime, Flex and Funded forfeit remaining simulated profit, apart from an eligible final payout. Payout may settle profit above the buffer, capped at USD 15,000 combined with the usual split, after broker verification; the prior close is used and the transition session is excluded. Standard cooldown after a live breach: 2 weeks.

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)
• S2F Accelerate: Eligible for payout after 5 trading days

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.

Choice

• Daily Pay: once per trading day, after the 2 p.m. PT close.
• Weekly Pay: after every 5 winning days.

Payout: daily requests when eligible. Prime: from 3 days; Flex and Funded: from 5 days per cycle. Plaid: instant delivery to US banks; WorkMarket by ADP: 2 days for international banks. Prior review and approval required.

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 Accelerate 50K: $500 per payout for new purchases; earlier purchases keep $1,250 / $1,250 / $1,500 from payout 3

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.

Choice

• Daily Pay: $400 / $750 / $1,250 / $1,750 per request (25K / 50K / 100K / 150K), never above the profit over the cushion.
• Weekly Pay: 50% of total profit, capped at $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,500 / $4,500 per payout.

Gross amounts, in 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K order:

• Prime: first payout USD 1,000 / 2,000 / 2,500 / 3,000; later payouts USD 1,500 / 2,500 / 3,000 / 3,500.
• Flex: up to 50% of cycle profit, capped at USD 1,000 / 2,000 / 2,500 / 3,000.
• Payout: available profit above the buffer, with no additional per-request cap.
• Funded: payouts 1-3, USD 1,000 / 2,000 / 2,500 / 3,000; payouts 4-5, USD 1,000 / 2,500 / 3,000 / 3,500.

• Choice Weekly Pay: $500.
• Other plans: $250.

USD 500 gross per request, before the split.

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.
• 50K, new purchases: at least 3 payouts before moving to live; no early move to live.

Choice

• Daily Pay or Weekly Pay is chosen when activating the funded account and stays with that account.
• After the first payout, at least $1 of net profit since the last payout.

Cycle profit goals, in 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K order:

• Prime: USD 250 / 500 / 750 / 1,000.
• Funded: first cycle USD 1,500 / 3,000 / 6,000 / 9,000; later cycles USD 1,250 / 2,500 / 3,500 / 4,500.
  Flex and Payout need a net-positive cycle. Each approval starts a new cycle. Minimum age: 18. Identity verification is required; businesses receive payment in their own name and provide formation, ownership and IDs for owners holding at least 25%. One permanent personal or business profile per trader, with no conversion or replacement. Requests are final and submitted through support.

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.

USD per contract per side; round trip = twice the rate:

• ES, NQ, RTY, NKD, YM: 1.75.
• 6A, 6B, 6C, 6E, 6J, 6S, 6N: 2.40.
• CL, QM, NG: 2.00; QG: 1.30.
• PL, GC, SI, HG: 2.30.
• HE, LE, ZS, ZC, ZL, ZM, ZW: 2.80.
• MES, MNQ, M2K, MYM, MCL: 0.50; MGC: 0.80; SIL: 1.60.
  CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX contracts. QM, QG and NKD count as minis. MNG and MHG are unavailable. Live costs follow onboarding terms.

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.

Active or failed evaluations and purchased direct-funded BoxcarFunded accounts can be reset. A reset replaces the account with the same plan and retains its history. Cost is the lower of the original amount paid for that account and its current reset price. Free accounts pay the current reset price. Funding earned by passing an evaluation needs a new evaluation after a breach; live accounts cannot be reset.

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.
Choice 50% Consistency Add-On: evaluation only, +20% on the evaluation price. Consistency goes from 40% to 50%, allowing a 2-day pass.

Level II: USD 13/month for CME only or USD 39/month for all four exchanges. Rithmic server-side copier: USD 15/month across all accounts on the login. An optional second login is also offered in the portal, with no confirmed public price.

Core: S2F Payday and S2F Accelerate 50K. Labs, invite only: S2F Sniper and S2F Accelerate 25K.

BoxcarFunded starts directly in simulated funding.

Prime, Flex and Payout have one evaluation.

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.
Choice has fixed position limits, the same as in the evaluation, and no scaling plan.

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 Accelerate: Intraday trailing drawdown with no ceiling.
• Velocity: Intraday trailing drawdown; optional EOD drawdown during evaluation.
• Choice: End-of-Day trailing drawdown.

Simulated Funded Phase

• Velocity: Intraday trailing drawdown, including accounts with the evaluation EOD Add-On.
• End-of-Day drawdown on all plans except Velocity and S2F Accelerate. 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.

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.

Choice funded

• End-of-Day trailing drawdown. Locks at the starting balance + $100 once the highest close reaches the starting balance + drawdown + $100, or at the first payout.
• Daily Pay on 100K / 150K: $2,500 / $3,500 drawdown, tighter than the evaluation. Weekly Pay keeps the evaluation drawdown.

EOD trailing on Prime, Flex and Funded. Payout offers EOD or intraday in evaluation; funded is always intraday, including open profit. The floor never falls and stops at starting balance + USD 100, reached at starting balance + MLL + USD 100. A Flex payout request also locks the floor. Touching the floor, including through open losses, breaches the account.

Simulated Funded Accounts

• 90% trader / 10% firm

Professional Stage Accounts

• 80% trader / 20% firm

Evaluation & Simulated Funded Accounts

• Except for Payday 50K and Choice Daily Pay, 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.

Choice

• Evaluation and Weekly Pay: no daily loss limit.
• Daily Pay: $500 / $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750 (25K / 50K / 100K / 150K). First hit stops trading for the day; second hit closes the account. Strikes never reset.

Prime, Flex and Payout offer a DLL at purchase; the choice carries to both stages and cannot change. Hitting it closes positions and locks trading until the next session, without itself breaching the MLL. On funded Prime and Funded, the DLL becomes 60% of peak EOD profit after closing above the initial trail balance, and can only grow. Flex and Payout keep a fixed DLL; Funded 25K never acquires one.

Up to 4 Simm Funded Accounts
Choice: up to 5 funded accounts.

Classic / Premier / Elite / 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.

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.

Accelerate 50K (new purchases)

• $2,100 protected buffer. It is part of the first payout's $2,600 profit requirement, not added on top.

Choice

• Daily Pay: payout cushion of $1,100 / $2,100 / $3,100 / $4,600 in retained profit (25K / 50K / 100K / 150K); only profit above it can be requested.
• Weekly Pay: no cushion.

Prime and Payout must retain starting balance + MLL + USD 100 after a payout. Flex has no additional buffer but must respect its loss floor. Funded applies cycle goals and caps as well as loss-floor protection.

No time limit. Traders can take as long as needed to meet the profit target.

No fixed deadline to pass. Inactivity rules still apply.

• 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. 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.
• Choice: minimum 3 trading days to pass due to the 40% consistency rule; 2 days with the 50% Consistency Add-On.

Prime evaluation: a 1-day pass is possible. Flex and Payout have no separate fixed minimum beyond consistency. Payouts: Prime from 3 days; Funded requires 5 trading days per cycle; Payout allows daily requests when other conditions are met.

No subscription fee on funded accounts. No activation fee on Prime, Premier, Velocity and Choice. Classic has an activation fee.
Sniper 25K, Accelerate 25K and Payday 50K use a one-time purchase fee with no activation or recurring funded fee.

No activation charge after passing and no account subscription.

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: 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.

Choice

• Weekly Pay: 5 winning days per payout, each with at least $200 profit.
• Daily Pay: no winning-day requirement.

Funded Flex: 5 separate days per cycle, each with at least USD 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 net profit for 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K. Day counts restart after payout approval.

Scaling applies to Simulated Funded 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.

S2F Sniper / Accelerate / Payday

• Sniper 25K and Accelerate 25K: no position size scaling.
• Payday 50K: position size scaling applies.

Only Flex sim-funded scales contracts with accumulated closing profit; losses or payouts can lower its tier. Prime, Payout and Funded retain full limits. Live scaling is confirmed per exchange.

Monthly subscription for Prime, Premier (Intraday and EOD), Velocity, Choice and Classic.

One-time purchase with no automatic renewal. Platform and Level I data included. Breaches, lack of use or a change of mind do not normally qualify for refunds; duplicate or incorrect charges, missing access and statutory rights are reviewed. An unused purchase may receive discretionary review before any order or trade.

Unlimited evaluations and up to 5 active funded accounts across plans. Additional direct-funded purchases remain in reserve. No household simulated trading while a member trades live.

Own automated strategies are allowed on evaluations and simulated-funded accounts, subject to all account rules. Software errors and HFT restrictions still apply.

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.

Opposing different products or mini/micro pairs are allowed within one evaluation or sim-funded account. Long and short in the same exact contract, or opposing same/correlated products across accounts, including other traders or firms, are prohibited. Same-account exceptions do not carry over to live. A first violation may return balances to the prior close; repeated violations may breach accounts and end access.

Realistic scalping is allowed. More than 50% of profit from trades lasting 5 seconds or less may trigger review. A flag is not automatic failure; confirmed or repeated exploitation may lead to profit removal and loss of access.

DCA and scaling into positions within contract and loss limits.

Permitted within account limits, although Boxcar strongly discourages it.

Across your own Boxcar accounts, using built-in or third-party copiers. Each account keeps its own limits. Credential sharing and trading for others are prohibited.

Allowed on Prime, Flex, Funded and Payout evaluation. Funded Payout must be flat from 1 minute before through 1 minute after high-impact USD news on the Forex Factory calendar; violations breach the account. Cancel pending entries and pause automation. Live has separate terms.

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.

At least one closed trade with USD 1 net profit or loss in every 30-calendar-day period. Otherwise the account may be permanently removed. Breached evaluations may be removed after 30 days without a reset.

Classic Evaluation

• 50% consistency rule applies: no more than 50% of the total profit target can be achieved in a single day.

Simulated Funded Accounts (Classic / Premier / Elite / 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 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.

Choice

• Evaluation: 40% consistency; 50% with the add-on.
• Funded (Daily Pay and Weekly Pay): no consistency rule.

Prime: none in evaluation, 40% per funded cycle. Flex and Payout: nominal 50% in evaluation plus a 2-point cushion, an effective 52% ceiling; no funded consistency. Funded: 20% per cycle. Best net day divided by total net profit; fees and losing days count. Missing consistency delays passing or payouts without itself breaching drawdown.

Evaluation and sim-funded positions must close before weekends and exchange early closes.

• 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

Exploitative HFT, latency or delayed prices, unrealistic simulated fills, technical defects, spoofing, layering, prohibited coordination or hedging, and trading for others. Brief flipping to count trading days is allowed but does not replace minimum-profit days or payout goals.

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.

Trading during the overnight session is allowed, but positions cannot cross the daily close: flatten by 16:45 ET and re-enter from 18:00 ET in the next open session. Scheduled automatic flattening is not a breach. Live follows its own schedule.