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Headquarters

Am Langenwall 1, 18439 Stralsund, Germany

Heiligkreuz 6, 9490, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

CEO

Lennard Wenderholm

Daniela Egli

Country

Germany

Liechtenstein

Banned Countries
PK, RU, CU, SD, SO, IR, LB, SY, LY, VN
Afghanistan, Albania, Antarctica, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Palestinian Territory, Russia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Yemen
Foundation
No data

2022

Assets
Indices, Forex, Commodities, Crypto
Equity Indexes, Currencies, Agricultural, Energy, Metals, Interest Rates, Crypto
Payout Fee

Lvlup charges no payout fee.

No payout fee

Platforms
Tickblaze, Volumetrica
ATAS, Quantower, Volsys, RTrader Pro, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView, Sierra Chart, MotiveWave, Jigsaw, Volfix
Payout Methods
Rise, Crypto
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Live Account
No

Both the evaluation and the funded account are simulated, unless a separate agreement says otherwise.

No
Payment Methods
Card, PayPal, Crypto
Card, Crypto, Bank Transfer
Payout Frequency
  • Lvlup: every 14 days. The days in the cycle do not need to be profitable.
  • Starter: after every 5 profitable days. 5 payouts at most; the fifth closes the account.
No data
Payout Guarantee

Approved payouts are processed within 48 hours at most, usually 24 to 48h.

Within 24 hours on business days

Maximum Withdrawal
  • Lvlup: 10% of the starting balance per payout.
  • Starter: 4% on 25K and 50K, 2.5% on 100K and 2% on 150K, never more than 50% of the profit generated.

Up to 50% of the current profit buffer per reward, capped at $2,500 ($50K), $3,500 ($100K) or $5,000 ($150K).

  • Futures Instant: by reward number, up to $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,000 on $50K and $2,500 / $3,000 / $3,500 on $100K (rewards 1-3, 4-5 and 6+).
Minimum Withdrawal
  • Starter: $500 on every size.
  • Lvlup: no published minimum.

$100

Other Payout Requirements
  • KYC with Sumsub before the funded account. The payout method must belong to the verified holder.
  • Lvlup: the 40% consistency rule must be met when you request the payout.
  • Starter: the account is locked from the request until the payout is approved.
  • The full requested amount comes off the balance and the drawdown is not reset.

Futures Prime: 5 profitable days of at least $150 each (not consecutive), one request every 7 days, and a balance at least $0.01 above the last post-payout balance.

  • Futures Instant: one request every 5 days for amounts above $500, after meeting the cycle's minimum profit goal ($3,000 on $50K, $6,000 on $100K), which resets after each payout.
Brokers
No data
Rithmic, dxFeed, Tradovate
Account Reset
No

A failed account cannot be reset or reactivated: you have to buy a new evaluation.

Available for Futures Challenges with at least one trading day remaining; unavailable on Earning accounts.

Add-ons
Yes

Payout Protector (+25% of the price): if a funded account fails while in profit, they review the case and may pay what was eligible. It does not prevent the breach or keep the account open, and it must be added at purchase.

Yes

Optional Level 2 market data is available. Challenge Extend costs $99 / $189 / $289 by account size.

Instant
No
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown

End-of-day trailing: it follows the highest closing balance and updates once the day ends; intraday moves do not shift it. On Lvlup it stops trailing once the account is up 6% and locks at the starting balance; Starter does not publish that lock. Touching it closes the account.

Trailing on end-of-day balance. It stops at the starting balance and never moves down.

Profit Split

80% on Lvlup and 100% on Starter.

80%

Daily Drawdown

No daily loss limit.

Daily Pause is recalculated from the previous day's closing balance at 16:15 CT. It closes positions and pauses trading until the next day.

Max Allocation

$1,000,000 per trader, adding up every active account, evaluation and funded.

750,000
Maximum Accounts

No fixed number of accounts: the limit is the total capital.

No data
Maximum Trading Days
  • Lvlup: no expiry, but you must trade at least once every 30 days.
  • Starter: 30 days from the first trade; it does not renew.

30 days (includes weekends and holidays)

Minimum Trading Days

5 in the evaluation. Any day with at least one executed trade counts.

3 unique trading days to pass.

Funded Phase Pricing Model
  • Lvlup: activation fee after passing, due within 30 days. It is lower if the evaluation was monthly. No monthly fee once funded.
  • Starter: no activation fee.

No activation fee for new Futures Prime accounts purchased from 26 March 2026.

Points Reward Program

Lvlup Elite: 1 point per dollar paid out by Lvlup and 200 per passed Lvlup account; verified payouts and passes at other futures firms count too. 10,000 points unlock 12 months in a club with events and trips, where each point is worth $1. It cannot be bought.

Respect Points Program (Affiliate)
10% commission on each referred trader turns into points for the original trader. Points accumulate per challenge purchased via your affiliate link.

Minimum Profitable Days
  • Lvlup: none; payouts follow 14-day cycles.
  • Starter: 5 profitable days before each payout.
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Evaluation Phase Pricing Model
  • Lvlup: monthly or one-time payment, your choice. The monthly fee runs while the evaluation is open and stops when you pass, fail or cancel.
  • Starter: one-time payment only.
  • On Volumetrica, Lvlup monthly ($129, $225, $369 and $476) and Starter ($161, $226, $291 and $356) cost more. Lvlup one-time costs the same on both platforms.

One-time fee; no subscription.

Account scaling
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Yes

Buying power scales from end-of-day profit and is adjusted daily at 16:00 CT.

After passing the Challenge the account moves through a level ladder. Each level has its own profit target and drawdown limit; reaching the target unlocks a payout and promotes the account to the next level, with more capital, more drawdown flexibility and a higher profit share. Smaller accounts run through around 10 levels.

Free Trial
No data
No
Mandatory buffer
No data
No
Merge Accounts
No data
No
Position size scaling
No data
Yes

The contract limit grows with each level of the ladder. An account that starts at 10 micros can reach 50 micros; larger accounts scale up to 50 standard contracts.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

Your own bots are allowed, for the holder's own trading. High-frequency bots and bots that copy trades between different traders are forbidden.

Yes
Hedging
Limited

Allowed within the same account. Forbidden across accounts, yours or another firm's.

Limited

Hedging within the same account is allowed for risk-management purposes, provided no Hedging Arbitrage is involved. Hedging between two accounts (BUY on one + SELL on the other) is prohibited.

Scalping
Limited

No minimum trade duration, but no HFT and no sub-60-second trades at the contract limit.

Yes
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

Contract limit by account size, counting all open exposure together (1 mini = 10 micros). Risking an outsized share of the account on a single move is forbidden.

No
Copy Trading
Limited

Only between your own accounts, within contract and capital limits. Copying other traders or following signal groups is forbidden.

Limited

Copy trading is allowed up to 5 accounts (manual or automated). If you copy the same strategy to more than 5 accounts, we reserve the right to deny upgrades of additional accounts. You may only copy from external accounts that are yours (not from other traders). Copying between your Futures Challenges and Futures Earning accounts is prohibited.

  • Futures Instant: allowed between 2 accounts.
News Trading
Yes

Allowed in evaluation and funded, with no 3-minute restriction. The general terms of Prop Account, the company running the evaluations, do forbid opening positions 3 minutes before and after a news event.

Yes
Inactivity Rule

At least one trade every 30 days; the timer cannot be paused. On Lvlup it also applies once funded.

21 consecutive days without placing a single trade → the account is considered inactive and breached. Holding an overnight position or having an unexecuted pending order does NOT count as activity. The countdown starts when the account is purchased/created.

  • Futures Instant: 14 days without trading.
Consistency Rule
Limited

40%: your best day cannot exceed 40% of total profit. On Lvlup it applies in the evaluation and at every payout request; on Starter, only in the evaluation. Exceeding it does not fail the account: you keep trading until it drops below 40%.

Yes

40% Consistency Rule (Futures Prime Challenge only). Single-day profit may not exceed 40% of the profit target. Any excess is added to the new profit target. The rule does not apply to Earning accounts.

  • Futures Instant: the biggest profitable day may not exceed 20% of total profit before a payout.
Hold Weekend
No
No
Prohibited Strategies
  • Exploiting price errors, delays or latency
  • High-frequency trading (HFT)
  • Hedging or arbitrage across accounts, other firms included
  • Front-running and insider information
  • Group trading, signals or copying other traders
  • Having a third party trade or pass the evaluation for you
  • All-in or excessive risk on a single move
  • Passing with one strategy and switching it once funded
  • Trading at or near the contract limit for under 60 seconds (Prop Account terms)
  • High-frequency, latency, reverse, hedge-arbitrage or arbitrage trading
  • Grid, martingale, gambling or account rolling
  • Gap trading before extended market closures
  • Copying between Challenge and Earning accounts
  • Emulators, unauthorized feeds or exploiting fills
Overnight positions
No

Everything closed by 15:55 CST on normal days; trading resumes at 17:00 CST. Hours change on holidays and closing in time is the trader's job.

No
VPN
No data
Limited

VPN is allowed for individual traders, provided it is not used to mask shared access or coordinated activity between accounts. Multiple accounts accessed from the same IP / network is prohibited.

Requires Stop Loss
No data
No
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No data
Yes
Martingale
No data
No
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