Futures Firms Comparator

1 Allied Business Centre, Coldharbour Lane, Harpenden, England, AL5 4UT

Andrew Blaylock & George Kohler

United Kingdom

United States

2023

2022-02-14

• Zero, Standard and Advanced: Up to 4 times per month after 5 winning trading days of $200 or more
• Direct: Up to 4 times per month after meeting its Withdrawal Profit Target and 20% consistency rule

Sim-funded: processed Mondays and Wednesdays after meeting each cycle's ATDs. LIVE ELITE: requests on business days; Vault releases follow a separate schedule.

Same day

Approval of eligible rewards or initiation of a LIVE ELITE transition within 48 business hours. Transfer initiation and bank receipt are not guaranteed. $1,000 compensation if ETF misses the deadline; ETF chooses the compensation method. Completed KYC and Rise verification and accounts in good standing required. Excludes weekends, US bank or federal holidays, system downtime and third-party delays.

• Advanced: $15,000 per account
• Zero 25K: $1,000
• Zero 50K: $1,500
• Zero 100K: $2,500
• Standard 50K: $3,000
• Standard 100K: $4,000
• Standard 150K: $5,000
• Direct 25K: $1,000
• Direct 50K: $2,000
• Direct 100K: $2,500
• Direct 150K: $3,000

Maximum per cycle, in USD:
1 Step 50K: 1000/1250/1500/1750; 100K: 1250/1500/1750/2000; 150K: 1500/1750/2000/2250
Static 10K: 500/500/500/1000; 25K: 750/1000/1250/1500; 50K: 1250/1500/1750/2000
EOD 50K: 1250/1500/1750/2000; 100K and Diamond Hands 100K: 1750/2000/2250/2500
Fast Track EOD: 500/750/1000; Static: 750/1000/1250. Three cycles; total 2250/3000 per the specific guide
DTF 10K: 1200 per cycle; 50K: 2500/2500/5000/5000; 100K: 1500/2500/3500/5000
Outside Fast Track: the fourth limit continues; combined sim cap of $25,000 per trader per round, with a $150,000 lifetime cap across all sim rounds. LIVE ELITE: uncapped above the assigned starting balance.

• Zero: $200
• Standard: $500
• Advanced: $1,000
• Direct: $500

1 Step: $250. Static, EOD, Diamond Hands and Fast Track: $100. DTF 10K/100K: $500; DTF 50K: $1,000. LIVE ELITE: $250.

KYC and Rise onboarding with matching personal details. Country must be supported by payment providers and the live broker. Guam, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands are unsupported. Active account and approved audit; wait for approval before resuming trading. Minimum age: 18 or the local age of majority, whichever is higher. Complete KYC within 5 days of submitting documents; ETF may deny rewards if this is not met. An audio or video interview of up to 60 minutes may be required. In sim, withdraw the cycle maximum and meet its ATDs to advance to the next cycle; ATDs reset. Dashboard payout requirements prevail in a conflict.

Per contract, per side: ES/NQ/YM $2.04; MES $0.56; MNQ $0.51; CL $2.26; MCL $0.76; GC $2.31; MGC $0.76; BTC $6.76; MBT $2.76; ETH $5.76; MET $0.46. Other rates depend on the contract. LIVE ELITE: minis $2 and micros $0.62, plus exchange fees.

Evaluation Resets

Evaluation reset prices are shown in each challenge. Paying the next monthly subscription also resets an Evaluation.

Qualified Resets

Available after a breach on Zero and Standard Qualified accounts.

Standard evaluations: manual reset or automatic reset on renewal of a failed account. Fast Track: no evaluation reset. Sim-funded and DTF: up to 10 resets per account. LIVE ELITE: no resets.

• EOD trailing on every plan
• Locks at the starting balance
• Does not reset after a performance fee

1 Step: intraday trailing, including open profit. EOD, Diamond Hands, Fast Track EOD and DTF 10K/50K: trailing at session close on realized profit. Static, Fast Track Static and DTF 100K: fixed floor. Sim-funded trailing locks at the safety net, with a floor at starting balance + $100; the Static floor stays unchanged.

• Advanced: none
• Zero: applies in Evaluation and Qualified; hitting it locks the account until the next trading day
• Standard: none in Evaluation; applies once Qualified
• Direct: applies from day one

EOD and Diamond Hands: daily limit with a hard breach; TradeShield can turn it into a daily lockout. In sim-funded it stops applying after reaching the safety net. Other plans have no base daily limit.

• Zero, Standard and Direct: up to 5 Qualified accounts
• Advanced: up to 3 Qualified accounts; an active Advanced Qualified account limits the user to 3 total

Standard evaluation: no maximum deadline while the subscription remains active. Fast Track: 10 calendar days.

• Zero (Evaluation): 1 day
• Standard (Evaluation): 2 days
• Advanced (Evaluation): 3 days
• Zero, Standard and Advanced Qualified: 5 winning days of $200 or more before each performance fee
• Direct: no minimum trading days; withdrawals require its profit target and 20% consistency rule

Standard evaluation: 5 days; One Day to Pass reduces this to 1. Fast Track: 3 days. DTF: no evaluation. Sunday and Monday count as one day.

No activation fee on any plan. Direct is paid once; Zero, Standard and Advanced charge monthly only during Evaluation.

Rithmic: an additional $45/month per active account, also during evaluation. Professional data: $128 per exchange, subject to change. Non-professional level 1 data included; level 2 and optional platform licenses are extra. LIVE ELITE: $197/month per exchange and first account; each additional account, $197/month. ETF covers exchange fees after 3 months. The initial evaluation payment and add-ons are credited to the sim balance on activation, not as ATD profit; DTF excluded.

2 points per dollar on eligible evaluation purchases and evaluation resets. DTF and funded resets excluded.

Zero, Standard and Advanced require 5 winning days with at least $200 profit each before every performance fee request. Direct requires its Withdrawal Profit Target and 20% consistency rule.

Standard sim and Fast Track: 8 ATDs for the first cycle and 10 thereafter. Standard purchases from 2 October 2026 at 2:00 PM Pacific Time: each ATD requires $250 and at least 30% of the best day; Static 10K/25K, $125. DTF per cycle: 10K, 5 ATDs with $150 and 50% of the best day; 50K, 15 ATDs with $600 and 62%; 100K, 20 ATDs with $500 and 50%. Fast Track has separate consistency criteria; its guide does not specify a daily dollar minimum.

Zero, Standard and Advanced use a monthly Evaluation fee. Direct is one-time.

Standard evaluations: renewal every 30 days until passing and activation; passing does not cancel billing. Fast Track: one-time payment without renewal. First-purchase guarantee: request within 7 days, fewer than 5 trades and no account failure; conditions apply.

The sim-account split is a maximum, subject to approval and payout limits. LIVE ELITE: 80% to the trader.

Current evaluations: up to 5 active Elite Sim-Funded accounts. DTF: a separate limit of 5 active accounts per trader. Fast Track EOD: 1 per the specific guide, although the store shows 5. One registration per trader and one trader per household.

10 trading days

One genuine trade every 7 days per account; an approved break is available once per quarter. Log in at least every 30 days. Scratch trades and prolonged lack of progress can lead to closure and forfeited payouts.

• All or Nothing Approach
• Order Book Spamming
• Tick or Micro Scalping
• Exploiting Absence of Slippage / Favorable Fills
• Multiple Limit Orders at Same Price
• Gambling Tendencies / Account Rolling (Account Stacking)
• Reverse Trading / Hedging
• Trading Illiquid or Gapped Markets for Isolated Fills
• Non-Compliance with CME Group Rules
• Group Trading (Collaborative Trading)

Abusive HFT, arbitrage, exploiting execution errors or low liquidity, wash trading, collusion, trading for others, manipulating ATDs or payouts, and simultaneously stacking maximum mini and micro limits.