Futures Firms Comparator

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

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

Andrew Blaylock & George Kohler

Manuel Meraz

United Kingdom

United States

2023

2024

• 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

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.

Same day

• 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

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.

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

• Base Plan: $500.
• Other plans: $250.

Base Plan

• No qualifying trading days required
• Keep at least $4,000 after withdrawal
• Earn at least $1 in new net profit between payouts

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.

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.

Evaluation Accounts

• Unlimited resets at discounted fees. Fees vary by plan and account size.

Simulated Funded Accounts

• Maximum of 3 resets per funded account.

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

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: End-of-Day drawdown.
• Base Plan: $2,000 End-of-Day trailing drawdown based on the highest End-of-Day balance.

Simulated Funded Phase

• End-of-Day drawdown on all plans except S2F Accelerate and Base Plan. 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).

• 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

Evaluation & Simulated Funded Accounts

• 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.

• 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

Up to 4 Simm Funded Accounts

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

• 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

• 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, Velocity and S2F: Minimum 1 trading day to pass.
• Funded payouts: 7 qualifying trading days ($200+ profit) for Classic / Premier / Elite / S2F. 3 qualifying days for Prime. 5 qualifying days for Premier Plus accounts purchased after April 7, 2026.

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

No subscription fee on funded accounts. No activation fee on Prime, Premier, and Velocity. Classic and Base Plan have an activation fee.

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.

Payout Requirements (Simulated Funded)

• Each payout cycle requires a minimum number of qualifying trading days with at least $200 realized profit per day.
• Classic / Premier / Elite / S2F: 7 qualifying days per payout.
• Prime: 3 qualifying days per payout.
• Premier Plus (after 4/7/26): 5 qualifying days per payout.

Professional Stage

• A Qualified Trading Day is defined as a day with at least $200 in realized profit, used to determine withdrawal stage eligibility.

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

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.

Simulated Funded Accounts

• 90% trader / 10% firm

Professional Stage Accounts

• 80% trader / 20% firm

10 trading days

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.

• 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)

• 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