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Bulenox and Hola Prime Futures at a glance

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The short answer

Bulenox is the superior choice for automated traders and those seeking high-leverage legacy structures without payout fees. Hola Prime Futures targets manual traders who prioritize modern platforms like Tradovate and are willing to trade under professional risk management rules (mandatory SL and risk-per-trade limits).

Where they actually differ

  • Styles (Automation): Bulenox allows EAs and bots; Hola Prime strictly prohibits any partial or full automation.
  • Risk (Trade Management): Hola Prime requires a mandatory Stop Loss and limits risk to 2% of the initial balance per idea in funded accounts. Bulenox has no such requirements.
  • Platforms: Hola Prime supports Tradovate and WealthCharts. Bulenox is Rithmic-only for its newer products (Momentum/Fast Track) and does not support Tradovate or native TradingView.
  • Payouts (Fees): Hola Prime charges a 2.5% fee on every payout (min. $5-$25). Bulenox does not charge payout fees, though it requires specific activation fees for its Legacy accounts.
  • Risk (Inactivity): Hola Prime terminates accounts after 7 days without a round-trip trade. Bulenox has no inactivity rule.
  • Structure: Bulenox eventually moves successful traders to a "Real Market" account after three payouts. Hola Prime keeps traders in "Sim Funded" unless invited to a live account by their risk team.

Where they are basically the same

  • Price: Both offer entry-level 25K challenges starting around $94–$99.
  • Risk: Both firms provide End-of-Day (EOD) drawdown options to avoid intraday trailing peaks.
  • Payouts: Both use tiered withdrawal caps for the first several payouts and offer a 90% profit split.
  • Platforms: Both are fully compatible with NinjaTrader.
  • Styles: Both permit news trading and copy trading between accounts owned by the same user.

Pick this one if

  • Bulenox: You use EAs, want to avoid payout commissions, or dislike being forced to use a Stop Loss.
  • Hola Prime: You require Tradovate, want a "Direct" account with no evaluation phase, or prefer a firm that enforces professional risk discipline.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use Tradovate or TradingView with Bulenox or Hola Prime?

Hola Prime supports Tradovate and WealthCharts (which integrates with TradingView) across all its plans. In contrast, Bulenox is heavily centered on Rithmic; its Momentum and Fast Track products do not support Tradovate or native TradingView, limiting users to Rithmic-compatible platforms like NinjaTrader or RTrader.

Which firm is cheaper for withdrawing profits, Bulenox or Hola Prime?

Bulenox is more cost-effective for withdrawals as it does not charge a payout fee. Hola Prime imposes a 2.5% commission on every payout, with a minimum fee of $25 for bank wires or $5 for crypto. However, keep in mind that Bulenox requires one-time activation fees for Legacy Master accounts, whereas Hola Prime's Sim Funded accounts have no monthly or activation fees.

Does Bulenox or Hola Prime have stricter inactivity rules?

Hola Prime is significantly stricter, requiring at least one round-trip trade every seven days to keep the account active. Bulenox does not have an inactivity rule, allowing traders more flexibility to step away from the markets without risking account termination.

Is automated trading allowed with EAs on Bulenox or Hola Prime?

Bulenox allows the use of Expert Advisors (EAs) and automated trading strategies. Hola Prime strictly prohibits bots and any form of partial or full automation; violating this rule can lead to the forfeiture of profits and the closure of all associated accounts.

Field by field

Bulenox and Hola Prime Futures, side by side

Rules, plans, platforms, leverage, commissions and payouts of both, with the option to see only what differs.

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2024

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Benin, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Burma (Myanmar), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Côte D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Ethiopia, Gabon, Grenada, Guinea, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macau, Macedonia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Martin, Senegal, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Assets
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Futures
Brokers
Rithmic, Project X
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Payout Fee
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2.5% per payout. Minimum fee: USD 25 for bank wire or Rise; USD 5 for crypto.

Platforms
RTrader, NinjaTrader, Project X, ATAS, Quantower, Bookmap, Sierra Chart
NinjaTrader, Tradovate, WealthCharts
Payout Methods
Transfer, PayPal, Wise
Crypto, Transfer, Rise
Live Account
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Yes

By risk-team invitation; the transition cannot be requested or declined. Eligibility reference: at least ten payouts totaling USD 50,000, with possible earlier invitations. One live account per trader. At most 15% of the sim funded account size transfers; excess profit does not carry over. Paid professional data required.

Payment Methods
Card, PayPal, Crypto
Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency
  • Legacy Master: requests can be submitted at any time and are processed weekly on Wednesday.
  • Momentum Master and Fast Track: eligible requests submitted before 12:01 PM CT, Monday–Friday, are processed the same day.

Prime and Direct sim funded: every seven calendar days from the first trade of the cycle; after a payout the next trade starts a new cycle. Live: daily requests.

Payout Guarantee
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Processing within one hour of an eligible request, following a prior review of up to 24 business hours. Business days only; KYC or incomplete details may cause delays.

Maximum Withdrawal

Legacy Master — first three payouts:

Account Maximum
25K $1,000
50K $1,500
100K $1,750
150K $2,000
250K grandfathered accounts $2,500

Momentum Master:

Account 1st 2nd 3rd 4th+
25K $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
50K $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 $3,000
100K $2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $4,000
150K $2,500 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000

Fast Track:

Account 1st–3rd 4th+
25K $1,000 $1,250
50K $2,000 $2,500
100K $2,500 $3,000
150K $3,000 $3,500

Prime and Direct sim funded payout caps, ordered first / second / third / fourth and subsequent:

  • 25K: USD 1,000 / 1,250 / 1,500 / 2,000.
  • 50K: USD 1,500 / 2,000 / 2,500 / 3,000.
  • 100K: USD 2,000 / 2,500 / 3,000 / 4,000.
  • 150K: USD 2,500 / 3,000 / 4,000 / 5,000.
Minimum Withdrawal
  • Legacy Master: $1,000.
  • Momentum Master: $500 on 25K; $1,000 on 50K, 100K and 150K.
  • Fast Track: $1,000.

Prime and Direct sim funded, by size: 25K, USD 250; 50K, USD 500; 100K, USD 1,000; 150K, USD 1,500. Rise requires at least USD 500 of the trader share. Live: USD 500 including the firm share.

Other Payout Requirements
  • Momentum Master: 5 qualifying profitable days per cycle. Minimum profit per qualifying day: $100 on 25K, $150 on 50K, $200 on 100K and $250 on 150K. Minimum balances: $26,500, $53,000, $104,500 and $156,500 respectively.
  • Fast Track: later payout goals after the first payout are $1,000 on 25K, $2,000 on 50K, $3,000 on 100K and $4,500 on 150K.

KYC, agreement and interview before the first payout; account review for every request and further checks when required. After a payout the loss floor becomes the starting balance: retain enough profit to avoid touching it. Consistency resets even after a partial payout.

Account Reset
  • Legacy Qualification: resets cost $78. Active recurring Legacy subscriptions keep the free reset available on their renewal date.
  • Momentum Qualification: reset available; price not announced. A reset does not extend the 30-calendar-day validity.
  • Fast Track: no reset option.

Failed challenges can be repurchased at any time. Funded accounts cannot be reset.

Add-ons
No
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Instant
Yes
Yes

Direct Account: funded access without any evaluation phase.

One Step
Yes
Yes

1-Step Prime Challenge: single-phase evaluation with a profit target and consistency requirement.

Account scaling
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Limited

Live program: whenever accumulated profit reaches 100% of the reference balance, the account grows by 10%. Payouts count toward profit and eligibility is reviewed on payout requests. The Forex scaling ladder does not automatically apply to Futures sim funded.

Max Drawdown
  • Legacy No Scaling Account: real-time Trailing Drawdown.
  • Legacy EOD Account: End-of-Day Drawdown.
  • In Legacy Master accounts, both thresholds stop moving when they reach the initial balance +$100.
  • Momentum and Fast Track Option 1: Trailing Drawdown.
  • Momentum and Fast Track Option 2: EOD Drawdown.
  • The amount for each account appears in the challenge table.

Evaluation and sim funded: trails the highest end-of-day balance, not intraday unrealized peaks. It only rises and locks at the starting balance after earning the drawdown distance. A payout fixes the floor at the starting balance even if it had not locked yet. Touching it with balance or equity closes the account.

Profit Split
  • First $10,000 in eligible cumulative profits per trader profile: 100% to the trader.
  • Thereafter: 90% to the trader and 10% to Bulenox.
  • The first-$10,000 threshold is shared across accounts and products.

Each product split is listed in its challenge. The live program has its own split and starting-balance release requirements.

Free Trial
Yes

The Rithmic 14-day free trial (equivalent to 10 trading days) is offered directly by Rithmic and is available only to traders who have not previously registered or used Rithmic services.

No
Daily Drawdown

Legacy:

Only EOD accounts have a Daily Loss Limit. If it is reached, trading is paused for the rest of the day without being treated as a rule breach. It stops applying when the maximum drawdown reaches the initial balance.

Account Size Daily Loss Limit
$10K $400
$25K $500
$50K $1,100
$100K $2,200
$150K $3,300
$250K grandfathered accounts $4,500

Momentum and Fast Track:

Option 1 has no Daily Loss Limit. Option 2 has a Daily Loss Limit where specified in the challenge table.

Prime evaluation and sim funded: no daily cap. Direct: based on the previous closing balance; reaching it closes positions and pauses trading until the next day, without terminating the account for that isolated event. Maximum-loss breaches still terminate the account.

Max Allocation
  • Unlimited Qualification accounts.
  • Shared limit of 5 Master-level accounts across the Bulenox products.

Combined sim funded and Direct: up to USD 500,000 or five accounts, whichever comes first. Combined Forex and Futures: USD 800,000. One live account may additionally be held.

Mandatory buffer
Yes
Account Size Minimum Buffer
$25,000 $1,600
$50,000 $2,600
$100,000 $3,100
$150,000 $4,600
$250,000 $5,600
Limited

After a payout the balance must stay above the starting balance, which becomes the loss floor. Withdrawing all profit would leave no room above that limit.

Merge Accounts
Yes

Once the funded account is achieved, all active master accounts must be merged into a single funded account.

No
Maximum Trading Days
  • Legacy and Momentum Qualification: 30 calendar days from activation.
  • Fast Track: not applicable because there is no Qualification.

Unlimited on all plans.

Minimum Trading Days
  • Legacy Qualification: 1 trading day to pass. Legacy Master: 10 trading days before payout.
  • Momentum Qualification: 1 trading day to pass. Momentum Master: 5 qualifying profitable days per payout cycle.
  • Fast Track: no minimum trading days before payout.
  • Funded Account: 5 trading days per payout.

None on any plan.

Funded Phase Pricing Model
  • Legacy Master: one-time activation fee; amounts applicable from August 17 must be confirmed at checkout.
  • Momentum Master: no activation fee.
  • Fast Track Master: activation is included in the one-time Fast Track fee.

Sim funded: no monthly membership fee; Level 1 data included. Live: professional data, USD 130 per exchange per month or USD 520 for all four, without proration.

Minimum Profitable Days
  • Momentum Master: 5 qualifying profitable days per payout cycle.
  • Fast Track: no minimum profitable-day requirement.

Prime sim funded: five non-consecutive profitable days in every payout cycle, not only the first. Minimum daily profit: 25K, USD 100; 50K, USD 150; 100K, USD 200; 150K, USD 250. Direct has no profitable-day minimum.

Position size scaling
Yes

Only EOD accounts have scaling.

 

$10K EOD Account Scaling

Profit Range Max Contracts
No Scaling 5 Micro-Contracts

 

$25K EOD Account Scaling

Profit Range Max Contracts
$0 – $1,500 2
$1,501 + 3

 

$50K EOD Account Scaling

Profit Range Max Contracts
$0 – $1,500 2
$1,501 – $4,000 4
$4,001 + 7

 

$100K EOD Account Scaling

Profit Range Max Contracts
$0 – $2,000 3
$2,001 – $3,000 5
$3,001 – $5,000 8
$5,001 + 12

 

$150K EOD Account Scaling

Profit Range Max Contracts
$0 – $4,000 5
$4,001 – $8,000 8
$8,001 – $12,000 10
$12,001 + 15

 

$250K EOD Account Scaling

Profit Range Max Contracts
$0 – $5,000 6
$5,001 – $12,000 12
$12,001 – $20,000 18
$20,001 + 25
No

Size-based limits are listed on each challenge. Standard mini:micro ratio is 1:10; Micro Silver has double weighting, and MBT/MET count as minis. No progressive sim funded contract-scaling plan is documented. Live has separate limits.

Evaluation Phase Pricing Model
  • Legacy Qualification and Momentum Qualification: one-time purchase with no recurring subscription; valid for 30 calendar days.
  • Active Legacy subscriptions opened before August 17, 2026 remain under their existing subscription terms.
  • Fast Track has no Qualification stage.

1-Step Prime is a subscription that renews automatically every 30 days until passing or cancellation. It cannot be paused. Cancellation loses progress and returning requires a new purchase.

Maximum Accounts
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At most five sim funded or Direct accounts, subject to total allocation; one additional live account. Unlimited evaluation purchases.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
No
VPN
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Limited

Legitimate connections and VPNs outside restricted countries are permitted. Own devices only; travel may require verification. Device or identity sharing may close all accounts.

Requires Stop Loss
No
Limited

Stop losses required in sim funded and Direct; without one, a trade is treated as unlimited risk. The per-idea risk rule does not apply during evaluation. No fixed three-minute stop-placement deadline is documented here.

Scalping
Yes
Limited

There is no universal minimum holding time. A systematic pattern of sub-three-minute trades without a plan, tick scalping, HFT or latency exploitation is prohibited.

Maximum Risk Limit
No
Yes

Sim funded and Direct: 2% of the initial balance per idea on Tradovate, NinjaTrader and WealthCharts; legacy DX Futures accounts use 1%. Not applicable during evaluation. Overlapping positions and same-asset, same-direction re-entries within ten minutes are combined.

Copy Trading
Yes
Limited

Only own Hola Prime challenge or sim funded accounts within the same environment. The lead must have the lowest contract limit. Third-party copiers are used at the trader responsibility; external or other-person accounts cannot be copied.

News Trading
Yes
Yes
Inactivity Rule
No
Yes

Evaluation and sim funded: complete at least one round-trip trade within each seven-day period. Live: suspension after 30 calendar days; opening or closing a trade counts as activity.

Consistency Rule
Yes
  • Legacy Master: 40%.
  • Momentum Master: 35%.
  • Fast Track: 20% for the first payout, 25% for the second and 30% from the third onward.
  • No consistency rule applies during Qualification.
Limited

1-Step Prime Challenge: 40%. Prime funded account: 35%. Direct Account: 20%.

Hold Weekend
No
No
Prohibited Strategies
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Bots and partial or full automation; tick scalping and HFT; arbitrage, latency, errors and low-liquidity exploitation; grid, overexposure, account rolling and unsupported bets; copying external or other-person accounts; cross-account hedging; shared accounts or devices; unjustified strategy or contract-size changes to manipulate evaluations or payouts. Trading within 2% of a CME price limit is prohibited. Violations may forfeit profits and terminate accounts.

Overnight positions
No
No

Close daily before 15:30 CT; the trader must be flat by 15:28 CT without relying on risk-team flattening. Observe earlier agricultural and holiday closes. Sunday-evening to Monday trading belongs to one session and is permitted.

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