Futures Firms Comparator

United States

United States

2022-02-14

2024

30 North Gould Street, Ste R
City: Sheridan
State: Wyoming (WY)
Postal code: 82801

Matt Morris

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

Elite Challenge / Elite Sim Funded

• Profit target per payout cycle: 6% (1st) / 5% (2nd) / 4% (3rd onward)
• Consistency resets after each payout

Elite Daily (Funded)

• Daily payouts starting from day 1
• Must reach buffer + $500 minimum

Elite ACCESS (Funded)

• On-demand payouts (any time after meeting requirements)
• Min 5 profitable days (per size: 25k=$200, 50k=$250, 100k=$300, 150k=$350)

Instant Sim Funded

• Profit target per payout cycle: 6% (1st) / 5% (2nd) / 4% (3rd onward)
• Consistency rule 20%

S2F Sim Pro

• Min 10 trading days, at least 7 profitable (profitable day = 0.1% of starting balance)
• Profit target per cycle: 6% / 5% / 4%
• ESS 20% or less

IGNITE

• 5% profit target each payout (resets after every payout cycle)
• No minimum trading days

X-ULTRA

• 7 profitable days before each payout; 4 with the paid add-on
• Minimum closing profit for a day to count: 50K $250 / 100K $500 / 150K $750
• New qualifying days required after each payout

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.

Less than 12 hours on average from request to payment. Average support response time: under 60 seconds via 24/7 live chat.

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.

Maximum payout per withdrawal before moving to Live. No cap applies after moving to Live.

ELITE and S2F Sim Pro

INSTANT Sim Funded, purchased before 7/27/2026

INSTANT Sim Funded 2.0, purchased on or after 7/27/2026

IGNITE

X-ULTRA

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

• IGNITE: $250
• Elite Daily / Elite ACCESS / Instant / S2F / Elite Challenge: $500
• X-ULTRA: $50

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.

X-ULTRA: at least 50% of each payout request must come from new profit earned since the previous payout. No payout buffer.

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.

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.

Elite Challenge (challenge)

• $25K: $29
• $50K: $39
• $100K: $79
• $150K: $119

Elite Sim Funded (funded reset)

• $25K: $199
• $50K: $299
• $100K: $399
• $150K: $499

Elite Daily (challenge)

• $25K: $79
• $50K: $99
• $100K: $189
• $150K: $265

Elite Daily (funded)

• $25K: $299
• $50K: $499
• $100K: $849
• $150K: $849 (V1); V2 confirm pending

Elite ACCESS (challenge)

• $35 flat (all sizes)

Elite ACCESS (funded)

• $25K: $299
• $50K: $499
• $100K: $849
• $150K: $1,349

Instant / S2F Sim Pro / IGNITE

• No reset option

X-ULTRA

• Paid evaluation resets remain available after new accounts sell out. Each reset starts a new 30-day evaluation period.

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.

EOD trailing drawdown: Elite Challenge, Elite Daily, Elite ACCESS Standard, Instant Sim Funded and IGNITE.

Elite ACCESS Intraday uses EOD trailing drawdown during evaluation and real-time intraday trailing drawdown when funded. The funded drawdown follows the highest realized or unrealized equity and locks at starting balance + $100 after the first payout.

S2F Sim Pro uses intraday trailing drawdown.

For Instant Sim Funded, the trailing drawdown locks above the starting balance once its lock condition is reached or after the first payout.

X-ULTRA
EOD trailing in evaluation and funded stages; follows the highest closing balance, never moves down and locks at starting balance + $100. Falling below the threshold fails the account. Funded drawdown: $3,000 / $4,500 / $6,000 for 50K / 100K / 150K.

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

All products: 90/10 (trader keeps 90%).

• Elite Challenge / Elite Daily / Elite ACCESS
• Instant Sim Funded
• S2F Sim Pro
• IGNITE

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.

Elite Challenge

• 2.5% (EOD soft breach)

Elite Daily

• $25K: 2% ($500)
• $50K: 2% ($1,000)
• $100K: 1.25% ($1,250)
• $150K: 1% ($1,500)
• V2 (5/11/26 onward, evaluation and funded): same as V1

Elite ACCESS

• Evaluation: none
• Funded: $25K $500 / $50K $1,000 / $100K $1,250 / $150K $1,750

Instant Sim Funded

• 2.5% ($625 / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,750)

S2F Sim Pro

• 2% intraday ($500 / $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000)

IGNITE

• 2% ($500 / $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000)

X-ULTRA

• Hard breach in evaluation and funded accounts, measured from the starting balance for the day. Includes closed and floating losses, commissions and fees. Resets at 6:00 PM ET.

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.

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

Elite ACCESS (evaluation)

• 30 days to pass

Elite Challenge / Elite Daily / Instant / S2F / IGNITE

• No time limit

X-ULTRA (evaluation)

• 30 days to pass; a purchased reset starts a new 30-day period

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.

Elite Challenge

• None (can pass in 1 day)

Elite ACCESS

• 1 day minimum to pass evaluation

Elite Daily (Funded)

• 1 day (for payout eligibility)

S2F Sim Pro

• 10 trading days, at least 7 profitable (profitable day = 0.1% of starting balance)

Instant Sim Funded / IGNITE

• None

X-ULTRA (evaluation)

• No minimum trading days.

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.

Elite Challenge: one-time activation fee after passing.

Elite ACCESS Standard activation: $139 / $189 / $259 / $359 for 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K.

Elite ACCESS Intraday activation: $69 / $94 / $129 / $179.

Elite Daily, Instant Sim Funded, S2F Sim Pro and IGNITE: no activation fee.

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

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.

Elite ACCESS (Funded)

• 5 profitable days required before first payout
• Min daily profit: $25K $200 / $50K $250 / $100K $300 / $150K $350

S2F Sim Pro

• 7 profitable days out of 10 trading days
• Profitable day = 0.1% of starting balance

Elite Daily / Instant Sim Funded / IGNITE / Elite Challenge

• No minimum profitable days requirement (consistency targets only)

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.

Elite Challenge and Elite Daily: monthly subscription.

Elite ACCESS Standard and Intraday: $39 one-time entry fee; a one-time activation fee applies after passing.

Instant Sim Funded, S2F Sim Pro and IGNITE: one-time fee.

Accounts per trader or household:

• 5 ELITE (Elite Challenge / Elite Sim Funded)
• 5 ELITE DAILY
• 5 ELITE ACCESS
• 5 INSTANT Sim Funded
• 5 S2F Sim Pro (more during special promotions)
• 10 IGNITE (same size, for copy trading)

Purchasing limits (Elite / Elite Daily / Elite ACCESS)

• 10 evaluation accounts per rolling 30-day window
• 12 resets per 30-day window
• Max 5 active funded accounts at any time

X-ULTRA

• Maximum 3 X-ULTRA accounts at the same time

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.

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.

• Exploiting System, Pricing, or Latency Errors
• Use of Insider or Non-Public Information
• Front-Running
• Hedging Between Accounts
• Unauthorized Account Access
• Minimum Trade Duration (10-Second Rule)
• Trading That Risks Broker Relationships
• Trading That May Create Regulatory Concerns
• Externally Marked Challenge-Passing Strategies
• Rolling, Churning, or Gambling Accounts