Futures Firms Comparator

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

Manuel Meraz

Steve A. Kubik

United States

United States

2024

2024

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.

• 6 qualifying trading days are required before each reward request
• All 6 days must meet the applicable Minimum Daily Profit Requirement
• Lite/Prime minimums: $100 for 25K, $200 for 50K and $350 for 150K
• Dynamic minimums: $200 for 50K, $275 for 75K, $325 for 100K and $400 for 150K
• After each approved reward, all qualifying trading days reset to zero
• No payout window: requests can be submitted whenever the dashboard shows an eligible reward amount
• Processed first-in, first-out, up to 3 business days

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.

Lite and Prime

• 25K: 50% of profits, up to $1,000 per reward
• 50K: 50% of profits, up to $2,000 per reward
• 150K: 50% of profits, up to $3,000 per reward

Dynamic

• 50K: up to $1,250 per reward
• 75K: up to $1,550 per reward
• 100K: up to $2,000 per reward
• 150K: up to $3,000 per reward

Maximum 5 approved rewards per account. After the 5th reward, the account may be reviewed for transition to the TLT Program or a Live Brokerage account.

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

Minimum reward request: $250. Lite, Prime and Dynamic Reward Accounts only need net profit above their starting balance; there is no buffer to clear.

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.

• Based on the default (free) membership tier of platform partners.
• Fees include: exchange, NFA, clearing and platform commission.
• Calculated per contract, per round trip.
• Micro contracts generally have lower fees than mini contracts.

Evaluation Accounts

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

Simulated Funded Accounts

• Maximum of 3 resets per funded account.

• Unlimited resets available for a fee (via the Trader Dashboard).
• Restores a fresh account balance with all risk parameters reset.

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).

Halcyon Lite (Intraday Trailing)

• $25K: $1,000 | $50K: $2,000 | $150K: $4,000
• Tracks Total Liquidation Value including unrealized profits
• Locks permanently at starting balance + $100 after the first approved reward

Halcyon Prime (End-of-Day)

• $25K: $1,000 | $50K: $2,000 | $150K: $4,500
• Updates only at end of trading session based on closing balance
• Locks permanently at starting balance + $100 after the first approved reward

Halcyon Dynamic

• Evaluation: $2,000 on the 50K account; Intraday or End-of-Day selected at purchase
• Reward: $2,000 on 50K | $2,500 on 75K | $3,000 on 100K | $4,000 on 150K
• Reward drawdown can be Intraday or End-of-Day, independently of the evaluation choice
• Locks permanently at starting balance + $100 after the first approved reward

Simulated Funded Accounts

• 90% trader / 10% firm

Professional Stage Accounts

• 80% trader / 20% firm

90/10 profit split on all Lite, Prime and Dynamic Reward Accounts. Trader keeps 90%, firm keeps 10%.

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.

No daily loss limits on any plan.

Up to 4 Simm Funded Accounts

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

• Evaluation accounts expire after 30 calendar days if not passed.
• Accounts inactive for more than 30 calendar days are disabled.

• 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.

• Halcyon Lite Evaluation: 1 trading day
• Halcyon Prime Evaluation: 3 trading days, or 1 day with the 1-Day Pass add-on
• Halcyon Dynamic Evaluation: 1 trading day
• All Reward Accounts: 6 qualifying trading days before each reward request; the counter resets to zero after each approved reward

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

Lite and Prime

• With activation-fee pricing, the activation fee is paid once after passing
• With no-activation-fee pricing, no payment is required after passing
• Both options lead to the same Reward Account rules

Dynamic

• After passing, the trader pays a one-time upgrade fee based on the selected Reward Account size, drawdown type and consistency option

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.

• Halcyon Lite Evaluation: 1 trading day
• Halcyon Prime Evaluation: 3 trading days, or 1 day with the 1-Day Pass add-on
• Halcyon Dynamic Evaluation: 1 trading day
• All Reward Accounts: 6 qualifying trading days meeting the applicable Minimum Daily Profit Requirement before each reward request

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.

Lite and Prime
Two one-time pricing options are available:

• With activation fee: lower evaluation fee, then a separate activation fee after passing
• No activation fee: higher all-in evaluation fee; upgrade to the Reward Account is free

Dynamic

• One-time 50K evaluation fee: $47 with Intraday Trailing drawdown or $49 with End-of-Day drawdown
• A separate Reward Account upgrade fee is paid after passing

No subscriptions or recurring billing.

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.

Accounts must place at least one trade every 30 consecutive calendar days. Accounts inactive for more than 30 days will be considered inactive and may be disabled. Evaluation accounts also expire 30 calendar days after starting if not passed.

• 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

• Hedging on the same or related underlying assets (e.g. ES + MES, NQ + MNQ)
• Opposite Direction Trades within or across accounts (CME Rule 534 – Wash Trades, CME Rule 575 – Disruptive Practices)
• Mixing micro and mini contracts on the same asset
• Holding positions outside trading hours / overnight / weekend
• Account sharing or third-party trading