Lvlup Futures: Information and detailed review

Who is behind Lvlup Futures

A German brand on a US evaluation engine

Lvlup Futures is run by LVLUP One UG (haftungsbeschränkt), a small limited company registered in Stralsund, Germany (commercial register HRB 23184, VAT ID DE461792748). Its managing director is Lennard Wenderholm, and the About page lists a team of twelve, including a co-CEO, a COO, marketing staff and four support agents.

The detail that matters most is in the website footer: LVLUP One UG is an affiliate of Prop Account, LLC. All evaluations are offered and run by Prop Account, LLC (Boca Raton, Florida), every fee you pay goes to that company, and if you get funded you sign a separate Trader Agreement with Prop Account LC in the Cayman Islands. The footer adds that, for fees, payouts, rules and exclusions, only Prop Account's current Client Terms and Policies apply. In practice, Lvlup designs the offer and the website, and Prop Account runs the accounts, the dashboard and the money.

A young firm

Lvlup does not publish a founding date. The copyright line reads 2025, the imprint was updated on 4 September 2026 and the oldest blog post is from September 2026. Its own trading terminal is still "coming soon", so today you trade on third-party platforms. The home page carries a long list of short testimonials with names only and no links, so they cannot be checked. We could not read its Trustpilot page.

What Prop Account's terms add

You must be 18 or older. Prop Account reserves the right to change leverage, position limits, drawdown parameters, product availability or trading permissions on any account, at any time and without notice. Its liability is capped at what you paid for the service or $1,000, whichever is lower. LVLUP One UG states in its imprint that it will not take part in consumer arbitration proceedings.

Simulated accounts and support

Both the evaluation and the funded account run in a simulated environment, unless a separate agreement says otherwise. Purchases, platform choice, discount codes, add-ons, KYC, activation and payout requests all happen in an external dashboard hosted by Prop Account, not on lvlupfutures.com. Support is offered 24/7 by live chat and through a contact form.

Two account types: Lvlup and Starter

Both come in 25K, 50K, 100K and 150K, both are a single-phase evaluation with the same profit targets and the same contract limits, and both are futures only. What changes is how you pay, how much room you get and how you are paid once funded.

Lvlup accounts

This is the main structure. You choose between a monthly subscription or a one-time payment for the evaluation. The drawdown is 5% on every size, the funded split is 80%, payouts follow a 14-day cycle and the 40% consistency rule stays with you after you pass. When you pass, you pay an activation fee before the funded account goes live. You have 30 days to pay it.

The activation fee depends on how you paid. On a one-time evaluation it equals the evaluation price, so a 50K costs $338 to start plus $338 to activate. On a monthly evaluation it is lower: the 50K is $201 a month and $225 to activate. Once funded there is no further monthly charge. The monthly fee runs only while the evaluation is open and stops when you pass, fail or cancel. If you cancel, you keep access until the end of the period already paid.

Starter accounts

Starter is a one-time fee only, with no activation fee and a 100% split. In exchange, the rules are tighter: the drawdown is 4% on 25K and 50K and 3% on 100K and 150K, the evaluation has a 30-day limit counted from your first trade and it does not renew. Once funded, the consistency rule disappears, but each payout is capped and the account closes for good after its fifth payout. Starter is a fixed-life product: you are paid a limited number of times and then start again.

Prices depend on the platform

You can trade on Tickblaze or Volumetrica, chosen in the dashboard before payment, with platform access included. The website shows the Tickblaze price as "from". Volumetrica costs more on Lvlup monthly ($129 instead of $117 on the 25K) and on Starter ($161 instead of $129 on the 25K). The Lvlup one-time price is the same on both. Payment methods depend on your country and are shown in the dashboard; the order box on the website shows card, PayPal and crypto logos. Discount codes are entered in the dashboard, and whether two codes stack depends on the promotion. Prop Account also sells a Lifetime Discount, a personal discount on future purchases of the same account type and size or smaller, which cannot be combined with other offers.

The evaluation step by step

Target, minimum days and what a trading day is

To pass you need four things at once: reach the profit target, trade on at least 5 separate days, stay above the drawdown and meet the 40% consistency rule. A day counts as a trading day if at least one trade is executed. There is no second phase. Hitting the target alone does not end the evaluation.

The 40% consistency rule

Your best day cannot be more than 40% of your total accumulated profit. The rule's own example: a best day of $2,000 on $8,000 of profit is 25%, which passes; $3,500 on $8,000 is 43.75%, which does not. Breaking it is not a breach. The account stays open and you keep trading until total profit grows enough for the best day to fall to 40% or less. On Lvlup accounts the rule also applies when you request each payout. On Starter it only applies during the evaluation.

Inactivity

Every account needs at least one executed trade every 30 days. The timer cannot be paused. On Lvlup accounts this applies during both the evaluation and the funded stage, because the evaluation itself has no expiry date.

How the drawdown works

End-of-day trailing

The drawdown is measured from the highest end-of-day balance and updates once the trading day is complete. Intraday profits, losses and unrealised gains do not move it during the session. That gives room to sit through intraday swings, but a winning day pushes the floor up after the close. Commissions are charged per side and come off the balance, so they also count against the drawdown.

The lock at 6% on Lvlup

On Lvlup accounts the drawdown stops trailing once the account is up 6% and locks permanently at the starting balance. The firm's example: a 100K begins with its floor at $95,000; once the closed balance reaches $106,000, the floor locks at $100,000 and never moves again. Starter accounts also trail at end of day, but the rules do not describe any lock for them.

No daily loss limit

There is no separate daily loss limit on any account, evaluation or funded. The website stresses that this "does not mean unlimited loss": the maximum drawdown is always active, and reaching or falling below it is a hard breach that closes the account.

Trading rules

Intraday only

Overnight and weekend holding are not allowed. On normal days every position and pending order must be closed or cancelled by 15:55 CST, and trading resumes at the 17:00 CST CME Globex open. On holidays and shortened sessions the hours change, and it is the trader's job to check the schedule and close in time.

News trading

Lvlup's rules say news trading is fully allowed on both account types, in evaluation and funded, with no 3-minute restriction around scheduled releases. Prop Account's general terms, which the footer says prevail, still contain a clause banning new positions 3 minutes before and after a news event. We cover this conflict below.

Contracts, exposure and the $1M cap

Each size has a fixed contract limit, with 1 E-mini equal to 10 micros. The limit applies to your total open exposure: trading several markets at once does not give you a separate allowance for each. There is no minimum trade duration, but HFT is banned, and Prop Account's terms add that holding positions at or near the contract limit for under 60 seconds counts as abuse. You can hold several evaluation or funded accounts at once, as long as their combined size stays within $1,000,000 per trader.

Bots, copy trading and hedging

You may use your own bots and automated systems, as long as they run your own strategy. Copy trading is allowed only between accounts you own, within the contract and allocation limits. Hedging inside one account is allowed; opposite positions across accounts, yours or another firm's, are not.

Prohibited practices

The rules and Prop Account's terms ban:

• exploiting delayed feeds, wrong quotes, platform errors or latency;
• HFT and HFT bots;
• front-running and trading on insider or non-public information;
• arbitrage or hedging between accounts or with other firms;
• group trading, signal groups and copying trades between different people;
• letting a third party trade or pass the evaluation for you, and using off-the-shelf strategies marketed to pass challenges;
• all-in trades and excessive leverage on a single move;
• passing with one strategy and switching to a different one once funded;
• trading that breaks exchange, platform or regulatory rules;
• sharing or selling account credentials;
• hacking, reverse engineering or overloading the website, dashboard or platforms, and using the service for spam.

Sanctions range from suspension to losing payouts, profit and fees. Prop Account also reviews trading before granting funded status and before each payout, and Lvlup may check devices and IP addresses.

Getting paid

Before the first payout

After passing, you complete KYC with Sumsub, which may ask for a government ID. Lvlup's rules place it before funded access; another FAQ answer says it is done once, before the first payout. You may also have to sign the Funded Trader Agreement. If you fail KYC, Prop Account's terms say withdrawals are rejected, gains forfeited and the account closed. Payouts go only to the verified holder, by Rise or crypto, and a crypto wallet shared with other people can be rejected.

Lvlup funded accounts

You can request a payout every 14 days, and the days in the cycle do not need to be profitable. The maximum per payout is 10% of the starting balance, so the cap does not grow with your balance. The 40% consistency rule must be met on the day you ask. The full amount you request comes off the account, and you receive 80% of it: on a $1,000 request, $800 goes to you and $200 to Lvlup. A payout does not reset the drawdown, so the rules warn you to check where your floor sits before withdrawing.

Starter funded accounts

A Starter payout opens after every 5 profitable days. Each payout must be at least $500 (roughly $500 on the 150K) and can be no more than 50% of the profit generated or the size cap, whichever is lower. On a 25K that made $2,000, half is $1,000 and the cap is also $1,000, so $1,000 is the most you can take. The whole amount goes to you, since the split is 100%. A request above the eligible amount can be rejected or reduced. When you request it, the account is locked until the payout is approved; you can trade again once it is approved, without waiting for the money. After the fifth approved payout, the account closes.

Processing

Approved payouts are processed in 24 to 48 hours, and Lvlup charges no payout fee. Prop Account's terms also let you take a payout as PropWallet credit for future purchases instead of cash. That choice is final and the credit expires after one year.

Payout Protector

Payout Protector is the only add-on and costs 25% on top of the account price. It does not raise the drawdown, remove any rule or prevent a breach. If a covered funded account breaches while in profit, Lvlup reviews the trades and pays the eligible amount if it qualifies. It must be bought with the account and cannot be added after a breach. Without it, the gains left in a breached funded account may be lost. The rules say it exists on both Lvlup and Starter, while one FAQ answer refers only to Lvlup accounts. Separately, Prop Account's terms give 60 days from settlement to request a withdrawal on a breached account where withdrawals are allowed.

Breaches, resets and refunds

A breached account cannot be reset, restored or reactivated, not even by paying: you buy a new evaluation. On a monthly plan, billing stops after the breach. On refunds the two sources disagree. Lvlup's FAQ says eligibility "depends" and that an evaluation is generally not refundable once you have traded, so contact support before your first trade if you were charged by mistake. Prop Account's terms simply say there are no refunds, and EU buyers waive their right of withdrawal when they start.

Residents of Pakistan, Russia, Cuba, Sudan, Somalia, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Libya and Vietnam cannot join.

Lvlup Elite

Elite is a recognition club that cannot be bought. You need 10,000 points: 1 per dollar paid out by Lvlup, 200 per passed Lvlup account, plus 0.1 per dollar of verified payouts and 50 per verified pass at other futures firms. The 10,000 points are spent on entry, and any extra stays in your balance. Membership lasts 12 months and you must requalify each year. It brings member cards, private events, trips and recognition, and points are worth $1 each on eligible experiences. After a first payout you also get a "Payout Certificate".

Contradictions worth knowing

• News trading: allowed with no 3-minute rule on Lvlup's site; banned within 3 minutes in Prop Account's terms, which the footer says prevail.
• Refunds: "depends" in Lvlup's FAQ; no refunds at all in Prop Account's terms.
• Starter drawdown: several blog posts say the 5% drawdown applies to "any evaluation account"; Starter accounts actually have 4% or 3%.
• Payout timing: the evaluation page headline says "Payouts Every 5 Days" and the blog "bi-weekly, as frequent as every 5 days"; the rules say every 14 days on Lvlup and every 5 profitable days on Starter.
• Restricted countries: the home FAQ lists ten countries; the evaluation page FAQ says the list is in the full rules, and it is not there.
• Payout Protector: both account types in the rules, Lvlup only in one FAQ answer.
• Minimum trade duration: none according to Lvlup, but Prop Account bans sub-60-second trades at the contract limit.

Who Lvlup Futures suits

Lvlup suits a day trader in index, energy or metal futures who closes everything before 15:55 CST, likes an end-of-day drawdown with no daily loss limit and does not mind a consistency rule. The Lvlup account pays off for someone planning to stay funded and withdraw every two weeks: the payout cap is a large share of the account and the drawdown locks at the starting balance after a 6% gain, but you pay an activation fee and give up 20%. Starter is for traders who want one payment, no activation and the full split, accepting a smaller drawdown, a 30-day clock, smaller payouts and a hard stop after five of them.

It is a poor fit for swing traders, for anyone who needs weekend holds and for traders who want an established track record: the brand is young and the accounts are run by Prop Account under its own terms, which in places are stricter than the Lvlup website.