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Cost to start

$269/mo

Size
$150K
Max DD
EOD trailing, locks at Initial Simulated Capital — 50K $3,000; 100K $4,500; 150K $6,000. Equity cannot hit the limit. The limit only rises. After a breach, pay a Reset Fee or wait for the next monthly subscription.
Split
90% trader / 10% firm

Cost to start

$407

Size
$150K
Max DD
EOD trailing max loss limit — 25K $1,000; 50K $2,000; 100K $3,000; 150K $4,500. Locks at starting balance + $100 once the account closes above the initial trail balance (25K $26,100; 50K $52,100; 100K $103,100; 150K $154,600); a payout drops the limit straight to the locked figure.
Split
90% trader / 10% firm

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FTMO Futures
$150K account
Pro
Lucid Trading
$150K account
LucidFlex

Cost

Cost to start
$269/mo
$407
Account size
$150K
$150K
Profit split
90% trader / 10% firm
90% trader / 10% firm

Evaluation rules

Profit target
Evaluation only — 50K $3,000; 100K $6,000; 150K $9,000. No profit target on Sim-Funded.
Evaluation — 25K $1,250; 50K $3,000; 100K $6,000; 150K $9,000
Max drawdown
EOD trailing, locks at Initial Simulated Capital — 50K $3,000; 100K $4,500; 150K $6,000. Equity cannot hit the limit. The limit only rises. After a breach, pay a Reset Fee or wait for the next monthly subscription.
EOD trailing max loss limit — 25K $1,000; 50K $2,000; 100K $3,000; 150K $4,500. Locks at starting balance + $100 once the account closes above the initial trail balance (25K $26,100; 50K $52,100; 100K $103,100; 150K $154,600); a payout drops the limit straight to the locked figure.
Daily loss limit
Hard daily loss on Evaluation and Sim-Funded — 50K $1,000; 100K $1,500; 150K $2,000. Hitting it fails the Evaluation or permanently terminates the Sim-Funded account.
Optional at checkout — $600 (25K) · $1,200 (50K) · $1,800 (100K) · $2,700 (150K) when enabled, none when off. Turning it on does not change the list price.
Min trading days
None on Evaluation — accounts are assessed after the trading day ends. Payout eligibility is separate.
Evaluation none — no time limit; payout eligibility needs 5 profitable days per cycle

Funded rules

Funded drawdown
Same EOD trailing max drawdown as Evaluation, locked at Initial Simulated Capital. Hard daily loss continues on Sim-Funded.
EOD Trailing
Consistency rule
50% Best Day during Evaluation — not a hard breach; keep trading until Best Day is ≤ 50% of total profit.
50% during the evaluation — largest single day divided by total profit. A small cushion is built in, so passing in two days is possible. Drops away at live status.
Consistency rule (funded)
None — no Consistency Rule on the Sim-Funded Account
None — LucidFlex funded accounts carry no consistency requirement
News trading (challenge)
Allowed, provided the trade is not a Forbidden Trading Practice. News-event concentration that is inconsistent with broader trading can still fail the risk-management standard.
Not recorded
News trading (funded)
Allowed, provided the trade is not a Forbidden Trading Practice. News-event concentration that is inconsistent with broader trading can still fail the risk-management standard.
Not recorded
Max live balance
Max 3 concurrent Sim-Funded accounts; up to $450,000 simulated capital. Live Funded is invite-only.
Up to 5 active funded accounts per household or family, combined across all funded account types
Scaling plan
Sim-Funded only; scales with EOD profit above Initial Simulated Capital and scales back down if that profit falls. 50K starts at 2 contracts (up to 5): $0–999 → 2; $1,000–1,999 → 3; $2,000+ → 5. 100K starts at 4 (up to 10): $0–999 → 4; $1,000–1,999 → 5; $2,000–2,999 → 8; $3,000+ → 10. 150K starts at 6 (up to 15): $0–999 → 6; $1,000–1,999 → 8; $2,000–2,999 → 10; $3,000–4,499 → 12; $4,500+ → 15. Evaluation uses the full size cap (5 / 10 / 15) with no scaling.
Funded accounts only, updated at the end of each session as simulated profit moves. 25K: 1 mini at $0–999, 2 minis at $1,000+. 50K: 2 minis at $0–999, 3 at $1,000–1,999, 4 at $2,000+. 100K: 3 minis at $0–999, 4 at $1,000–1,999, 5 at $2,000–2,999, 6 at $3,000+. 150K: 4 minis at $0–999, 5 at $1,000–1,999, 6 at $2,000–2,999, 8 at $3,000–4,499, 10 at $4,500+. No scaling plan during the evaluation.

Options & add-ons

Customizable at checkout
Monthly subscription. Reset is a paid restart, not a checkout add-on. Live Funded is invite-only and is not a purchasable product.
daily loss limit (on or off)

Payouts

Payout frequency
Every 5 days
No fixed window — request any day once eligibility is met
First payout
5 separate days at or above the daily minimum (50K $200; 100K $300; 150K $500). Withdraw 100% of profit, still subject to the per-size cap. Minimum request $20; at least 50% of the request must be new-cycle profit.
Five separate days at or above the minimum daily profit (25K $100; 50K $150; 100K $200; 150K $250) plus positive net profit for the cycle; $500 minimum request. No buffer balance to maintain.
Min days to payout
5 qualifying days
5 profitable days per payout cycle
Processing time
After FTMO approval in the Client Area; paid in USD. No published processing-time SLA.
No fixed payout window; once approved funds leave the account within minutes and are disbursed within 2 business days via Plaid, WorkMarket by ADP or crypto
Refund policy
Monthly subscription; no activation fee. A Reset Fee is a paid restart of the same size (Growth $109 / $159 / $219; Pro $129 / $189 / $259). No pass-fee refund is documented.
Not recorded
Payout methods
WiseRevolut bank wireVisa DirectMastercard Send
Not recorded

Trading rules

Weekend holding
Not allowed. Flat and cancel resting orders before 4:10 p.m. ET or session close, whichever is sooner. The platform auto-liquidates leftovers; relying on that is a Forbidden Trading Practice.
No — the session closes 4:45 PM EST Friday and trading resumes 6:00 PM EST Sunday
Overnight holding
Not allowed. A trading day runs 6:00 p.m. ET to 4:10 p.m. ET the next calendar day. No hold past market close.
No — all positions are auto-closed at 4:45 PM EST Monday to Friday. Holding past the cutoff does not fail the account.
Hedging
Opposite positions are allowed on a single account only. Offsetting across FTMO accounts, other firms, or other people is prohibited.
Prohibited in every form — long and short the same contract in one or separate accounts, between different users, and across firms. Flagged accounts are reset to the prior day's balance; repeat offences breach all accounts involved.
Copy trading
Copying another trader (signals, master accounts, or copiers) is prohibited. Copying across your own accounts is permitted if each account independently complies with every rule.
Permitted — trade copiers are allowed, subject to the HFT and microscalping policies
Expert advisors (EAs)
Automated trading is permitted except high-frequency, latency-arbitrage, or other abusive systems. The trader is responsible for bot errors. Third-party access to the account is prohibited.
Permitted — automated trading systems are allowed; the trader carries responsibility for software errors, and HFT remains prohibited
Other restrictions
No trading within 2% of a CME daily price limit; no hold past session close; no exploiting sim/feed errors; no third-party account access. News-event concentration that is inconsistent with broader trading can fail the risk-management standard. Sim-Funded inactivity: warning after 30 days, closed after a further 30. See Forbidden Trading Practices.
Microscalping flagged when more than 50% of profits come from trades held 5 seconds or less; HFT prohibited; hedging prohibited across accounts, users and firms; martingaling discouraged. DCA, genuine scalping, flipping and trade copiers are allowed. 30 calendar days without at least $1 of net profit or loss permanently deletes the account; breached evaluations are deleted after 30 days unless reset.
Commission / lot
Not recorded
One-time fee · no subscription or automatic rebilling · no activation fee · resets not automatic or freefirm-level

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