Firm review · Futures
FuturesElite review: Elite, Nitro, Prime and Instant
Four FuturesElite programs, all futures, from $95 to $569. Elite, Nitro and Prime are two-step evaluations; Instant is funded on purchase. Every price here is the official list price: FuturesElite auto-applies its own checkout discounts, so no promotion is named on this page.
Rules checked on futureselite.comSep 27, 202658 official pages citedMethodology
FuturesElite prices
Checked on futureselite.com Sep 27, 2026The prices here are list prices.
- Max drawdown
- $1,000
- stops trailing at $25,000
- Cost per $1K
- $239.00
- #28 of 47 futures
- #6 of 9 at $25K
- Daily Loss Limit
- None
- none on this account
- First payout after
- 10 profitable days
- At most 20% of the profit since the last request
- Max position
- Not published
- Profit split
- 80%
- from the first payout
List price
$239
$25K InstantInstant · one-time
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At a glance
Best for
- The cheapest FuturesElite evaluation at every size: $95 for $25K up to $353 for $150K.Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)
- A 90% split once funded, with no consistency rule and no daily loss limit at any size.Help: Elite profit split (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: 25K Elite consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Elite daily loss limit (official page, opens in a new tab)
Watch out
- 3 minimum trading days to pass, per the checkout card - though FuturesElite's own Help Center gives two other numbers for the same rule.Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)
- The funded stage needs 6 profitable trading days in the cycle before a payout, each clearing a size-specific minimum profit.Help: 25K Elite trading days (official page, opens in a new tab)
At a glance
Best for
- No daily loss limit at either stage, and only 2 minimum trading days to pass.Help: Nitro daily loss limit (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Nitro eval trading days (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Payouts every 24 hours once $500 is withdrawable above the buffer, with no consistency rule once Sim Funded.Help: Nitro payout frequency (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Nitro consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)
Watch out
- The drawdown mechanic changes stage to stage: EOD trailing in the evaluation, intraday trailing that locks $100 above the starting balance once Sim Funded.Help: Nitro eval drawdown (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Nitro Sim Funded lock (official page, opens in a new tab)
- No maximum payout per request is published for the Sim Funded stage, only the $500 minimum.Help: Nitro payout cap (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Nitro payout frequency (official page, opens in a new tab)
At a glance
Best for
- No minimum trading days and no consistency rule to pass: hit the target on day one if you can.Help: Prime challenge speed (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Prime consistency (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Bundle discounts on list price for buying several accounts at once, up to a 10th free.Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)
Watch out
- The only FuturesElite program that keeps a Daily Loss Limit once funded, from $600 on the 25K to $2,700 on the 150K.Help: Prime daily loss limit (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Its own payout-cap article contradicts itself: a three-payout table that rises with each payout, and a separate line calling the 25K cap flat.Help: Prime payout caps (official page, opens in a new tab)
At a glance
Best for
- Funded from day one: no evaluation, $0 activation fee.Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)
- News trading allowed per its own checkout card, at a 80% split.Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Instant payout rules (official page, opens in a new tab)
Watch out
- The only program whose $50K drawdown is not $2,000: $1,800 instead.Help: Instant max drawdown (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: 25K Elite drawdown type (official page, opens in a new tab)
- A 7-day inactivity rule, tighter than the 30 days on Elite, Nitro and Prime.Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
Listed in: Futures instant funding accounts, News trading allowed
Four ways in
Which way in costs least?
For the size you pick: each program at its list price, its activation fee when one is published, and how Instant compares with other firms' instant accounts of the same size.
At $25K: each way in at its list price, against one Instant account ($239).
| Way in | List price | Activation fee | To the Funded account | Profit target | Max drawdown | Days to pass | Consistency, payout stage | Payout cap | Evaluation reset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliteone-time evaluation | $95 | $0 | $95 | +$1,250 | $1,000 | 3 days | None | $1,000 | $79 |
| Nitroone-time evaluation | $137 | Not published | $137 | +$1,250 | $1,000 | 2 days | None | Not published | $89 |
| Primeone-time evaluation | $96 | Not published | $96 | +$1,250 | $1,000 | No minimum | At most 40% | Not published | $89 |
| Instantone-time, no evaluation | $239 | $0 | $239 | None | $1,000 | No evaluation | At most 20% | $1,000 | None |
- Every FuturesElite program is a one-time fee; none bill monthly, so no program is compared in months.
- No pass rate is assumed: the months are how many you could pay before one Instant costs less, not how long passing takes.
Accounts
All 16 FuturesElite accounts
Four programs, one price per size, all one-time fees. No promotion is shown.
Showing 4 of 16: Instant. List prices checked on Sep 27, 2026; your selected account is highlighted.
| Billing | Consistency, payout stage | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instant | $25K | one-time | $239 | $0 | None | $1,000 | None | At most 20% | $1,000 |
| Instant | $50K | one-time | $349 | $0 | None | $1,800 | None | At most 20% | $1,500 |
| Instant | $100K | one-time | $469 | $0 | None | $3,000 | None | At most 20% | $2,500 |
| Instant | $150K | one-time | $569 | $0 | None | $4,500 | None | At most 20% | $3,500 |
Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: 25K Elite drawdown type (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Elite payout caps (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Nitro eval drawdown (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Prime accounts overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Instant max drawdown (official page, opens in a new tab)
Payout rules
FuturesElite payout rules: the path to your first payout
Worked on the account you pick. Where a cap, a minimum or a buffer bounds a request, the first payouts are drawn; where FuturesElite's own pages disagree or publish no figure, the stations say so.
Showing Instant $25K
Instant $25K: from purchase to the payout rules
Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Instant payout rules (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Buy
$239
one-time payment
- Floor on day 1
- $24,000: $1,000 below the start, trailing, locks at the starting balance, until it stops at $25,000
- Daily Loss Limit
- None
- Reset
- Not published.
Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Instant max drawdown (official page, opens in a new tab)
- First payout
10 profitable days
per request; you keep 80%
- Days before the first request
- 10 profitable days
- Best day
- At most 20% of the profit since the last request
- Maximum payout
- $1,000 per request
- Minimum payout
- Not published.
Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Instant payout rules (official page, opens in a new tab)Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
- After that
every day, up to the cap
the same rules each cycle
- How often
- every day, up to the cap
- Path to Live
- Enough payouts, or a discretionary Risk Management Team review, can move a trader to a real-money Live account starting at $0, with a firm-funded loss floor and a 90% split.
- Payout processing
- Reviewed with an average approval time under 24 hours, then moved to a Credits balance; withdrawn via Rise or crypto, capped at $500 per crypto request.
Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Instant payout rules (official page, opens in a new tab)Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Live Trading Program (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: How payouts are processed (official page, opens in a new tab)
FuturesElite Instant $25K: $239 at the list price.
Get FuturesElite Instant: copies PFK and opens futureselite.com in a new tabConsistency
FuturesElite consistency rule, worked out
The rule changes by program and by stage: Elite and Nitro drop it entirely once funded, Prime and Instant keep a flat percent on every payout.
Largest profitable day ÷ net profit (since your last payout request, or during the evaluation), capped by each plan. “Under” means the day must stay below the cap; “at most” means it may equal it.
Check your own days in the consistency calculator · Plan your risk on this account in the risk planner
Worked example
- Instant $25K: a single session's profit may not exceed 20% of total profit before a payout.
- Prime $50K funded: no single trading day may be more than 40% of the profit behind a request.
- Elite: 40% to pass the evaluation, then none at all once funded.
Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Prime consistency (funded) (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: 25K Elite consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)
Rules
FuturesElite rules, with their sources
Checked on futureselite.com and its help center on Sep 27, 2026. First the key rules of every program side by side at your size, then every rule of the selected program, each with its source.
Key rules of every plan at $25K, side by side; the column of your plan is highlighted.
Evaluation 9
- Price
- One-time fee.$25K$95$50K$153$100K$293$150K$353
- Profit target
- $25K$1,250$50K$3,000$100K$6,000$150K$9,000
Help: Elite challenge overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Max drawdown
- EOD trailing; it locks at the starting balance once the account has banked profit equal to the drawdown amount.$25K$1,000$50K$2,000$100K$3,000$150K$4,500
Help: 25K Elite drawdown type (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Daily loss limit
- None by default on every size. The 25K alone can add an optional $600 limit at checkout, priced in as an $18 discount for choosing it.
Help: Elite daily loss limit (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Contracts
- 2, 4, 8 and 12 contracts across the four sizes in ascending order, in the evaluation, full amount from day one.
Help: 25K Elite contract limits (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Minimum trading days
- 3, per the checkout card and one Help Center article; three other Help Center pages instead say 2 or 6 - see conflicts.
- Consistency to pass
- 40% on every size by default; the 25K alone can instead be bought at 50%.
Help: 25K Elite consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Activation fee
- None.
Help: Elite challenge overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Reset
- $25K$79$50K$89$100K$159$150K$229
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
Funded account 6
- Profit split
- 90%, flat, with no split upgrade to buy.
Help: Elite profit split (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Before a payout
- 6 profitable trading days in the current cycle, each showing at least $100-$350 of net profit depending on size; the counter resets after every paid payout.
Help: 25K Elite trading days (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Consistency
- None, on every size.
Help: 25K Elite consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Minimum payout
- $25K$500$50K$500$100K$500$150K$500
Help: Elite payout rule update (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Maximum payout
- Flat per payout, not tiered by payout number.$25K$1,000$50K$2,000$100K$2,500$150K$3,000
- Reset
- Up to 2 times per funded account.$25K$349$50K$549$100K$859$150K$1,249
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
Trading rules 9
- Platforms
- Tradovate, NinjaTrader, WealthCharts, DeepChart, Quantower and ATAS.
- Trading hours
- 6:00 PM EST to 4:55 PM EST the next day; every position must be closed by 4:55 PM EST, and the market is closed Friday 4:55 PM EST to Sunday 6:00 PM EST. Overnight and weekend holding are not permitted.
- Price-limit rule
- No trading within 2% of a CME price limit.
- Scalping
- A trade held under 10 seconds, or worth 1 point or less on NQ, counts as a scalp. Scalps over 50% of the evaluation's profit target block the upgrade to funded; on a funded account, scalping alone is not a violation.
- EAs and copiers
- Unauthorized third-party EAs, scripts, bots and high-frequency tools are prohibited, along with hedging across accounts. Copying between a trader's own accounts is offered through FuturesElite's own in-house tool.
- Household
- One trader per household; no IP sharing. The Terms instead frame it as one account per user, with a written-approval exception.
Help: Traders per household (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Inactivity
- 30 consecutive days without a trade on Elite, Nitro or Prime; one Help Center page instead says 29.
- Genuine discretionary trading
- At payout time, FuturesElite checks what share of an account's profit came from its single best trade; minimum qualifying trading days quoted are 5 for 50K/100K and 7 for 150K.
Help: Discretionary trading (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Path to a real-money account
- Reaching enough payouts, or a discretionary Risk Management Team review, can move a trader to a real-capital Live account: it starts at $0 with a firm-funded loss floor, a cushion released after 15 profitable days, and a 90% split.
Help: Live Trading Program (official page, opens in a new tab)
Accounts and fees 8
- Refunds
- A discretionary exception only, per the Help Center; the Terms instead define a right to a refund minus a $75 fee, within 14 days, if no trading activity has occurred.
- Billing
- One-time fee on every current template (recurring: false); an older Help Center article and the Terms still describe an auto-renewing subscription with a cancellation procedure.
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Time limit
- No deadline to pass an evaluation.
- Payout processing
- Reviewed with an average approval time under 24 hours, then moved to a Credits balance; withdraw via Rise or crypto, capped at $500 per crypto request.
Help: How payouts are processed (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Payment methods
- Credit and debit cards, cryptocurrency, and Revolut Pay.
- Market data
- Level 1 data is free through the evaluation and Sim Funded stages; an optional Level 2 upgrade costs $39/month.
Help: Market data options (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Maximum accounts
- The checkout backend caps every user at 5 total funded accounts; the Help Center instead describes up to 10 active funded accounts overall, 5 combined across Elite, Instant and Nitro, up to 10 from Prime, and Nitro capped at 3.
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Restricted countries
77 countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Mali, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Help: Restricted countries (official page, opens in a new tab)
Evaluation 9
- Price
- One-time fee.$25K$137$50K$152$100K$240$150K$328
- Profit target
- $25K$1,250$50K$3,000$100K$6,000$150K$9,000
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Max drawdown
- EOD trailing: the limit moves up only after a profitable session close, never intraday and never down.$25K$1,000$50K$2,000$100K$3,000$150K$4,500
Help: Nitro eval drawdown (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Daily loss limit
- None, at any size, at either stage.
Help: Nitro daily loss limit (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Contracts
- 3 on the 25K, 5 on the 50K, 8 on the 100K, 10 on the 150K; identical at the evaluation and funded stages, no scaling.
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Minimum trading days
- 2, per this Help Center article; the checkout backend instead carries no minimum for the 50K, 100K and 150K sizes - see conflicts.
Help: Nitro eval trading days (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Consistency to pass
- 50%, evaluation only; none once Sim Funded.
Help: Nitro consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Activation fee
- Not published.
- Reset
- $25K$89$50K$99$100K$149$150K$219
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
Sim Funded account 8
- Drawdown once Sim Funded
- Switches to intraday trailing, locking $100 above the starting balance.
Help: Nitro Sim Funded lock (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Payout buffer
- Held back, never withdrawable, on top of the drawdown amount.$25K$1,100$50K$2,100$100K$3,100$150K$4,600
Help: Nitro first payout (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Profit split
- 90%, the same at Sim Funded and at Live.
Help: Nitro profit split (official page, opens in a new tab)
- How often
- Every 24 hours, once $500 is withdrawable above the buffer.
Help: Nitro payout frequency (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Consistency
- None.
Help: Nitro consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Minimum payout
- $25K$500$50K$500$100K$500$150K$500
Help: Nitro payout frequency (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Maximum payout
- Not published.
- Automatic move to Live
- Hitting a size-specific daily profit cap ($4,000 on the 25K up to $10,000 on the 150K) moves the account to a real-money Live account the same day; profit above the cap that day is forfeited.
Help: Nitro maximum daily profit (official page, opens in a new tab)
Trading rules 9
- Platforms
- Tradovate, NinjaTrader, WealthCharts, DeepChart, Quantower and ATAS.
- Trading hours
- 6:00 PM EST to 4:55 PM EST the next day; every position must be closed by 4:55 PM EST, and the market is closed Friday 4:55 PM EST to Sunday 6:00 PM EST. Overnight and weekend holding are not permitted.
- Price-limit rule
- No trading within 2% of a CME price limit.
- Scalping
- A trade held under 10 seconds, or worth 1 point or less on NQ, counts as a scalp. Scalps over 50% of the evaluation's profit target block the upgrade to funded; on a funded account, scalping alone is not a violation.
- EAs and copiers
- Unauthorized third-party EAs, scripts, bots and high-frequency tools are prohibited, along with hedging across accounts. Copying between a trader's own accounts is offered through FuturesElite's own in-house tool.
- Household
- One trader per household; no IP sharing. The Terms instead frame it as one account per user, with a written-approval exception.
Help: Traders per household (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Inactivity
- 30 consecutive days without a trade on Elite, Nitro or Prime; one Help Center page instead says 29.
- Genuine discretionary trading
- At payout time, FuturesElite checks what share of an account's profit came from its single best trade; minimum qualifying trading days quoted are 5 for 50K/100K and 7 for 150K.
Help: Discretionary trading (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Path to a real-money account
- Reaching enough payouts, or a discretionary Risk Management Team review, can move a trader to a real-capital Live account: it starts at $0 with a firm-funded loss floor, a cushion released after 15 profitable days, and a 90% split.
Help: Live Trading Program (official page, opens in a new tab)
Accounts and fees 8
- Refunds
- A discretionary exception only, per the Help Center; the Terms instead define a right to a refund minus a $75 fee, within 14 days, if no trading activity has occurred.
- Billing
- One-time fee on every current template (recurring: false); an older Help Center article and the Terms still describe an auto-renewing subscription with a cancellation procedure.
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Time limit
- No deadline to pass an evaluation.
- Payout processing
- Reviewed with an average approval time under 24 hours, then moved to a Credits balance; withdraw via Rise or crypto, capped at $500 per crypto request.
Help: How payouts are processed (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Payment methods
- Credit and debit cards, cryptocurrency, and Revolut Pay.
- Market data
- Level 1 data is free through the evaluation and Sim Funded stages; an optional Level 2 upgrade costs $39/month.
Help: Market data options (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Maximum accounts
- The checkout backend caps every user at 5 total funded accounts; the Help Center instead describes up to 10 active funded accounts overall, 5 combined across Elite, Instant and Nitro, up to 10 from Prime, and Nitro capped at 3.
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Restricted countries
77 countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Mali, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Help: Restricted countries (official page, opens in a new tab)
Challenge 10
- Price
- One-time fee.$25K$96$50K$179$100K$279$150K$369
- Profit target
- $25K$1,250$50K$3,000$100K$6,000$150K$9,000
Help: Prime profit target (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Max drawdown
- A static End-of-Day Maximum Loss Limit, checked only against the end-of-day balance; breaching it is a permanent, unrecoverable breach.$25K$1,000$50K$2,000$100K$3,000$150K$4,500
Help: Prime accounts overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Prime EOD max loss limit (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Daily loss limit
- A trailing limit recalculated each day from the prior day's close; hitting it locks trading for 24 hours without closing the account.$25K$600$50K$1,200$100K$1,800$150K$2,700
Help: Prime daily loss limit (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Contracts
- 2 minis (20 micros) on the 25K, 4 (40) on the 50K, 6 (60) on the 100K, 10 (100) on the 150K, available in full from day one.
Help: Prime contract limits (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Minimum trading days
- No minimum trading days: pass in a single day if the target is reached.
Help: Prime challenge speed (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Consistency to pass
- None during the challenge phase.
- Activation fee
- Not published.
- Reset
- $25K$89$50K$109$100K$159$150K$209
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Multiple accounts
- Buying several Prime accounts of one size at once earns a bundle discount off list price (35% off the first extra account, rising to a free 5th, and again towards a free 10th).
Funded account 7
- Daily loss limit
- Kept once funded, same mechanic and amount as the challenge phase.$25K$600$50K$1,200$100K$1,800$150K$2,700
Help: Prime daily loss limit (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Payout buffer
- The Maximum Loss Limit plus $100; never withdrawable.$25K$1,100$50K$2,100$100K$3,100$150K$4,600
Help: Prime payout buffer (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Funded profit target
- $250 on the 25K and $500 on the 50K must be earned before the first payout, on top of the buffer; no figure is published for the two larger sizes.
Help: Prime funded profit target (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Consistency
- 40%: no single trading day may be more than that share of the profit behind a request.
Help: Prime consistency (funded) (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Minimum payout
- $25K$500$50K$500$100K$900$150K$1,100
Help: Prime first payout (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Maximum payout
- $1,000 on the 25K's first payout, rising to $1,500 from the second; $2,000/$2,500/$2,800 across the first three payouts on the 50K, similarly stepped on the 100K and 150K. The same article also calls the 25K cap flat at $1,000 on every payout - see conflicts.
- Profit split
- 90% on every size.
Help: Prime profit split (official page, opens in a new tab)
Trading rules 9
- Platforms
- Tradovate, NinjaTrader, WealthCharts, DeepChart, Quantower and ATAS.
- Trading hours
- 6:00 PM EST to 4:55 PM EST the next day; every position must be closed by 4:55 PM EST, and the market is closed Friday 4:55 PM EST to Sunday 6:00 PM EST. Overnight and weekend holding are not permitted.
- Price-limit rule
- No trading within 2% of a CME price limit.
- Scalping
- A trade held under 10 seconds, or worth 1 point or less on NQ, counts as a scalp. Scalps over 50% of the evaluation's profit target block the upgrade to funded; on a funded account, scalping alone is not a violation.
- EAs and copiers
- Unauthorized third-party EAs, scripts, bots and high-frequency tools are prohibited, along with hedging across accounts. Copying between a trader's own accounts is offered through FuturesElite's own in-house tool.
- Household
- One trader per household; no IP sharing. The Terms instead frame it as one account per user, with a written-approval exception.
Help: Traders per household (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Inactivity
- 30 consecutive days without a trade on Elite, Nitro or Prime; one Help Center page instead says 29.
- Genuine discretionary trading
- At payout time, FuturesElite checks what share of an account's profit came from its single best trade; minimum qualifying trading days quoted are 5 for 50K/100K and 7 for 150K.
Help: Discretionary trading (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Path to a real-money account
- Reaching enough payouts, or a discretionary Risk Management Team review, can move a trader to a real-capital Live account: it starts at $0 with a firm-funded loss floor, a cushion released after 15 profitable days, and a 90% split.
Help: Live Trading Program (official page, opens in a new tab)
Accounts and fees 8
- Refunds
- A discretionary exception only, per the Help Center; the Terms instead define a right to a refund minus a $75 fee, within 14 days, if no trading activity has occurred.
- Billing
- One-time fee on every current template (recurring: false); an older Help Center article and the Terms still describe an auto-renewing subscription with a cancellation procedure.
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Time limit
- No deadline to pass an evaluation.
- Payout processing
- Reviewed with an average approval time under 24 hours, then moved to a Credits balance; withdraw via Rise or crypto, capped at $500 per crypto request.
Help: How payouts are processed (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Payment methods
- Credit and debit cards, cryptocurrency, and Revolut Pay.
- Market data
- Level 1 data is free through the evaluation and Sim Funded stages; an optional Level 2 upgrade costs $39/month.
Help: Market data options (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Maximum accounts
- The checkout backend caps every user at 5 total funded accounts; the Help Center instead describes up to 10 active funded accounts overall, 5 combined across Elite, Instant and Nitro, up to 10 from Prime, and Nitro capped at 3.
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Restricted countries
77 countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Mali, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Help: Restricted countries (official page, opens in a new tab)
Account 6
- Price
- One-time fee, funded immediately, no evaluation.$25K$239$50K$349$100K$469$150K$569
- Max drawdown
- Trailing on profitable days, static on losing ones; it locks at the starting balance the same day equity first reaches it, intraday.$25K$1,000$50K$1,800$100K$3,000$150K$4,500
Help: Instant max drawdown (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Daily loss limit
- None.
- Contracts
- 4 on the 25K, 50K and 100K's 8, and 12 on the 150K, per the checkout card and API; three Help Center articles instead say 2 on the 25K - see conflicts.
- Activation fee
- None.
- Inactivity
- One trade at least every 7 days, or the account is breached.
Payouts 6
- Profit split
- 80%, flat.
Help: Instant payout rules (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Before a payout
- 10 trading days, each clearing a size-specific minimum net profit from $75 up to $350.
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
- How often
- Daily, but the profit goal must be reached again in every payout cycle.
Help: Instant payout rules (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Consistency
- 20%: a single session's profit cannot exceed that share of total profit. A Help Center article separately says this rises to 25% then 30% after payouts on the 50K-150K sizes, while calling the 25K fixed - the checkout backend's own 25K template nonetheless carries the same rising structure.
- Maximum payout
- The cap on the first payout, shown on the checkout card. A dedicated Help Center article instead gives $800 for the 25K and describes higher caps from the second payout on the larger sizes - see conflicts.$25K$1,000$50K$1,500$100K$2,500$150K$3,500
- News trading
- Allowed, per its own checkout card; a trade inside a restricted Tier-1 window is still voided rather than paid.
Trading rules 9
- Platforms
- Tradovate, NinjaTrader, WealthCharts, DeepChart, Quantower and ATAS.
- Trading hours
- 6:00 PM EST to 4:55 PM EST the next day; every position must be closed by 4:55 PM EST, and the market is closed Friday 4:55 PM EST to Sunday 6:00 PM EST. Overnight and weekend holding are not permitted.
- Price-limit rule
- No trading within 2% of a CME price limit.
- Scalping
- A trade held under 10 seconds, or worth 1 point or less on NQ, counts as a scalp. Scalps over 50% of the evaluation's profit target block the upgrade to funded; on a funded account, scalping alone is not a violation.
- EAs and copiers
- Unauthorized third-party EAs, scripts, bots and high-frequency tools are prohibited, along with hedging across accounts. Copying between a trader's own accounts is offered through FuturesElite's own in-house tool.
- Household
- One trader per household; no IP sharing. The Terms instead frame it as one account per user, with a written-approval exception.
Help: Traders per household (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Inactivity
- 30 consecutive days without a trade on Elite, Nitro or Prime; one Help Center page instead says 29.
- Genuine discretionary trading
- At payout time, FuturesElite checks what share of an account's profit came from its single best trade; minimum qualifying trading days quoted are 5 for 50K/100K and 7 for 150K.
Help: Discretionary trading (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Path to a real-money account
- Reaching enough payouts, or a discretionary Risk Management Team review, can move a trader to a real-capital Live account: it starts at $0 with a firm-funded loss floor, a cushion released after 15 profitable days, and a 90% split.
Help: Live Trading Program (official page, opens in a new tab)
Accounts and fees 8
- Refunds
- A discretionary exception only, per the Help Center; the Terms instead define a right to a refund minus a $75 fee, within 14 days, if no trading activity has occurred.
- Billing
- One-time fee on every current template (recurring: false); an older Help Center article and the Terms still describe an auto-renewing subscription with a cancellation procedure.
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Time limit
- No deadline to pass an evaluation.
- Payout processing
- Reviewed with an average approval time under 24 hours, then moved to a Credits balance; withdraw via Rise or crypto, capped at $500 per crypto request.
Help: How payouts are processed (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Payment methods
- Credit and debit cards, cryptocurrency, and Revolut Pay.
- Market data
- Level 1 data is free through the evaluation and Sim Funded stages; an optional Level 2 upgrade costs $39/month.
Help: Market data options (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Maximum accounts
- The checkout backend caps every user at 5 total funded accounts; the Help Center instead describes up to 10 active funded accounts overall, 5 combined across Elite, Instant and Nitro, up to 10 from Prime, and Nitro capped at 3.
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Restricted countries
77 countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Mali, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Help: Restricted countries (official page, opens in a new tab)
Read before you buy
Traps and contradictions
From FuturesElite's own pages. FuturesElite disagrees with itself unusually often: the watch-outs follow the program you picked, and cover the points that matter most to a trader.
Watch out: Elite 3
- Disputed minimum days
The checkout card says 3; the backend API says 2; three Help Center pages say 6.
- Drawdown lock disputed
One general Help Center page says the drawdown locks $100 above the starting balance; every Elite-specific page says it locks exactly at the starting balance.
Help: 25K Elite drawdown type (official page, opens in a new tab)
- 25K checkout options unpriced
The 25K's optional daily loss limit and 50% consistency setting are both priced into the purchase, but no page states the dollar difference.
Help: 25K Elite options (official page, opens in a new tab)Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)
Watch out: Nitro 3
- Minimum days disputed
A Help Center article states 2 trading days for every size; the checkout backend carries no minimum at all for the 50K, 100K and 150K.
Help: Nitro eval trading days (official page, opens in a new tab)
- No published payout cap
Only the $500 minimum request is confirmed for the Sim Funded stage; no maximum payout is published in the Help Center.
Help: Nitro payout cap (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Nitro payout frequency (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Activation fee not published
No activation fee amount is shown anywhere for Nitro, unlike Elite and Instant, which both publish a fee-free figure.
Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Nitro eval drawdown (official page, opens in a new tab)
Watch out: Prime 3
- 150K drawdown disputed
Two pages give the 150K End-of-Day Maximum Loss Limit as $4,500; a third dedicated article says $4,000.
Help: Prime accounts overview (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Funded minimum days disputed
The checkout card shows a minimum trading day count on the funded stage; the dedicated payout FAQ says there is no minimum at all - see conflicts.
Help: Prime first payout (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Scaling plan disputed
Three dedicated Prime articles say there is no scaling plan; a separate general article gives detailed, size-by-size funded-stage contract tables.
Help: Prime contract limits (official page, opens in a new tab)
Watch out: Instant 3
- Contract limit disputed
The checkout card and API say 4 contracts on the 25K; three Help Center articles say 2.
- Payout cap disputed
The checkout card and API say a $1,000 cap on the 25K's first payout; a dedicated Help Center article says $800.
- Restricted countries
Not accepted from any of 77 listed countries; no page confirms US residents are accepted.
Help: Restricted countries (official page, opens in a new tab)
Official pages disagree 16
- 'Custom Accounts' named, but not soldAThe live checkout sells exactly 4 categories: Elite, Nitro, Prime, Instant.Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)BThe Terms and several Help Center articles still name 'Custom Accounts' as a program, including in the maximum-accounts rule.Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Maximum accounts (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Three different restricted-country listsAThe Help Center: 77 countries, updated 2026-08-18.Help: Restricted countries (official page, opens in a new tab)BThe Terms: a much shorter list, including Czechia and Malaysia, both absent from the Help Center list.Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
- One-time fee, or a subscription?AThe checkout backend and the newest Help Center article: one-time fee, no recurring charge.Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: One-time fee (official page, opens in a new tab)BAn older Help Center article and the Terms: an auto-renewing subscription with a cancellation procedure.Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Cancel subscription (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Are refunds available?AThe Help Center: all sales final once credentials are issued, refunds only as a discretionary exception.Help: Refund policy (official page, opens in a new tab)BThe Terms: a refund minus a $75 fee, within 14 days, if no trading activity has occurred.Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
- "Never provides live funds", but a real-money Live program existsAA regulatory-status FAQ page: FuturesElite operates exclusively with virtual capital and never provides live funds.Help: Regulatory status (official page, opens in a new tab)BA separate Help Center article documents a real-capital Live Trading Program, funded by FuturesElite's own capital.Help: Live Trading Program (official page, opens in a new tab)
- How many days to pass Elite?AThe checkout card and one Help Center article: 3, for every size.Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Elite challenge overview (official page, opens in a new tab)BThe checkout backend API: 2. Three further Help Center articles: 6, on some or all sizes.Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: 25K Elite trading days (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Elite payout caps (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Prime's own payout-cap article contradicts itselfAIts own table: the 25K cap rises from $1,000 to $1,500 from the second payout.Help: Prime payout caps (official page, opens in a new tab)BThe same article's closing sentence: the 25K cap is flat, $1,000 on every payout.Help: Prime payout caps (official page, opens in a new tab)
9 more, lower stakes
- Two addresses for the same companyAThe current Terms: Via Maira 13, Latina 04100.Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)BAn older passage on the same Terms page, and the site-wide footer: Corso G. Matteotti 61, Latina 04100.Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Two brand spellings, two support emailsAThe current Terms sections: 'FuturesElite', support@futureselite.com.Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)BAn older clause on the same page: 'FutureElite', support@futureelite.com.Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Prime 150K drawdown: $4,500 or $4,000?AThe Prime overview table and the payout-buffer article's own arithmetic: $4,500.Help: Prime accounts overview (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Prime payout buffer (official page, opens in a new tab)BThe dedicated End-of-Day Maximum Loss Limit article: $4,000.Help: Prime EOD max loss limit (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Does Prime's funded stage have a minimum trading day count?AThe checkout card's funded-phase view: 3 minimum trading days.Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)BThe dedicated first-payout FAQ: there are no minimum trading days for payouts.Help: Prime first payout (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Does Prime scale contract size with profit?AThree dedicated Prime articles: no scaling plan, full contract size from day one.Help: Prime scaling plan (official page, opens in a new tab)BA separate general scalability article: a funded-stage scaling plan, with size-by-size contract tables.Help: Account scalability (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Does Nitro have a minimum trading day count?AA Help Center article: a minimum of 2 trading days, stated as if universal.Help: Nitro eval trading days (official page, opens in a new tab)BThe checkout backend API: no minimum for the 50K, 100K and 150K, only the 25K carries a minimum of 2.Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Instant 25K contract limit: 4 or 2?AThe checkout card and API: 4 contracts.Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)BThree independently-dated Help Center articles: 2 contracts.Help: Instant contract limits (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Instant 25K payout cap: $1,000 or $800?AThe checkout card and API: $1,000 on the first payout.Checkout: choose a plan (official page, opens in a new tab)Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)BA dedicated Help Center article: $800 per request.Help: Instant payout rules (official page, opens in a new tab)
- Inactivity window: 30 days or 29?AThe Terms: 30 consecutive days without a trade on Elite, Nitro or Prime.Terms and Conditions (official page, opens in a new tab)BAn older Help Center article: 29 days for the same general rule.Help: Inactivity rule (official page, opens in a new tab)
Compare
FuturesElite Instant against other firms
Instant (no-evaluation) futures accounts only, so this compares Instant whatever program you picked above: the 5 accounts at $25K from other firms closest to it on cost per $1K of max drawdown, one per firm. Prices use our code where one exists.
FuturesElite Instant $25K: $239.00 per $1K of max drawdown at the list price.
| Account | Price | Max drawdown | Cost per $1K | Drawdown | Daily loss limit | Split | First payout | Payouts | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Blue GuardianDirect · $25K | $230with PFK | $1,500 | $153.33−$85.67 vs FuturesElite | End of day | $1,000 | 90% | $1,500 profit | On demand | FuturesElite vs Blue Guardian |
 ForTradersFutures Instant · $25K | $239list price | $1,250 | $191.20−$47.80 vs FuturesElite | Trailing (EOD) | $750 | 80% | 7 profitable days | On demand | FuturesElite vs ForTraders |
 AquaFundedFutures Instant Funding Standard · $25K | $287list price | $1,500 | $191.33−$47.67 vs FuturesElite | End of day | $1,000 | 90% | Payout target by size | On demand | FuturesElite vs AquaFunded |
 BulenoxFast Track · $25K | $203with PFK | $1,000 | $203.00−$36.00 vs FuturesElite | Trailing (EOD) | None | 100% to $10K, then 90% | $1,500 profit | Daily | FuturesElite vs Bulenox |
| FuturesEliteInstant · $25K | $239list price | $1,000 | $239.00 | trailing, locks at the starting balance | None | 80% | 10 profitable days | Daily | This page |
 Alpha FuturesDirect · $25K | $314with PFK | $1,000 | $314.00+$75.00 vs FuturesElite | Trailing (EOD) | $500 | 90% | $1,500 profit | Up to 4/month | FuturesElite vs Alpha Futures |
Figures from each firm’s own pages, data Sep 26, 2026. Cost per $1K = price ÷ max drawdown × 1,000.
FAQ
FuturesElite questions, answered from the data
What does FuturesElite cost?
Elite from $95 to $353, Nitro from $137 to $328, Prime from $96 to $369, and Instant (funded on purchase) from $239 to $569. Every price is a one-time fee.
Is there a FuturesElite discount code?
No promotion is shown at this checkout: a code has been tried and refused, so every price on this page is the official list price.
Does FuturesElite accept US traders?
No page confirms it: the United States does not appear on any of the firm's three published restricted-country lists, but none of them states in words that US residents are accepted.
Help: Restricted countries (official page, opens in a new tab)
Which FuturesElite program is fastest to pass?
Prime: no minimum trading days and no consistency rule, so the profit target alone can be reached on the first day.
Help: Prime challenge speed (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Prime consistency (official page, opens in a new tab)
Is the FuturesElite drawdown static or trailing?
Prime uses a static End-of-Day Maximum Loss Limit. Elite and Instant trail up and lock at the starting balance. Nitro trails End-of-Day during the evaluation, then switches to intraday trailing that locks $100 above the starting balance once Sim Funded.
Help: Prime EOD max loss limit (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: 25K Elite drawdown type (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Instant max drawdown (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Nitro Sim Funded lock (official page, opens in a new tab)
Which FuturesElite programs have a consistency rule?
Elite: 40% to pass, none once funded. Nitro: 50% to pass, none once Sim Funded. Prime: none to pass, 40% once funded. Instant: 20% from the first payout.
Help: 25K Elite consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Nitro consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Prime consistency (funded) (official page, opens in a new tab)Help: Consistency rule (official page, opens in a new tab)
Can you reset a FuturesElite account?
Yes, on the evaluation stage of Elite, Nitro and Prime, and on Elite's funded stage (up to 2 times per account). No funded reset price is published for Nitro, or for Prime beyond its 25K size.
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)
Is FuturesElite regulated?
FuturesElite states it is not a broker-dealer or regulated financial services provider because its accounts trade simulated capital - a position one of its own Help Center pages appears to contradict by separately documenting a real-money Live Trading Program.
What is the FuturesElite Live Trading Program?
A real-money track reached after enough payouts or a discretionary review: the live account starts at $0 with a firm-funded loss floor and a cushion released after 15 profitable days, paying out daily at a 90% split.
Help: Live Trading Program (official page, opens in a new tab)
How many FuturesElite accounts can I hold?
The checkout backend caps every user at 5 total funded accounts; the Help Center instead describes up to 10 active funded accounts overall, made up of 5 combined across Elite, Instant and Nitro, up to 10 from Prime, and Nitro capped at 3 on its own.
Checkout API: account templates (official page, opens in a new tab)