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A third Studio plan: $5,000 starting balance, $75 one-time price, $500 profit target, $250 static max loss, 5 micros only, no daily loss limit, consistency rule or minimum days. Sim-funded profit above $2,500 in a day is forfeited, minimum payout is $100 and the split is 80/20 (90/10 live).
A direct-access account that activates immediately on purchase, in $5K to $100K sizes priced from $189 to $3,399. Listed terms are a 90% reward split, 3% max daily loss, 10% intraday trailing max loss on balance, a 30% consistency rule and leverage up to 1:100. FTMO says its objectives are stricter than the 1-Step and 2-Step Challenges.
HyroTrader introduced a one-phase Zero-Step challenge (10% target, one minimum day, 3% daily and 5% max loss, 80% split, non-refundable fee from $89) and made every loss limit static instead of trailing. It also launched its own Hyro platform, added BloFin, and allows AI-agent trading through MCP; the paid swing upgrade was removed.
For new 1-Step FTMO Challenge orders created on or after 12 October 2026, and accounts merged from then, the best day is compared with total profit including losing days instead of positive-day profit only. FTMO itself calls this stricter; accounts from earlier orders keep the Best Day rule. FTMO's 1-Step launch post gives an editor's-note start date of 5 October, so the exact cut-off is inconsistent between two official pages.
For E8 Signature accounts on the futures market bought after 1 October 2026 (17:00 UTC), the maximum number of payouts per account is 4 instead of 5, and the $150K end-of-day drawdown is $4,000 instead of $4,500. Earlier purchases keep the old limits. Date is the effective date given in the help-center article.
For new purchases only, FundingPips removed the Risk Per Trade Idea, Striking System and Profit Concentration rules on evaluation and Master accounts across 1 Step Flex, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Flex and 2 Step Pro. It also cut minimum trading days to zero on selected models, added customisable daily loss and a swing-holding add-on, and introduced an invite-only PRIME tier with static loss. Existing active accounts keep their current rules.
On Stellar 2-Step and Stellar Lite, traders now pick Standard (80%, first reward after 21 days then every 14), 3 Day (60%, three profitable 1% days per cycle) or On-Demand (90% after 2% growth with a 40% consistency rule) when buying, and the choice is fixed for the life of the account. A lifetime 95% add-on applies across all three, and the old stand-alone on-demand add-on was turned off.
FundedNext added 14 US and 6 European stock CFDs on all active models at no extra purchase, on MT4, MT5, cTrader and Match-Trader (US clients use Match-Trader only). Leverage is 1:2 on all symbols and commission is 0.004% per lot. Date is the page's publish date.
FTMO opened a futures program in beta, in English only. The evaluation has a profit target, max drawdown and a consistency rule with no minimum trading days; the sim-funded stage has no profit target or consistency rule. Growth and Pro plans come in $50K, $100K and $150K sizes at a 90/10 split, with payout caps of up to $4,000 (Growth) and $5,000 to $8,000 (Pro). Date is the page's structured-data publish date.
Select 300K V2 is $349 (V1 was $449) with an $8,000 end-of-day max loss (V1 $6,000) and a new $4,000 daily loss limit on the evaluation. It is a limited release capped at three purchases per user for life, and V1 accounts keep their original rules.
TradingView is now selectable as a platform for the FTMO Challenge, Verification and FTMO Account, with trading done directly from the TradingView interface. Existing accounts can switch platform only for the next phase or billing cycle. Date is the page's structured-data publish date.
For evaluations bought from 25 August 2026, MyFundedFutures replaced recurring billing with a one-time payment, while current subscribers keep their existing terms. New accounts can be closed after 7 consecutive calendar days without a trade, including sim-funded accounts. Resets work as before.
For 1 Step Standard accounts bought from 20 August 2026 the Phase 1 target is 9% instead of 10%. Daily loss stays at 4%, the overall drawdown is 6% trailing, and an 85% split applies with a 90% add-on. Accounts bought earlier keep the 10% target. Date is the effective date.
New purchases are now one-time fees instead of subscriptions, and Select and Growth prices rose by up to about 3%. The Select 50K target went back to $3,000 for new purchases, Select 25K and Growth 25K were added, and Elite Live gained a performance reward pool.
Tradeify now allows holding mini and micro contracts together as long as the combined position stays within the account limit (10 micros count as 1 mini). Opposing positions in the same or correlated products, including across your accounts, are still hedging violations.
Breakout said evaluation prices were cut by as much as 43% and added multiple concurrent accounts up to $200,000 of funded capital, paying for new evaluations from payouts, and the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500, WTI crude and silver. It states there are still no consistency rules, time limits, minimum trading days or news restrictions.
New test accounts opened from 17 August 2026 need three trading days instead of five. The 50% consistency requirement and other test rules are unchanged, and evaluations already in progress or reset keep the five-day minimum.
BTC, the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 moved to 10x leverage from 5x, SOL to 5x from 2x and HYPE to 3x from 2x. The S&P 500 position cap doubled to $2,000,000, and the SOL and HYPE caps were also raised.
Blue Guardian presented Reserve, Standard, Express and Direct futures plans, all with a permanent 90/10 split through the live stage. The post lists no prices or numeric loss limits; it mentions a buy-four-get-the-fifth-free offer.
For futures Reserve accounts bought on or after 27 July 2026, payouts 2 to 5 need five winning days at the account's minimum daily profit and a minimum net profit since the previous payout ($500 to $1,250 depending on size). The payout amount itself is unchanged. Earlier accounts keep their original rules. Date is the effective date.
Alpha Capital added Alpha One, a 1-step evaluation currently sold as a 10% target variant with a 4% daily and 6% trailing max loss, and launched Instant Funding (Alpha Direct) with no evaluation and a 90% split. It also permanently cut Alpha Pro prices. Older 6% and 12% Alpha One accounts keep their sold-under rules.
Qualified accounts bought after 21 July 2026 now close if open drawdown on any single asset reaches 3% (sizes $5K to $25K), 2% ($50K to $200K) or 1% (Alpha Direct). Losing positions on one asset are combined, and a re-entry in the same direction within 10 minutes adds to the same total. The rule sits on top of the existing daily and maximum drawdown rules.
Direct accounts bought on or after 21 July 2026 have a fixed daily loss limit: $1,000 (25K), $1,250 (50K), $2,500 (100K) and $3,000 (150K). Hitting it closes positions and disables the account until the next day, which Blue Guardian calls a soft breach. Earlier Direct accounts have no daily loss limit; the page contradicts itself on the 50K figure for purchases on 21 to 26 July. Date is the effective date.
The account-to-wallet step now runs automatically in seconds instead of waiting up to 12 business hours, and the dashboard balance update moves from about 10 to 11 PM ET to about 8 to 9 PM ET. It covers Tradovate PRO accounts only for now; Rithmic and PRO+ withdrawals stay manual, and eligibility rules are unchanged.
Alpha Capital Group discontinued the Premium plan at Alpha Futures and said all active Premium accounts were being refunded and closed automatically. Zero, Advanced and Direct plans were stated to be unaffected. Finance Magnates separately reported traders complaining about voided payouts on the plan.
Alpha Futures stopped selling its Premium plan and said active Premium accounts would be refunded and closed automatically. The Zero, Advanced and Direct plans were stated to be unaffected.
FundingPips raised the maximum allocation on Challenges and Master accounts to 400K. Traders on Zero, 1-Step, 2-Step Standard, 2-Step Pro or 2-Step Flex can combine multiple evaluations from 5K to 200K to build up to that total.
A monthly competition ranks Live Funded Accounts on profit and loss, with performance bonuses paid into the account balance the following month. Every active Live Funded Account is entered automatically, and the blog cites $250,000 in bonuses per month.
Traders can now request payouts directly to a Skrill account, per The5ers' product changelog.
FundingPips launched a two-phase challenge with a 12% maximum loss, no consistency rules, no time limit and up to a 95% reward split. Passing both phases gives a Master account at an 85% split with no minimum trading days.
Maven now lets traders start an evaluation for $5 and pay the remaining fee only after passing. The evaluation has a 4% target, a static 10% max drawdown, no daily drawdown and allows news trading, with an 80% split on the funded stage.
The time traders have to reactivate a lost Express Funded Account under Back2Funded increased from 7 to 30 days on 29 May 2026, including for accounts already past the old window. Reactivation fees listed are $599 (50K), $699 (100K) and $829 (150K).
From 16 May 2026 test resets cost $79 (25K), $99 (50K), $139 (75K), $169 (100K) and $199 (150K), replacing the flat $100 used since 2021. It applies to new and existing test accounts; test fees, payout policy and rules were stated as unchanged.
Breakout's own terminal went live globally for new accounts, with USD position sizing, TradingView charting, drawdown and payout info inside the terminal, and a separate mobile app. Existing DXtrade accounts were not migrated.
A two-step evaluation with 4% and 8% targets, a 4% daily and 8% static max loss, no consistency rule and three minimum trading days per phase. Prices run from $129 (10K) to $1,350 (250K), funded accounts split 80/20 with withdrawals every 10 days, and a $4,000 daily profit cap puts the account read-only for the day. FXIFY's anniversary post gives May 2026 for the launch, so the date differs between pages.
HyroTrader began executing payouts on-chain through Fireblocks, so each payout has a publicly checkable transaction ID. Public payout vaults are to be rolled out gradually. Per the later relaunch post, only Solana payouts are published, not those on other networks.
The5ers' product changelog lists futures trading going live in alpha through a new system called BlackArrow. It is an early-access launch, so availability and rules may still change.
Apex launched End-of-Day and Intraday Scaling products, and from 1 March 2026 the previous Evaluation and Performance Account versions can no longer be bought and are treated as Legacy. Legacy accounts keep their existing rules and can still renew and qualify. Apex's own news post dated 17 March 2026 says new accounts use a 50% consistency rule and a 5-day payout path versus 30% and 8 days for Legacy.
XFA traders can now qualify for payouts by trading at least three days and meeting a 40% consistency target, then request 50% of balance up to $6,000. The Standard path remains (five winning days of $150+ and a $5,000 request limit), and both paths share the same markets, risk rules and 90/10 split.
FTMO introduced a single-phase evaluation with a 10% profit target and no time limit, a 3% max daily loss and a 10% max loss measured on an end-of-day trailing basis. A Best Day rule (no day above 50% of positive-day profit) applies, and traders who pass get a 90% reward share. Date is the page's structured-data publish date.
A cheaper no-evaluation account from $2,500 ($19) to $100,000 ($399), with a 3% daily loss and a 4% trailing max drawdown that locks at starting capital after 4% net profit or the first payout. Split is 80% by default, with 90% available at checkout.
Topstep added 12 products to its permitted list, including Micro Crude Oil, Micro Bitcoin, Micro Gold, Micro Silver, Micro Ether, several micro currencies, RBOB gasoline, heating oil and platinum.
For Stellar 1-Step accounts bought or reset on or after 12 January 2026, the starting performance reward is 80% instead of 90%. Accounts bought before that date stay on the earlier 90% setup. Date is the effective date; the help article itself is dated 9 September 2026.
For LucidPro accounts purchased or reset on or after 28 November 2025 (3:00 PM ET), the largest day may be up to 40% of account profit instead of 35% to be eligible for a payout, which is more lenient. Older accounts stay at 35%. Date is the effective date given in the help article.
News trading is not allowed on Instant Standard accounts purchased after 13 November 2025. Date is the cut-off given in the help-center rules article, not a dated announcement.
FXIFY announced new crypto-only plans with 80+ symbols and commissions starting at 0.035% per side. From 1 December crypto is removed from non-crypto programs, and open crypto positions there are closed automatically.
FTMO added 22 spot-based crypto CFDs and changed contract sizes on 10 existing ones. A 0.0325% commission per side now applies to all crypto trades, alongside a new spread model it says is tighter in typical conditions. It took effect on 28 July 2025 for Challenges, Verifications and FTMO Accounts, with open crypto positions to be closed by 25 July.
From 18 March 2025 FundedNext stopped offering its Express and Evaluation models to new clients. Existing clients can keep using them. The date comes from a notice repeated across FundedNext help-center articles, not from a standalone announcement.
FXIFY added a one-step evaluation with a 5% target to be hit within 7 days, 3% trailing daily and 4% trailing max drawdown, and a 30% consistency rule. Prices run from $59 (10K) to $399 (100K), the split goes up to 90%, and the first payout is available after 7 days.
FundingPips described a weekly payout schedule: traders on a Master account can request a payout every Tuesday at an 80% split, with the wait ranging from the same day to four trading days depending on when the account started. Traders who earn a Hot Seat are described as getting on-demand payouts at 90%.
Maven added a three-phase evaluation with a 3% profit target in each phase and no time limit, on account sizes from $2,000 to $100,000. The post does not state prices or splits.