
Price
$38
one time
Account
$50K
Profit split
90%
Steps
1-Step
Max DD
$2,000
Challenge metrics
Account size$50K
Evaluation1-Step
Profit split90%
Max drawdown$2,000
Daily loss—
Drawdown typeEODTrailing
Min trading days—
PayoutWeekly - 5 winning days of $250
Profit target$3,000
Contracts3 mini · 30 micro
Activation fee$189
Billingone time
Consistency (funded)40%
Min payout threshold$2,000
Max payout$1500
Max accounts10
Consistency rule
Yes - 40% (Funded)
Payout terms
Weekly - 5 winning days of $250
Platforms
TradovateNinjaTraderTradingView
Firm rules overview
Firm rules
**Exploiting System, Pricing, or Latency Errors**
- Any attempt to take advantage of errors, delays, mispricings, or lags in the broker's feed, the charting platform, or any associated systems will result in immediate account breach
- This includes latency arbitrage and price manipulation
**Use of Insider or Non-Public Information**
- Trading based on information not available to the general public, including insider news or confidential financial disclosures, is prohibited
**Front-Running**
- Placing trades with the intent to benefit from anticipated price movement based on trades executed elsewhere (e.g., in another account or at another firm) is not allowed
**Hedging Between Accounts**
- You may not hedge one account against another, whether within Top One Futures or across other prop firms or brokers
- All trades must reflect independent trading strategies without cross-account hedging
**Unauthorized Account Access**
- Only the registered account owner is permitted to trade
- Allowing friends, family, or third parties to access or trade on your account violates this policy
**Minimum Trade Duration (10-Second Rule)**
- To protect against ultra-high-frequency scalping and promote responsible trading:
- All trades must remain open longer than 10 seconds
- 10.00 seconds = violation, 10.01 seconds = acceptable
- Closing any portion of a trade before 10 seconds violates this rule
- Adding to a trade (e.g., scaling in) within 10 seconds is permitted
- Occasional minor violations are tolerable, but if:
- Anywhere close to 50% or more of your total and/or withdrawable profits
- OR, anywhere close to 50% or more of your individual trades
- violate this rule, all profits associated with these trades will be removed
**Trading That Risks Broker Relationships**
- Trading strategies or behaviors that may harm our broker relationships—such as abnormal flow, slippage targeting, or mass quote stuffing—are grounds for account closure
**Trading That May Create Regulatory Concerns**
- Any activity that could cause regulatory exposure for Top One Futures or our liquidity partners is not tolerated
**Externally Marketed Challenge-Passing Strategies**
- Using any publicly available or purchased system advertised to help traders "pass challenges" is not allowed
- All strategies must be developed and executed by the trader
**Rolling, Churning, or Gambling Accounts**
- Creating multiple evaluation accounts in a short period and using a batch-style approach, such as intentionally letting most accounts fail while focusing on passing just one, is strictly prohibited
- Excessive account creation within a short timeframe, especially when done repeatedly, is considered manipulative and will be flagged by our systems
- We do not support gambling behavior
- This includes consistently breaching accounts within 24–48 hours of purchase and then immediately repurchasing new accounts, indicative of toxic trading strategies
- Such actions are not indicative of consistency or skill but instead reflect reckless trading strategies intended to exploit asymmetric risk at scale
- Traders engaging in this type of behavior are not aligned with our long-term vision and may be permanently disqualified
- **Examples of disqualifiable churning behavior:**
- Purchasing multiple batch accounts and breaching newly purchased accounts within 1–2 days of trading and repeating the cycle
- Example Day 1: Trader purchased 9 accounts, all breached within 24 hours
- Example Day 2: Trader purchased 7 more accounts, again all breached within 24 hours
- This shows no sustainable risk management or strategy and instead indicates a trial-and-error "gambling" style of trading
- Attempting to maximize short-term sim funded payout potential through unsustainable trading approaches
**Arbitrage with Other Firms**
- Attempting to gain an advantage by arbitraging trades across Top One Futures and another firm or platform is prohibited
**Automated Trading / Expert Advisors (EAs)**
- Use of any automated trading system, script, bot, Expert Advisor (EA), or high-frequency execution tool is strictly forbidden
- All trades must be entered manually or semi-manually by the trader
**Copy Trading or Group Trading**
- Each trader must operate independently
- The following are not allowed:
- Executing the same trades as another person or account
- Coordinated trading with relatives or friends
- Following signal services, Telegram groups, Discord calls, or any shared trade alert system
- You are not allowed to mix account types in any copy trading setup
- The leader and follower accounts must be the same type and value
- **Note on Copy Trading Between Firms:**
- Traders can use third-party copy trading platforms
- While Top One Futures does not prohibit copy trading between your own accounts at different firms, all trade decisions must originate from activity on our platform
- Trades have to begin from your Top One Futures account and reflect your own strategy and discretion
**Intentional Account Breaching (Sim Farming)**
- Traders may not attempt to deliberately fail or breach funded accounts to avoid transitioning to live trading, remain on simulated accounts, or game system protections
**Additional Resources**
- All prohibited practices in detail can be found via this link: [Prohibited Trading Practices](https://intercom.help/top-one-futures/en/articles/11021584-prohibited-trading-practices)
**Overnight Holding**
- Overnight trading is NOT allowed
- All positions must be closed by 4:10 PM EST each trading day
- Any open trades after this time may trigger forced liquidation and lead to potential account penalties
**News Trading**
- **INSTANT Sim Funded, Ignite Instant Funding and all evaluations:** Allowed without any restrictions
- **Elite Access funded accounts and Elite Daily funded accounts:** Not allowed 2 minutes before and after high impact news
- You may hold a trade during a news event if:
- The position was opened before the 2-minute pre-news window
- However:
- If a trade is closed inside the restricted window → violation
- If you modify stops or targets inside the window → violation
- Your trade must not be closed by any means during the restricted news window
- **If a funded trader violates the news rule:**
- Profits generated from the violating trade may be removed
- The payout request may be denied
- The account may be flagged for review
- Repeated violations may lead to stricter action
- News violations do not automatically result in a hard breach unless abuse is detected
**Trading Hours**
- **Hours:** 6:00 PM EST and 4:10 PM EST the next day, Monday through Friday
- **Daily Break:** There is a daily 1-hour break from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EST, during which trading is paused
- After the break, the next session opens
**Inactivity Rule**
- All Sim Funded traders must place at least one trade every 14 calendar days to keep their account in good standing
**IP Address Restrictions**
- [IP Address Restrictions Explained](https://intercom.help/top-one-futures/en/articles/11187841-are-there-ip-address-restrictions)
Payout policy
### Payout Lock
- When you qualify for and request a payout, the maximum drawdown locks in at your initial account balance plus $100.
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### Payout Cycle
### Elite-Access
- **Profit Split**: 90/10% profit split
- **Minimum payout**: $500
- **Maximum payout**:
- $25,000 Account: Max $1000 per withdrawal
- $50,000 Account: Max $1500 per withdrawal
- $100,000 Account: Max $2000 per withdrawal
- $150,000 Account: Max $2500 per withdrawal
- **Buffer requirement**:
- $25,000 Account: $1500
- $50,000 Account: $2000
- $100,000 Account: $3000
- $150,000 Account: $4500
- **Required Profit**:
- $25,000 Account: $2000
- $50,000 Account: $2500
- $100,000 Account: $3500
- $150,000 Account: $5000
- **5 Minimum Profitable Days**:
- $25,000 Account: $200
- $50,000 Account: $250
- $100,000 Account: $300
- $150,000 Account: $350
Your largest winning day must not exceed 40% of total profits in your current payout cycle
- **Profit Progression Rule**
- For each payout request, at least 50% of the requested payout amount must come from profits generated since your last payout.
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### Elite-Daily
- **Profit Split**: 90/10% profit split
- **Minimum payout**: $500
- **Maximum payout**:
- $25,000 Account: Max $750 per withdrawal
- $50,000 Account: Max $1000 per withdrawal
- $100,000 Account: Max $1500 per withdrawal
- $150,000 Account: Max $2,250 per withdrawal
- **Buffer requirements**:
- $25,000 Account: $1500
- $50,000 Account: $2500
- $100,000 Account: $3500
- $150,000 Account: $4500
- **50% Profit Progression Rule**
- For each payout request: At least 50% of the requested payout amount must come from profits generated since your last payout
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### Instant Sim Funded
- **Profit Split**: 90/10% profit split
- **The Profit Target (Dynamic)**
- First Payout: You must make 6% of your initial account balance.
- Second Payout: You must make 5% on top of your new balance (after the first payout is deducted).
- Third Payout (and all future payouts): You must make 4% on top of your new balance (after the previous payout is deducted).
**Consistency Rule:**
- Your single best trading day's profit cannot account for more than 20% of your total accumulated profit at the time of your payout request.
- **Maximum payout amount:**
- $25,000 Account: Max $1,500 per withdrawal
- $50,000 Account: Max $2,500 per withdrawal
- $100,000 Account: Max $3,000 per withdrawal
- $150,000 Account: Max $3,500 per withdrawal
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### IGNITE
- **Profit Split**: 90/10
- **First Payout**
- Available once you have achieved a 5% profit and met the 15% consistency rule.
- No minimum trading day requirement.
- **Subsequent Payouts**
- Each payout requires another 5% profit relative to the balance after the last payout.
- **Minimum Payout**:
- $250
- **Maximum Payout**:
- 25K = $500
- 50K = $1,000
- 100K = $1,500
- 150K = $2,000
