Funded futures, explained

Big account.
Know the real limits.

Compare what you’ll pay, how far an account can fall, and what has to happen before a payout.

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For independent traders. Start with futures evaluations. No account or broker connection required.

Illustrative home trading workspace with chart monitors and a research notebook — Before the first tradeA little research.
A clearer starting point.

The firms. The fine print.

Explore the research.

Marks identify the firms covered. They do not imply a partnership or endorsement.

01 / COST

What do I pay?

Evaluation, renewals, resets and activation.

02 / LOSS LIMIT

What can I lose?

The loss allowance behind the headline size.

03 / RULES

What fails the account?

Daily limits, trailing floors and restrictions.

04 / PAYOUT

When can I withdraw?

Days, consistency, buffers and payout caps.

Conceptual comparison of a large account label with a much smaller loss allowance

Account size ≠ loss allowance

Futures first

Know what’s
under the symbol.

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Illustrative contract symbols, linked to CME Group. Check each plan’s permitted instruments separately. No live prices.

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Compare the actual plan

Same market. Clear differences.

Futures first

Official-source observations, with gaps left visible. This is a limited research set, not a market-wide ranking or a checkout quote.

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Keep your shortlist.

Save one to three selected plans and the comparison’s fee counts. Custom calculator amounts, account balances and trading paths stay out of these snapshots.

Fee calculator · USD

Start with the bill.

Build your fee scenario

Custom amounts · USD

Load observed plan fees

Custom hypothetical amounts. No merchant plan selected.

Use an observed research preset or enter custom amounts. Verify current fees at the official checkout. Leave an unknown fee blank.

Try an example:

Evaluation purchase ($) Each paid reset ($) Number of paid resets Activation after passing ($)

Renewals, extra purchases and other fees

Each paid renewal ($) Number of paid renewals Separate account purchases Accounts activated after passing Other selected fees, combined ($) Conditional refund, if earned ($)

Count charged renewals, not elapsed months. Resets can move renewal dates, and included reset credits are not paid resets. A conditional refund won’t reduce the upfront amount shown.

See every selected charge.

Selected program fees

$300.00

For the charges and counts you selected.

Itemized selected charges
Charge	Amount

This is a fee scenario, not a forecast of passing or earning a payout. Tax, trading commissions and unselected data/platform costs are excluded unless you add them.

Drawdown replay · hypothetical

Same path. Different outcome.

Hypothetical · USD

An unrealized gain can raise an intraday trailing floor. Give that gain back, and you may breach a limit even while your realized balance is unchanged. Try a scenario and change its supplied snapshots.

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Start with an example Loss-floor model Starting ledger balance ($) Starting loss allowance ($)

Floor lock, daily limit and breach boundary

Trailing floor cap ($; blank = none) Payout-request behavior Daily loss allowance ($; blank = none) Daily-limit effect Global breach boundary

All examples enforce against equity. Daily limits trigger at or below their daily floor. A trailing cap limits how high the floor can rise. If selected, a payout request raises the floor to that cap immediately; the request itself deducts no money. Static models require a blank cap.

Edit the supplied path

Change the realized balance and equity at each snapshot. Equity includes unrealized gains or losses. The first snapshot follows your starting ledger balance. Event order and explicit session markers come from the example. All inputs stay in this browser tab.

Supplied observations · times displayed in America/New_York
Point / event	Time / session	Balance ($)	Equity ($)	Withdrawal ($)

Observed outcome

Headroom at last processed pointEquity minus global loss floor

━ Equity┄ Realized balance━ Global loss floor

Horizontal spacing shows observation order, not elapsed time. Lines connect supplied snapshots only. Missing intraday highs or dips can change the outcome; this replay cannot verify that an actual account avoided a breach.

View calculated floors and rule events

Only points processed before and including the first terminal breach
Point / event	Balance	Equity	Global floor	Headroom	Daily floor	Rule events

Illustrations of configured mechanics, not a verified replay of a merchant plan. A withdrawal example does not establish approval or payment. Sessions are explicitly assigned; displayed times do not establish a provider’s cutoff. An advertised account size is never substituted for the starting ledger balance.

The interactive replay needs JavaScript. In a hypothetical $50,000 ledger with a $2,000 equity-trailing allowance, an observed equity high of $52,000 raises the floor to $50,000. A subsequent equity of $49,900 breaches that floor.

Profit ≠ money you can withdraw

Check the conditions behind a payout.

Custom scenario · USD

A positive account balance is one input. Winning days, consistency, caps, remaining buffers and the post-request loss floor may also matter. These hypothetical rules are editable; they are not the terms of any merchant plan.

Your account snapshot

All inputs stay in this tab. Enter a gross account deduction: the full amount removed from the account before the trader split. If your provider defines a request differently, this formula does not apply.

Starting ledger balance ($) Current realized balance ($) Current equity ($) Net profit in this payout cycle ($) Best positive day this cycle ($) Qualifying winning days this cycle Requested gross account deduction ($)

Edit the hypothetical payout rules

Each condition comes from your custom rule inputs. Leave an amount blank or select Unknown when it is not established. A known absence of a rule is different from missing information.

Required qualifying days Minimum gross deduction ($) Trader share of gross deduction (%) Cycle must have positive net profit Consistency rule Maximum best-day share (%) Separate remaining-balance buffer Minimum remaining balance ($) Gross deduction cap Fixed cap per request ($) Maximum fraction of total balance profit (%) Fixed loss floor after request ($) Post-request breach boundary

The cap uses current realized balance minus the starting ledger, rather than cycle profit. The floor is an explicit fixed level after any request-triggered change; this tool does not reconstruct trailing history. A separate buffer is checked against realized balance, and the loss floor against equity.

Mechanical checks only

Check your selected conditions

Estimated trader share: —
Post-deduction equity: —
Remaining global loss headroom: —
Upper bound from known amount limits: —

Even when the selected arithmetic fits, provider approval and payment remain unverified. Identity, residence, actual rule history, qualifying days, pending requests and account-specific restrictions require separate checks. No intervening trades or changes in open exposure are assumed.

This checks a trader’s payout scenario. It does not calculate this website’s affiliate commissions or their payment thresholds.

Rule reference: Tradeify’s official payout policy distinguishes payout paths, purchase dates and add-ons. Check your applicable terms. Read November 7, 2026. The custom values above are hypothetical and do not select a Tradeify plan.

Illustrative notebook, pencil and calculator for studying trading rules

The edge before the evaluation

Understand the setup.
Then run your numbers.

Account labels are easy to compare. Renewal bills, moving loss floors and payout conditions take a closer look.

Start with the field guide

New to funded accounts?

Learn the rules before paying for them.

Evaluation → simulated funded → live

These are different phases with different conditions. Passing an evaluation doesn’t automatically put you in a live brokerage account.

Drawdown is the limit that matters

A static floor stays put. A trailing floor can move up with your gains. The exact timing and balance or equity basis matter.

Profit isn’t the same as a payout

A positive balance can still be subject to minimum days, consistency rules, buffers and withdrawal caps.

Guide 01

What happens after you buy an evaluation?

An evaluation purchase, a simulated funded account and a live trading account are separate stages. Read the rules for the stage you are actually buying.

Guide 02

Does a “$50K account” give me $50K to lose?

Start with the allowed loss and the actual ledger balance. The advertised size does not answer either question on its own.

Guide 03

Why can the same trading path breach one rule and not another?

A loss floor is a boundary. Whether that boundary stays fixed or rises with gains can change the outcome before you close a trade.

Guide 04

What could I pay beyond the headline evaluation fee?

Count charged purchases, renewals, paid resets and activation separately. Time spent trying to pass is not itself a reliable invoice count.

Guide 05

Why is account profit different from a payout?

A payout can depend on qualifying days, consistency, caps, buffers and account review. Even a complete arithmetic check cannot approve a request.

Guide 06

Can I compare futures, forex and CFD programs in one ranking?

Begin with the instrument, account phase and rule mechanics. Similar account labels do not establish equivalent products.

Check the facts.
See the assumptions.

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