Applies to: Futures
Short answer
Each account has a maximum number of contracts you can hold open at once, where 1 Mini = 10 Micros. Elite and Direct have the same limit from start to finish. Reserve and Express give you full size during the evaluation, then start lower once funded and scale up as your end-of-day balance grows.
How contract limits work
Limits apply to the contracts you hold open at the same time.
1 Mini = 10 Micros, so you can mix them. For example, a 4 Mini / 40 Micro limit allows 4 Minis, 40 Micros, or 2 Minis + 20 Micros.
Orders that would take you over your limit are rejected automatically.
Maximum contracts (Minis / Micros)
Plan | $25K | $50K | $100K | $150K |
Elite: evaluation and funded | 1 / 10 | 4 / 40 | 8 / 80 | 12 / 120 |
Direct: funded from day one | 1 / 10 | 4 / 40 | 8 / 80 | 12 / 120 |
Express: evaluation | 1 / 10 | 4 / 40 | 8 / 80 | 12 / 120 |
Reserve: evaluation | 2 / 20 | 4 / 40 | 8 / 80 | 12 / 120 |
Funded scaling: Reserve and Express
When your Reserve or Express account is funded, you start at a lower limit. As your end-of-day closing balance grows past each profit trigger, your limit increases. If your end-of-day balance drops back below a trigger, your limit may go down again. Elite and Direct accounts don't use scaling.
Profit above starting balance (at end of day) | $25K | $50K | $100K | $150K |
Starting limit | 1 / 10 | 2 / 20 | 3 / 30 | 3 / 30 |
+$1,500 | 2 / 20 | 3 / 30 | 4 / 40 | 4 / 40 |
+$2,000 | – | 4 / 40 | 5 / 50 | 5 / 50 |
+$3,000 | – | – | 8 / 80 | 8 / 80 |
+$4,500 | – | – | – | 12 / 120 |
Example
You pass a $100K Reserve account. During the evaluation you could trade 8 Minis. Once funded, you start at 3 Minis / 30 Micros. When you close a day $1,500 or more above your starting balance, you unlock 4 Minis / 40 Micros. At +$2,000 you unlock 5 / 50, and so on.