Applies to: Futures
Short answer
Express is a one-phase Futures evaluation built for fast cash flow. Hit a 6% profit target while meeting a 40% consistency rule. Once funded, you can request a payout every day, up to a daily cap, from profit above your buffer, with a 90% profit split.
Key numbers
$25K | $50K | $100K | $150K | |
Profit target (6%) | $1,500 | $3,000 | $6,000 | $9,000 |
Max trailing drawdown (end of day) | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
Daily loss limit: evaluation (soft breach) | None | $1,000 | $1,250 | $1,750 |
Daily loss limit: funded (soft breach) | $500 | $1,000 | $1,250 | $1,750 |
Max contracts in evaluation (Minis / Micros) | 1 / 10 | 4 / 40 | 8 / 80 | 12 / 120 |
Funded buffer | $1,100 | $2,100 | $2,600 | $3,600 |
Max payout per day | $600 | $1,100 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
Minimum payout | $250 | $250 | $500 | $500 |
Consistency: 40% (evaluation only). News trading: allowed. Profit split: 90%.
The evaluation
Profit target
Reach 6% profit while following all the rules and the consistency rule. Your account then has a final review, and once approved you become a funded trader.
Consistency rule (evaluation only)
Your best day must be less than 40% of your total profit before you can pass. If it isn't, you're not breached. You just keep trading until it is. Example: with a $1,500 best day, you need more than $3,750 total profit. At $4,000 total, your best day is 37.5%, so you can pass.
Daily loss limit
If your balance or equity falls below the daily loss limit, all open trades are closed and the account is disabled for the rest of the day. This is a soft breach: trading unlocks at the 5:00 PM New York rollover. The $25K evaluation has no daily loss limit, but the $25K funded account has a $500 limit.
Maximum trailing drawdown
Express uses an end-of-day (EOD) trailing drawdown. Your loss limit moves up only when you set a new highest end-of-day closing balance. It doesn't follow unrealised profit during the day, and it never moves down. Hitting it is a hard breach.
Evaluation: the limit keeps trailing for the whole evaluation.
Funded: the limit stops trailing once it reaches your starting balance + $100, and stays fixed from then on.
Account | End-of-day balance where trailing stops | Fixed loss limit |
$25K | $26,100 | $25,100 |
$50K | $52,100 | $50,100 |
$100K | $102,600 | $100,100 |
$150K | $153,600 | $150,100 |
After any payout, your drawdown floor also locks at starting balance + $100.
Funded account
Contract limits
You start funded at a lower contract limit, and it scales up as your end-of-day balance grows. See Futures contract limits and funded scaling.
Payouts
When: every day, once your balance is above your buffer and you have at least the minimum payout available.
Buffer: you can only withdraw profit above starting balance + buffer. Example: on $50K the buffer level is $52,100. With a balance of $53,000, you can withdraw $900, up to the daily cap.
From your second payout: before each new payout, you need new profit of at least 50% of your previous payout. Example: after a $1,100 payout on $50K, make at least $550 more before your next request.
Profit split: 90%.
Resets and reactivation
Account | $25K | $50K | $100K | $150K |
Evaluation reset fee | $72 | $121 | $191 | $261 |
Funded reactivation fee | $180 | $330 | $450 | $750 |
Evaluation reset: restart a breached evaluation for a fixed fee. Discounts and promotions don't change it.
Funded reactivation: if your funded Express account breaches before its first payout, you can reactivate it without repeating the evaluation. You can do this up to two times, within 30 calendar days of the breach. It reopens at the start of the next trading session.
Other rules
News trading: allowed on evaluation and funded accounts. Expect slippage and wider spreads around high-impact news.
Stop losses: not mandatory, but every trade needs a defined risk. See Futures risk management rules.
Copy trading: only between accounts you legally own.
Microscalping: less than 50% of your profit may come from trades held under 10 seconds.
Fees: one-time purchase. No monthly or activation fees.