A US futures sim-funder with an end-of-day trailing drawdown (it doesn't tighten on intraday spikes), unrestricted news trading and a 100%-of-first-$15k split on Growth/Lightning. The traps are the EOD drawdown still enforced intraday (a touch = permanent fail), a hold-time rule that blocks payouts for microscalpers, and mini+micro on the same product counting as banned hedging.
A trader-friendly futures sim-funder — EOD trailing drawdown, no news limits, 100% of the first $15k on Growth/Lightning — with a hold-time rule and hedging quirk that catch the unwary.
Pros
End-of-day trailing drawdown doesn't tighten on intraday unrealized spikes
Growth & Lightning keep 100% of the first $15,000, then 90/10
Lightning is instant funded — no evaluation; payouts processed 7 days/week
Watch out
The 'EOD' drawdown is still enforced intraday — touch the line live and the account permanently fails
Hold-time rule: >50% of trades AND profit must come from trades held >10s (funded) or payouts are denied
Running a mini and a micro on the same product counts as hedging and is prohibited
Best for: Futures day traders who want an EOD trailing drawdown and unrestricted news — and who hold trades more than ~10 seconds and never run a single bot across multiple firms.
Bottom line: One of the cleaner futures sim-funders for swing-of-session traders; just remember the EOD line still kills you intraday and microscalping blocks your payout.
Quick facts
Account sizes
$25K / $50K / $100K / $150K
Profit split
Growth/Lightning: 100% of first $15k, then 90%
Max scaling
~$750K across accounts (Elite tier)
Platforms
Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView, Rithmic
Instruments
CME-group futures (E-mini & Micro)
Payouts
7-day cycle; processed 7 days/week via Rise/Plane; KYC via Sumsub
An EOD trailing drawdown ($1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000–3,500 / $4,500–5,250 by size) that follows your highest END-OF-DAY balance — it only moves up at the daily close, not on intraday unrealized spikes. It locks permanently once your EOD balance exceeds the starting balance + drawdown by $100, fixing the floor at +$100 above your start.
Gotcha: Despite the 'EOD' label, the limit is enforced in real time — if your live balance touches it intraday, the account fails immediately and permanently.
Growth and Lightning have a daily loss limit (Growth eval ≈ $600/$1,250/$2,500/$3,750); Select Evaluation has NONE. Hitting the DLL does NOT fail the account — it pauses trading for the rest of the day and you resume next session.
Gotcha: The DLL only pauses you (unlike the trailing drawdown, which is fatal) — but the $25K Lightning has no DLL at all.
No single day's profit may exceed a % of total cumulative profit at payout: Growth Sim Funded 35%, Select Evaluation 40% (eval only), Lightning 20% → 25% → 30% (relaxes per payout). Growth eval and Select funded have none. Exceeding it locks profit behind a higher total-profit threshold (biggest day ÷ consistency% = total needed) — it doesn't void the account.
Gotcha: A denied payout doesn't reset — you carry the same % and a big day can freeze your money until your total profit catches up.
Fully allowed with no buffer windows or profit caps around news, across all account families — trade FOMC/NFP/CPI at your own risk re: volatility and slippage.
You must be flat by 4:59 PM ET each day (before the CME maintenance break). Overnight holding WITHIN a session is allowed (a session runs ~6 PM ET to 4:59 PM ET next day), but no holding across the daily break or over the weekend. Open positions at close are auto-flattened (this does not fail the account).
Gotcha: You can hold overnight within a session but never over the weekend — leftover positions are auto-flattened with possible slippage.
Bots/algos are allowed if you're the sole owner/user, with no shared access and NOT running the same bot across multiple firms. HFT bots are prohibited. Copy trading / third-party copiers are permitted 'at your own risk'.
Gotcha: Running one EA across several prop firms violates the sole-owner/single-firm rule — a common algo-trader trip-wire.
Prohibited: exploiting platform/pricing/latency errors, HFT, and running a mini + a micro on the same product simultaneously (treated as hedging). Hold-time rule: on funded accounts, >50% of trades AND >50% of profit must come from trades held longer than 10 seconds (eval: ≥50% of profit from trades held >5 seconds). Scalping above those thresholds, DCA within a plan, flipping and news trading are allowed.
Gotcha: Failing the hold-time rule denies your payout (it doesn't fail the eval), and mini+micro on the same product is an easy accidental hedging breach.
No minimum days to PASS an evaluation (clear the target in as little as one day). Payouts require profitable days: Growth Funded 5, Select Flex 5 winning days (≥$100/day). Select Daily allows daily payouts with no minimum days between requests.
You must execute at least one trade per calendar week to stay active. Tradeify messages you before taking action, so it functions as a soft flag rather than an instant auto-breach.
Growth & Lightning: keep 100% of the first $15,000 of profit, then 90/10. Select: 90/10 from the first payout (no 100% window). Processed 7 days/week via Rise (Plane backup) on a 7-day cycle. Lightning minimum payout is $1,000 ($25K Lightning is fixed at exactly $1,000); Growth needs balance ≥ $1,500 above start to request. KYC/AML via Sumsub plus payout-provider verification. After 5 payouts an 'Elite' tier unlocks (no DLL, locked floor, doubled contracts).
Gotcha: Only Growth/Lightning get the 100%-first-$15k window — Select is 90/10 from payout one.
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