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Bulenox

DayTraders

Top One Futures

TradeDay

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Cheapest to start

Bulenox

$14 true cost

Highest rated

Top One Futures

4.8 / 5 trader rating

Most funding

Bulenox

$2.8M max funding

Fastest payout

TradeDay

On demand

The bottom line

Bulenox is the cheapest to start at $14 true cost. Top One Futures leads on reputation (4.8/5). Bulenox scales the furthest with up to $2.8M in funding.

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56 of 61 metrics differ

Bulenox4.7Details

DayTraders4.6Details

Top One Futures4.8Details

TradeDay4.6Details

Side-by-side comparison of Bulenox, DayTraders, Top One Futures, TradeDay
	Bulenox$50K	DayTraders$50K	Top One Futures$50K	TradeDay$50K
Account Pricing
Price	Best value: $14$14390% OFF	$50	$22$21890% OFF	Worst value: $59$13155% OFF
Activation Fee	Best value: None	Worst value: $5	Best value: None	Best value: None
True Cost	Best value: $14after discount + activation	$55after discount + activation	$22after discount + activation	Worst value: $59after discount + activation
Reset Fee	Not published	Not available	Worst value: $104	Best value: $59
Current Promotion	LUMI (90% off)	No applicable code	LUMI (90% off)	LUMI: $59.00 initial fee
Evaluation Phase
Profit Target	Best value: $3,0006.0% of account	Worst value: $3,7507.5% of account	Best value: $3,0006.0% of account	Best value: $3,0006.0% of account
Max Drawdown	$2,000	$1,000	$2,000	$2,000
Drawdown Type	Intraday	Static	End of Day	Intraday
Daily Loss Limit	Best value: None	Best value: None	Worst value: $1,000	Best value: None
Max Position Size	Best value: 7 contracts	6 contracts	Worst value: 3 contracts	5 contracts
Consistency Rule	No	50%	40%	30%
Funded Phase
Max Drawdown	Not published	$1,000	$2,000	$2,000
Drawdown Type	Intraday	Static	End of Day	Intraday
Daily Loss Limit	Best value: None	Best value: None	Worst value: $1,000	Best value: None
Max Payout/Cycle	Best value: $3,000Min: $1000	$2,000Min: $500	Worst value: $1,000Min: $500	Not published
Consistency Rule	35%	30%	No	No
Value MetricsDerived from price, discount, targets and payout caps — fewer breakeven cycles and higher first-cycle ROI mean the account pays for itself faster.
Breakeven Winning Cycles	1 cycle	1 cycle	1 cycle	1 cycle
Max First-Cycle ROI	Best value: 10390%	Worst value: 3536%	4487%	—
Target : Drawdown	Best value: 1.50lower = easier to pass	Worst value: 3.75lower = easier to pass	Best value: 1.50lower = easier to pass	Best value: 1.50lower = easier to pass
Company Info
Established	2022	2023	2025	2020
CEO	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	James Thorpe
Country	United States	United States	United States	United States
Trader Rating	4.7	Worst value: 4.6	Best value: 4.8	Worst value: 4.6
Features
Allows Scaling	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Daily Payouts	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
1-Day Pass	Yes	No	Yes	No
KYC Required	Required	Required	Required	Required
Trading
Instruments	EMD, ES, RTY, NQ, MES, MNQ, M2K, MBT +35 more	ES, NKD, NQ, YM, EMD, RTY, HE, LE +34 more	ZM, ZS, ZW, ES, NQ, MES, MNQ, RTY +24 more	ES, MES, NQ, MNQ, RTY, M2K, NKD, YM +33 more
Evaluation Types	1-step, Instant funding	1-step, Instant funding	1-step, Instant funding	1-step
Platforms	R\|Trader Pro, NinjaTrader, Bookmap +19 more	Onyx, R\|Trader Pro, Quantower +10 more	Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView	Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView +15 more
Max Funding	Best value: $2.75M	$1.5M	$1.5M	Worst value: $150,000
Profit Split	Worst value: 90%	Best value: 100%	Worst value: 90%	Not published
Max Accounts	5 funded · Unlimited evaluation	15 funded · 15 evaluation	35 funded · Unlimited evaluation	5 funded · 10 evaluation
Trading Rules
Scalping	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed
Payouts
Payout Frequency	Daily	Every 8 trading days	Daily	On demand
Min Payout	from $500	$500	from $50	$250
Payout Methods	ACH transfer, Wire transfer +1 more	Bank payout through Plane, the firm's payout provider: “Navigate to ‘Payout Method’ and set up a provider such as Plane”. Onboarding collects “US Citizen or US Taxpayer status, Government ID Number or Passport Number, Payout Type (e.g. Plane), Payout Email”, after which the trader creates a Plane account and signs the contract; bank details are held at Plane, not DayTraders. A payout profile may be registered as a business (legal business name, address, EIN, formation documents, business bank account) even though the trading account itself must stay individual., DT Wallet — site credit instead of cash, for simulated payouts only: “If you are eligible, you can choose to have an approved simulated payout credited to your DT Wallet instead of receiving it as a bank payout”, minimum $100, credited instantly, “No transfer fee”. It is not a withdrawal: “DT Wallet funds cannot be withdrawn as cash”, the choice is irreversible once approved, and “Live account payouts cannot be sent to the DT Wallet and must be sent to the bank.”	Cryptocurrency — “We support the following payout methods: Cryptocurrency, Bank Transfer.”, Bank transfer — same article. +2 more	US bank wire — free, International bank wire — $15 per withdrawal +2 more
Payout StructureHow money actually leaves the account: what you must do to qualify, how much each payout may be, and when the cap stops applying.
Payout cadence	Daily	Every 8 trading days	Daily	On demand
Eligibility	5 profitable days · profit above buffer	8 trading days · 8 profitable days · profit above buffer	1 trading days · profit above buffer	1 trading days
Payout cap	$1,500 (#1) → $2,000 (#2) → … → $3,000 (#4)	$2,000 per payout	$1,000 per payout	Not published
Payout limit	Unlimited	Not published	Unlimited	Unlimited
Safety-net buffer	None	Fixed	Fixed	None
Scaling	None	None	Tiered by balance · 3 tiers	None
Activation fee	None	One-time	None	None
Evaluation TermsThe shape of the challenge itself, including where the consistency rule applies — an evaluation-only rule and one that binds for the life of the account are very different obligations.
Evaluation type	1-step	1-step	1-step	1-step
Time limit	30 days	None	Not published	None
Min trading days	None	2	None	5
Fastest possible pass	1 day	2 days	3 days	5 days
Resets	Not published	Not available	Allowed	Allowed
Consistency rule	35%	30%	40%	30%
Consistency applies to	Every payout cycle	Every payout cycle	Evaluation only	Evaluation only
What You May TradeEach firm's own position on the strategies traders get breached for, with its published qualification. A restriction is not the same as a ban.
News trading	✓ Allowed…	✓ Allowed…	! RestrictedAllowed as a firm-wide default — “Yes, you are allowed to trade news on your accounts at Top One Futures” — with two…	! RestrictedOnly a named tier-1 list is off limits, and the platform enforces it rather than failing the trader…
Weekend holding	✗ Not allowed“All positions must be closed before the session close; overnight and weekend positions are prohibited” (Momentum…	? Not publishedTwo of the firm's own documents disagree.…	? Not published“Weekend trading is strictly prohibited, and all markets remain closed during this period.” Nothing can be carried into…	? Not publishedNo weekend-specific rule is published; it follows from the absolute daily-close rule, which admits no exception for a…
Overnight holding	? Not published“Holding positions overnight is strictly prohibited” (Qualification Rules), with the hard deadline…	? Not publishedSame contradiction as weekend holding, and the same two sources.…	✗ Not allowed“As part of our trading rules, holding trades overnight is not allowed.”…	✓ AllowedExplicitly permitted inside a session, which runs overnight: “Trading generally resumes after 5 pm CT.”…
Bots & automation	? Not publishedPermitted by the FAQ and the help centre, but gated by the Terms of Use, and the two are never reconciled.…	✗ Not allowedThe current No High Frequency Trading article explicitly requires manual trading and tells traders to ensure trades are…	✗ Not allowed“At Top One Futures, we do not allow the use of Expert Advisors (EAs) or Bots on our accounts… We require all traders”…	! RestrictedA trader’s own automation is allowed on supported platforms, bought automation is not, and there is no API…
High-frequency trading	? Not publishedProhibited in substance by the same Terms of Use clause.…	✗ Not allowed“High Frequency Trading (HFT) strategies that rely on the rapid execution of multiple trades within very short time”…	✗ Not allowedBanned by name in Prohibited Trading Practices §12 (“or high-frequency execution tool is strictly forbidden”), and…	✗ Not allowedBanned with a published numeric threshold, unusually: “Using automated trading systems designed to scalp at an”…
Dollar-cost averaging	? Not publishedNo rule on averaging down, scaling into a position, martingale or grid trading appears anywhere on the public site.…	✓ Allowed“DCA is allowed during both the evaluation and Pro account phases.” The dedicated article frames it as a deliberate…	? Not publishedNo rule on dollar-cost averaging, averaging down, scaling into a position or martingale appears in any of the 95…	? Not publishedOnly legitimate scaling and staged entries at different price levels are explicitly permitted by the order-splitting…
Hedging	? Not publishedThe word “hedge” and its variants appear nowhere in the help centre, the FAQ or the four legal PDFs — no rule addresses…	✗ Not allowedThe dedicated article bans it inside one account as well as across accounts: “hedging across accounts or within the”…	? Not published“You may not hedge one account against another, whether within Top One Futures or across other prop firms or brokers.”…	? Not publishedBanned in both the multiple-accounts article and the prohibited-practices list, with the same cross-account definition:…
Copy trading	? Not publishedCopiers are named in the same answer as bots and carry the same limit…	! RestrictedOwn-account copying is supported through Onyx and the rTrader Pro Copier.…	! RestrictedAllowed only between a trader's own accounts of identical program and size: “copy trading is strictly limited to”…	! RestrictedAllowed only into TradeDay accounts and only between Funded Sim accounts, never across the sim/live line…
Microscalping	? Not publishedRestricted, and only in its automated form.…	? Not publishedNo microscalping or minimum-hold rule is published, and no percentage or holding-time threshold exists anywhere in the…	? Not publishedGoverned by a minimum hold time rather than a ban: “Trades must remain open for a minimum of 10 seconds across all”…	? Not publishedDefined but not numerically bounded, and enforced by review rather than by an automatic breach…
VPN	? Not publishedNo VPN, VPS, proxy or connection-location rule is published.…	? Not publishedThe Terms of Use prohibit VPN/VPS use on accounts and the purchasing rules reject VPN payments.…	? Not publishedThe IP policy contradicts itself inside one article.…	✗ Not allowedVPS is barred outright and IP masking must be switched off on demand: “TradeDay does not allow the use of virtual”…

Bulenox vs DayTraders vs Top One Futures vs TradeDay — quick answer

Bulenox is the cheapest to start at $14 true cost. Top One Futures leads on reputation (4.8/5). Bulenox scales the furthest with up to $2.8M in funding. Side-by-side comparison of Bulenox, DayTraders, Top One Futures, TradeDay uses the exact accounts selected above for profit splits, true cost, drawdown rules and payout cadence. Open any head-to-head below for the full breakdown.

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