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Bulenox
DayTraders
Top One Futures
TradeDayAt a glance
Category winners across the firms you pickedHighest rated
Top One Futures
4.8 / 5 trader rating
Most funding
Bulenox
$2.8M max funding
Fastest payout
Top One Futures
On demand
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The bottom line
Top One Futures leads on reputation (4.8/5). Bulenox scales the furthest with up to $2.8M in funding.
52 of 61 metrics differ
| Bulenox$50K | DayTraders$50K | Top One Futures$50K | TradeDay$50K | |
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| Account Pricing | ||||
| Price | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Activation Fee | Worst value: $148 | $5 | Best value: None | Best value: None |
| True Cost | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Reset Fee | $78 | Not available | — | Not published |
| Current Promotion | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Evaluation Phase | ||||
| Profit Target | $3,0006.0% of account | $3,0006.0% of account | — | $3,0006.0% of account |
| Max Drawdown | Best value: $2,500 | Best value: $2,500 | — | Worst value: $2,000 |
| Drawdown Type | Intraday | Intraday | — | Intraday |
| Daily Loss Limit | None | None | — | None |
| Max Position Size | Best value: 7 contracts | Not published | — | Worst value: 5 contracts |
| Consistency Rule | Not published | 50% | — | 30% |
| Funded Phase | ||||
| Max Drawdown | $2,500 | $2,500 | Not published | $2,000 |
| Drawdown Type | Intraday | Intraday | End of Day | Intraday |
| Daily Loss Limit | Best value: None | Best value: None | Worst value: $1,250 | Best value: None |
| Max Payout/Cycle | Worst value: $1,500Min: $1000 | Best value: $2,000Min: $500 | Best value: $2,000Min: Not published | Not published |
| Consistency Rule | 40% | 30% | 20% | 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 | — | — | — | — |
| Max First-Cycle ROI | — | — | — | — |
| Target : Drawdown | Best value: 1.20lower = easier to pass | Best value: 1.20lower = easier to pass | — | Worst 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 | No | 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 | 3 funded · 6 evaluation |
| Trading Rules | ||||
| Scalping | Allowed | Allowed | Allowed | Allowed |
| Payouts | ||||
| Payout Frequency | Weekly | Every 8 trading days | On demand | On demand |
| Min Payout | from $500 | $500 | from $250 | $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 | Weekly | Every 8 trading days | Not published | On demand |
| Eligibility | 10 trading days · profit above buffer | 8 trading days · 8 profitable days · profit above buffer | No minimum | 1 trading days |
| Payout cap | $1,500 (#1-#3) → uncapped from #4 | $2,000 per payout | $2,000 per payout | Not published |
| Payout limit | Unlimited | Not published | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Safety-net buffer | Max loss + $100 | Fixed | Fixed | None |
| Scaling | None | None | None | None |
| Activation fee | One-time | 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 | Instant funding | 1-step |
| Time limit | 30 days | None | — | None |
| Min trading days | None | 2 | — | 5 |
| Fastest possible pass | 1 day | 2 days | — | 5 days |
| Resets | Allowed | Not available | — | Allowed |
| Consistency rule | 40% | 30% | 20% | 30% |
| Consistency applies to | Whole account life | Every payout cycle | Every payout cycle | 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”… |
