Top One Futures Futures Prop Firm Details

Instant

• A trader's profit on any single day cannot exceed 20% of the total profit on Instant Funded.

Ignite

• A trader's profit on any single day cannot exceed 15% of the total profit on Ignite Funded.

Elite Access

• 40% on Funded but none on Evaluation.

Elite Daily

• 40% on Evaluation only

Exploiting System, Pricing, or Latency Errors

• Any attempt to take advantage of errors, delays, mispricings, or lags in the broker's feed, the charting platform, or any associated systems will result in immediate account breach
  • This includes latency arbitrage and price manipulation

Use of Insider or Non-Public Information

• Trading based on information not available to the general public, including insider news or confidential financial disclosures, is prohibited

Front-Running

• Placing trades with the intent to benefit from anticipated price movement based on trades executed elsewhere (e.g., in another account or at another firm) is not allowed

Hedging Between Accounts

• You may not hedge one account against another, whether within Top One Futures or across other prop firms or brokers
• All trades must reflect independent trading strategies without cross-account hedging

Unauthorized Account Access

• Only the registered account owner is permitted to trade
• Allowing friends, family, or third parties to access or trade on your account violates this policy

Minimum Trade Duration (10-Second Rule)

• To protect against ultra-high-frequency scalping and promote responsible trading:
  • All trades must remain open longer than 10 seconds
  • 10.00 seconds = violation, 10.01 seconds = acceptable
  • Closing any portion of a trade before 10 seconds violates this rule
  • Adding to a trade (e.g., scaling in) within 10 seconds is permitted
• Occasional minor violations are tolerable, but if:
  • Anywhere close to 50% or more of your total and/or withdrawable profits
  • OR, anywhere close to 50% or more of your individual trades
  • violate this rule, all profits associated with these trades will be removed

Trading That Risks Broker Relationships

• Trading strategies or behaviors that may harm our broker relationships—such as abnormal flow, slippage targeting, or mass quote stuffing—are grounds for account closure

Trading That May Create Regulatory Concerns

• Any activity that could cause regulatory exposure for Top One Futures or our liquidity partners is not tolerated

Externally Marketed Challenge-Passing Strategies

• Using any publicly available or purchased system advertised to help traders "pass challenges" is not allowed
• All strategies must be developed and executed by the trader

Rolling, Churning, or Gambling Accounts

• Creating multiple evaluation accounts in a short period and using a batch-style approach, such as intentionally letting most accounts fail while focusing on passing just one, is strictly prohibited
• Excessive account creation within a short timeframe, especially when done repeatedly, is considered manipulative and will be flagged by our systems
• We do not support gambling behavior
  • This includes consistently breaching accounts within 24–48 hours of purchase and then immediately repurchasing new accounts, indicative of toxic trading strategies
  • Such actions are not indicative of consistency or skill but instead reflect reckless trading strategies intended to exploit asymmetric risk at scale
  • Traders engaging in this type of behavior are not aligned with our long-term vision and may be permanently disqualified
• Examples of disqualifiable churning behavior:
  • Purchasing multiple batch accounts and breaching newly purchased accounts within 1–2 days of trading and repeating the cycle
  • Example Day 1: Trader purchased 9 accounts, all breached within 24 hours
  • Example Day 2: Trader purchased 7 more accounts, again all breached within 24 hours
  • This shows no sustainable risk management or strategy and instead indicates a trial-and-error "gambling" style of trading
  • Attempting to maximize short-term sim funded payout potential through unsustainable trading approaches

Arbitrage with Other Firms

• Attempting to gain an advantage by arbitraging trades across Top One Futures and another firm or platform is prohibited

Automated Trading / Expert Advisors (EAs)

• Use of any automated trading system, script, bot, Expert Advisor (EA), or high-frequency execution tool is strictly forbidden
• All trades must be entered manually or semi-manually by the trader

Copy Trading or Group Trading

• Each trader must operate independently
• The following are not allowed:
  • Executing the same trades as another person or account
  • Coordinated trading with relatives or friends
  • Following signal services, Telegram groups, Discord calls, or any shared trade alert system
• You are not allowed to mix account types in any copy trading setup
  • The leader and follower accounts must be the same type and value
• Note on Copy Trading Between Firms:
  • Traders can use third-party copy trading platforms
  • While Top One Futures does not prohibit copy trading between your own accounts at different firms, all trade decisions must originate from activity on our platform
  • Trades have to begin from your Top One Futures account and reflect your own strategy and discretion

Intentional Account Breaching (Sim Farming)

• Traders may not attempt to deliberately fail or breach funded accounts to avoid transitioning to live trading, remain on simulated accounts, or game system protections

Additional Resources

• All prohibited practices in detail can be found via this link: Prohibited Trading Practices

Overnight Holding

• Overnight trading is NOT allowed
• All positions must be closed by 4:10 PM EST each trading day
• Any open trades after this time may trigger forced liquidation and lead to potential account penalties

News Trading

• INSTANT Sim Funded, Ignite Instant Funding and all evaluations: Allowed without any restrictions
• Elite Access funded accounts and Elite Daily funded accounts: Not allowed 2 minutes before and after high impact news
• You may hold a trade during a news event if:
  • The position was opened before the 2-minute pre-news window
• However:
  • If a trade is closed inside the restricted window → violation
  • If you modify stops or targets inside the window → violation
  • Your trade must not be closed by any means during the restricted news window
• If a funded trader violates the news rule:
  • Profits generated from the violating trade may be removed
  • The payout request may be denied
  • The account may be flagged for review
  • Repeated violations may lead to stricter action
• News violations do not automatically result in a hard breach unless abuse is detected

Trading Hours

• Hours: 6:00 PM EST and 4:10 PM EST the next day, Monday through Friday
• Daily Break: There is a daily 1-hour break from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EST, during which trading is paused
• After the break, the next session opens

Inactivity Rule

• All Sim Funded traders must place at least one trade every 14 calendar days to keep their account in good standing

IP Address Restrictions

• IP Address Restrictions Explained

Payout Lock

• When you qualify for and request a payout, the maximum drawdown locks in at your initial account balance plus $100.

Payout Cycle

Elite-Access

• Profit Split: 90/10% profit split

• Minimum payout: $500

• Maximum payout:

  • $25,000 Account: Max $1000 per withdrawal

  • $50,000 Account: Max $1500 per withdrawal

  • $100,000 Account: Max $2000 per withdrawal

  • $150,000 Account: Max $2500 per withdrawal

• Buffer requirement:

  • $25,000 Account: $1500

  • $50,000 Account: $2000

  • $100,000 Account: $3000

  • $150,000 Account: $4500

• Required Profit:

  • $25,000 Account: $2000

  • $50,000 Account: $2500

  • $100,000 Account: $3500

  • $150,000 Account: $5000

• 5 Minimum Profitable Days:

  • $25,000 Account: $200

  • $50,000 Account: $250

  • $100,000 Account: $300

  • $150,000 Account: $350

Your largest winning day must not exceed 40% of total profits in your current payout cycle

• Profit Progression Rule

  • For each payout request, at least 50% of the requested payout amount must come from profits generated since your last payout.

Elite-Daily

• Profit Split: 90/10% profit split

• Minimum payout: $500

• Maximum payout:

  • $25,000 Account: Max $750 per withdrawal

  • $50,000 Account: Max $1000 per withdrawal

  • $100,000 Account: Max $1500 per withdrawal

  • $150,000 Account: Max $2,250 per withdrawal

• Buffer requirements:

  • $25,000 Account: $1500

  • $50,000 Account: $2500

  • $100,000 Account: $3500

  • $150,000 Account: $4500

• 50% Profit Progression Rule

  • For each payout request: At least 50% of the requested payout amount must come from profits generated since your last payout

Instant Sim Funded

• Profit Split: 90/10% profit split

• The Profit Target (Dynamic)

  • First Payout: You must make 6% of your initial account balance.

  • Second Payout: You must make 5% on top of your new balance (after the first payout is deducted).

  • Third Payout (and all future payouts): You must make 4% on top of your new balance (after the previous payout is deducted).

Consistency Rule:

• Your single best trading day's profit cannot account for more than 20% of your total accumulated profit at the time of your payout request.

• Maximum payout amount:

  • $25,000 Account: Max $1,500 per withdrawal

  • $50,000 Account: Max $2,500 per withdrawal

  • $100,000 Account: Max $3,000 per withdrawal

  • $150,000 Account: Max $3,500 per withdrawal

IGNITE

• Profit Split: 90/10

• First Payout

  • Available once you have achieved a 5% profit and met the 15% consistency rule.

  • No minimum trading day requirement.

• Subsequent Payouts

  • Each payout requires another 5% profit relative to the balance after the last payout.

• Minimum Payout:

  • $250

• Maximum Payout:

  • 25K = $500
  • 50K = $1,000
  • 100K = $1,500
  • 150K = $2,000