AquaFutures Futures Prop Firm Details

Standard:

• No single trading day may account for 40% or more of the total profits (Funded)

Beginner:

• No single trading day may account for 40% or more of the total profits (Funded and Evaluation)

Instant:

• Your largest profitable day must not exceed 20% of your total profits for the cycle. (funded)

Instant Pro:

• Your largest profitable day must not exceed 15% of your total profits for the cycle. (funded)

Flex:

• No single trading day may account for 40% or more of the total profits (Evaluation)

News Trading

• Evaluation: Allowed
• Funded: Strictly prohibited during red folder news events (ForexFactory). All trades must be closed 2 minutes before and no new trades until 2 minutes after the event. This includes opening, holding, or pending orders. First violation results in profit deduction; further violations may result in account termination.

Expert Advisors

• Fully automated trading (AI, bots, EAs) is strictly prohibited. Semi-automated trading is allowed only if the trader actively monitors and manually manages all trades. Automated scalping systems exceeding 200 trades per day are not permitted.

Copy Trading

• Copy Trading is allowed between your own accounts (including external accounts personally owned). Copying trades from or to another trader's account, using shared EA configurations, third-party copy services, or "Pass Your Challenge" services is not permitted. Violations result in account breach, profit forfeiture, and potential permanent ban.

Trading Hours

• Daily session: 10:00 PM UTC – 8:10 PM UTC the following day (Sunday through Friday). All open trades are auto-closed at market close, this does not count as a violation.
• Holiday hours: May vary. Times may shift seasonally due to daylight savings.

Inactivity Rule

• Evaluation: You are required to place at least one trade within 7 days to avoid your account being marked inactive. Failure to this, your account will be breached due to inactivity and no further action can be done on the account.
• Funded: You are required to place at least one trade within 7 days to avoid your account being marked inactive. Failure to this, your account will be breached due to inactivity and no further action can be done on the account.

Biggest Loss vs. Biggest Win (single trade)

• Your biggest single trade loss cannot exceed your biggest single trade win during the funded stage within each withdrawal cycle. The calculation is applied to net profits (commissions included).
• Trade definition: A trade is defined as one entry and its corresponding exit. Multiple contracts opened and closed in one execution count as one trade. Separately entered or partially closed positions are each counted as individual trades.

2% Price Limit Rule

• Trading within 2% of a CME price limit is prohibited. This protects traders from market halts, extreme price swings, and major slippage.

Drawdown Lock Rule

• The trailing drawdown locks at starting balance + $100 and no longer trails for the remainder of the account's lifetime.

Prohibited Strategies

• Automated Scalping (200+ trades per day)
• Fully Automated Trading (AI, Bots)
• Microscalping
• Order Manipulation / Layering
• Gapped / Illiquid Market Trading
• Slippage / Bracket Exploitation
• Tier 1 Economic Data Trading
• Collaborative / Coordinated Trading
• Tick Scalping
• Details: https://help.aquafutures.io/en/articles/10080185-prohibited-trading-strategies

Profit Split

• Beginner & Instant Pro: 100% on first $15,000 lifetime withdrawals, then 90% thereafter. The $15,000 lifetime threshold is tracked per user across all accounts and profiles, not per individual account.

• 1-Step Standard & Instant Standard: Standard model accounts have a fixed 90% profit split.

Beginner Accounts

• Payout frequency: Every 7 days

• Profit requirement:

  • 1st Payout: 7%
  • 2nd Payout: 6%
  • 3rd Payout onward: 5%

• Requirements:

  • 25K — 5 winning days of $120 or more
  • 50K — 5 winning days of $200 or more
  • 100K — 5 winning days of $360 or more
  • 150K — 5 winning days of $580 or more
  • Resets after each successful withdrawal.

• 40% consistency rule, and biggest single trade loss must not exceed biggest single trade win

• Payout cap per request:

  • $25,000 Account: $750
  • $50,000 Account: $1,500
  • $100,000 Account: $3,000
  • $150,000 Account: $4,500

• Minimum payout: $250

Standard Accounts

• Payout frequency:

  • 25K — 5 winning days of $120 or more
  • 50K — 5 winning days of $200 or more
  • 100K — 5 winning days of $360 or more
  • 150K — 5 winning days of $580 or more
  • Resets after each successful withdrawal.

• Other Requirements: 40% consistency rule on Instant & 15% consistency rule on Instant Pro, and biggest single trade loss must not exceed biggest single trade win

• Buffer zone

  • 25K - $26,100
  • 50K - $52,100
  • 100K - $103,100
  • 150K - $154,600
  • Cannot withdraw from buffer

• Payout cap per request

  • 25K - $850
  • 50K - $1,500
  • 100K - $2,000
  • 150K - $3,000

• Minimum payout: $500

Instant Standard & Instant Pro Accounts

• 1st Payout: 6% | 2nd Payout: 5% | 3rd Payout onward: 4%

• Payout frequency:

  • 50K — 7 winning days of $100 or more
  • 100K — 7 winning days of $200 or more

• Other Requirements: 20% consistency rule, and biggest single trade loss must not exceed biggest single trade win.

• Payout cap per request:

  • $50,000 Account: $1,500
  • $100,000 Account: $3,000

• Minimum payout: $250

Flex Accounts

Payout frequency

• 50K — 5 winning days of $150 or more
• 100K — 5 winning days of $300 or more
• 150K — 5 winning days of $500 or more

Max Reward per Request:
50% profits up to

• $50K: $1,500
• $100K: $2,500
• $150K: $3,500

Drawdown Lock on First Withdrawal on All Plans

• Upon requesting the first reward, the max drawdown adjusts to starting balance + $100. For Standard accounts, withdrawing below the buffer zone also triggers this adjustment, after which the drawdown no longer trails.

Reward Processing

• Processed within 24 business hours (Mon–Fri, 8 AM–4 PM CT) via Riseworks
• Crypto payments available for amounts under $1,000 (case-by-case basis)
• Flat $35 processing fee on first reward each month

Withdrawal Guarantee

• $500 added to payment if not processed within 24 business hours (excludes delays outside their control)

Contract Scaling Explained

• https://help.aquafutures.io/en/articles/10080189-scaling-plan