Independent trader reviews, ratings and payout experiences for The Futures Desk.
Broker:CME Group member with leased exchange seats, trading through regulated FCMs; assessment execution is simulated and funded accounts trade live
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Payment Methods:Not yet verified
Payout Methods:
RiseworksABACH / Bank Transfer
Instruments and Assets
Type of InstrumentsFutures
Assets
FuturesCME Futures
Maximum Allocation$3K
Leverage
All plansNo leverage ratio is published - risk is set by the account balance, static drawdown and contract limits (1-3 Minis or 10-30 Micros)
Commissions
Data feesThe first professional data fee is covered when the trader goes live
All contracts$2.40 per contract all-in round trip once live, against roughly $5.75 at other firms
Consistency Rules
Assessment - Static Mini: a Base Hits requirement of $286.Assessment - Static Core: a Base Hits requirement of $572.Assessment - Static Pro: a Base Hits requirement of $858.Funded and buffer stages: no consistency rule at all.
Firm Rules
Static Mini: $1,000 account, $2,000 profit target, $400 daily loss limit, $1,000 static drawdown, 7 minimum trading days, 1 Mini or 10 Micros, $99 entry, no activation fee.
Static Core: $2,000 account, $4,000 profit target, $800 daily loss limit, $2,000 static drawdown, 7 minimum trading days, 2 Minis or 20 Micros, $139 entry, no activation fee.
Static Pro: $3,000 account, $6,000 profit target, $1,200 daily loss limit, $3,000 static drawdown, 7 minimum trading days, 3 Minis or 30 Micros, $179 entry, no activation fee.
The route runs in three stages. Assessment: static drawdown, 7 minimum trading days, the profit target and the Base Hits requirement, with no activation fee on passing.
Build Buffer: after passing, the trader builds a buffer equal to the account's static drawdown. No minimum days, no consistency rule, and extensions are free.
Payouts and Live: once the buffer is complete the trader moves to a live brokerage account with daily uncapped payouts, no consistency rule, no benchmark days, an 80% split and institutional commissions.
Scalping, day trading and algorithmic trading are all allowed.
Swing trading is not allowed, and no position may be held beyond the trading session - so weekend holding does not arise.
Drawdown is static on every plan.
Up to 4 assessment accounts may be held at once, capped at $6,000 of combined drawdown - three Static Core or two Static Pro accounts, for example.
On moving to live trading, accounts must be consolidated down to a maximum of two live accounts.
The Futures Desk is a CME Group member with leased exchange seats and covers the trader's first professional data fee when they go live.
Payout Policy
The split is 80% to the trader and 20% to The Futures Desk.
Payouts are daily and uncapped once the trader reaches the live payout stage.
The minimum payout is $100 and requests are usually processed within 24 hours.
Payouts go out through Rise, or as an ACH bank transfer.
Payout★★★★★
Support★★★★★
Rules★★★★★
Platform★★★★★
Restricted Countries
◎No country-by-country list is published; eligibility follows applicable law and regulation◎Traders on the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list are excluded
Profile data
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United States