Top One Futures

Firm Rules

• 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

Payout Policy

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 No payout requests from inside the buffer 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 Only profits above the buffer are eligible for withdrawal. 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 $1,000 per withdrawal $50,000 Account: Max $2,000 per withdrawal $100,000 Account: Max $2,500 per withdrawal $150,000 Account: Max $3,000 per withdrawal Minimum payout: 1% of account size 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

Restricted Countries

AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAngolaAntarcticaArmeniaAzerbaijanBahamasBarbadosBelarusBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCentral African RepublicChad◎Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)◎Crimea (Region of Ukraine)Cuba◎Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo Free State)DjiboutiEcuadorEthiopiaGhanaGuinea-BissauIcelandIndonesiaIranIraqJamaicaJordanKazakhstanKosovoKuwaitLaosLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibya◎MacedoniaMalawiMauritiusMongoliaMontenegroMorocco◎Myanmar (Burma)NicaraguaNorth KoreaPakistan◎Palestinian TerritoryPanamaPapua New GuineaPhilippinesRussiaRwandaSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth SudanSri LankaSudanSyriaTajikistan◎Timor-Leste (East Timor)Trinidad and TobagoTunisia◎TurkeyUgandaUkraineVenezuelaVietnamYemenZimbabwe