Funded Futures Family vs YLOS Trading

Funded Futures Family and YLOS Trading side by side on price, rules and payouts.

2 firms compared Updated 29 September 2026

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Top Trustpilot score, YLOS Trading
4.7
Cheapest challenge, Funded Futures Family
$54.99
Biggest max. allocation, YLOS Trading
$300K

At a Glance

2 firms
Trustpilot4.64.7Top rated
In operation2 years2 years
CountryUSUS
Cheapest challenge$54.99S2F Accelerate (Labs, invite only), $25KCheapest$124.75No Activation Fee, $25K
Max. allocation$150K$300KBiggest
Programs
S2F Accelerate (Labs, invite only), Sniper (Labs, invite only), S2F Accelerate, S2F Payday, Choice (monthly), Premier+ (monthly, Labs, invite only), Prime (monthly), Velocity (monthly)
Instant Funding, No Activation Fee, Standard, Freedom 2.0, Static Prime

Trading Rules

Each firm’s daily and maximum loss limits, as the firm sets them. Each firm’s profile says how its limits are measured.

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Daily loss limitAcross the firm's programsNone to $1,000None to $750
Max loss limitAcross the firm's programs$750 to $4,750$1,200 to $7,500
Daily drawdown
No daily loss limit on evaluation accounts or most simulated funded accounts. S2F Payday has a $1,000 hard breach daily loss limit, and Choice Daily Pay funded accounts have a two strike daily loss limit of $500 to $1,750. Live accounts have a daily loss limit ($1,000 on 50K and 100K, $1,250 on 150K).
No daily loss limit on Standard, No Activation Fee, Freedom 2.0 or Instant Funding accounts. Static Prime: $750 daily loss limit.
Max drawdown
Velocity: intraday trailing (end of day available as a paid add on). Prime: end of day trailing. Premier+: trader chooses end of day or intraday in the evaluation; funded accounts use end of day trailing (funded drawdown on the EOD option is larger than in the evaluation, e.g. $2,000 vs $1,500 on 50K). Straight to Funded: end of day. S2F Accelerate: intraday trailing with no ceiling. On Premier+, the drawdown moves to the base account size after the first payout.
Evaluation (Standard, No Activation Fee, Freedom): end of day, but the account is blocked immediately if the balance falls below the limit intraday. Funded: real time (tick by tick) trailing until profit equals the drawdown plus $100, then static. Freedom 2.0 funded: end of day, never becomes static. Static Prime: static $1,500 drawdown. EOD Drawdown add on available.
Minimum trading days
Prime: 1 day to pass. Premier+: 1 day with Fast Pass, 2 days Standard. Velocity: 3 days. Funded accounts must be activated within 7 days of passing.
Standard and No Activation Fee evaluation: minimum 1 day. Freedom 2.0 evaluation: at least 5 days with $50 profit a day. Funded payouts: 10 trading days with 7 winning days of $50 or more (Standard, No Activation Fee); 5 days with $200 net profit a day (Instant Funding).
Time limitNo time limit; evaluations are monthly subscriptions that renew until passed or cancelled.
None; one time fee with no renewals. Accounts must record activity at least once every 7 days (a closed result of at least $100 positive or negative).
News tradingAllowed through all news events including tier 1 releases (FOMC, CPI, employment); no flattening requirement.
Allowed in the evaluation. Funded accounts must not be positioned at the time of news releases (may trade immediately after). Freedom 2.0 funded and the Freedom Rules add on remove this restriction. Bracketing news with pending orders on both sides is prohibited.
Overnight and weekends
Positions must be closed by 4:45 pm ET and are closed automatically at that time; trading reopens at 6:00 pm ET. The homepage lists weekend holding as allowed on Velocity (see gaps).
Intraday only. All positions must be closed at least 30 minutes before the close (3:30 pm Chicago time on normal days); holding past the close blocks the account and zeroes the balance. No overnight or swing trading.
EAs and copy trading
Bot and algorithmic trading are not permitted. VPNs and VPS services are permitted. One user profile per person; account per household limits apply.
No automation of any kind except the official Ylos Order Replicator. Copying external signals, copiers between different accounts, third party EAs, martingale, grid, hedging and microscalping (trades of 30 seconds or less in most trades) are prohibited.
Consistency rule
Velocity: 40% for the life of the account (removed with the daily payout add on). Prime: none in the evaluation, 40% per payout cycle on funded accounts. Premier+: none in the evaluation; 40% on funded accounts bought on or after 9 September 2026. Straight to Funded: 25%. S2F Accelerate: 20%, 25% and 30% for payouts 1, 2 and 3 onward (25% lifetime on accounts bought before 22 October 2026). S2F Payday: 40%. Choice: 40% in the evaluation (50% with a paid add on), none on funded accounts.
Funded Standard and No Activation Fee: no day above 40% of net profit in the period (resets after each withdrawal), plus a median rule (largest loss no more than 5 times the median winning trade) and contract size consistency. Instant Funding: 30%. Freedom 2.0: evaluation requires no single day to reach 40% of the target; no funded consistency, median or contract consistency rules.

Payouts

When and how each firm pays once you are funded.

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Profit split90/10 on all funded plansTiered on cumulative profit across all accounts: 100% of the first $15,000, 90% from $15,000 to $30,000, 80% above $30,000
First payout
Prime: after 3 days of $200 or more profit, above a buffer of drawdown plus $100 (e.g. $52,100 on 50K); first payout capped at $1,000 to $3,500. Premier+: 50% of profit up to $1,000 to $3,000. Velocity: capped at $750 to $3,250 ($600 to $2,500 with daily payouts). S2F: capped at $1,000 to $3,000.
Balance must exceed a buffer of the drawdown plus $100 (e.g. $52,600 on 50K). Compliance review within 1 business day, funds released to the wallet within 24 to 48 business hours. Initial withdrawals are capped by account size: $1,500 (25K), $2,000 (50K), $2,500 (100K), $2,750 (150K) and $3,500 (300K) per withdrawal. Freedom 2.0 caps: $1,000 (25K) and $1,500 (50K) per withdrawal.
Payout frequency
Prime: every 3 trading days. Premier+: every 5 trading days. Velocity: every 3 trading days, or once a day with the daily payout add on. Straight to Funded: every 7 trading days. S2F Accelerate: every 5 trading days. Payouts are approved at end of day.
Standard and No Activation Fee: every 10 trading days. Instant Funding: every 5 trading days. Freedom 2.0: one withdrawal per day. Requests accepted from 5 am Monday to 12 pm Friday Chicago time.
Minimum payout
S2F Accelerate has a $500 minimum payout and Choice a $500 (Weekly Pay) or $250 (Daily Pay) minimum request; other plans state no fixed minimum, and each cycle requires new profit since the last payout (Prime: $300 to $1,000; Velocity: $1,500 to $9,000; S2F: $1,500 to $9,000 first payout, $1,000 to $4,500 after) and days of at least $200 profit
$500 on all account sizes; $250 on Freedom 2.0
Payout methodsRise (bank transfer or wire, 1 to 3 business days), Rise (crypto, same day to 24 hours)YLOS wallet, then transfer to bank account, Rise (international payments, per homepage FAQ)

Platforms and Markets

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Platforms
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  • TradingView
  • Other Platform
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LeverageNot applicable; position size is set by contract limits (e.g. 5 minis or 50 micros on a 50K Velocity account).
Not applicable; contract limits of 4 minis (25K), 10 (50K), 14 (100K), 17 (150K) and 35 (300K) on Standard, No Activation Fee and Instant Funding; Freedom 2.0 2 minis (25K) and 5 minis (50K) per pricing page.
Scaling plan
Funded accounts use a scaling plan that sets contract limits by simulated profit, updated at the end of each session (e.g. Prime 50K starts at 3 minis and reaches 5 minis at $2,000 profit). Traders who reach $5,000 in approved Professional Stage payouts, or receive a first payout with sustained consistency, can be reviewed for a live account on Rithmic (50K, 100K or 150K, starting at 1 mini or 10 micros).
No scaling plan captured. A Live account with daily payouts is offered by invitation only.

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