Source: https://whitepips.com/futures Summary: Futures prop firm accounts: what a futures contract is, how WhitePips evaluations work, minis and micros, end of day trailing drawdown and every price. Last updated: 2026-10-28 # Funded futures, CME markets. A futures account is a different instrument, a different platform and a different rule set from a CFD account, not a re-badge of one. Built to be the most transparent prop firm in the market, WhitePips publishes every rule and price before you pay. See the futures plans [Trading calculator](https://whitepips.com/calculator?line=futures) - **0%** Payout denials - **$81** Accounts from - **$150K** Largest account - **90%** Profit split, every plan - **On demand** Payouts - **None** Evaluation time limit CME Group futures with dxFeed data Equity indices, energy, metals, currencies and grains Minis and micros on every plan 90/10 split on every plan Payouts on demand One Step: no daily loss limit, no consistency rule in the evaluation Instant: funded the day you buy Order flow, volume profile and the live tape on Volumetrica No time limit on the evaluation Payouts by bank transfer or crypto A receipt for every payout request Up to 25% off when you bundle accounts ## A futures prop firm, answered The idea ### What is a futures prop firm? A futures prop firm sells you a simulated futures account and pays you a share of the profit you make on it. At WhitePips you trade CME Group futures (the E-mini and Micro S&P and Nasdaq, crude oil, gold, currencies and grains) on Volumetrica with dxFeed data, and keep **90% of the profit on every plan**. What futures are The route ### How does a funded futures account work? 1. **Pick One Step or Instant** and a size from $25,000 to $150,000, and pay once. 2. **One Step:** reach the profit target ($1,200 on $25K) inside the end-of-day trailing maximum loss, with no daily loss limit, no consistency rule and no time limit. **Instant** is funded the day you buy. 3. **Request payouts on demand** at a 90/10 split, by bank transfer or crypto, with a receipt for every request. Pick your route The price ### How much does a funded futures account cost? **$81** one-time fee, from One Step costs $81 at $25,000 and $239 at $150,000; Instant runs from $175 to $625. 30 days of dxFeed data are included with every new account, and bundling 2 to 5 accounts takes 10% to 25% off the whole order. Compare the futures plans ## Pick a futures plan Two futures plans. One Step is a single evaluation: reach the profit target inside the Maximum Loss Limit and you are funded, with no consistency rule and no minimum days in the evaluation. Instant skips the evaluation and funds you the moment you buy. Both pay a 90% split, on demand, once the payout conditions are met. Sizes run from $25,000 to $150,000. Trade on Select your chart engine [Checkout](https://app.whitepips.com/#checkout) ## Pick your route Start from what you want: funding today, or the cheapest way to a funded account. ### Instant Skip the evaluation. Funded from day one, 90% split. (From) **$175** No evaluation Funded from day one 90% split Max loss at $100K **$4,000 · Intraday Trailing** Daily loss **$2,500** Consistency **20%** Profit split **90%** Payouts **On demand** Sizes **$25K–$150K** [Plan details](https://whitepips.com/futures/instant_account) [Start this plan](https://app.whitepips.com/?line=futures&plan=instant_account#checkout) ### Before every payout The conditions the funded account checks on each request. Payout milestone **$5,000** Profitable days **5 ($250 a day)** Max contracts **6 Mini | 60 Micro** Inactivity **15 days** Max loss type **Intraday Trailing** Activation fee **None** Every size ## Compare the plans | Rule | One Step | Instant | | --- | --- | --- | | From | $81 | $175 | | Account sizes | $25K–$150K | $25K–$150K | | Evaluation | One phase | None, funded when you buy | | Profit target | $1,200–$9,000 | None | | Max loss | $1,000–$4,500 | $1,250–$5,000 | | Daily loss | Varies by size | $500–$3,750 | | Max loss type | EOD Trailing | Intraday | | Max position | Varies by size | Varies by size | | Profit split | 90/10 | 90/10 | | Payouts | On demand | On demand | | Details | [One Step](https://whitepips.com/futures/one_step) | [Instant](https://whitepips.com/futures/instant_account) | [Compare these against the CFD plans too](https://whitepips.com/compare) [Or start from the account size you want](https://whitepips.com/funded-accounts/) ## What are futures? ### A standard contract on an exchange A futures contract is a standardised agreement to buy or sell a fixed quantity at a future date. Every E-mini S&P contract is identical, so they trade on one central exchange order book. Traders rarely hold to expiry: buy, the price moves, sell. ### One order book everyone sees Exchange-traded futures have one book with published volume and depth, so everyone reads the same tape. That is why order flow and volume profile work on futures, and why this line runs on Volumetrica. ### Sized in contracts and ticks A contract moves in ticks of a fixed dollar value set by the exchange, and size is a number of contracts. Position caps are written as a count of minis and micros; a micro is one tenth of a mini. ### Simulated accounts, real payouts As on the CFD line, every WhitePips futures account is simulated on a demo environment against live exchange data. The trading is real trading and the payouts are real money; no capital is placed at market risk. ### One order book, in ticks Every contract trades in one book with published volume and depth, in fixed price increments. Bids Asks Last trade · one tick = 0.25 ### Tick The smallest price increment a contract can move, and the unit all futures risk is counted in. Each tick has a fixed dollar value — on the E-mini S&P a tick is 0.25 index points and is worth $12.50. ### Point A whole unit of the underlying price. On the E-mini S&P a point is four ticks and worth $50; on the Micro it is worth $5. ### Mini and micro Two sizes of the same contract. A micro is exactly one tenth of a mini, so ten micros carry the same exposure as one mini. This is why every position cap on the board states both — 4 Mini | 40 Micro is one limit written twice, not two limits. ### Contract month Futures expire. Each contract has a delivery month and a code — ESZ5 is the December S&P — and liquidity concentrates in the front month. Positions are rolled or closed before expiry; nothing is ever delivered to you. ### Margin The exchange deposit that supports one contract, and on a simulated funded account the reason the position cap exists rather than a leverage ratio. Futures size is counted in contracts, so the plan caps contracts. ### Session Futures trade close to twenty-three hours a day, Sunday evening through Friday afternoon New York time, with a short daily maintenance break. The end of day used to measure trailing drawdown is the close of that session, not midnight local. ### Order flow Reading the sequence of executed trades and resting orders in the book, rather than reading a chart of past prices. It depends on the exchange's published tape and depth, which is what the futures platform is built around. [More terms in the glossary](https://whitepips.com/glossary) ## Why trade futures with WhitePips ### No time limit Every futures plan publishes its time limit as None. ### 90/10 on every plan The futures line runs the same split on every plan. ### Platform included, 30 days of data Every new futures account includes 30 days of dxFeed market data; after that it is $35 for 30 days, paid from your dashboard, and nothing renews by itself. If you declare yourself a Professional Subscriber to dxFeed, the professional fee of $540 per calendar month set by the exchange is paid by you. ### Bank transfer, crypto or store credit Paid to an account or wallet in your own name, or as store credit. ### Up to 25% off bundles The discount applies to the whole basket: 10% at 2, 15% at 3, 20% at 4, 25% at 5 accounts, up to 5 in one order. ### Compare before you buy Comparing futures prop firms? Line up the price, profit target, daily and maximum loss limits, consistency rule, time limit, split and data fees. Ours are on this page, and every plan sits side by side on the [compare page](https://whitepips.com/compare#futures) . ## Rules by account size Choose a plan to see its price and every published limit at each account size. Rules that are the same at every size are listed underneath. | Size | Price (Reset fee in brackets) | Profit Target (Evaluation) | Maximum Loss Limit (Evaluation and funded) | Daily Loss Limit (Evaluation and funded) | Daily Loss Rule (Evaluation and funded) | Maximum Position Size (Evaluation and funded) | Profitable Trading Days (Funded) | Profit Buffer (Funded) | Minimum Profit Goal (Funded) | Maximum Payout (Funded) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | $25K | $81$135 ($81) | $1,200 | $1,000 | None | None | 2 Mini \| 20 Micro | 3 days of $62.50 or more per payout (+0.25% of the starting balance) | $1,000 (balance stays above $26,000) | $250 above the profit buffer, before every payout (1% of the starting balance) | $1,000 on the first payout, then $1,500, before the split | | $50K | $107$179 ($107) | $3,000 | $2,000 | $1,250 | Soft: reaching it stops trading for the rest of the day; the account stays open | 4 Mini \| 40 Micro | 3 days of $125 or more per payout (+0.25% of the starting balance) | $2,000 (balance stays above $52,000) | $500 above the profit buffer, before every payout (1% of the starting balance) | $2,000 on the first payout, then $2,500, before the split | | $100K | $179$299 ($179) | $6,000 | $3,000 | $2,000 | Soft: reaching it stops trading for the rest of the day; the account stays open | 6 Mini \| 60 Micro | 3 days of $250 or more per payout (+0.25% of the starting balance) | $3,000 (balance stays above $103,000) | $1,000 above the profit buffer, before every payout (1% of the starting balance) | $2,500 on the first payout, then $3,000, before the split | | $150K | $239$399 ($239) | $9,000 | $4,500 | $3,000 | Soft: reaching it stops trading for the rest of the day; the account stays open | 10 Mini \| 100 Micro | 3 days of $375 or more per payout (+0.25% of the starting balance) | $4,500 (balance stays above $154,500) | $1,500 above the profit buffer, before every payout (1% of the starting balance) | $3,000 on the first payout, then $3,500, before the split | **During your evaluation** _Same at every size_ - **Max Loss Type**: EOD Trailing - **Maximum Loss Rule**: Hard: reaching it ends the account - **Consistency Rule**: None - **Contract Limit Breach**: Exceeding it once is a warning; a second time puts the account under review - **Minimum Trading Days**: None - **Profitable Trading Days**: None - **Time Limit**: None - **Activation Fee**: None - **Inactivity**: 15 days without trading activity deactivates the account - **News Trading**: Allowed during the evaluation; restricted once funded - **Microscalping**: Allowed, but at most 50% of your profit from trades held under 30 seconds - **Overnight Holding**: No: open positions are closed at 3:55 PM CT, every session and before the weekend - **Trade Copier**: Yes **Once you are funded** _Same at every size_ - **Profit Split**: 90/10 - **Max Loss Type**: EOD Trailing - **Maximum Loss Rule**: Hard: reaching it ends the account - **Consistency Rule**: 40% - **Contract Limit Breach**: Exceeding it once is a warning; a second time puts the account under review - **Minimum Payout**: $500 before the split - **Payout Frequency**: On demand - **Inactivity**: 15 days without trading activity deactivates the account - **News Trading**: No: no trade opened or closed ±2 min of high-impact news (a position opened before may be held). Profit from those trades is removed and the loss stays; 1st and 2nd violations are warnings, a 3rd goes to compliance review - **Microscalping**: Allowed, but at most 50% of your profit from trades held under 30 seconds - **Overnight Holding**: No: open positions are closed at 3:55 PM CT, every session and before the weekend - **Trade Copier**: Yes ## Contract caps Two sizes of the same contract. A micro is exactly one tenth of a mini, so ten micros carry the same exposure as one mini. This is why every position cap on the board states both — 4 Mini | 40 Micro is one limit written twice, not two limits. | Plan | $25K | $50K | $100K | $150K | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | One Step | 2 Mini \| 20 Micro | 4 Mini \| 40 Micro | 6 Mini \| 60 Micro | 10 Mini \| 100 Micro | | Instant | 2 Mini \| 20 Micro | 4 Mini \| 40 Micro | 6 Mini \| 60 Micro | 8 Mini \| 80 Micro | The most contracts that may be open at the same moment, stated in minis and in the equivalent micros. Ten micros equal one mini, so the two figures are one limit expressed twice. It applies to simultaneous exposure, not to how many trades you may take. ## In numbers Take a $50K One Step evaluation. Four published figures decide the account: a profit target of $3,000, a Maximum Loss Limit of $2,000 on an EOD Trailing basis, a Daily Loss Limit of $1,250, and a Maximum Position Size of 4 Mini | 40 Micro. The position cap is the one that surprises people, because it is a cap on size rather than on risk. 4 Mini | 40 Micro means exactly that — you may hold four E-mini contracts at once, or forty Micros, or any mix that adds to the same exposure, since ten micros equal one mini. It applies to what is open at the same moment, so closing one contract frees room for another. Going over it once is a warning; a second time puts the account under review. Put the exchange's own tick values against that cap and the risk becomes concrete. Forty Micro E-mini S&P contracts move $50 a tick between them, because one Micro tick is $1.25. Against a $2,000 Maximum Loss Limit, that is forty ticks of room at full size — which is the number that should decide whether you trade the cap or a fraction of it. The Maximum Loss Limit is EOD Trailing: it is recalculated at the close of each session against that session's ending balance, and it never moves back down. Make money on Monday and Tuesday's floor is higher. It stops trailing once the floor reaches your starting balance, and from that point the floor is locked there. Reaching it ends the account. The Daily Loss Limit is soft. Lose $1,250 in one session and trading stops for the rest of that day, but the account stays open and trades again at the next session. There is no consistency rule and no minimum number of days in the evaluation, so it can be passed in a single day, and news trading is allowed. Positions are never held overnight: anything open at 3:55 PM CT is closed. Funded, the split is 90/10 and a 40% consistency rule applies. A payout needs 3 days of $125 or more per payout (+0.25% of the starting balance) and a balance above the $2,000 (balance stays above $52,000) Profit Buffer plus the Minimum Profit Goal, $500 above the profit buffer, before every payout (1% of the starting balance). Each payout is at least $500 before the split and at most $2,000 on the first payout, then $2,500, before the split. Payouts are on demand. ### $50K One Step The four figures that decide the account, to scale. Profit target **$3,000** Starting balance **$50,000** Daily loss limit (soft) **$1,250** Maximum loss limit **$2,000 · EOD Trailing** Max contracts **4 Mini | 40 Micro** Profit split **90%** Consistency, funded **40%** Profit buffer **$2,000** ## What you can trade ### Equity index The deepest futures markets there are, and where most funded futures trading happens. ES · S&P 500 MES · Micro S&P NQ · Nasdaq 100 MNQ · Micro Nasdaq YM · Dow RTY · Russell 2000 ### Energy Front-month contracts, rolled before expiry. CL · Crude oil MCL · Micro crude NG · Natural gas ### Metals Priced per ounce, with micro sizes at one tenth. GC · Gold MGC · Micro gold SI · Silver SIL · Micro silver ### Currencies Exchange-traded FX, quoted per contract rather than per lot. 6E · Euro FX 6B · British pound 6J · Japanese yen 6A · Australian dollar ### Agriculture Grain and softs on CBOT. ZC · Corn ZS · Soybeans ZW · Wheat Tick sizes and tick values are the exchange's own contract specifications, not WhitePips terms — CME Group sets them and they are the same at every firm. What WhitePips sets is the position cap on your plan, which decides how many of these contracts you may hold at once. The exact tradable symbol list is set on the platform. [Every symbol, by class](https://whitepips.com/symbols) ## Getting paid One Step **90%** 90/10 Instant **90%** 90/10 | Plan | Profit Split | | --- | --- | | One Step | 90/10 | | Instant | 90/10 | The split is 90% on both plans and payouts are on demand: there is no cycle to wait for, only conditions to meet. Every payout is at least $500 and at most the plan's Maximum Payout for the size, both before the split. On One Step, a payout opens once the balance is above the Profit Buffer, which equals the Maximum Loss Limit, plus the Minimum Profit Goal of 1% of the starting balance, with three profitable days of +0.25% or more in the cycle and no single day over 40% of the profit. On Instant, a payout opens at the Payout Milestone of $1,450 / $3,000 / $5,000 / $8,000, reached again before every payout, with five profitable days and no single day over 20% of the profit. Payouts are requested from the dashboard and paid by bank transfer, in USDT, USDC, BTC or ETH or as store credit. Identity verification is done before this, when your account is issued. [How and when you get paid](https://whitepips.com/rewards) ## How it works ### Choose a plan and an account size Two futures plans. One Step is a single evaluation: reach the profit target inside the Maximum Loss Limit and you are funded, with no consistency rule and no minimum days in the evaluation. Instant skips the evaluation and funds you the moment you buy. Both pay a 90% split, on demand, once the payout conditions are met. Sizes run from $25,000 to $150,000. No subscription One-time fee Bundle discounts to 25% ### Get your platform login and data feed Your Volumetrica credentials are issued to your dashboard once the order completes. Volumetrica is an order-flow platform rather than a retail charting package: order flow, volume profile and the live tape are the primary views, and the market data arrives over a dxFeed connection. There is no deposit and nothing of your own to transfer. Volumetrica dxFeed market data Order flow and volume profile ### Trade to the profit target Reach the plan's profit target with the account still inside its drawdown and the evaluation is passed. There is no time limit, no consistency rule and no minimum number of days, so it can be passed in a single day. Fifteen days without trading deactivates the account. No time limit Activation fee: none ### Respect the position cap and the drawdown Two things govern a futures evaluation. The position cap limits how many contracts may be open at the same time, in minis or the equivalent in micros; going over it once is a warning and a second time puts the account under review. The Maximum Loss Limit is end of day trailing: it follows your session-closing balance upward, never downward, and locks once the floor reaches your starting balance. Reaching it ends the account. The Daily Loss Limit is soft: reaching it stops trading for the rest of the day and the account stays open. EOD trailing drawdown Soft daily loss limit Cap is on simultaneous contracts ### Get funded The simulated funded account is issued at a 90% split, with no activation fee. The funded rules come in with it: a 40% consistency rule on One Step, three profitable days of +0.25% of the account before each payout, a Profit Buffer equal to the Maximum Loss Limit, and no trade opened or closed two minutes either side of high-impact news. Instant runs an intraday trailing drawdown, a 20% consistency rule and five profitable days. 90% split No activation fee ### Take your payout Payouts are on demand: there is no cycle to wait for, only conditions to meet. On One Step a payout opens once the balance is above the Profit Buffer plus 1% of the account, with three profitable days of +0.25% in the cycle. On Instant it opens at the Payout Milestone ($1,450 / $3,000 / $5,000 / $8,000 on $25K to $150K), reached again before every payout, with five profitable days. Every payout is at least $500 and at most the plan's Maximum Payout for the size, both before the 90% split. Paid by bank transfer, in crypto or as store credit On-demand payouts ## Your platform Order flow, volume profile and the live tape, on a dxFeed connection. Order flow Volume profile Live tape dxFeed market data - Order flow, volume profile and the live tape - dxFeed market data - Login issued to your dashboard [Compare the platforms](https://whitepips.com/platforms) The futures line runs on Volumetrica. It is not a retail charting package with a futures symbol list bolted on — it is built around the exchange tape, with order flow, volume profile and the live tape as the primary views rather than as add-ons. Market data arrives over a dxFeed connection. That matters more on futures than on any other line: order flow analysis is only as good as the feed underneath it, and a delayed or aggregated tape makes the entire method decorative. This is why the two lines are on different platforms rather than one. MetaTrader 5 is the right terminal for CFDs because that is where a CFD trader's tooling already lives. It is the wrong terminal for order-flow futures, and pretending otherwise would be a worse answer than running two platforms. ## Futures questions **What does 4 Mini | 40 Micro actually mean?** It is one position limit written twice. A micro contract is exactly one tenth of a mini, so four minis and forty micros carry identical exposure. You may hold four minis, or forty micros, or any combination adding to the same size — and it is a cap on what is open at the same moment, not on how many trades you take. **How does an end of day trailing Max Loss work?** The floor is recalculated at each session close against that session's ending balance, and it only ever moves up. It does not follow intraday equity, so an unrealised spike during the day does not raise it. Once the floor reaches your starting balance it stops trailing permanently — from that point the floor is locked there. **Is there a time limit?** No. Every futures plan publishes its time limit as None. There is no expiry on any futures evaluation and no penalty for taking as long as you need. **What is the difference between a soft breach and a hard breach?** A hard breach ends the account immediately and finally: reaching the Maximum Loss Limit is one. The Daily Loss Limit is soft: reaching it stops trading for the rest of the day, and the account stays open. Going over the position cap is a warning the first time and puts the account under review the second. **What is the difference between One Step and Instant?** One Step is an evaluation: reach the profit target inside an end of day trailing Maximum Loss Limit and you are funded, for a lower one-time fee. Instant funds you the moment you buy, with an intraday trailing Max Loss, a 20% consistency rule and a Payout Milestone before every payout. Both pay 90%, on demand. **Can I hold futures positions overnight or over the weekend?** No. Anything still open at 3:55 PM CT (4:55 PM New York) is closed by the system, five minutes before the daily close, and on Friday before the weekend. It is not a breach. The session runs Sunday 5:00 PM CT to Friday 4:00 PM CT, with a break from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM CT each day. **How do futures payouts work?** Both plans pay 90% of the payable profit, on demand: request a payout whenever its conditions are met, with every position closed. The smallest payout is $500 before the split, and the largest is set per size. Every request gets an automatic receipt confirming it has been received, and it is paid by the method on file for your account. [Payout conditions on each plan](https://whitepips.com/faq-futures#q-how-often-can-i-take-a-payout) [All futures questions](https://whitepips.com/faq-futures) ## Still deciding? [Futures questions Before you buy an evaluation. Open](https://whitepips.com/faq-futures) [Glossary Every rule on the board, in plain English. Open](https://whitepips.com/glossary) [CFDs Forex, indices, metals, energy and crypto from one MetaTrader 5 account. Open](https://whitepips.com/cfds) The transparent prop firm ## Your funded account is waiting Every rule, price and commission is published before you pay. Pick a plan and trade at your own pace, with no time limit on the evaluation. [Start your challenge](https://app.whitepips.com/#plans) Not ready yet? [Ask the traders on Discord](https://discord.gg/gTBwBSACyM) - Every rule, price and commission published - Accounts from $2.5K to $200K - No time limit on any evaluation - CFDs on MetaTrader 5 - Futures on Volumetrica with dxFeed data - One time fee, no subscription - A receipt for every payout request - Edge: 80% split, up to 95% as you scale --- WhitePips provides skill-based trading evaluations on simulated accounts; payouts are real money based on simulated performance. Nothing here is financial advice or a promise of profit, passing an evaluation does not guarantee funding, payouts or income, and trading leveraged products carries significant risk. Not offered in the restricted jurisdictions listed at https://whitepips.com/legal/restricted-jurisdictions.