Funded Futures Family: rules card
Every Funded Futures Family rule that decides whether a strategy fits, on one page with sources and a verification date.
Funded Futures Family rules at a glance
| Rule | Current terms |
|---|---|
| Automation (EAs, bots) | Strictly prohibited on all accounts, evaluation and funded alike. Third-party automation tools including TradersPost are not supported. |
| Copy trading | Prohibited — copy-trading software is a rule breach |
| Drawdown (evaluation) | By plan: EOD trailing on Classic, Premiere, Straight-to-Funded; intraday trailing on Elite and Velocity |
| Drawdown (funded) | Same model as the plan purchased |
| Daily loss limit | None on most plans |
| Consistency | Varies by plan and payout stage. Elite: none. Classic: 50%. Velocity and Prime: 40%. Straight-to-Funded: 25% for the life of the account. On funded accounts the cap tightens as payouts accumulate: 40% for payouts 1–3, 45% for 4–5, 50% from the sixth. |
| Minimum days | 1 on Elite and Premiere, 2 on Classic. Qualifying days before payout: 3 (Prime, Velocity), 5 (Premier+), 7 (Straight-to-Funded) — a qualifying day means $200 or more in profit, and the count resets after each payout. |
| News | Permitted including Tier 1 events (FOMC, CPI, NFP), with no flattening or timing restrictions. Traders carry the slippage and gap risk. |
| Overnight and weekend | All positions close at 4:15 PM EST daily and reopen at 6:00 PM EST; the auto-close is not a violation. No weekend holding. |
| Buffer | Prime accounts hold a non-withdrawable buffer of the drawdown amount plus $100 — $2,100 on a 50K |
| Reset | $78–$324 depending on plan and size |
| Payout | 90/10, with 100% of the first $10,000 of lifetime profits |
| Platforms | NinjaTrader, Tradovate, Rithmic, WealthCharts |
| Fees | Monthly subscription; $0 activation. Straight-to-Funded is a one-time $399–$699. |
Rows marked “Verify with firm” are where current rule trackers are silent or disagree; the firm's own help center is the only binding source.
What this means for a systematic strategy
Funded Futures Family is the firm to skip if the strategy is coded. Bots, EAs and algorithms are banned on every account in both stages, copy-trading software is a breach, and TradersPost lists FFF among the firms it cannot connect to. Alert-driven manual execution is the only compliant path, and even that leaves the automation clause to interpret.
For a discretionary trader the plan matrix is genuinely good: Elite has no consistency rule at all, news trading is unrestricted including Tier 1 releases, and most plans carry no daily loss limit. The rule that catches people is the qualifying-day gate — three to seven days at $200 or more, reset after every payout, so the clock restarts each cycle rather than accumulating.
Is Funded Futures Family worth it for a systematic strategy?
No. Bots, EAs and algorithms are banned on every account in both stages, and copy-trading software is a breach. TradersPost lists FFF among the firms it cannot connect to. There is no plan that changes this, so a coded strategy has no compliant path beyond manually placing every trade from alerts.
If execution is manual, the Elite plan is the standout in this group — no consistency rule at all, intraday trailing, one day to pass. The qualifying-day gate is the rule to plan around: three to seven days at $200 or more, reset after every payout, so the counter restarts each cycle rather than accumulating.
Guides for this firm
- Prop firms with no consistency rule
- Best prop firms for automated trading
- Minimum trading days by firm
Every rule in the table is defined in the glossary and explained by mechanism in the rules hub.
FAQ
Does Funded Futures Family allow bots or EAs?
No. Bots, EAs and algorithms are strictly prohibited on all accounts in both evaluation and funded stages, and copy-trading software is a rule breach. Third-party automation tools including TradersPost are not supported.
What counts as a qualifying day at FFF?
A day with at least $200 in profit. Prime and Velocity require 3, Premier+ requires 5, Straight-to-Funded requires 7 — and the count resets after every payout.
Which FFF plan has no consistency rule?
Elite. Classic carries 50%, Velocity and Prime 40%, Straight-to-Funded 25% for the life of the account. On funded accounts the cap tightens with each payout: 40% for the first three, 45% for the next two, 50% from the sixth.
Sources: firm documentation and current rule trackers, cross-checked September 2026. Rules change quarterly; the firm's help center is the binding source.