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Top One Futures Swaps X-ULTRA for X-Daily Spark: $39 Entry and Daily Payouts, but an $800-a-Day Ceiling
Top One Futures has closed X-ULTRA and opened X-Daily Spark, a limited 1,500-account $50K evaluation at $39 with its LAUNCHPAD code, no daily loss limit and no consistency rule. The catches: a $189 activation fee, $3,500 of funded profit before the first payout, and a $1,000 cap per request at an 80% split.
October 27, 20264 min read or listen
BrightFunded Launches Futures: Two One-Phase Plans, No Daily Loss Limit, US Traders Accepted
BrightFunded's new futures program, run by its US company BrightFunded LLC, sells BrightPlus and BrightCore evaluations from $120 with a 6% target and no daily loss limit. The catches: per-payout caps of $1,000 to $4,000, an 80% default split, and an intraday trailing floor on BrightPlus. Launch pricing is 50% off until 1 November.
October 27, 20265 min read or listen
FTMO Launches Instant: No Evaluation, 90% Split, and a Max Loss That Never Resets
FTMO now sells a direct-access account from $5K to $100K with a 3% daily loss, a 10% intraday trailing max loss and a 30% consistency rule. The catch: unlike 1-Step, the max loss limit does not reset after a Reward.
October 26, 20264 min read or listen