FuturesElite
Italywww.futureselite.com
FuturesElite is an Italy-based futures proprietary trading firm established in November 2024, offering 1-Step and Instant programs with account sizes ranging from $25K to $150K in the supplied challenges. Its main strengths are its broad selection of professional futures platforms, including Quantower, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, ATAS, Volumetrica Trading, Deepcharts, Deepmap, and WealthCharts, along with profit splits of up to 90% on Prime, Elite, and Nitro programs. The firm also allows DCA, permits copy trading between a trader's own accounts, and does not impose a minimum number of trading days on standard evaluation accounts. The main considerations are the firm's extensive prohibited-strategy framework, EOD trailing drawdown, strict news-trading restrictions on funded accounts, restrictions on scalping, mandatory daily position closure, and the prohibition of fully automated or AI-based trading.
Challenge Programs
Elite
| Account | Steps | Target | Daily loss | Max Loss | Split | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | 1 Step | $1,250 | $600 (Soft Lock) | $1,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $77.00$61.60 | Buy |
| $25,000 | 1 Step | $1,250 | None | $1,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $95.00$76.00 | Buy |
| $50,000 | 1 Step | $3,000 | None | $2,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $139.00$111.20 | Buy |
| $50,000 | 1 Step | $3,000 | None | $2,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $153.00$122.40 | Buy |
| $100,000 | 1 Step | $6,000 | None | $3,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $216.80$173.44 | Buy |
| $100,000 | 1 Step | $6,000 | None | $3,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $293.00$234.40 | Buy |
| $150,000 | 1 Step | $9,000 | None | $4,500 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $278.40$222.72 | Buy |
| $150,000 | 1 Step | $9,000 | None | $4,500 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $353.00$282.40 | Buy |
Prime
| Account | Steps | Target | Daily loss | Max Loss | Split | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | 1 Step | $1,250 | $600 | $1,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $96.00$62.40 | Buy |
| $50,000 | 1 Step | $3,000 | $1,200 | $2,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $179.00$116.35 | Buy |
| $100,000 | 1 Step | $6,000 | $1,800 | $3,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $279.00$181.35 | Buy |
| $150,000 | 1 Step | $9,000 | $2,700 | $4,500 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $369.00$239.85 | Buy |
Nitro
| Account | Steps | Target | Daily loss | Max Loss | Split | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | 1 Step | $1,250 | None | $1,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $137.00$95.90 | Buy |
| $50,000 | 1 Step | $3,000 | None | $2,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $152.00$106.40 | Buy |
| $100,000 | 1 Step | $6,000 | None | $3,000 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $240.00$168.00 | Buy |
| $150,000 | 1 Step | $9,000 | None | $4,500 (EOD Trailing) | 90% | $328.00$229.60 | Buy |
Instant
| Account | Steps | Target | Daily loss | Max Loss | Split | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | Instant | None | None | $1,000 (EOD Trailing) | 80% | $239.00$191.20 | Buy |
| $50,000 | Instant | None | None | $1,800 (EOD Trailing) | 80% | $349.00$279.20 | Buy |
| $100,000 | Instant | None | None | $3,000 (EOD Trailing) | 80% | $469.00$375.20 | Buy |
| $150,000 | Instant | None | None | $4,500 (EOD Trailing) | 80% | $569.00$455.20 | Buy |
Payment Methods
- Credit/Debit card
- Cryptocurrency
Payout methods are a separate set: cryptocurrency and Riseworks. Availability may vary by trader location and payment provider.
Pros & Cons
CREDITS10
- Italy-based futures prop firm established in 2024
- 1-Step and Instant programs
- Account sizes up to $150K
- Extensive platform selection: Quantower, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, ATAS Orderflow Trading, Volumetrica Trading, WealthCharts, Deepcharts, and Deepmap
- Up to 90% profit split
- No standard minimum trading-day requirement
- DCA permitted within limits
- Copy trading between a trader's own accounts is allowed
- Cryptocurrency payouts available
- Multiple program structures for different trading styles
DEBITS16
- Relatively new firm, established in 2024
- EOD trailing drawdown applies
- Overnight positions are prohibited
- Positions are automatically liquidated at 4:55 PM EST
- Strict news-trading restrictions apply to funded accounts
- Fully automated trading is prohibited
- AI trading tools and bots are prohibited
- Hedging and reverse trading are prohibited
- Copying other traders is prohibited
- Account rolling and account flipping are prohibited
- Strict restrictions apply around CME price limits
- Scalping is subject to significant restrictions
- Inactivity rules vary by program
- Several programs impose consistency requirements
- Payouts are subject to buffers, caps, and profitable-day requirements
- Commission amounts are not clearly stated in the supplied data
Trading Rules
- Funding model is 1-Step and Instant, offered through Prime, Elite (with or without DLL), Nitro, and Instant programs; Prime, Elite, and Nitro carry a 90% profit split while Instant carries an 80% split
- No minimum trading-day requirement is specified for standard evaluation accounts; Instant accounts have specific profitable-day requirements tied to payouts
- Prime: no single trading day's profit can equal or exceed 40% of total profit during the funded stage
- Elite: a single trading day cannot exceed the applicable 40% consistency threshold in the evaluation, though the supplied data shows 50% for certain Elite configurations, with the exact threshold depending on the selected account configuration
- Instant: consistency requirement rises with each payout — 20% for the 1st and 2nd payout, 25% for the 3rd, and 30% for the 4th
- Nitro: no single trading day's profit can exceed 50% of total profit during the evaluation
- Standard accounts are terminated after 29 days without placing a trade; Instant accounts purchased after November 23, 2025 must place at least one trade every 7 days or the account is breached
- Futures trading operates from 6:00 PM EST to 4:55 PM EST the following day; the market is closed from Friday 4:55 PM EST until Sunday 6:00 PM EST, with holiday closures also possibly applying
- Overnight positions are prohibited; all positions must be closed before the daily 4:55 PM EST cutoff, and positions left open are automatically liquidated
- News-trading restrictions apply to funded accounts; a trade executed during a restricted news window is voided rather than treated as an automatic hard breach
- For Tier 1 news, all trades must be closed at least 2 minutes before the release and new trades may only be opened 2 minutes after the event has ended, creating a total restricted window of approximately 6 minutes; for non-Tier 1 events, open trades may remain, though new trades around the release are discouraged
- Fully automated trading, AI trading systems, and trading bots are prohibited; traders must make their own trading decisions
- Copying another trader's trades is prohibited; copy trading between a trader's own accounts is permitted without restriction
- DCA is allowed provided it is not the trader's primary trading strategy
- Hedging and reverse trading are prohibited across different accounts, across multiple users, and within the same challenge
- Aggressively purchasing and trading multiple challenge accounts expecting at least one to pass, and repeated payout-and-breach cycling to churn through accounts, are both prohibited
- Accessing accounts from multiple countries can trigger account-sharing or unauthorized-management concerns; multiple traders using the same IP address for their accounts is prohibited
- Traders may not trade any product within 2% of a CME price limit
- Trades held for 10 seconds or less are treated as scalping; evaluation accounts cannot have scalping trades generate more than 50% of the profit target, and on funded accounts qualifying scalping profits may be deducted from the trader's remaining profit or buffer, which can trigger a breach if the deduction exceeds the remaining buffer
Restricted strategies
FuturesElite applies an extensive prohibited-strategy framework spanning automated/AI trading, cross-account hedging and coordination, account manipulation, and exploitation of pricing, execution, or simulated-market conditions.
News trading
- Restricted
News trading is restricted on funded accounts. For Tier 1 news, positions must be closed at least 2 minutes before the release and new positions are not permitted until 2 minutes after the event has ended. Trades executed inside restricted news windows are voided rather than automatically treated as a hard breach. Straddles, strangles, and disguised news trades intended to exploit volatility are prohibited.
Window: Approximately 6 minutes total for Tier 1 news events (2 minutes before through 2 minutes after the event)For non-Tier 1 events, open trades may remain, though new trades around the release are discouraged rather than prohibited.
Payouts & Trading Costs
- Payout frequency
- Varies by program: Instant, Prime, and Nitro use per-cycle payout caps that increase with each successive payout request; Elite requires 6 profitable trading days per cycle rather than a fixed calendar schedule
- Processing time
- Average under 24 hours
- Profit split
- Up to 90% — 90% on Prime, Elite, and Nitro; 80% on Instant.
- Payout routing
- Cryptocurrency or Riseworks
- Minimum withdrawal
- $500 on Elite/Nitro; Prime varies by account size ($500–$1,100) USD
- Trading costs
- Exchange + regulatory fees apply; e.g. ES $2.80 round-turn, NQ $2.80, MES/MNQ $0.74
Trust & Safety
FuturesElite was established in November 2024 and operates as an Italy-based futures proprietary trading firm. The firm offers a broad selection of established futures trading platforms and multiple account structures, including Prime, Elite, Nitro, and Instant. Its published rules provide substantial detail around drawdown, payouts, inactivity, news trading, automated strategies, hedging, scalping, account management, and market-abuse restrictions, with defined payout caps and requirements for each major program.
- Legal entity
- Quantum SRL (Italy), Via Maira 13, Latina, Italy
- Regulated
- No
FuturesElite operates as a proprietary trading program rather than a conventional regulated investment account. No specific regulatory license information was stated in the source material.
FuturesElite provides a broad platform selection and clearly defined trading and payout rules, but its November 2024 establishment date means it has a shorter operating track record than long-established futures proprietary firms. Traders should review the exact rules of their selected plan before purchasing, particularly because Instant, Prime, Elite, and Nitro programs have materially different payout and consistency requirements, and traders should pay particular attention to the EOD trailing drawdown, 4:55 PM EST liquidation requirement, funded news restrictions, 40%–50% consistency requirements, scalping limitations, and payout buffers and caps.
Trading carries risk. Evaluation programs like this one involve simulated accounts and non-refundable fees; review the firm’s current terms directly before purchasing. This page is informational and not financial advice.