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FAQ for Lvlup Futures traders: clear answers about monthly subscriptions, evaluations, payouts, funded accounts and trading rules.

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Lvlup Futures & Prop Account LLC — Our Partnership Explained

Lvlup Futures & Prop Account LLC — Our Partnership Explained

Lvlup Futures was built in close collaboration with the risk team of Prop Account LLC. Together, we have created a refined and sustainable proprietary trading model designed to balance trader success with long-term stability.

Every rule, structure, and condition has been carefully developed through this partnership to ensure a fair, transparent, and high-quality trading environment.

Prop Account LLC provides the capital infrastructure that secures all payouts, while we work hand in hand on the model, risk framework, and overall vision.

In addition, through our partnership with FPFX Tech, we utilize industry-leading technology to deliver a seamless, reliable, and high-performance trading experience.

A futures prop firm gives you access to simulated capital so you can trade without risking your own money. At Lvlup Futures, you prove your skills first – then scale with funded accounts and keep the majority of your profits.

You pass a structured evaluation by showing discipline, consistency, and proper risk management. No tricks – just clear rules. Once passed, you receive a funded account and can start earning immediately.

Yes. Lvlup Futures is built on a transparent structure with real payouts, clear rules, and a long-term vision. No hidden clauses, no payout delays – just performance-based rewards.

There is no fixed limit. Your income depends on your performance. With strong discipline and a solid strategy, traders can scale their payouts over time.

We focus on what actually matters: risk management and consistency. No unnecessary traps. If you trade disciplined, you stay funded. Simple.

No. You only invest in the evaluation process. Once funded, you trade company capital – not your own.

As fast as your performance allows. Some traders pass quickly, others take more time. We reward consistency – not gambling.

You get access to major futures markets like NASDAQ, S&P 500, and other high-liquidity instruments – everything you need to trade professionally.

Because we are built for traders – not against them. Fair rules, real payouts, strong infrastructure and long-term vision.

Yes, but only if you take trading seriously. We provide the structure. You bring discipline, mindset, and execution.

Payout

Once you are trading on a Funded Account and reach a 40% Consistency Score, you become eligible to request a payout.

Traders receive a 70% profit split as the standard structure, or an 80% profit split if the Profit Split Add-On is active.

The 40% Consistency Rule means that no single trading day may account for more than 40% of your total accumulated profits at the time of the payout request.

When a withdrawal is approved, Lvlup Futures will also withdraw its share of the gains. The drawdown does not reset when you request a withdrawal.

Example: You have taken an account from $100,000 to $120,000 and request a withdrawal of $16,000. You receive $11,200 and Lvlup Futures retains $4,800. The account balance moves to $104,000. If you withdraw all profits and breach the Maximum Drawdown rule, the account can be lost.

Payouts can only be made every 14 days. There must be at least 14 days between two payout requests.

Payout Protector

Payout Protector is an optional add-on that enables you to still receive a payout on any gains in your account, despite the fact that you breached your account (provided all other conditions for a withdrawal are met and your account is not otherwise in violation of our Terms and Conditions).

Yes. If you have a hard breach in your funded account, any accumulated gains in the account will be forfeited unless you have purchased the Payout Protector add-on. Please review the FAQs for additional details.

Example: Assume you are trading a $100,000 Funded account and have generated $8,000 in gains at the time you breach your account. Without Payout Protector, the account would be closed and the $8,000 would be forfeited. With Payout Protector, the account would still be closed due to the breach, but you would still receive your portion of the $8,000 gain made in the account.

No. The account will still be considered breached if a rule violation occurs. Payout Protector does not remove or alter risk parameters. It only protects your gain from being forfeited in the event of an account breach.

No. It is entirely optional and must be selected at the time of purchase.

Sub-scription

No. You will need to purchase a new account if you breach it for any reason.

You may only have one active Futures assessment account per starting tier size at a time.

 

The allowed tiers are:

  • $50K
  • $100K
  • $150K

 

This means the maximum number of active accounts you can hold at once is three (one of each size).

 

Altogether, the combined starting balances of your active accounts cannot exceed $300,000.

You can cancel your subscription at any time directly through your account dashboard.

 

To cancel:

  • Navigate to your Billing History section
  • Select the active subscription
  • Choose the option to cancel your recurring payment

 

Once canceled:

  • Your subscription remains active until the end of the current billing cycle
  • After that, the account will no longer be accessible unless reactivated

 

There are no cancellation fees.

At Lvlup Futures, all accounts operate under a recurring monthly subscription model.

This applies to:

  • Evaluation Accounts
  • Funded Accounts

There are no one-time activation fees.

Your account remains active as long as:

  • Your monthly subscription is maintained
  • All trading rules are respected

There is no fixed time limit to pass the Evaluation.

Traders have unlimited trading days to reach the profit target, provided:

  • The Maximum Loss Limit is not breached
  • The account remains active

This structure is designed to support disciplined, long-term performance.

Getting started

This is the predetermined profit amount you need to achieve in order to pass the assessment. You may also need to meet a consistency requirement to progress to the Funded phase or request a payout.

A futures contract represents a standardized amount of an underlying asset.

 

For example:

  • One E-mini S&P 500 futures contract (ES) represents $50 times the index price.
  • One crude oil (CL) contract represents 1,000 barrels of oil.

 

See the attached product table in Appendix A.

You are required to complete a brief KYC process and sign a trader agreement after passing your assessment, and before being granted a Funded account.

 

If you do not pass the KYC process, your account will be closed.

No. We operate at arm’s lengths with the liquidity providers/Exchanges.

 

All market pricing and trade executions are provided by third parties and are not changed or modified by us. Additionally, we do not markup transaction costs established through adjusting bid-offer spreads, markups/markdowns, commission charges or swaps.

You will receive credentials for either DXFutures or Deepcharts by Volumetrica, based on the platform you select at signup. All platforms are available in your client area under the “Downloads” section. Simply log in, go to Downloads, and choose the platform you would like to access. DXFutures accounts can access the platform via web or through the Apple iOS mobile app, available here:
https://apps.apple.com
/us/app/gooeytrade-futures-by-dx/id6739489964 
Third-party trading platforms are not supported on DXFutures. Deepcharts by Volumetrica accounts can access the platform via web or through mobile apps which are linked from the web platform. Third-party trading platforms are not supported on Deepcharts. CME market data attestation is required before trading and all users must qualify as Non-Professional under CME rules. CME Professional subscriber status is not supported on either platform.

E-mini S&P 500 – ES – CME

Micro E-mini S&P 500 – MES – CME

E-mini Nasdaq-100 – NQ – CME

Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 – MNQ – CME

E-mini Dow Jones – YM – CBOT

Micro E-mini Dow Jones – MYM – CBOT

E-mini Russell 2000 – RTY – CME

Micro E-mini Russell 2000 – M2K – CME

Euro FX – 6E – CME

British Pound – 6B – CME

Japanese Yen – 6J – CME

Canadian Dollar – 6C – CME

Swiss Franc – 6S – CME

Australian Dollar – 6A – CME

Crude Oil – CL – NYMEX

Micro Crude Oil – MCL – NYMEX

Natural Gas – NG – NYMEX

Heating Oil – HO – NYMEX

RBOB Gasoline – RB – NYMEX

Gold – GC – COMEX

Micro Gold – MGC – COMEX

Silver – SI – COMEX

Micro Silver – SIL – COMEX

Platinum – PL – NYMEX

Copper – HG – COMEX

Corn – ZC – CBOT

Soybeans – ZS – CBOT

Soybean Meal – ZM – CBOT

Soybean Oil – ZL – CBOT

Wheat – ZW – CBOT

Micro Bitcoin – MBT – CME

Micro Ether – MET – CME

Traders must trade the front-month contract for each product, as it has the highest liquidity and open interest.

 

For example, in March, the correct contract for the ES E-Mini S&P 500 products is the March (H) contract—not July (N) or September (U).

 

Trading out-month contracts is prohibited and may result in the loss of your account. Always ensure you’re trading the active front-month listed on the exchange.

 

To identify the most active front-month futures contracts, you can use CME Group’s Product Slate:

https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/products.html?

Trades can be placed starting at the 1700 CST CME Globex Open and can be held until 1555 CST.

 

On non-holiday trading days, all open positions and orders will be closed/cancelled at 1555 CST.

During holiday trading hours, auto-liquidation will not occur at the half-time market close, and the trader is responsible for closing the positions.

 

Please pay careful attention to market hours around holidays and shortened weeks. Failure to close the positions before the market closes may result in the loss of the account whether it is a Futures Evaluation or Futures Funded account.

Trading rules

We have a Consistency Requirement to ensure traders are not hitting profit targets through a small number of outsized trades. This promotes consistent trading behavior and discourages high-risk, “YOLO” style trading.

 

The calculation is:

(best trading day PnL ÷ total PnL) × 100

  • A lower percentage means profits are distributed more evenly across multiple trading days.
  • A higher percentage means profits are concentrated in fewer days.

 

For example, a 40 percent consistency requirement effectively means you cannot reach your entire profit target in fewer than three trading days, since 100 ÷ 40 = 2.5.

 

To pass an assessment, be eligible for payouts, and advance to the next phase, you must meet both the profit target and the consistency requirement by keeping your consistency ratio at or below 40 percent.

 

Example 1:

On a $100,000 account with an $8,000 profit target, if you earn $2,000 per day over four days, you meet the consistency requirement. Your best day is $2,000 and your total profit is $8,000, resulting in a consistency ratio of 25 percent.

 

Example 2:

On a $100,000 account with an $8,000 profit target, if your profits across four days are $3,500, $1,500, $1,500, and $1,500, you violate the consistency requirement. Your best day is $3,500 and your total profit is $8,000, resulting in a consistency ratio of 43.75 percent.

 

To meet a 40 percent consistency requirement with a $3,500 best day, you would need to reach at least $8,750 in total profit while keeping your best day at or below $3,500.

No. But in order to complete the assessment or be entitled to receive a payout in the Funded phase, you will need to continue trading until you achieve the consistency requirement.

There is no specific Daily Loss Limit, but traders must always stay within the Max Trailing Loss.

No. All positions must be closed and all open orders cancelled at 1555 CST each weekday.

For evaluation account, you must place an executed trade once every 30 days to retain the account.

Yes, you must trade for a minimum of 5 days in each phase (Assessment, Funded) in order to qualify to pass or be eligible for a payout.

No, unfortunately we cannot pause the inactivity timer at any account phase.

Yes. Each account is subject to a maximum contract limit based on its starting balance.

  • This limit represents the total number of open contracts you may hold at any one time.
  • Contract limits are enforced across all products.
  • Once the maximum allowed exposure is reached, no additional positions may be opened until existing exposure is reduced.

 

Contract limits use a 1:10 ratio, where one E-mini contract is equivalent to ten Micro contracts.

 

For example:

A $50,000 account may be limited to 3 standard (E-mini) contracts or 30 micro contracts in total.

 

This limit applies regardless of product type, and exposure is aggregated across all open positions.

If you have gains in your Funded Futures account at the time of a breach, you will still receive your portion of those gains.

Positions will be closed for you during regular trading days at 1555 CST. Trades cannot be held over weekends.

All Commissions Listed Below Are Per Side

 

E-mini S&P 500 (ES) – $2.18

Micro E-mini S&P 500 (MES) – $0.71

E-mini Nasdaq-100 (NQ) – $2.18

Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 (MNQ) – $0.71

E-mini Dow Jones (YM) – $2.18

Micro E-mini Dow Jones (MYM) – $0.71

E-mini Russell 2000 (RTY) – $2.18

Micro E-mini Russell 2000 (M2K) – $0.71

Euro FX (6E) – $2.40

British Pound (6B) – $2.40

Japanese Yen (6J) – $2.40

Canadian Dollar (6C) – $2.40

Swiss Franc (6S) – $2.40

Australian Dollar (6A) – $2.40

Crude Oil (CL) – $2.30

Micro Crude Oil (MCL) – $0.86

Natural Gas (NG) – $2.40

Heating Oil (HO) – $2.30

RBOB Gasoline (RB) – $2.30

Gold (GC) – $2.40

Micro Gold (MGC) – $0.86

Silver (SI) – $2.40

Micro Silver (SIL) – $1.36

Platinum (PL) – $2.40

Copper (HG) – $2.40

Corn (ZC) – $2.90

Soybeans (ZS) – $2.90

Soybean Meal (ZM) – $2.90

Soybean Oil (ZL) – $2.90

Wheat (ZW) – $2.90

Micro Bitcoin (MBT) – $2.86

Micro Ether (MET) – $0.46

You are prohibited from using any trading strategy that is expressly prohibited by the Company or the Liquidity Providers it uses.

 

Such prohibited trading (“Prohibited Trading”) shall include, but not be limited to:

  • Exploiting errors or latency in the pricing and/or platform(s) provided by the Liquidity Provider/Exchange
  • Utilizing non-public and/or insider information
  • Front running of trades placed elsewhere
  • Trading in any way that jeopardizes the relationship that the Company has with a Liquidity Provider/Exchange or may result in the canceling of trades
  • Trading in any way that creates regulatory issues for the Liquidity Provider/Exchange
  • Utilizing any third-party strategy, off-the-shelf strategy or one marketed to pass challenge accounts
  • Attempting to arbitrage a funded account with another account with the Company or any third-party company

 

No Gambling Permitted:

When participating in trading on both Challenge and Instant Funded Accounts, traders are expected to adhere to responsible risk management practices.

 

This includes carefully considering:

  • Position size
  • Trade duration
  • Hedging strategies

 

Taking excessive risks, such as utilizing maximum leverage to open large positions with the hope of reaching profit targets through a single price movement, is strictly prohibited.

 

If the Company detects that your trading constitutes Prohibited Trading:

  • Your participation in the program will be terminated
  • This may include forfeiture of any fees paid

 

Before any Trader receives a funded account, trading activity will be reviewed by both the Company and the Liquidity Provider/Exchange.

 

If Prohibited Trading is detected, the Trader will not receive a funded account.

 

All trading activities must comply with CME Group rules and regulations.

 

Additionally, the Company reserves the right to disallow or block any Trader from participating in the program for any reason, at its sole discretion.

 

To view all Prohibited Uses:

Client Terms And Policies

Our futures program does not prohibit trading during news events.

 

However, traders must exercise heightened caution due to increased volatility and reduced liquidity.

 

Traders are solely responsible for:

  • Staying informed of scheduled economic news releases
  • Managing their positions accordingly

Maximum Trailing Drawdown

 

The Maximum Trailing Drawdown is:

  • Initially set at 5% of the starting balance
  • Based on closed balance only (not equity)

 

It trails your account as your closed balance reaches new highs until your account reaches 6% profit.

 

Once your account reaches 6% profit:

  • The drawdown stops trailing
  • It locks permanently at your starting balance

 

Example:

 

Starting balance: $100,000

  • Initial drawdown: $95,000

 

If balance increases to $102,000:

  • New drawdown: $97,000

 

If balance reaches $106,000 (6% profit):

  • Drawdown locks at $100,000

 

Even if the account grows to $170,000:

  • Drawdown remains at $100,000

 

The account only breaches if it falls back to $100,000.

 

There is no daily loss limit.

 

However, the maximum allowed loss is 5% from the highest closed balance while the drawdown is trailing.

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