Prop firm news November 2026: Topstep Daily payouts, Tradeify Funded Reset and new FTMO Futures rules. Published: November 9, 2026 The biggest prop firm changes this month: Topstep is testing daily payouts of up to $1,500 on two new $50K Topstep Labs accounts; Tradeify launched Funded Reset and made its 300K Select account permanent; FTMO Futures tightened drawdown and payout-day rules on new Growth 100K and 150K accounts; The5ers now caps futures payouts at 3% of account size for accounts bought from October 15; Funded Trader Markets launched FTM Perps; FundingPips launched LABS EXP 004; and Bulenox added Tradovate. All changes at a glance. | Firm | Change | Impact for traders | | Topstep | Daily payout test on two $50K Topstep Labs accounts | Up to $1,500/day after a $2,000 buffer, or larger payouts after 5 winning days | | Tradeify | Funded Reset | Pay to replace a breached Select funded account without a new evaluation | | Tradeify | 300K Select account made permanent | $14,000 target, $8,000 EOD max loss, 40% consistency | | FTMO Futures | Stricter Growth 100K / 150K rules | Lower max drawdown and higher profit required per qualifying payout day | | Funded Trader Markets | FTM Perps launch | 24h perpetual futures, static drawdown, unlimited daily payouts, up to 90% split | | FundingPips | LABS EXP 004 (limited) | $25K one-step, daily payouts from day one, 3% static max loss | | The5ers | Futures payout cap | 3% of account size for accounts bought from October 15 | | Bulenox | Tradovate added | New platform option | Topstep tests daily payouts with Topstep Labs. Topstep is testing daily payouts through two new $50K Topstep Labs accounts. After passing the evaluation and building a $2,000 buffer, traders can request up to $1,500 per day. Traders who prefer larger withdrawals can instead wait for five winning days to access bigger payouts. It is a test, so the conditions may change before a wider rollout. Tradeify launches Funded Reset and a permanent 300K Select account. With Funded Reset, eligible traders who breach a Select funded account can pay for an immediate replacement without passing another evaluation. Tradeify has also teased another new plan, but no details have been revealed yet. Tradeify also made its 300K Select account permanently available: * Profit target: $14,000 * End-of-day maximum loss: $8,000 * Consistency rule: 40% * After passing, traders choose between daily or five-day payouts FTMO Futures tightens Growth 100K and 150K rules. The changes apply to new Growth 100K and 150K accounts. Lower drawdown means less room for losses, and the higher daily profit threshold makes each qualifying payout day harder to reach. * 100K: maximum drawdown cut from $3,500 to $3,000; profit required on each of the four qualifying payout days raised from $250 to $300 * 150K: maximum drawdown cut from $5,000 to $4,500; profit required on each qualifying day raised from $300 to $450 Funded Trader Markets launches FTM Perps. Funded Trader Markets entered the perpetuals category with FTM Perps, a 24-hour perpetual futures offering. It has a static drawdown, no consistency rule, no minimum trading days, unlimited daily payouts and a reward split of up to 90%. FundingPips launches LABS EXP 004. FundingPips launched LABS EXP 004, a limited $25K one-step account. It offers unlimited daily payout requests from day one, a 3% static maximum loss, and no consistency rule or payout buffer. The5ers caps futures payouts at 3%. The5ers confirmed that futures accounts purchased from October 15 are subject to a payout cap equal to 3% of the account size. Older 25K accounts keep the previous 5% cap. Bulenox adds Tradovate. Bulenox added Tradovate as a new trading platform option, expanding its available platform connections. Frequently asked questions. How do Topstep daily payouts work? On the two new $50K Topstep Labs test accounts, traders who pass and build a $2,000 buffer can request up to $1,500 per day, or wait for five winning days to access larger payouts. What is Tradeify Funded Reset? It lets eligible traders who breach a Tradeify Select funded account pay for an immediate replacement funded account without passing another evaluation. What changed on FTMO Futures Growth accounts? On new Growth 100K accounts, max drawdown fell from $3,500 to $3,000 and the profit per qualifying payout day rose from $250 to $300. On 150K, drawdown fell from $5,000 to $4,500 and the daily requirement rose from $300 to $450. What is The5ers' new futures payout cap? Futures accounts purchased from October 15 can withdraw at most 3% of the account size per payout. Older 25K accounts keep the previous 5% cap. What are the rules of the Tradeify 300K Select account? A $14,000 profit target, an $8,000 end-of-day maximum loss and a 40% consistency rule. After passing, traders choose daily or five-day payouts.

Tradeify review: Select Flex vs daily, Growth and Lightning. Updated October 6, 2026 Verified Trader Funding Affiliate disclosure: VTF may earn a commission if you purchase through the affiliate links in this review. That relationship does not change the rules described below. A referral code is not a promise of a discount; check the final order total and the terms for your exact plan. Research checked October 6, 2026. This update uses the firm's official pricing and help documents, with original payout calculations and AI-assisted research and drafting prepared for Verified Trader Funding. It is a desk-researched review, not a new firsthand trading or payout test. Examples are hypothetical, assume all other eligibility requirements are met, and exclude taxes and payment-provider charges. Futures trading involves risk; fees can be lost and payouts are conditional. VTF verdict: Select can be attractive for traders seeking an EOD structure, but choose Flex or Daily using your actual payout pattern. Purchase-date caps and trade-duration rules matter more than the headline split. Tradeify programs and 50K prices. Tradeify offers several ways into a funded program, but the most important choice is often made after a Select evaluation: Flex or Daily payouts. A plan promising daily eligibility can still release less cash than a less frequent plan, depending on the balance and new profit available. This review separates those rules from Growth and Lightning. | 50K plan | Published one-time price | Purchase decision | | Growth | $145; $95 reset | Lower entry price; separate funded consistency rules | | Select | $165; $109 reset | Standard 40% evaluation consistency | | Select with 50% option | $205; $135 reset | Different evaluation consistency setting | | Lightning | $492; no reset | Skip the evaluation; simulated funding rules still apply | The pricing reference lists no activation fee. Simulated funded accounts pay a 90% trader share; Elite Live uses 80%. These are published standard prices, not a redeemed KING promotion. Official pricing reference. Evaluation and funded accounts are not interchangeable. Tradeify's 3.0 update raised the Select 50K target to $3,000, removed Growth evaluation consistency and introduced a Select consistency option. Lightning's funded consistency progresses through 20%, 25% and 30% rather than one permanent percentage. Official program update. An EOD drawdown follows the highest end-of-day balance, but breaching the active threshold during a session can still fail the account, including through unrealized losses. Growth 50K evaluation has a $1,250 daily loss limit; Select evaluation has no daily loss limit. Those facts should not be extended automatically to every funded path. Essential trading rules. For a strategy that depends on giving back intraday open profit, an EOD high-water mark may behave differently from an intraday trail. That does not make the account safe to trade down to its threshold. Leave execution room for slippage and commissions, and model the funded path separately from the evaluation. Its drawdown guide explains the distinction. Select Flex versus Daily: purchase date matters. For purchases after September 1, 2026, the 50K Select Flex cap is $2,500 and Daily is $1,250. The policy lists older caps of $3,000 and $1,000 for purchases before that date; the exact boundary date is not worded clearly, so September 1 buyers should confirm their dashboard. The Flex/Daily choice is permanent. Flex needs five winning days of at least $150, limits requests to 50% of current profit and has a $250 minimum. Daily also has a $250 minimum, retains a $2,100 buffer and limits requests by twice the new-cycle profit, its cap and available profit above the buffer. Both omit funded consistency. Official Select payout policy. Flex example: $5,000 current profit makes 50% equal to $2,500. Under the newer cap, an eligible gross request is $2,500 and the 90% trader share is $2,250. The same percentage would give a trader with $2,000 profit only a $1,000 request, even though the cap is higher. Daily example: assume sufficient balance above the buffer and $400 of new-cycle profit. Twice that profit is $800, below the $1,250 cap. An eligible $800 gross request yields $720. "Daily" describes an opportunity to request, not a promise that the daily cap is available. These are different scenarios, not a performance contest between plans. Their purpose is to expose which quantity controls the calculation. A trader comparing the paths should use the same personal profit sequence in both and account for the effect of each withdrawal on later eligibility. Growth and Lightning deserve separate checks. Growth's 50K funded policy lists a $53,000 minimum balance, five profitable days above $150, 35% consistency and a $500 minimum request. Its payout caps progress through $1,500, $2,000, $2,500 and $3,000. An approved first $1,500 request therefore produces $1,350 at the 90% split, before external charges. Official Growth payout policy. Do not attach Select's lack of funded consistency to Growth. Likewise, Lightning's higher entry cost removes the evaluation but not funded payout qualification. Before choosing Lightning, check the current profit goal and progressive consistency conditions for your exact size; a no-evaluation label is not evidence of easier cash access. Tradeify's consistency explanation allows a result at or below the applicable percentage. That differs from firms using a strict "below" rule. A best day of $1,050 with $3,000 total profit is exactly 35%; rounding and the dashboard's specified profit measure still matter. Official consistency calculation. Trading restrictions that can block an otherwise profitable payout. The funded microscalping condition has two independent tests: more than half of trades must last longer than ten seconds, and more than half of profit must come from those longer trades. Failing that condition blocks a request rather than automatically failing the account. At least one trade per week is required per account. These restrictions make a pure ultra-short-duration strategy a poor match. Official trader guidelines. Tradeify prohibits opposing positions on the same or correlated products, including across accounts. Trading minis and micros together is allowed within the combined position allowance, but it does not permit hedging. Check correlated-product groups before running copiers or multiple strategies. Official hedging policy. News trading is permitted, but the firm specifically warns that slippage can defeat the protection a trader expects from a daily loss limit. Permission to trade a release is not an assurance that the resulting execution will remain inside the account's risk limits. Official news-trading policy. VTF assessment and alternatives. Strengths: one-time evaluation pricing makes the entry cost easier to model than a monthly subscription; Select offers two clearly different payout styles; the current documentation separates purchase cohorts. Tradeoffs: a permanent Flex/Daily choice, multiple payout formulas and the microscalping condition require more care than a simple "90% split" summary suggests. Select Flex is worth shortlisting if a recurring qualifying-day cycle matches your normal trading. Daily is worth evaluating if your profit pattern and retained buffer support frequent smaller requests. Growth may suit a trader comfortable with funded consistency. Lightning should be compared on total fees at risk and payout gates, rather than speed of entry alone. Compare with TradeDay Fast Pass for a different EOD funded structure, or Bulenox Momentum and Fast Track for different entry and consistency models. Use the VTF offers page as a starting point, then verify the exact checkout terms; a sale does not override the rulebook. Tradeify FAQ. Are the older $3,000 Flex caps still correct? They can apply to the older purchase cohort. Current documentation distinguishes dates, so a single cap quoted without the account purchase date is incomplete. Does a daily payout mean the maximum daily cap? No. New-cycle profit, retained buffer, minimum request and the cap all constrain eligibility. The smallest applicable limit controls the request. Is Lightning immediately live trading? No. Skipping an evaluation should not be confused with Elite Live. The pricing reference distinguishes simulated funded and live splits. Before you buy. Open the Tradeify comparison profile and compare programs side by side. Check the dates on comparison snapshots: this review reflects the official documents checked above. Use its prop-firm selection guide to match the program to a process you already trade, then confirm eligibility, your platform/data costs, the account agreement, and the checkout total. Save the rules that apply to your purchase date. View Tradeify plans through VTF's affiliate link. 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