News
Futures prop firm news, each item dated and sourced.
Bulenox adds Fast Track and Momentum, cuts master accounts to five
Bulenox put Fast Track and Momentum on sale August 17, ended monthly billing and capped masters at five.
Earn2Trade adds BlackArrow platform to all evaluations at no cost
Earn2Trade says BlackArrow, Nelogica's trading platform, is now available on all its evaluations at no extra cost.
Take Profit Trader cuts evaluation minimum to three trading days
New Take Profit Trader test accounts can pass in three trading days from August 17; existing tests keep five.
Court stays discovery in McCrudden v. Topstep pending arbitration
A Florida magistrate judge paused discovery in the McCrudden suit until the arbitration motion is decided.
MyFundedFutures adds Rapid EOD with end-of-day funded drawdown
MyFundedFutures started selling Rapid EOD on August 6, with end-of-day drawdown at every stage.
Lucid makes the daily loss limit a checkout option on LucidFlex
Lucid's LucidFlex now sets the daily loss limit at checkout, on for a lower price or off for a higher one.
CME reports record July volume of 27 million contracts a day, up 23%
CME Group reported record July volume of 27 million contracts a day, led by micro-sized contracts.
CME to launch E-nano equity index futures on August 24
CME announced four E-nano index contracts for August 24, sized below one Micro E-mini.
Apex sues a funded trader over chargebacks
Apex Trader Funding sued a customer on July 29, 2026, alleging thousands of bad-faith card chargebacks.
Tradeify drops its 10-second trade rule from evaluations
Tradeify's under-10-second trade rule now applies only to funded payouts, not to evaluations.
TradeDay sets 45% consistency rule on new Fast Pass accounts
New Fast Pass Funded Sim accounts cap any single day at 45% of gross profits and pay out less per request.
CME 1-Ounce Gold goes 24/7; nearly 15,000 trade in first weekend
CME's 1-Ounce Gold futures began weekend trading on July 24; nearly 15,000 contracts traded that weekend.
Alpha Futures reopens Standard plan, lifts account limit to 5
Standard accounts bought from July 27, 2026 can be held five at a time; older ones stay capped at three.
Lucid Trading launches LucidDaily with daily payout requests
LucidDaily allows a payout request on any eligible day, with intraday drawdown and a red-folder news ban.
CME launches Single Stock futures on 55 US stocks
CME began trading cash-settled Single Stock futures on 55 US stocks on July 27, with micros on 22 names.
Trader who spent $404,941 on Apex accounts sues over commodity pool
A federal suit in Texas alleges Apex Trader Funding operated an unregistered commodity pool.
Take Profit Trader automates withdrawals on Tradovate PRO
Account-to-wallet approval on Tradovate PRO accounts now clears in seconds instead of manual review.
Apex asks Florida court to dismiss trader suit or order arbitration
Apex refiled its motion to dismiss or compel arbitration on July 16; trial term is set for December 2027.
Alpha Futures pays first 10% batch of approved Premium payouts
Alpha Futures says approved Premium payouts will be paid in batches, starting with 10% on July 15.
NinjaTrader ends Alpha Futures contract; Premium plan closes
Alpha Futures lost NinjaTrader and Tradovate access on July 12 and closed its Premium plan, refunding accounts.
FundedNext Futures retires Bolt, launches Rapid Pro and Rapid Daily
Bolt and the old Rapid are off sale from 10 July 2026; the new Rapid challenge splits into Pro and Daily.
CFTC stays CME's 24/7 crude oil contract; futures hours unchanged
The CFTC stayed NYMEX's 10-Barrel WTI listing a day before around-the-clock crude trading could start.
Alpha Futures drops the $149 activation fee on Advanced accounts
Advanced accounts bought after the July 8 announcement move to Qualified with no $149 activation fee.
Topstep swaps Live Performance Bonus for $250,000 Octagon contest
Topstep's level-based Live Performance Bonus ended in June; the Octagon started July 1, 2026.