MyFundedFutures Review: Rules, Drawdown and a Pass Plan
Independent guide. We are not affiliated with MyFundedFutures. Plan pricing, drawdown style and payout terms change frequently — verify the current rules on the firm's own site before you buy an account.
What the evaluation actually grades
- Drawdown style — the deciding variable. End-of-day trailing drawdown only moves when your daily closing balance makes a new high, so intraday give-back does not kill the account. Intraday trailing follows every tick of unrealized profit.
- Daily loss limit — a hard stop, and the number you size from.
- Profit target — reachable in days, which is exactly the trap.
- Minimum active days — a floor on sample size, waived on some starter plans.
- Consistency rule — caps any single day's share of total profit, enforced at payout, not at pass.
- Payout schedule — first withdrawal usually requires a set number of profitable days above a minimum amount.
How it compares to the other big futures firms
| Firm | Typical drawdown style | What it punishes most |
|---|---|---|
| MyFundedFutures | End-of-day trailing (flagship plans) | Oversized single days at payout time |
| Apex Trader Funding | Intraday trailing until the buffer locks | Giving back open profit intraday |
| Topstep | End-of-day trailing to the starting balance | Daily loss limit breaches |
| Take Profit Trader | End-of-day trailing with a pro-account step | Rushing to the funded stage |
Drawdown style is the single rule that changes how you must trade. Read trailing drawdown explained before choosing a plan.
A pass plan built for end-of-day drawdown
Strategy: MNQ VWAP reclaim continuation. End-of-day drawdown rewards trades that can breathe, so this plan uses a structural stop rather than a tick-tight one.
- Setup: MNQ opens below VWAP, then reclaims it and holds for two consecutive 5-minute closes above.
- Entry trigger: buy the first pullback that touches VWAP and prints a higher low, entered on the reclaim of that pullback candle's high, between 9:45 AM and 12:00 PM ET only.
- Stop: below the pullback's higher low, or 20 MNQ points — whichever is tighter.
- Target: 2R, scaling half at 1R and trailing the rest under 5-minute higher lows.
- Risk sizing: daily loss limit ÷ 5 per trade. On a 50K plan with a $600 limit that is $120; at $2 per MNQ point and a 20-point stop, 3 contracts.
- Invalidation: a 5-minute close back below VWAP, or 25 minutes without reaching 1R — exit flat either way.
- Consistency cap: stop at 2.5× your average daily target, and stop for the day after two losers.
Where traders lose these accounts
Three patterns cause most failures: sizing to the contract ceiling instead of the stop, treating an end-of-day drawdown as permission to hold losers past invalidation, and passing so fast that one day owns most of the profit and the consistency rule blocks the first payout. Fixed risk, a hard invalidation and a daily profit cap remove all three.
FAQ
- What makes MyFundedFutures different from Apex or Topstep?
- The headline difference is the drawdown style. Their flagship plans commonly use an end-of-day trailing drawdown that only moves on closed daily balances, which is far more forgiving intraday than a tick-by-tick trailing threshold. Verify the current plan terms before you buy — firms change them often.
- Is there a minimum number of trading days?
- Most plans require a small number of active days, and some starter plans waive it. Treat the minimum as a floor on your sample size, not a race — a two-day pass usually breaks the payout consistency check later.
- What is the consistency rule and how do I stay inside it?
- It caps how much of your total profit any single day can represent (commonly around 40%). Stop trading for the day once you hit roughly 2.5x your average daily target so no day dominates the total.
- How many contracts should I trade on a 50K account?
- Size from the stop, not the contract limit. With a $600 daily loss limit, risk $120 per trade (limit divided by 5). On MNQ at $2 per point with a 20-point stop, that is 3 micros — not the 10+ the plan technically allows.
- Can an automated bot trade these accounts?
- Rule sets vary on automation, copy trading and news trading. Read the plan terms first; a strategy that passes but violates an automation clause will not get paid.
Compare it against the Apex Trader Funding review, the Topstep Combine, and the checklist in best prop firm for futures.