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Top One Futures review

Wyoming-registered futures prop firm (2025), sister brand of Top One Trader

CEO
Matt Morris
Headquarters
United States
Founded
2025
In business
1 year
Trustpilot
4.8(5.1K)

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B

Our grade

Good

7.1 / 10 · #4 of 34

4.8

Trustpilot

5.1K reviews

  • 5★94%
  • 4★2%
  • 3★0%
  • 2★0%
  • 1★3%
Pass rate10%
Hidden riskModerate
Payouts8.0/10
Max allocation$3M
Cheapest $100K—
Programs6

Top One Futures is the 18-month-old futures arm of the Top One Trader group, and it sells the cheapest way into a futures evaluation we have seen: a $39 Elite ACCESS challenge at any size, plus daily payouts on Elite Daily. PropFirmMatch's tracker shows it really does pay, about 8,700 payouts worth $12.5 million in the past year at a median of roughly 10 hours. The catch is in the funded rules: small per-request caps, non-withdrawable buffers, consistency limits, a forced move to a live account after three payouts and terms that forbid criticising the firm.

Cheap to start and quick to pay small amounts, but the funded rules decide how much you keep

Our verdict

Top One Futures has built the lowest-cost entry in futures prop trading. A $39 Elite ACCESS evaluation with $35 resets, no daily loss limit and a one-day minimum, or an Elite Daily evaluation that pays daily once funded, is a genuinely good deal, and PropFirmMatch's tracker confirms the firm pays thousands of traders a month, usually the same day.

Best for

Discretionary intraday futures traders who want a very cheap evaluation and frequent small payouts, and who will follow a long rulebook to the letter.

Avoid if

You scalp in seconds, run bots, hold overnight, need large single withdrawals, or want a firm with a long track record and an unsolicited review profile.

Pros

  1. Elite ACCESS evaluation costs $39 at every size, with $35 resets and no daily loss limit while you qualify.
  2. Elite Daily funded accounts pay daily from the first funded day, with no activation fee and no funded consistency rule.
  3. 90% profit split on every sim funded account.
  4. End-of-day trailing drawdown on almost every plan, locking at the starting balance + $100.

Cons

  1. Per-request payout caps are small: $1,000 on a $50K Elite Daily, $500 on a $25K Ignite.
  2. Elite ACCESS needs a $139-$359 activation fee after the $39 evaluation, 5 qualifying profitable days per payout and a 40% consistency rule.
  3. After 3 payouts you can be moved to a live account that starts at $0, pays 80% and closes your other accounts.
  4. Terms ban negative statements about the firm on review sites, with profit forfeiture as the penalty.

Top One Futures scorecard

The same measured facts for every firm

Weighted score 7.1/10 → grade B

Methodology →
  • Payouts 25%8.0
    Payout complaints
    1 per 100 reviews
    Positive payout mentions
    89%
  • Transparency 15%6.0
    Rule disputes
    1.2 per 100 reviews
    Shares verified data with us
    No
    Publishes its own pass rates
    No
    Profile claimed by the firm
    No
    Names who runs it
    Yes
  • Rules & trading conditions 20%5.6
    Typical $100K price
    No $100K account
    Top profit split
    90%
    Static drawdown option
    No
    Consistency rule
    Applies
    News trading
    Restricted
    No time limit
    Yes
    Fee refunded
    No
  • Reputation 20%7.4
    Trustpilot score
    4.8 / 5
    Recent 1-2★ reviews
    2% of the latest
    Years in business
    1 year
    Trustpilot reviews
    5,087
  • Platforms & execution 10%8.0
    Trading platforms
    3
    Execution complaints
    0.8 per 100 reviews
  • Support 10%8.4
    Support complaints
    1.2 per 100 reviews
    Reviews praising support
    96%

Top One Futures firm overview

Platforms, markets, company and costs

Platforms
  • Tradovate
  • NinjaTrader
  • TradingView
Markets
  • Futures
  • Indices
  • Commodities
  • Energies
  • Metals
  • Forex
  • Crypto
Profit split
80% to 90%
Max allocation
$3,000,000
Leverage
Contract caps, not leverage: 1 mini (25K) to 7 minis (150K); X-Ultra up to 15 minis in the evaluation
Commissions
All-in round turn of $5.76 on ES/NQ/RTY/YM minis and $1.90 on micros; $6.00-$7.20 on energy, metals, currency and grain minis
Scaling plan

There is no account-size scaling plan. Funded Elite Daily, Elite ACCESS and X-Ultra accounts are allowed more contracts as end-of-day profit grows, and after 3 payouts (5 on Elite Daily) a risk manager may move you to a live account at an 80% split with no payout caps, scaling to up to 5 live accounts.

Broker and data
  • Tradovate / NinjaTrader (sim accounts and data; TradingView via Tradovate)
  • BlackArrow (platform option chosen at checkout)
  • WealthCharts (platform option, live)
  • ProjectX (former platform, support for third-party firms ended 28 February 2026)
Company
Top One Futures, LLCCheyenne, Wyoming, United States · founded 2025
CEO
Matt Morris

Payment and payout methods

How you pay for a challenge and how you get paid

Pay for a challenge with

  • Credit/debit card
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • PayPal
  • Crypto

Get paid with

  • Rise (bank transfer)
  • Rise (crypto)

Daily on Elite Daily; on demand after 5 qualifying profitable days on Elite ACCESS; 5-day cycles on Instant Sim Funded; each new 5% on Ignite; every 7 profitable days on X-Ultra; daily on live accounts. Payout details

Top One Futures pass rate

How hard is it to pass?

Challenge pass rate

10%

Estimate

~10% (our estimate, evaluations)

Bar = this firm · line = average of the 34 firms we grade (14%)

Top One Futures publishes no pass rate and we found no third-party figure with a stated method. Its evaluations ask for 6% (8% on X-Ultra) against a 3-4% end-of-day trailing drawdown, a tighter target-to-drawdown ratio than FTMO-style programs for which firms have disclosed roughly 10% pass rates; cheap $35 resets and no daily loss limit on Elite ACCESS help persistent traders, so we estimate about 10% per evaluation. Instant Sim Funded and Ignite have no evaluation, and no first-payout rate is published.

Basis: Our estimate from the challenge rules

Who is Top One Futures for?

Fit by trading style

Beginners

OK with caveats

The $39 Elite ACCESS evaluation with $35 resets is a cheap way to learn, but the layered funded payout rules take study.

Experienced traders

OK with caveats

Daily payouts and 90% splits suit them, yet small per-request caps and a forced live move after 3 payouts limit what a good trader can take out.

Swing traders

Poor fit

Every position is force-closed at 4:10 PM ET and nothing can be held overnight or over the weekend.

Scalpers

OK with caveats

Intraday trading fits the model, but anything closed within 10 seconds is a violation and repeated cases cost the profits.

EA & algo traders

Poor fit

Bots, EAs, scripts and automated execution are banned on every account.

News traders

OK with caveats

News is open on evaluations, Instant, Ignite and X-Ultra, but Elite Daily and Elite ACCESS funded accounts block 2 minutes either side of major releases.

About Top One Futures

Founded 2025 · Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States

Top One Futures, LLC is registered at a Cheyenne, Wyoming filing address and began selling futures accounts in April 2025, a month after its Trustpilot profile was opened. Its chief executive is Matt Morris, who also runs the CFD brand Top One Trader, and the site's 'CFDs' menu links straight to that sister firm. The domain was registered in February 2024. The firm does not publish an about page, ownership structure or audited figures.

Trader tip

Before you buy, decide which payout rules you can live with: Elite Daily has no funded consistency rule but a $1,000 cap per request on $50K, while Elite ACCESS is cheaper to start but adds an activation fee, a buffer and a 40% cap. Once funded, hold every trade past 10 seconds and screenshot your scaling tier and payout checklist before each request, since denials are argued from the trade log.

Top One Futures timeline

  1. Oct 1, 2026 · product

    Launchpad X-Ultra

    A limited run of 1,500 X-Ultra accounts with $5,000-$9,000 payout caps, no buffer and a hard-breach daily loss limit. Source

  2. Jul 27, 2026 · rule change

    Top One 2.0

    Relaunch with a new dashboard and $39 Elite ACCESS; Instant Sim Funded 2.0 widened large-account drawdowns but cut every payout cap by $500. Source

  3. Nov 15, 2025 · rule change

    ProjectX drops third-party firms

    The firm told traders that ProjectX would end support for outside prop firms on 28 February 2026, forcing a move to Tradovate and NinjaTrader. Source

  4. Jul 2025 · controversy

    Payout denials over 10-second trades

    A futures YouTuber reported traders denied payouts after the firm deducted every trade held under 10 seconds, including on copied accounts. Source

  5. Apr 2025 · milestone

    Launch

    Top One Futures started selling futures evaluations and instant accounts, run by Top One Trader CEO Matt Morris. Source

Restricted countries

73 countries and regions can't sign up

  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Antarctica
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belarus
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Crimea
  • Cuba
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Djibouti
  • East Timor
  • Ecuador
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Iceland
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kosovo
  • Kuwait
  • Laos
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • North Macedonia
  • Malawi
  • Mauritius
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Myanmar
  • Nicaragua
  • North Korea
  • Pakistan
  • Palestine
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Philippines
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Tajikistan
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen
  • Zimbabwe

Top One Futures FAQ

Questions traders ask

Is Top One Futures legit?

It is a real Wyoming-registered firm that has paid thousands of traders: PropFirmMatch tracks 8,689 payouts worth $12.46 million in the past year. It is only 18 months old, its review profile looks heavily solicited and its terms bar criticism of the firm, so treat it as a working but young firm with strict funded rules.

Does Top One Futures actually pay out?

Yes. Routine payouts arrive in about 10 hours on PropFirmMatch's tracker. About a third of its 1-2 star Trustpilot reviews, though, describe denied payouts or removed profits, mostly over 10-second trades, scaling tiers or news-window trades.

How long do Top One Futures payouts take?

The firm claims under 12 hours on average and PropFirmMatch's median is about 10 hours, paid through Rise by bank transfer or crypto. Requests pulled into a compliance review, which can include a strategy video and a video interview, have taken 10 days or more.

What is the Top One Futures pass rate?

The firm does not publish one. With 6% targets against a 3-4% end-of-day trailing drawdown, we estimate roughly 10% per evaluation; cheap $35 Elite ACCESS resets mean persistent traders pass more often over several attempts.

What are Top One Futures' hidden rules?

The ones that cost traders money are the 10-second minimum hold, contract-scaling tiers on funded accounts, the two-minute news window on Elite funded accounts, consistency caps of 15-40%, the 50% new-profit rule, non-withdrawable buffers and the forced move to live after three payouts. Reviewers also report payout interviews the help center does not mention.

Can you trade news with Top One Futures?

Yes on evaluations, Instant Sim Funded, Ignite and X-Ultra. Elite Daily and Elite ACCESS funded accounts may not open, close or modify orders from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after high-impact releases, and profits from violating trades can be removed.

Are EAs allowed at Top One Futures?

No. Bots, EAs, scripts and automated execution are banned on every account; trades must be placed manually or semi-manually. The built-in trade copier is allowed only between your own accounts of the same program and size.

Does Top One Futures accept US traders?

Yes, it is a US firm and the largest group of its reviewers is American. About 75 countries are blocked, including Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Pakistan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and much of Africa.

Is there a Top One Futures discount code?

The firm runs rotating sale codes on its own site, such as WC for up to 60% off Ignite and Elite Daily and BOGO for a free second Elite ACCESS evaluation. Codes do not apply to reset fees, and the Elite ACCESS activation fee is charged separately after you pass.

Who owns Top One Futures?

Top One Futures, LLC is run by CEO Matt Morris, who also leads the CFD firm Top One Trader. The company lists a Cheyenne, Wyoming filing address and does not publish its ownership structure.

What happens if I breach a Top One Futures account?

Evaluations and Elite funded accounts can be reset within 14 days of the breach ($35 to $1,349 depending on plan and size). Instant Sim Funded and Ignite accounts cannot be reset, and any buffer left in a breached account is lost.

Top One Futures Elite Daily vs Elite ACCESS: which is better?

Elite Daily costs $178-$549 a month, has a 40% consistency rule only in the evaluation and then pays daily with no activation fee. Elite ACCESS costs $39 to start with no daily loss limit, but adds a $139-$359 activation fee, five profitable days and a 40% consistency cap before each payout.

What happens after three payouts at Top One Futures?

A risk manager reviews you and can move you to a live account, which you cannot decline. Your other sim accounts are closed, the live account starts at a $0 balance with a $1,000-$4,000 drawdown, pays 80% and requires about $140 a month per exchange for market data.

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Sources

34 sources

  1. 1.Top One Futures homepage (programs, prices, promos)
  2. 2.Top One Futures Terms and Conditions (June 10, 2026)
  3. 3.Launchpad X-Ultra page
  4. 4.Elite ACCESS page
  5. 5.Help center: Elite Daily V2 overview
  6. 6.Help center: Elite Daily V2 daily payout rules
  7. 7.Help center: Elite ACCESS overview
  8. 8.Help center: Elite ACCESS Intraday overview
  9. 9.Help center: Instant Sim Funded overview
  10. 10.Help center: Ignite overview
  11. 11.Help center: X-Ultra overview
  12. 12.Help center: Prohibited trading practices
  13. 13.Help center: Copy trading policy
  14. 14.Help center: Path to trading live
  15. 15.Help center: Maximum payout until live
  16. 16.Help center: Commissions and fees
  17. 17.Help center: Restricted countries
  18. 18.Help center: IP address restrictions
  19. 19.Help center: Payout platforms (Rise)
  20. 20.Trustpilot: toponefutures.com
  21. 21.PropFirmMatch: Top One Futures firm page
  22. 22.PropFirmMatch: Top One Futures payout tracker
  23. 23.PropFirmMatch: Top One Futures announcements
  24. 24.El Trader Financiado: Top One Futures review (Top One 2.0 changes)
  25. 25.Top One Futures on X: ProjectX discontinuing third-party firms
  26. 26.ProjectX notice on partner sunset (28 Feb 2026)
  27. 27.Reddit r/Daytrading: Toponefutures payout denial
  28. 28.Reddit r/PropFirmTester: live account breach complaint
  29. 29.Elite Trader: futures prop firms 2025 thread (Top One Futures live payout complaint)
  30. 30.YouTube: Top One Futures and Futures Elite deny payouts (July 2025)
  31. 31.LinkedIn: Matt Morris, CEO Top One Trader & Top One Futures
  32. 32.PropTraders.io newsletter: Top One Futures Launchpad X-Ultra
  33. 33.Help center: Elite ACCESS payout requirements
  34. 34.Help center: Instant Sim Funded payout requirements