Our most popular program, and thanks to the one-day pass, one of the fastest routes to a funded account. It is a one-step evaluation with the fastest pass we offer: hit the profit target while staying inside the drawdown rules, and you get funded.

Profit target: 6%. On a $50K account that is $3,000 in profit to clear the evaluation.

Minimum trading days: as few as 1, thanks to the one-day pass.

Trailing drawdown: 4% End-of-Day (EOD). The floor sits 4% below your highest closing balance and is recalculated once a day at the 5:00 PM ET rollover, so open profit never drags it up. On a $50K account it starts $2,000 below your starting balance.

Daily drawdown: 3% during the challenge, 2% once funded. It resets at 5:00 PM ET, the CME futures trading-day boundary, not midnight. On a $50K funded account the 2% limit caps your loss at $1,000 in a day.

Holding: not through the daily break or over the weekend. Every open position closes automatically at 4:50 PM ET (3:50 PM CT).

Account sizes: up to $400K.

Instant funding. There is no challenge and no target to clear first: you start on a funded account and follow the funded rules from your first trade.

Profit target: none. You are funded from day one.

Trailing drawdown: 3% End-of-Day (EOD). The floor sits 3% below your highest closing balance and is recalculated once a day at the 5:00 PM ET rollover, so open profit never drags it up. On a $50K account it starts $1,500 below your starting balance.

Daily drawdown: 2%, reset at 5:00 PM ET. On a $50K account that caps your loss at $1,000 in a day.

Holding: not through the daily break or over the weekend. Every open position closes automatically at 4:50 PM ET (3:50 PM CT).

Minimum trading days: 5 before your first payout. A day only counts if you make at least 0.5% profit that day (a qualifying trading day), and the 5 days do not have to be consecutive.

Account sizes: up to $300K.

Here is how the two launch programs line up side by side. All figures are for USD-denominated accounts on Upcomers X.

Whichever program you choose, the funded rules below are the same across both, except where the table above notes a difference.

Profit split: up to 100%. You keep up to 100% of the profit you make.

Trailing drawdown: our Dynamic Risk Shield™. On Thunderbolt Classic (4%) and Vanguard (3%) it trails End-of-Day: the floor sits that percentage below your highest closing balance of any completed trading day, it is recalculated only once a day at the 5:00 PM ET rollover, and unrealized profit on open positions never moves it. On every program it only moves up, then locks permanently at your initial balance once it reaches it. After it locks it is static and no longer moves, so it stops chasing your profits and you can trade freely against the locked floor. Your live equity is checked against the floor in real time. This is the same lock model as the Dynamic Risk Shield™ on our CFD product.

Max trade loss: a HARD rule. It is 1.5% of account size on any single open trade on Thunderbolt Classic and Vanguard ($750 on a $50K account). A single trade over the limit triggers an automatic breach and closes the account, even if the account is otherwise in profit. Positions on the same instrument in the same direction count as one trade, so you cannot split an order to get around it.

Best Day Rule: a SOFT rule. No single trading day may be more than 20% of your total profit since your last payout. It does NOT breach your account, it only holds your payout until your profit is spread more evenly. To take out $1,000 at the 20% limit, your best day must be $200 or less.

Payout conditions: at least 1% profit since your last payout, all positions closed, your best day within the Best Day Rule, and a minimum payout of $100 (your share after the selected profit split).

Challenge profit share: on the challenge program (Thunderbolt Classic), if you grow the funded account enough and keep a clean payout record, you earn a bonus of 15% of the profit you made during the challenge phase. Vanguard has no challenge phase, so it does not apply.

Inactivity: an account is closed automatically after 14 calendar days with no trading. The counter starts at purchase and resets every time you close a trade, and you get a warning email before the account expires.

These two are the launch lineup. Additional Upcomers Futures programs are planned for after launch. Until they are live, Thunderbolt Classic and Vanguard are the only futures programs you can buy. We will update the help center as new programs are released.

This is a high-level overview. Before you buy, read the dedicated rules article for the program you are considering. Each one covers the exact drawdown mechanics, dollar examples on real account sizes, and the full payout conditions.

Not sure which one fits your style? See our guide on how to choose your futures program, or start a chat with our team from the help center.