The Short Answer

Horizon Futures is a one-step evaluation with no challenge consistency rule and no funded Best Day Rule.

Hit a 6% profit target while staying inside a 4% End-of-Day trailing drawdown and a 3% daily drawdown (2% once funded), and you get a funded account. There is no consistency once funded, and payouts are on demand: once you meet the payout conditions, you can request a payout at any time, with no waiting period and no fixed payout cycle. Everything runs on Upcomers X or Deepcharts by Volumetrica.

Profit target: 6%. On a $50,000 account that is $3,000. On a $100,000 account it is $6,000.

Trailing drawdown: 4%, End-of-Day. Your account must stay above a floor set 4% below your highest end-of-day closing balance. On a $100,000 account the floor starts at $96,000 and moves up once per day, at the 5:00 PM ET rollover, as your closing balance makes new highs.

Daily drawdown: 3%. You cannot lose more than 3% measured from the higher of your equity or balance at the 5:00 PM ET reset. On a $50,000 account that is $1,500.

Challenge trade-loss controls: The funded 1.5% realized-loss rule is separate from challenge risk controls. During the challenge, follow your assigned drawdown, open-position and trading-idea limits. See Max Trade Loss.

Consistency: no challenge consistency rule. The profit target, qualifying days and risk limits still apply.

Trailing drawdown: 4%, End-of-Day. Recalculated once per day at the 5:00 PM ET rollover. On a $100,000 account it starts at $96,000 and locks permanently at your $100,000 starting balance once a day closes at about $104,167 or more.

Daily drawdown: 2%, reset 5:00 PM ET. On a $50,000 account that is $1,000.

Max Trade Loss: 1.5%. The funded realized-loss limit is 1.5% of initial account size: $750 on $50,000 or $1,500 on $100,000. A breach can end the account. See Max Trade Loss for examples and related risk controls.

No consistency rule. Horizon has no Best Day Rule in either phase. Qualifying trading days and all other payout requirements still apply.

Payouts on demand. There is no waiting period after funding and no fixed payout cycle. Request a payout any time you meet the payout conditions below.

The trailing drawdown is our Dynamic Risk Shield™, an End-of-Day (EOD) floor. It is recalculated only once per trading day, at the 5:00 PM ET rollover, from the highest closing balance of any completed trading day, counting closed profit and loss only. Unrealized profit on open trades never moves it. During the day the floor is fixed, but your live equity, including open positions, is checked against it at every moment. An intraday spike in open profit does not drag the floor up, but a big intraday loss can still breach the account. Once a close puts the floor at your starting balance, it locks there permanently.

Watch your buffer after a payout. A withdrawal lowers your balance but not the floor, so it eats directly into your cushion.

Futures reset at 5:00 PM ET, the CME trading-day boundary, not at midnight UTC. Your daily limit is measured from the higher of your equity or balance at that snapshot. If your equity falls below the limit at any point, all open positions close at market and the account ends. At 5:00 PM ET a fresh trading day begins.

Payouts on Horizon Futures are on demand: no waiting period after funding and no fixed payout cycle. You can request a payout whenever all of these conditions are met:

There is no Best Day Rule check on Horizon Futures payouts.

The inactivity window is 14 calendar days. It starts at purchase and resets every time you close a trade. Inactivity closures cannot be appealed.

How is Horizon Futures different from Thunderbolt Classic Futures?

Horizon has no Best Day Rule in either phase. It requires 3% profit and 5 qualifying days before a funded payout. Thunderbolt Classic requires 1% profit, 3 qualifying days and a 35% Best Day limit; Classic accounts purchased before October 29, 2026 retain 20% and no funded minimum days. A qualifying day earns at least 0.5% of initial balance. Both programs allow requests when all payout conditions are met.

How often can I request a payout?

Whenever you meet the payout conditions. There is no waiting period after funding and no fixed cycle such as weekly or bi-weekly.

Is there a max trade loss in the challenge?

The funded 1.5% realized-loss rule is separate from challenge risk controls. During the challenge, follow your assigned drawdown, open-position and trading-idea limits. See Max Trade Loss.

What breaches my account?

Both phases can breach the 4% trailing floor and their applicable daily limit: 3% in the challenge, 2% funded. Funded accounts also have the 1.5% realized Max Trade Loss rule. Other assigned controls and prohibited-strategy rules still apply. Horizon has no Best Day Rule.

Can I hold overnight and over the weekend?

No, in either phase. Every open position is closed automatically at 4:50 PM ET (3:50 PM CT) each trading day, Friday included. The automatic close is not a rule violation.

The prohibited-strategies policy and rules restricting gambling also apply.