--- title: Funded Futures Family Premier+ Rule Change (Sept 2026) slug: funded-futures-family-premier-rule-change-sept-2026 date: 2026-09-10 modified: 2026-09-10 author: Bhavishya Goyal excerpt: "" meta_description: "Funded Futures Family added a 40% consistency rule and cut Premier+ funded contract caps from 15 minis to 10 on September 9, 2026." focus_keyword: funded futures family canonical_url: "https://blog.pickmytrade.io/funded-futures-family-premier-rule-change-sept-2026/" og_title: Funded Futures Family Premier+ Rule Change (Sept 2026) og_description: "Funded Futures Family added a 40% consistency rule and cut Premier+ funded contract caps from 15 minis to 10 on September 9, 2026." og_image: "https://blog.pickmytrade.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Gemini_Generated_Image_d6uv27d6uv27d6uv-1024x572.avif" schema_type: FAQPage categories: - Prop Firm - Trading tags: [] reading_time: 12 word_count: 2847 robots: "index, follow" lang: en-US --- # Funded Futures Family Premier+ Rule Change (Sept 2026) Almost every Funded Futures Family guide online went stale on September 9, 2026. That’s the day the firm rewrote its Premier+ plan. It added a consistency rule where there wasn’t one, then cut how many contracts a funded trader can hold. Table of Contents 1. [What changed in Funded Futures Family’s Premier+ plan?](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/#what-changed-in-funded-futures-familys-premier-plan) 2. [The September 9 cutoff splits Premier+ into two rulebooks](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/#the-september-9-cutoff-splits-premier-into-two-rulebooks) 3. [How does the 40% consistency rule reshape a payout?](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/#how-does-the-40-consistency-rule-reshape-a-payout) 4. [How hard does the contract cut hit each account size?](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/#how-hard-does-the-contract-cut-hit-each-account-size) 5. [Does Funded Futures Family allow trade copiers or bots?](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/#does-funded-futures-family-allow-trade-copiers-or-bots) 6. [Where does Premier+ now sit against Prime, Velocity and S2F?](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/#where-does-premier-now-sit-against-prime-velocity-and-s2f) 7. [What are your options if your strategy needs automation?](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/#what-are-your-options-if-your-strategy-needs-automation) 8. [What should you check before buying a Premier+ account?](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/#what-should-you-check-before-buying-a-premier-account) 9. [Frequently Asked Questions](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/#frequently-asked-questions) 10. [The short version](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/#the-short-version) If you bought a Premier+ account on September 8, none of this touches you. Buy one today and you’re on a different rulebook entirely. Same plan name, same dashboard, two sets of terms. This piece covers what actually changed and the buy-date line that decides which version you’re on. It also covers why the copier question still has the same answer it always did. We checked every rule below against Funded Futures Family’s own published plan and payout pages on September 10, 2026. One thing to settle first, because it causes real confusion. **Funded Futures Family** is a Dallas-based futures prop firm founded in 2024, and it is not the same company as My Funded Futures. The two have similar names, different owners, and different rulebooks. Everything here applies only to Funded Futures Family, often shortened to FFF. > **Key Takeaways** > > > > > > > > - Premier+ accounts bought on or after September 9, 2026 carry a 40% funded consistency rule and lower contract ceilings. > - The change isn’t retroactive. Earlier accounts keep no funded consistency rule and the original 3, 5, 10 and 15 mini scaling. > - The $100K account took the deepest cut, dropping from 10 minis to 6. > - Fully automated, algorithmic and HFT trading stays prohibited, and so does copy-trading software. ## What changed in Funded Futures Family’s Premier+ plan? {#what-changed-in-funded-futures-familys-premier-plan} Two things changed, both at the funded stage. Premier+ picked up a 40% consistency rule, and its funded contract limits dropped to a flat maximum with no scaling ramp. The evaluation stage was left alone: Fast Pass still carries no evaluation consistency rule, Standard keeps its evaluation-only rule, and evaluation contract sizes are unchanged. The **consistency rule** is a cap on how lopsided your profit can be. At the moment you request a payout, your largest single trading day can’t account for more than 40% of your total profit. After each approved payout the calculation resets and starts again from your new balance. The contract change is the one traders feel first. Premier+ used to scale you up as the account grew. Now there’s a single ceiling per account size, and you sit at it from day one. A **trailing drawdown** is a loss limit that follows your balance upward as you profit, rather than sitting fixed at the starting figure. Premier+ lets you pick whether it updates once a day on the closing balance or continuously against open profit. Premier+ funded contract ceiling (E-mini) Accounts bought before vs. on or after September 9, 2026 0 5 10 15 3 2 $25K 5 4 $50K 10 6 $100K 15 10 $150K Before Sept 9 (scaling cap) Sept 9 onward (flat max) What about micro traders? They get the same haircut in proportion. The new ceilings run 20, 40, 60 and 100 micros against the old 30, 50, 100 and 150. So why announce both changes at once? They solve the same problem from two directions. A consistency rule limits what one session can contribute to a payout. A contract cap limits how big that session can get in the first place. Tighten only one and traders route around it. ## The September 9 cutoff splits Premier+ into two rulebooks {#the-september-9-cutoff-splits-premier-into-two-rulebooks} Neither change is retroactive. Every Premier+ account purchased before September 9, 2026 keeps no funded consistency rule and its original scaling limits, indefinitely. Purchase date is the trigger. Not payout date, and not the date you passed evaluation. ![A desk planner with a sticky note marking an important date, alongside paperwork and a pen.](https://images.pexels.com/photos/8962478/pexels-photo-8962478.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=1200&fm=webp) That creates something worth knowing about: two traders can sit in the same Funded Futures Family Discord, both on Premier+ $150K accounts, and one can legally hold 15 minis with no consistency requirement while the other is capped at 10 and needs a spread-out profit curve. Neither is doing anything wrong. It also means the advice you read matters less than when it was written. A Premier+ walkthrough published in August isn’t wrong, exactly. It’s just describing the account your neighbour bought, not the one you’re about to buy. Check your purchase receipt before you plan anything around contract size. That date is the only thing that settles which version applies. Is grandfathering generous or just normal practice? It’s closer to normal. Futures prop firms generally protect accounts already sold, because retroactive tightening tends to trigger chargebacks and a bad week on review sites. What’s less common is a firm publishing the old numbers alongside the new ones, which at least makes the comparison checkable. ## How does the 40% consistency rule reshape a payout? {#how-does-the-40-consistency-rule-reshape-a-payout} The arithmetic is simple and it bites at the worst moment. If your payout cycle shows $6,000 in profit, no single day inside it can have contributed more than $2,400. One outsized session and the request gets held until the rest of your trading catches up. Say you make $2,800 on a Tuesday. To withdraw that, you now need total cycle profit of at least $7,000, which means finding another $4,200 across other sessions. Your best day has quietly become a debt you trade off. Does that make the rule unfair? Not really. It’s aimed at the trader who blew size on one lucky NFP print and wants to cash out before regression arrives. But it does punish a genuinely good day, and traders who size up on high-conviction setups feel it more than steady grinders do. Max share of cycle profit from one day Funded stage, by plan Premier+ (pre Sept 9) No consistency rule Premier+ (Sept 9 on) 40% Prime 40% Velocity (standard) 40% Straight to Funded 25% 0% 40% 100% One detail that trips people up: the rule measures the cycle, not your lifetime. After an approved payout the count resets from your new balance. A monster day early in a fresh cycle is far more constraining than the same day late in one. ## How hard does the contract cut hit each account size? {#how-hard-does-the-contract-cut-hit-each-account-size} The percentage drops aren’t uniform. When we ran the old and new tables side by side, we found the $100K account took by far the deepest cut. Its ceiling fell from 10 minis to 6, a 40% reduction. The $25K and $150K accounts each lost about a third, while the $50K account gave up 20%. ![A laptop screen displaying a stock exchange price graph on a desk.](https://images.pexels.com/photos/7108045/pexels-photo-7108045.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=1200&fm=webp) Read that against the drawdown and the picture sharpens. A Premier+ $100K account carries a $2,500 end-of-day trailing drawdown on the EOD setting. Six ES minis move roughly $300 per point. A four-point adverse swing eats a third of your buffer before you’ve had time to think. Here’s the part nobody frames properly. Lower caps and a consistency rule work against each other. Smaller size makes big days harder to produce, which helps you stay inside 40%. It also stretches how long a cycle takes to reach a worthwhile payout. You’re not just trading smaller. You’re trading longer. The traders least affected are the ones already sizing below the old cap. If you never went past 4 minis on a $100K, September 9 changed nothing for you except the consistency math. Who does feel it? Scalpers running size on a few setups per session. So does anyone whose plan depended on scaling into the old 10 or 15 mini ceiling after a good stretch. That ramp no longer exists. You get the flat number from your first funded trade. It’s simpler to reason about, but it removes the reward for building the account up carefully. ## Does Funded Futures Family allow trade copiers or bots? {#does-funded-futures-family-allow-trade-copiers-or-bots} No, and this hasn’t changed. Fully automated, algorithmic and HFT trading is prohibited across Funded Futures Family accounts, and copy-trading software falls under the same prohibition. Trades are expected to be placed by you, directly. A second rule catches what the first might miss. More than 50% of your trades and more than 50% of your profits must come from positions held longer than ten seconds. That threshold came down from twenty seconds when the firm shipped its V.2 update in July 2026, but it still rules out most machine-speed execution. The firm says it watches for millisecond timing, non-human patterns, and simultaneous activity across markets. A copier feeding identical fills into several accounts at the same instant is close to a textbook example of the third signal. What about copying between accounts you own yourself? From our work with prop firm accounts, we’ve found that distinction matters at some firms. They treat mirroring your own trades differently from following someone else’s signals. Funded Futures Family doesn’t carve out that exception in its published rules. The prohibition targets the software, not whose ideas the trades came from. Video walkthrough of Funded Futures Family rules and payouts, published July 2026. *Video walkthrough of Funded Futures Family rules and payouts, published July 2026.* Worth saying plainly, because we get asked constantly: PickMyTrade does not support Funded Futures Family and never has. FFF is absent from our [prop firm FAQ hub](https://pickmytrade.io/prop-firm-faq) and from our integration list, and the reason is the rule above. Routing webhook-driven orders into an FFF account breaks FFF’s terms and puts the account at risk of termination. We’d rather lose the signup than cost you a funded account. That matters because third-party vendors do advertise “FFF trade copiers.” Those products exist. The permission to use them doesn’t. A vendor selling you software has no exposure when the account gets closed, and the marketing page is not the rulebook. If you’re weighing one up, our breakdown of [what behaviour gets a prop firm bot flagged](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/prop-firm-bot-rules-decoded-what-behavior-gets-you-flagged/) covers the detection side in more depth. It’s also worth reading why [payouts get denied after traders have already passed](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/prop-firm-payout-denied-after-you-passed-heres-why/), since automation flags surface at withdrawal more often than during the evaluation itself. ## Where does Premier+ now sit against Prime, Velocity and S2F? {#where-does-premier-now-sit-against-prime-velocity-and-s2f} Premier+ has lost most of what made it the loose option. It now carries the same 40% consistency rule as Prime and standard Velocity. Its contract ceilings sit below all of them at the funded stage. | Plan | Funded consistency | Drawdown type | Min. qualifying days | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Premier+ (Sept 9 on) | 40% | EOD or intraday, trader’s choice | 5 | | Premier+ (earlier) | None | EOD or intraday, trader’s choice | 5 | | Prime | 40% per cycle | End-of-day trailing | 3 | | Velocity (standard) | 40% | Intraday trailing | 3 | | Velocity + Daily Add-On | None | Intraday trailing | None stated | | Straight to Funded | 25% | End-of-day trailing | 7 | Plenty didn’t move. There’s still no daily loss limit on any plan, which remains the firm’s strongest selling point. The split is still 90/10 in your favour, with the first $10,000 of lifetime profit paid at 100%. The lifetime payout cap is still $100,000 per user, and you can still hold up to five active funded accounts. Payouts stay request-based rather than locked to a weekly cycle, and processing runs inside 24 hours. Does the change make Premier+ the wrong pick? Not automatically. It’s still the only plan that lets you choose between end-of-day and intraday trailing drawdown. For traders who carry positions through the session, that choice is worth more than a couple of extra contracts. ![Two people reviewing and signing paperwork together at an office desk.](https://images.pexels.com/photos/8152735/pexels-photo-8152735.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=1200&fm=webp) The qualifying-day requirement is the quiet differentiator between plans. A **qualifying day** is a session that closes at $200 or more in profit, and only those days count toward a payout request. Premier+ needs five of them, Prime and Velocity need three, and Straight to Funded needs seven. Minimum qualifying days per payout cycle A qualifying day requires $200 or more in profit Prime 3 days Velocity 3 days Premier+ 5 days Straight to Funded 7 days 0 4 9 ## What are your options if your strategy needs automation? {#what-are-your-options-if-your-strategy-needs-automation} If your edge is a coded strategy, Funded Futures Family isn’t the right home for it, and no amount of careful configuration changes that. The honest move is to run automation at a firm whose terms permit it. Plenty do. PickMyTrade connects to more than 27 futures prop firms that allow webhook-driven execution. The list includes Apex Trader Funding, Topstep, Tradeify, FundedNext, Maven Trading, Lucid Trading, Take Profit Trader and Blue Guardian Futures. The full list sits on our [supported prop firms](https://pickmytrade.io/supported-propfirms) page. Each entry shows whether it works through direct automation, the copier, or both. Should you switch firms over a contract cap alone? Probably not. An automation ban is a different category of problem. No amount of discipline or position sizing works around it. When traders write in asking us to add FFF support, the conversation usually ends the same way. They’ve already built the strategy. In our experience they picked the firm first and checked the automation policy second. Doing it in that order costs an evaluation fee more often than it should. Two of our plan breakdowns are useful comparisons here, since both firms permit automation outright: [TopstepX rules, payouts and drawdown](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/topstepx-rules-payouts-drawdown-automation/) and [AquaFunded’s 2026 rules](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/aquafunded-rules-2026-payouts-drawdown-and-automation/). For copier questions specifically, [Apex’s copy trading rules](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/apex-copy-trading-rules-account-failed/) and [what Maven Trading allows in 2026](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/maven-trading-copy-trading-rules-whats-allowed-in-2026/) show how differently firms treat the same practice. A review of Funded Futures Family pricing, rules and payout structure. *A review of Funded Futures Family pricing, rules and payout structure.* ## What should you check before buying a Premier+ account? {#what-should-you-check-before-buying-a-premier-account} Read the current plan page rather than a summary, including this one. Rules that changed once in September can change again, and the version that binds you is whatever was live on your purchase date. Beyond that, four things are worth settling before you pay: 1. Confirm the contract ceiling for the size you’re buying, and size your strategy to it rather than to the old scaling table. 2. Decide between end-of-day and intraday trailing drawdown deliberately, since Premier+ lets you choose and the two behave very differently around open profit. 3. Map your typical best day against 40% of a realistic cycle, and check the number actually works. 4. If any part of your process is automated, resolve that first. Our [prop firm trading rules guide](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/prop-firm-trading-rules-guide-2025/) is a reasonable starting point. ![A digital stock exchange board displaying market data and price movements.](https://images.pexels.com/photos/210607/pexels-photo-210607.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=1200&fm=webp) One more habit worth building. Screenshot your plan terms on the day you buy. Sounds excessive? It won’t when a rule changes six months from now and support asks which version you’re on. That screenshot settles it in one message. ## Frequently Asked Questions {#frequently-asked-questions} **Does the Funded Futures Family Premier+ change affect my existing account?** No. The 40% consistency rule and the reduced contract ceilings apply only to Premier+ accounts purchased on or after September 9, 2026. Accounts bought before that date keep no funded consistency rule and their original 3, 5, 10 and 15 mini scaling limits indefinitely. **What are the new Premier+ contract limits?** Funded Premier+ accounts are capped at 2 minis on $25K, 4 minis on $50K, 6 minis on $100K, and 10 minis on $150K. Micro limits run ten times those figures. These are flat maximums with no scaling ramp, unlike the previous structure. **Can I use a trade copier on Funded Futures Family accounts?** No. FFF prohibits copy-trading software alongside fully automated, algorithmic and HFT trading. A separate rule requires more than 50% of your trades and profits to come from positions held longer than ten seconds. That threshold independently catches most copier activity. **Does the consistency rule apply during the Premier+ evaluation?** Not from this change. The September 2026 update touched the funded stage only. Fast Pass still has no evaluation consistency rule, Standard keeps its existing evaluation-only rule, and evaluation contract sizes were left unchanged. **Does PickMyTrade work with Funded Futures Family?** No. FFF’s terms prohibit third-party automation and webhook-driven execution, so connecting PickMyTrade to an FFF account would breach those terms and risk termination. PickMyTrade supports 27+ other futures prop firms that do permit automated execution. ## The short version {#the-short-version} Premier+ is a tighter plan than it was last week, and the line between old terms and new runs straight through the purchase date. If you’re already funded from before September 9, you kept the better deal. If you’re shopping now, price the plan on what it is today: a 40% consistency rule, flat contract caps, and five qualifying days per cycle. The copier and automation position never moved. Funded Futures Family doesn’t allow either, PickMyTrade doesn’t connect to it, and no third-party product changes that. Choose the firm around how you actually trade, not the other way round. If automation is central to your process, start with the [supported prop firms list](https://pickmytrade.io/supported-propfirms) and check [pricing](https://pickmytrade.io/pricing). Or [get in touch](https://pickmytrade.io/page/contact), and we’ll tell you honestly whether your setup fits. --- _**Disclaimer:** This content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, or trading advice. Trading and investing in financial markets involve risk, and it is possible to lose some or all of your capital. Always perform your own research and consult with a licensed financial advisor before making any trading decisions. The mention of any proprietary trading firms, brokers, does not constitute an endorsement or partnership. Ensure you understand all terms, conditions, and compliance requirements of the firms and platforms you use._ --- Also Checkout: [Daily Loss Limit Automation: Setting a Limit That Holds](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/daily-loss-limit-automated-trading/) **Automate Your TradingView Strategies** Connect your alerts with [PickMyTrade](https://pickmytrade.io "PickMyTrade") — automated trade execution, no coding required. [Start free →](https://pickmytrade.io/pricing) For AI tools & developers:[View Markdown →](https://blog.pickmytrade.io/funded-futures-family-premier-rule-change-sept-2026.md)