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Live account rules and costs

What you agree to when trading live.

  • Attach a stop order to every open position, without exception.

  • Close all positions at least 15 minutes before the market closes, or they are liquidated automatically.

  • Accounts with no trades for 30 consecutive days are closed permanently.

  • Keep your phone and email up to date and stay reachable while trading live.

  • FuturesElite may close trades, pause activity or terminate an account at any time if risk, compliance or operational concerns arise.

  • Holding long and short in the same instrument at once, in one account or across accounts you control, means an immediate permanent ban, all accounts closed and locked Reserve forfeited.

  • Commissions and fees are deducted automatically. Regulatory and exchange fees post during overnight settlement, around 2:00 AM CT; if they push the balance below the account's loss limit, the live account may be closed.

  • If you lose a live account, you can buy a new evaluation after 1 month.

Eligibility

You can't hold a live account if you have felony convictions or financial crimes on record, have been banned or sanctioned by regulators, owe money to a clearing firm or broker, or have used fraudulent payment methods or filed chargebacks.

Costs

  • Your own live market data subscription for every exchange you trade.

  • Commissions and exchange fees on every trade, deducted automatically.

  • Any platform licence fees.

  • Bank or broker transfer fees on withdrawals.

  • No hidden administrative fees.

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