Ylos Trading Review 2026

Ylos Trading is a futures prop firm. Its homepage FAQ says you first trade an evaluation "in a simulated environment", and that after approval the funded account is also simulated, but accumulated profits "can be withdrawn in real money, according to the payout rules".

The homepage plan section shows four plans: Standard, No Activation Fee, Freedom 2.0 and Instant Funding. The help centre also describes an older Freedom account and a Static Prime account; the Rocket Launch page presents Static Prime as a current experiment. Trading is limited to a list of US futures on the CME, CBOT, COMEX and NYMEX exchanges, using the BlackArrow Pro platform supplied by Nelogica.

The rules change a great deal between plans and between the evaluation and funded stages. We note where pages disagree.

Everything in this review comes from Ylos Trading's own web pages, saved on 10 October 2026. Rules and prices change, so check the firm's site before you buy.

The homepage says "Ylos plans have no monthly fee" and that you pass "at your own pace, without worrying about renewal". Prices below are the homepage's pre-promotion figures, which we treat as list prices except where noted; we do not reproduce its promotional prices. The cards have account-size tabs (25K, 50K, 100K, 150K, 300K) but the saved page does not say which size the figures belong to. The Freedom 2.0 card's target, loss limit and contract figures match the help centre's 25k Freedom 2.0 account, but the page does not confirm which size the prices are for.

The Standard card's pre-promotion figure ($990.00) is far above the No Activation Fee plan, which the homepage calls equal to Standard with an added advantage, so we do not treat it as a list price. Check the price at checkout.

Figures are from the homepage cards as captured. "Real time" is the card's "RT". The help centre gives different payout-day and contract rules for Standard; see the notes below and the Payouts section.

How the plans differ

• Standard: you pass the evaluation, then pay a one-time activation fee to unlock the funded account. The help centre says the activation fee is not fixed and varies with the current offer and the day you activate. The help centre says the activation fee is not fixed and varies with the current offer, so check it when you pass. You have 7 days after passing to activate; otherwise the account is cancelled.
• No Activation Fee: the same as Standard, but with no activation fee after you pass. The help centre says its rules are identical to the Standard account.
• Instant Funding: no evaluation; you start on the funded account from day one.

Account sizes and contract limits

A help-centre article lists account sizes of 25K, 50K, 100K, 150K, 250K and 300K; the homepage tabs do not include 250K.

If the cards show the 25K size, the Standard card's 2 minis differs from this article's 4 minis for a 25k account (the No Activation Fee card shows 4 minis).

Other costs

• The BlackArrow platform is free while you have an active account.
• The Order Replicator, the only automation allowed, is a paid monthly add-on: One at USD 25/month (up to 2 follower accounts), Plus at USD 59/month (up to 5) and Pro at USD 109/month (up to 10).
• The help centre lists two optional add-ons: one removes the contract-consistency, risk/return and news rules in the funded stage, and one switches the drawdown to end-of-day instead of real time. The article does not give add-on prices or say which plans can buy them.

Several older help-centre articles still refer to account renewal and expiry dates, which does not fit the homepage's no-monthly-fee statement. We used the homepage, which marks that statement as new.

The help centre gives these rules for Standard and No Activation Fee (identical) and for Instant Funding.

Evaluation stage (Standard and No Activation Fee)

• Minimum of 1 trading day to pass, but you must trade at least once every 7 days or lose the account.
• Holding positions through news releases is allowed in the evaluation.
• The drawdown is end-of-day (EOD), but if the balance falls below the drawdown level at any time during the day the account is blocked immediately.
• Balance consistency and contract consistency do not apply in the evaluation.

Funded stage (Standard and No Activation Fee)

• Drawdown trails in real time (tick by tick) until your profit equals the account's drawdown plus US$100; it then becomes static.
• You may not hold a position at the moment news is released; you can trade again straight after the release.
• Balance consistency (40%): no single day can make up 40% or more of net profit in the withdrawal window. The window runs from funded activation (first withdrawal) or from the last withdrawal request.
• Risk/return ("median rule"): the loss on a single trade may not exceed five times the median of your winning trades.
• Contract consistency: trading far above or below your usual financial exposure marks the day as outside your pattern, which is assessed at withdrawal.
• Brokerage is charged on trades (see Platforms and Markets).
• Up to 20 active accounts per user.

Instant Funding

• Balance consistency is 30%: no single day can be 30% or more of net profit in the window.
• Resets are limited to 5 per Instant Funding account.

Consistency falls as total payouts grow

The balance-consistency percentage tightens with total payouts across all your accounts: for standard Master (funded) accounts it is 40% up to $30,000, 30% between $30,000 and $50,000 and 20% above $50,000; for Instant Funding and Freedom it is 30% up to $50,000 and 20% above.

Only failed accounts can be reset; resets are unlimited on evaluation and funded accounts. The reset price is not shown on the pages we saved.

Freedom 2.0

The Freedom 2.0 article lists two sizes: 25k ($1,500 target, $1,200 loss limit, up to 2 minis or 20 micros) and 50k ($3,000 target, $2,000 loss limit, up to 5 minis or 50 micros). It says the changes apply from 23 September 10:00 UTC.

• Evaluation: trade at least 5 days with at least $50 profit a day, and do not make 40% of the target in one day; activation is free.
• Funded: the drawdown is end-of-day and never becomes static, and the account is not subject to contract consistency, the risk/return (median) rule, news restrictions or balance consistency.
• Withdrawals start once the buffer is reached, and the buffer itself cannot be withdrawn. The minimum is $250; the maximum is $1,000 (25k) or $1,500 (50k), one withdrawal a day, with at least $100 (25k) or $150 (50k) profit between withdrawals.
• Sudden maximum-size trading, aggressive loss recovery, flipping, hedging, microscalping and swing trading can block a withdrawal.
• Up to 3 Freedom 2.0 accounts per user and 5 resets per account.

An older Freedom article (a No Activation account only) gives a 30% funded consistency rule and a $500 minimum withdrawal. The homepage card for Freedom 2.0 shows a 0% consistency figure.

Static Prime (Rocket Launch experiment)

The Rocket Launch page calls itself an experimental platform and says experiments may change or be discontinued. Its active experiment is Static Prime. The help centre describes it as a 25k account, and the Rocket Launch page shows "$25,000" above the words "one-time fee - no monthly cost" without giving a fee amount. That page lists a $2,000 approval target, a $1,500 static drawdown, a $750 hard daily loss limit, a 3-day minimum and 2 minis or 20 micros.

• Evaluation: at least 3 days with at least $50 profit a day; activation after the $2,000 target is free.
• Funded: the static drawdown sits at $23,500, with no contract-consistency, risk/return, news or balance-consistency rules; a $750 loss in one day or a balance of $23,500 blocks the account.
• Withdrawals: after a buffer of $1,500 + $200; minimum $200, maximum $1,000, one a day with at least $100 profit between withdrawals; the buffer cannot be withdrawn.

These apply to all accounts unless stated.

• No overnight or swing trading: all positions must be closed at least 30 minutes before the session ends — by 15:30 Chicago time Monday to Friday on normal days. Holding a position past the close blocks the account and zeroes the balance, in evaluation or funded accounts.
• No automation of any kind in any account or stage, except the Order Replicator. The Replicator must be bought through the Ylos panel; any other form of automation can be penalised.
• Hedging across accounts (your own or others') is prohibited; protective tactics inside a single account are allowed.
• Also banned: arbitrage, gap exploitation, microscalping (trades of 30 seconds or less) in most trades, copying external signals, copiers between different accounts (other than Ylos's own paid Order Replicator), challenge-passing services, account sharing, martingale and aggressive grids, identical third-party EAs, and news bracketing.
• The platform may not be used on more than one PC at the same time, even on the same network.

Profit share

Two help-centre articles give a split based on total profit across all your accounts: 100% of the first $15,000, 90% from $15,000 to $30,000, and 80% above $30,000. The homepage says profit is all yours up to US$15,000 and that "beyond that, 90% is transferred", without the 80% tier. A third article mentions only a 10% commission on profit above US$15,000. We used the two detailed articles.

When you can withdraw

The homepage Standard card shows 1 minimum winning day of $100 for a payout; the help centre says 10 trading days with 7 winning days of $50 for Standard funded accounts. We used the help centre, which repeats this figure in several articles. The homepage FAQ says payouts can be requested every 10 business days on Standard and No Activation accounts and every 5 business days on Instant Funding.

Buffer, minimums and caps (standard funded accounts)

• The buffer equals the drawdown plus US$100: US$26,600 on a 25k account, US$52,600 on 50k, US$103,100 on 100k, US$155,100 on 150k, US$256,600 on 250k and US$307,600 on 300k.
• One article says you can withdraw up to 50% of the buffer on a funded account, though Ylos does not consider this ideal. The Freedom 2.0 and Static Prime articles say their buffer cannot be withdrawn.
• Minimum withdrawal is $500 per account. Maximum per withdrawal for the first 4 withdrawals within the first 60 days: $1,500 (25K), $2,000 (50K), $2,500 (100K), $2,750 (150K), $3,000 (250K) and $3,500 (300K). After 60 days the account limits still apply unless you are invited to become a "Corretor".

Process and timing

Requests can be made from 08:00 Monday to 15:00 Friday Brasília time (UTC-3); compliance does not work at weekends. Compliance has up to 1 business day to review a request; after approval the money reaches your Ylos Wallet within 24 to 48 business hours. From the Wallet you withdraw to your bank through Rise, Ylos's payments partner. The homepage headline is "Payout in 1 business day". If the account breaches its maximum drawdown before payment, the request is cancelled.

BlackArrow Pro is the only platform Ylos supports. It is made by Nelogica, a Brazilian software company that is not a broker. BlackArrow has iOS and Android apps.

Markets are a fixed list of US futures: equity index, Bitcoin and Ether, currency, Treasury, agricultural, metals and energy contracts. Ylos says it is not a forex desk and does not allow Brazilian assets.

Brokerage on funded accounts is listed per contract, for example $2.18 for ES and NQ, $0.65 for MES and MNQ, $2.30 for CL, $0.80 for MCL and $2.40 for GC. The table does not say whether the figures are per side or round turn.

Sessions run Sunday to Friday from 17:00 to 16:00 Chicago time, with a break from 16:00 to 17:00; the trading day changes at midnight Chicago time.

• The homepage footer gives an address at Hoboken Riverfront Center, 221 River Street, 9th Floor, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States. The pages we saved do not name a legal entity.
• The homepage shows the words "2 years" beside the firm's name without saying what they refer to.
• A help-centre answer says Ylos "declara que segue todas as regulações locais e americanas aplicáveis ao seu modelo de negócio" (declares that it follows all applicable local and US regulations); it names no regulator or licence.
• Restricted countries (residents or people physically located there cannot register, trade or withdraw): Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Yugoslavia (as listed).
• Accounts can only be held by individuals: one profile per customer, and companies cannot buy accounts.
• The homepage links to Terms of use, Non-refund, Billing, Data liability, Privacy and Platform use pages, which were not among the pages we saved.

Ylos suits day traders of US futures who are happy to flatten every position before the close and to trade on BlackArrow only. To hold positions through news when funded you would need Freedom 2.0, Static Prime or the rules add-on. Bots, overnight holds and cross-account hedging are not allowed.

Because the pages disagree on some numbers, check current figures with Ylos before buying.

MyPropGenius Rating: 2.3/5 — its Transparency Index score of 47/100 ÷ 20, rounded down

The rating measures how openly Ylos Trading discloses its rules, pricing, payouts and ownership (our Transparency Index methodology). It does not measure how likely you are to pass or be paid.