Ylos Trading is a futures prop firm with a US address and a primary Brazilian market, offering four distinct plans across US futures instruments including Nasdaq and E-mini S&P 500. Key features include a tiered profit split (100% on the first $15K cumulative, 90/10 up to $30K, then 80/20 above $30K across all accounts combined), Freedom as the only plan maintaining EOD drawdown in the funded phase (all other plans switch to real-time trailing when funded), news trading allowed during the challenge but prohibited during the funded phase, no monthly subscriptions, and up to 20 funded accounts. Payouts are blockchain-audited via Payout Junction (TOP 10).
Platform: BlackArrow by Nelogica, a professional Brazilian-developed platform featuring TapeReading, Volume Profile, and a high-precision simulator. Payouts via Rise to the Ylos Wallet. The site is primarily in Portuguese; visit ylostrading.com. Standard $25K prices listed; verify all other sizes at the site.
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| Firm | Ylos Trading. 221 River Street, 9th Floor, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA. |
| Primary Market | Brazil (site in Portuguese). US futures internationally accessible. |
| Type | Simulated futures prop trading. US futures (Nasdaq, E-mini S&P 500, others). |
| Plans | Standard | No Activation Fee | Instant Funding | Freedom |
| Account Sizes | $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K / $250K / $300K |
| Max Funded Accounts | 20 simultaneously |
| Split (first $15K cumulative) | 100%: trader keeps everything |
| Split ($15K to $30K cumulative) | 90/10: 90% to trader |
| Split (above $30K cumulative) | 80/20: 80% to trader |
| Drawdown (challenge) | EOD on all plans |
| Drawdown (funded Standard / No Act. / Instant) | RT Trailing (tick-by-tick) until permanently locked |
| Drawdown (funded Freedom) | EOD. Unique: Freedom maintains EOD in the funded phase. |
| News (challenge) | Allowed on all plan types |
| News (funded) | PROHIBITED. Must exit before event, may re-enter after. |
| Monthly Subscription | None. Challenge remains active until passed or inactivity. |
| Platform | BlackArrow (by Nelogica). TapeReading, Volume Profile, high-precision simulator. |
| Payouts | Rise to Ylos Wallet. Blockchain-audited via Payout Junction (TOP 10). |
| Payout Window | Monday 8AM to Friday 3PM Brasilia time |
| Live Account | Invitation-only for top performers. Daily payouts. No rules. |
| $25K Standard Pricing | Standard $150 | No Activation $222.50 | Instant $331.66 | Freedom $263.33 |
The Key Differentiator: Freedom EOD vs RT Trailing Funded Drawdown
| Feature | Standard / No Activation / Instant (Funded) | Freedom (Funded) |
|---|---|---|
| Drawdown type (funded) | RT Trailing: updates tick-by-tick in real time | EOD Trailing: updates at end of session only |
| Intraday dip below floor | Account closes immediately and permanently | Account stays open if it recovers before close |
| Floor movement | Rises with every tick of equity during session | Rises only when end-of-day balance is higher |
| When does breach occur | Any moment equity touches or crosses the floor | Only if the closing balance is below the floor |
| Best for | Disciplined precision traders with tight stops | Swing-intraday traders who hold through volatility |
On Standard, No Activation Fee, and Instant Funding plans, the funded account uses real-time trailing drawdown. The floor follows the balance tick-by-tick throughout the session. If equity dips below the floor at any moment, the account closes immediately and permanently. Freedom changes this fundamentally: the drawdown trail updates end-of-day only, even in the funded phase. Intraday equity dips that recover before close do not close the account. Freedom is the only Ylos plan with EOD drawdown in the funded stage.
Concrete example: a Standard funded trader whose position swings $800 intraday below the RT floor = account closed immediately, no recovery possible. The same trader on Freedom funded with the same intraday move = account stays open as long as the end-of-day closing balance is above the EOD floor.
Tiered Profit Split: Cumulative Across All Accounts
| Cumulative Profit Band | Trader Split | Ylos Commission | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0 to $15,000 | 100% | 0% | Trader keeps all of first $15,000 in cumulative profits |
| $15,001 to $30,000 | 90% | 10% | 90/10 split on this band |
| Above $30,000 | 80% | 20% | 80/20 split on profits beyond $30,000 cumulative |
The $15,000 threshold is cumulative across ALL of a trader's accounts combined, not per account. A trader with 3 funded accounts who withdraws $5,000 from each has reached $15,000 cumulative and enters the 90/10 band for future payouts. The 100% band does not reset per account.
Funded Account Rules by Plan
| Rule | Standard / No Activation | Instant Funding | Freedom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drawdown | RT trailing (tick-by-tick) | RT trailing | EOD trailing (unique) |
| Min trading days | 10 (7 must be winning) | 5 (all 5 must be winning) | 10 (7 must be winning) |
| Min daily profit (winning day) | $50 | $200 | $50 |
| Day concentration rule | Max 40% of cycle profit | Max 30% of cycle profit | Max 30% of cycle profit |
| Median Rule | Max loss max 5x median win | Max loss max 5x median win | Max loss max 5x median win |
| Contract Consistency | No extreme size changes | No extreme size changes | No extreme size changes |
| News trading | Prohibited (exit before event) | Prohibited (exit before event) | Prohibited (exit before event) |
| Commissions | Normal market commissions | Normal market commissions | Normal market commissions |
Three Consistency Rules Evaluated at Every Payout Request
Rule 1: Day Concentration (40% or 30%)
No single trading day may account for more than 40% (Standard and No Activation) or 30% (Instant and Freedom) of total net profit during the payout cycle. This rule resets after each approved payout. A single exceptional day can block a payout request; the resolution is to continue trading to dilute the concentration below the threshold.
Rule 2: Median Rule (Risk to Return)
The maximum loss on any single trade cannot exceed 5 times the median of all winning trades during the cycle. This prevents oversized bets relative to normal trading size. Applies to all plan types.
Rule 3: Contract Consistency
The system monitors average financial volume traded per session. Extreme and unjustified changes, including all-in tactics or drastically reducing position size solely to accumulate qualifying days, are flagged as consistency violations.
A payout denial for a consistency violation does NOT close the account. The payout is blocked until the issue is corrected by continued trading. If the account hits the drawdown floor after a payout request is submitted, the request is automatically cancelled and the deducted amount returns to the account balance.
Payout Rules
| Request window | Monday 8:00 AM to Friday 3:00 PM (Brasilia / BRT time) |
| Compliance review | Up to 1 business day |
| Payment to Wallet | 24 to 48 business hours after approval |
| Buffer required | Account balance must be above drawdown plus $100 at time of request |
| If funded account breaches after request | Payout request automatically cancelled; amount returns to account balance |
| Min winning days (Standard / No Activation) | 10 trading days, 7 winning at $50 or more each |
| Min winning days (Instant) | 5 trading days, all 5 winning at $200 or more each |
| Blockchain auditing | Payout Junction real-time blockchain verification. TOP 10 ranked. |
| Payout destination | Ylos Wallet: withdraw to bank transfer or keep as internal balance |
Challenge Phase Rules (All Plans)
- No monthly subscription: the challenge stays active until passed with no time limit.
- Minimum 1 trading day to pass (no additional minimum day requirement beyond the plan target).
- Activity requirement: at least 1 trade every 7 calendar days. The trade must generate $100 or more in P&L (positive or negative).
- News trading is allowed in the challenge on all plan types. Positions during news events are permitted.
- Challenge drawdown: EOD on all plans. Hard intraday breach applies if the balance falls below the floor at any point during the session.
- Max contracts on $25K: 4 minis (equal to 40 micros). Verify other account sizes at ylostrading.com.
- Order Copier: only the official Ylos Order Replicator is permitted. Third-party bots and automation are prohibited.
News trading is fully allowed during the challenge phase but becomes prohibited once funded. On all funded plans, traders must exit positions before a news event and may re-enter only after it passes.
Pros & Cons
PROS
- ✓ 100% profit split on the first $15,000 cumulative across all accounts: the best initial split of any reviewed firm
- ✓ Freedom plan: EOD drawdown in both challenge and funded phases, unique in the market
- ✓ 6 account sizes from $25K to $300K: the widest size range reviewed
- ✓ Up to 20 funded accounts simultaneously: the highest cap reviewed
- ✓ No monthly subscriptions on any plan: challenge remains active until passed
- ✓ No Activation Fee plan: pass the challenge and get funded immediately with no extra charge
- ✓ Challenge news trading fully allowed on all plan types
- ✓ Blockchain-audited payouts via Payout Junction with TOP 10 ranking
- ✓ BlackArrow platform by Nelogica: TapeReading, Volume Profile, and high-precision simulator
- ✓ Instant Funding: skip evaluation entirely, funded from day 1
- ✓ Minimum 1 trading day to pass the challenge: no multi-day minimum required
- ✓ Live Account pathway (invitation-only): daily payouts, no rules, for top performers
- ✓ Payout Wallet system: keep balance in Ylos or transfer to bank
- ✓ 7-day inactivity window is generous: full calendar days, not hours
- ✓ RT drawdown permanently locks once profit reaches drawdown plus $100
- ✓ Tiered split only starts cutting after $15,000 in total cumulative profits across all accounts
CONS
- ✗ Site primarily in Portuguese: English content is limited, primarily a Brazilian-market firm
- ✗ BlackArrow by Nelogica is less common internationally than NinjaTrader, TradingView, or Rithmic-based platforms
- ✗ News trading is PROHIBITED in the funded phase: must exit before every event
- ✗ RT trailing drawdown in funded on Standard, No Activation, and Instant plans creates intraday exposure
- ✗ Only the official Ylos Order Replicator is permitted: no third-party copiers or bots
- ✗ Payout window restricted to Monday 8AM to Friday 3PM Brasilia time: international traders must plan requests carefully
- ✗ Tiered split progressively decreases from 100% to 90% to 80% as cumulative profits grow
- ✗ Median Rule (max single loss of 5x the median of wins) is evaluated at every payout and can deny unexpectedly
- ✗ Contract Consistency rule evaluated at payout: all-in tactics or extreme sizing changes are flagged
- ✗ Standard plan carries a $79 activation fee after passing; the No Activation plan is pricier upfront
- ✗ Prices for $50K to $300K sizes are not shown on the homepage: must visit the site directly
- ✗ Funded account balance must remain above drawdown plus $100 buffer at all times
- ✗ If the funded account hits the drawdown after a payout request is submitted, the request is cancelled automatically
- ✗ Live Account is invitation-only: cannot be purchased and access is not guaranteed
- ✗ Payout buffer plus commissions create an effective cost to each trade in the funded phase
Verdict
Ylos Trading is a futures prop firm with genuine structural differentiators. The 100% split on the first $15,000 cumulative profit is the most generous initial split of any reviewed firm. Freedom is the only plan with EOD drawdown in the funded phase, real added value for volatile strategy traders. Blockchain auditing via Payout Junction (TOP 10) provides rare transparency. The BlackArrow platform by Nelogica is robust for experienced traders. Key watch points: news trading prohibited in all funded phases, three consistency rules evaluated at every payout, and the site is primarily in Portuguese. Best suited for traders, especially Brazilian, seeking a high initial split and the option of Freedom's EOD funded drawdown.
Recommended: Freedom $25K ($263.33) for EOD funded drawdown and no activation fee. Standard $25K ($150) for the lowest upfront cost with $79 activation after passing. No Activation $25K ($222.50) if you prefer no post-pass fee. Instant $25K ($331.66) to skip evaluation entirely. Verify $50K to $300K pricing at ylostrading.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the four Ylos Trading plans and how do they differ?
Ylos Trading offers four plan types. Standard is the traditional path: pay a challenge fee, pass the evaluation, then pay a $79 activation fee to unlock the funded account. No Activation Fee is identical to Standard in every rule, but the upfront price is higher so the activation fee is absorbed with no extra payment after passing. Instant Funding skips evaluation entirely and funds the trader from day one with tighter funded rules (5 winning days at $200 or more each, 30% consistency). Freedom is designed for maximum intraday room: the key differentiator is that it uses EOD trailing drawdown in both the challenge and the funded phase, making it the only plan where the funded account does not switch to real-time trailing drawdown. All plans have no monthly subscription and require only 1 trading day minimum to pass the challenge.
Why is the Freedom plan's EOD funded drawdown important?
In all other Ylos plans (Standard, No Activation Fee, and Instant Funding), the funded account uses real-time (RT) trailing drawdown. The drawdown floor follows the account balance tick-by-tick throughout the session; if equity dips below the floor at any point intraday, the account closes permanently. Freedom's funded account uses EOD trailing drawdown: the floor only updates at session close, and intraday swings below the floor during open positions do not close the account. Only the end-of-day closing balance matters for the floor calculation. This gives Freedom traders significantly more intraday room for volatile strategies, wide stops, or holding through adverse intraday moves, at the cost of a higher upfront plan price.
How does the tiered profit split work at Ylos Trading?
Ylos Trading uses a tiered split based on cumulative profits across all of a trader's accounts combined, not per account. The first $15,000 in cumulative profits is paid at 100% (the trader keeps everything). Profits from $15,001 to $30,000 are split 90/10 (90% to the trader, 10% to Ylos). Profits above $30,000 cumulative are split 80/20 (80% to the trader). A trader with multiple accounts builds toward higher tiers across all of them combined. Once $15,000 cumulative profit has been withdrawn across all accounts, the rate drops to 90/10 for the next $15,000, then 80/20 beyond $30,000.
What are the news trading rules in the challenge versus the funded phase?
During the challenge phase (evaluation), news trading is fully allowed on all plan types including Standard, No Activation Fee, Freedom, and Instant Funding. Traders may be positioned entering news events with no restrictions. On the funded account across all plan types, news trading is strictly prohibited during the news release itself. Traders must close all positions before any scheduled news event. Re-entry is permitted immediately after the announcement, and there is no penalty for trading around news; only for being positioned at the exact moment of the release. This applies equally to all funded plan types including Freedom.
How do payout requests work at Ylos Trading?
Standard and No Activation Fee funded accounts require at least 10 trading days per cycle with at least 7 of those being winning days, each closing with at least $50 in net profit. Instant Funding accounts require 5 trading days, all of which must be winning days at $200 or more minimum. The account balance must remain above the drawdown amount plus a $100 buffer at the time of the request. All three consistency rules must be met: the Day Concentration rule (40% or 30% depending on plan), the Median Rule (max single trade loss of 5x the median winning trade), and the Contract Consistency rule. Requests are submitted through the trader dashboard within the window of Monday 8AM to Friday 3PM Brasilia time. Compliance review takes up to 1 business day; funds reach the Ylos Wallet within 24 to 48 business hours of approval.
What are the three consistency rules evaluated on every payout?
Ylos Trading applies three consistency checks to every payout request on funded accounts. First, the Day Concentration rule: on Standard and No Activation accounts, no single trading day may account for more than 40% of total net profit in the cycle (30% on Instant and Freedom). This prevents reliance on one outsized day. Second, the Median Rule: the maximum loss on any single trade during the cycle cannot exceed 5 times the median of all winning trades in that cycle, preventing wildly oversized bets relative to normal position size. Third, the Contract Consistency rule: the system tracks average position size and flags extreme deviations such as all-in tactics or drastically reducing size to cheaply accumulate qualifying days. Failures on any rule block the payout request but do not close the account. Trading continues until the issue is corrected.
What is the RT trailing drawdown and when does it lock permanently?
On Standard, No Activation Fee, and Instant Funding funded accounts, the drawdown floor moves in real-time (tick by tick) following the account balance upward throughout the trading session. If equity falls below this moving floor at any moment intraday, the account closes permanently. This continues until cumulative realized profit equals the original drawdown amount plus $100. At that point, the drawdown floor locks permanently and no longer moves, becoming effectively a static floor. For example, on a $25K Standard funded account with a $1,500 drawdown: once cumulative profit reaches $1,600 ($1,500 plus $100), the floor locks and never moves again regardless of future gains or losses.
Is automated trading or copy trading allowed at Ylos Trading?
Automated trading (bots, EAs, and algorithms) is prohibited on all Ylos accounts in both challenge and funded phases. The only permitted copy trading tool is the official Ylos Order Replicator. Third-party copiers, automation scripts, and external signal services are not allowed. Traders who wish to trade across multiple Ylos accounts simultaneously must use the official Ylos Order Replicator only. The purpose is to ensure performance is attributable to the trader's own skill rather than automated systems.
What is Payout Junction and why does it matter?
Payout Junction is a third-party blockchain auditing platform that publicly tracks and verifies prop firm payout records. Ylos Trading's payouts are audited in real-time via blockchain, making them independently verifiable by any trader before purchasing. Ylos ranks in the TOP 10 on Payout Junction at the time of this review. Each payout is cryptographically recorded and can be viewed in real-time, providing public accountability beyond the firm's own claims. The payout flow is: compliance review (up to 1 business day), then funds credited to the Ylos Wallet (24 to 48 business hours), then the trader can transfer to a bank or keep as internal balance.
What is the Live Account and how do traders qualify?
The Ylos Live Account provides access to real capital trading with daily payouts and no operational rules. It is the firm's highest tier and is not available for purchase. Access is by invitation only, granted exclusively to traders who demonstrate the highest levels of consistency and discipline across their funded sim accounts. There are no published qualification thresholds for the Live Account. Traders who receive an invitation have demonstrated exceptional, sustained performance that Ylos has identified through monitoring of funded account activity. The Live Account eliminates the consistency rules, minimum day requirements, and news trading restrictions that apply to all sim funded accounts.
