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Primer8 minForex, futures and crypto

A forex challenge and a futures combine are not the same product

Percent of a simulated balance versus a dollar floor and a contract cap. The session clock is part of the rule.

Forex and CFD evaluations are usually written in percentages of a nominal balance, on platforms built to hold positions for days. Futures evaluations are usually written in dollars and contracts, on platforms that assume you are flat by a published halt. Using one firm’s percentage to describe the other is how comparison tables lie without a single wrong digit.

Side by side, from pages captured the same day

  • Market on the record
    FTMO 2-Step
    Forex / CFDs
    Topstep Combine 50k
    Futures
  • Target
    FTMO 2-Step
    10% then 5% of simulated capital
    Topstep Combine 50k
    3,000 dollars
  • Account-ending loss
    FTMO 2-Step
    10% static
    Topstep Combine 50k
    2,000 dollars, trailing, locks at the start
  • Daily
    FTMO 2-Step
    5%, named as a maximum loss
    Topstep Combine 50k
    −1,000 dollars, session flatten, not a disqualification on that page
  • Size constraint
    FTMO 2-Step
    Not on the objectives page
    Topstep Combine 50k
    5 minis or 50 micros
19 October 2026. Each cell is that firm’s wording, not a converted ‘equivalent’.

A trader who is good at holding a swing on spot FX is not looking at a milder version of a combine. The permissions are a different product. So are the hours.