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Prop firm limits: how many accounts, and how many trading days?

Two numbers people often only find when they hit them: how many accounts you can hold at once, and how many days you have to trade before you can pass or get paid. Both vary by firm, and both have catches.

How many accounts at once

• Evaluations and funded accounts usually have different limits. Some firms put no limit on evaluations, or a limit per month, and a firm cap on funded accounts.
• The funded cap often counts your whole household, and every account type together.
• Failed or closed accounts usually don’t count toward the cap.

All three are true at one firm we checked. (one firm, 22 Jul 2026)

More accounts also means more risk on each trade if you copy them. Example: five accounts at 2 contracts each is 10 contracts on one trade. And first check that your firm allows copying across accounts at all. The rules that aren’t about numbers covers it.

What counts as a trading day

“Minimum days” means different things at different firms:

1. Any day you place a trade. One trade is enough. (one firm, 17 Aug 2026)
2. A day with at least a set profit. Seven small green days can count for nothing if none clears the amount.
3. The days a consistency rule forces on you. No minimum is written down, but the maths sets one. See below.

The count often starts again after each payout. Check whether yours does. (one firm: set profit per day, and the count resets)

Links in brackets go to one firm’s own page as an example, checked 26 September 2026. Your firm’s wording may differ.

The hidden minimum inside a consistency rule

If your best day can be at most a set share of your profit, you need at least 1 ÷ that share winning days, even if every day is the same size and you never lose.

*At exactly 50%, the wording decides: two equal days pass “at most 50%” but not “under 50%”. And real days are never all the same size, so in practice you need more. Losing days push it up again.

What to do with this

• Write both limits on your rulebook, in your firm’s words, including what counts as a day.
• Count qualifying days, not green days. The payout-day check counts them for you.
• Check a consistency cap before you plan the week. The consistency calculator shows how much more you need and how big a day you can have.

Educational material only. Not investment advice. Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss and most people who try it lose money. Check your account rules with your firm; they change.