FundingTicks Lightning $25K Challenge
Instant · Futures · one-time billing
FundingTicks’s Lightning 25K is an Instant futures evaluation that costs $81.75 with code ES25 ($109.00 without), billed one-time. To pass you need no profit target. The max loss is $1,000, eod trailing, with a $600 daily loss limit. There is no activation fee after you pass. The first month comes to $81.75, the 29th cheapest of the 50 25K futures challenges we track. Funded accounts get a 90% split, and the payout rule is: daily, from the first funded day.
Rule sheet
From FundingTicks’s terms, verified 8 Oct 2026.Cost breakdown
With and without our code.| Without code | With code ES25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation fee | $109.00 | $81.75 |
| Discount | — | −$27.25 (25%) |
| Activation fee | $0 | $0 |
| Reset fee | $69.00 | $69.00 |
| First-month cost | $109.00 | $81.75 |
How the Lightning 25K compares
Against the 50 25K futures challenges we track, there is no profit target, the $1,000 max loss matches the median ($1,000). The 90% split is level with the median of 90%.
What it costs to get funded: $81.75 if you pass on the first attempt, $150.75 with one reset. The median 25K futures challenge costs $66.75 in the first month.
Lightning vs FundingTicks’s other plans
About FundingTicks: founded in 2024, 4 challenges across futures, Trustpilot 4.3 from 820 reviews (their data), no country restrictions listed.
Other sizes of Lightning
Similar 25K futures challenges
Other firms, closest in first-month cost.| ☐ compare firm · ★ Trustpilot | Code · buyaffiliate links | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT | $25K 1-step | $39.00$7.80 monthly | $1,250 | None | $1,000 | Intraday trailing | 1:0.80 | $85 | 3 | 30 | None | 40% | 90% | $1,000 | $92.80 incl. $85 activation | Buy | |
| TO | $25K Instant | $129.00$64.50 one-time | — | $550 | $1,000 | EOD trailing | — | $0 | 2 | 20 | 50% | None | 80% | $1,250 | $64.50 | Buy | |
| P | $25K 1-step | $89.00$66.75 monthly | $750 | None | $500 | Static | 1:0.67 | $0 | 2 | 20 | 50% | 20% | 100% | No cap | $66.75 | Buy | |
| M | $25K 1-step | $99.00$69.30 monthly | $1,250 | None | $1,000 | EOD trailing | 1:0.80 | $0 | 3 | 30 | 40% | None | 90% | $1,250 | $69.30 | Buy | |
| GF | $25K 1-step | $99.00$69.30 one-time | $750 | None | $500 | Static | 1:0.67 | $0 | 3 | 30 | None | 30% | 100% | No cap | $69.30 | Buy | |
| FF | $25K Instant | $119.00$83.30 one-time | — | None | $1,000 | EOD trailing | — | $0 | 5 | 50 | None | None | 80% | $750 | $83.30 | Buy |