Overview
Leeloo Trading is a US futures firm based in Montana that sells practice accounts on Rithmic. You can trade them through NinjaTrader and a long list of other platforms. It suits patient traders who can manage an intraday trailing drawdown and don't mind a slow road to the first payout.
How the evaluation works
The Foundation accounts are a single phase, billed monthly, from the $25,000 Aspire up to the $300,000 Explode.
Aspire to Explode: a target of about 6% (6.7% on the 300K), with a trailing drawdown from 6% on the 25K down to 2.5% on the 300K.
Bundles: several accounts of one size bought together for a single payment. Only one of them can qualify.
There's no daily loss limit. The drawdown tracks your highest unrealised profit, open trades included, so it can catch you mid-trade. You need at least 10 traded days and the profit target to move into a Performance Account.
Rules worth knowing
News and holiday trading are allowed. You can hold up to three micros through the close without asking, and anything bigger needs admin approval. Otherwise you're flat 15 minutes before the close. Copy trading, bots and minimum-activity trades are not allowed. On a Performance Account, no single day can make up more than 30% of your profit.
Getting paid
Performance Accounts cost $88 a month or $250 once. You keep 100% of the first $12,500 and 90% after that. The first payout needs 30 actively traded days, and the next three need 10 traded days in the month with a $1,000 minimum. Requests only open on the last Saturday of the month, and money goes out through Rise.
At a glance
- Platforms
- NinjaTrader, Rithmic
- Payouts
- Rise
- Based in
- Montana, United States
Good
- No daily loss limit
- Six account sizes up to $300,000
- First $12,500 of payouts kept in full, 90% after
- News and holiday trading allowed
Watch for
- Intraday trailing drawdown on open equity
- At least 10 traded days to qualify and 30 before the first payout
- Payout requests only on the last Saturday of the month
Challenges
Every account Leeloo Trading sells. Sort by any column.
| Program | Drawdown | Payouts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspire1-step | $25K | $250 | 6% | — | 6% | Trailing | 90% | 10 days | Monthly |
| Launch1-step | $50K | $280 | 6% | — | 5% | Trailing | 90% | 10 days | Monthly |
| Climb1-step | $100K | $320 | 6% | — | 3% | Trailing | 90% | 10 days | Monthly |
| Cruise1-step | $150K | $405 | 6% | — | 3.33% | Trailing | 90% | 10 days | Monthly |
| Burst1-step | $250K | $725 | 6% | — | 2.6% | Trailing | 90% | 10 days | Monthly |
| Explode1-step | $300K | $850 | 6.67% | — | 2.5% | Trailing | 90% | 10 days | Monthly |
Trading rules
What the funded account lets you do. Restricted means allowed with conditions; check the firm's terms.
Payouts
How you get paid
- Methods
- Rise
- Frequency
- Monthly
- First payout
- —
Profit split by program
- Aspire
- up to 90%
- Launch
- up to 90%
- Climb
- up to 90%
- Cruise
- up to 90%
- Burst
- up to 90%
- Explode
- up to 90%
What traders say
Scores from the sites traders use, and our summary of what they're saying, checked 6 October 2026.
Leeloo Trading is one of the older futures evaluation firms, and its reputation has slipped. It now sits at 3.1 on Trustpilot from about 600 reviews, down from the mid-4s that older review sites still quote. Forex Peace Army and Reddit have threads going back to 2021 with a mix of praise and complaints. Trustpilot's own summary describes support and response times as mixed, with negative feedback clustering around refunds and payout requests.
What traders like
Payouts for traders who qualify. A good number of reviewers say Leeloo honoured several payouts and that the process went smoothly.
Flexible trading. Reviewers like being able to trade news, hold overnight and use a wide range of futures platforms.
Keeping early profits. The 100% split on the first slice of profit comes up as a favourite perk.
Helpful support for some. Several say support explained things clearly and fixed problems.
Common complaints
Payout requests denied. Several traders say they followed the rules on their dashboard and were still refused payouts after a manual review. One futures review site stopped recommending the firm in 2025 over reports of payouts denied after traders met the requirements.
Slow wait for a first payout. Some dislike the 30 trading days before a first withdrawal and the once-a-month payout window.
Strict trailing drawdown. Reddit users call the drawdown rules harsh, especially for newer traders.
Patchy support. Reviewers report very different response times, from quick to none at all.
Recently
Nothing dated in the last 90 days stands out in the evidence; the Trustpilot score had already fallen to about 3.1 by mid-2026.
Where this comes from
Trustpilot: the firm's main review page.
Forex Peace Army: trader reviews and disputes.
Reddit search: threads in r/LeeLooTrading, r/PropfirmsForum and others.
Canadian Futures Trader: reviewer who withdrew their recommendation over denied payouts.
Verified reviews
Reviews from traders who've connected an account at Leeloo Trading to Chartnaut, so you know they actually traded there. Opening soon.
