Resetting Your FFF Account: Costs by Plan + When It's Worth It

A reset is a paid refresh of an FFF evaluation account — clears the balance, resets the drawdown floor, refreshes time limits, and sends the trader back to the start of the evaluation phase with the same account ID. This article covers the per-plan reset costs, what resets clear versus persist, and when paying for a reset beats purchasing a new evaluation.

I haven't personally tested Funded Futures Family. Reset costs and mechanics below are sourced from the FFF Help Center reset article retrieved 2 May 2026.

Reset costs by plan and size

The Help Center reset-costs article documents specific reset fees for three plans:

Notes on each plan's reset costs

Classic. $75-$150 by size. Cheaper than Premier on $100K and $150K sizes. The cheapest reset path among non-legacy plans.

Elite (legacy). $39-$69 by size. Significantly cheaper than Classic or Premier — likely a legacy pricing artifact from when Elite was actively sold. Only relevant for traders who hold grandfathered Elite accounts.

Premier. $75-$145 by $100K size, $170 on $150K. The Help Center doesn't distinguish reset cost between Premier-Intraday and Premier-EOD variants — most likely the same fee applies to both.

Plans without published reset costs

The reset article doesn't list reset fees for:

• Prime — most likely no reset fee since Prime is subscription-based; the next billing cycle effectively serves the same function
• Velocity — same logic; subscription model with no documented one-time reset fee
• S2F — typically reset fees follow Premier or Classic structure but aren't explicitly documented

The unspoken reality: subscription-based plans (Prime, Velocity) likely don't charge reset fees because the monthly subscription itself effectively serves as the reset cost — letting an account expire and renewing the next cycle restarts the eval. Verify at checkout if planning around reset cost specifically.

Reset frequency

Unlimited. The Help Center is explicit: "There is no limit to how many times you may reset your account."

A trader who breaches the drawdown can reset, resume the evaluation, breach again, reset again — as many cycles as the trader is willing to pay for. There's no soft cap, no escalating cost, no "abuse" detection that limits reset volume.

How resets work mechanically

Reset workflow

1. Log into the FFF dashboard
2. Locate the account that needs resetting
3. Click "Buy Reset"
4. Pay the reset fee
5. Account refreshes after payment processing

What gets reset

The reset clears:

• Account balance — back to starting balance for the size (e.g., $50K Classic refreshes to $50,000)
• Trade history — prior trades cleared
• Trading objectives — profit target reset to the original eval target
• Time limits — any time-based eval expiration counters reset
• Max drawdown limits — drawdown floor refreshes to original starting position
• Daily loss limits — Classic's $500 daily loss counter (and any other plan-specific daily limits) reset

What persists across resets

The reset preserves:

• Subscription billing cycle. The Help Center is explicit: "Your subscription billing cycle (it continues uninterrupted)." A trader paying $79/month for Classic 50K who resets mid-cycle does not get credited for the remaining month — the subscription continues on its existing schedule.
• Internal violation records. "Internal violation records (which don't affect eligibility)." Prior soft-breach incidents (consistency violations, microscalping flags, scaling-tier corrections) are tracked but don't disqualify the trader from continuing the eval after reset.

Reset versus new evaluation

The Help Center notes: "If you do not want to reset your account, you may purchase a new evaluation to continue trading."

The functional difference:

Reset:

• Same account ID continues
• Subscription billing continues uninterrupted
• Cost: $39-$170 depending on plan and size
• History (trade record, internal violation records) persists

New evaluation:

• New account ID
• New subscription billing cycle starts
• Cost: full first-month subscription (or one-time S2F fee)
• Clean slate (new history)

For most traders, reset is cheaper if the existing subscription has time remaining. New evaluation is cheaper if the existing subscription is about to bill anyway.

Worked example: Classic 50K

Reset path: Pay $75 reset fee. Subscription continues — next $79 bill arrives at the next monthly cycle. Total cost from breach to back-trading: $75 + $79 future bill.

New evaluation path: Pay $79 for new month + $100 activation fee (per eval-plans-details — disputed). Total cost from breach to back-trading: ~$179 if activation fees apply, $79 if they don't.

Reset is cheaper unless the activation-fee documentation contradiction resolves in favor of "no activation fees" AND the existing subscription was about to bill anyway.

Worked example: Premier 100K

Reset path: Pay $145 reset fee. Subscription continues at $189/month (Intraday) or $249/month (EOD).

New evaluation path: Pay $189-$249 for new month subscription. No activation fee (Premier has none).

Reset is cheaper if the existing subscription has time remaining. New eval is cheaper if the subscription is renewing anyway.

When reset is worth it

Pay for reset if:

• The account breached early in the subscription cycle (significant subscription time remaining)
• The plan is Classic or Premier with documented reset fees that are cheaper than a new month
• You want to keep the same account ID (irrelevant for most traders, useful for record-keeping)

Skip reset (let it expire / start new) if:

• The breach happened near the end of the subscription cycle
• The plan is Prime or Velocity with no documented reset fee (effectively free reset via next billing cycle)
• You want a clean history (new account ID, no trace of prior breach)

Reset versus refund

The Help Center has separate articles on "Billing & Refunds" — most likely covering refund eligibility for unsatisfied traders. Reset is paid; refund is the alternative for traders who decide not to continue. Refund eligibility, timing, and amount aren't covered in this article, see the FFF Help Center Billing & Refunds collection if considering a refund instead of a reset.

Reset psychology

Unlimited resets create a structural tension. The math says: a trader who has 30%+ probability of passing the eval should reset rather than abandon. The psychology says: a trader who's breached 3-4 times in a row may be operating outside their edge and should pause before resetting.

The Help Center doesn't impose a cooling-off period or rate limit on resets. This is structurally generous (no FFF-imposed friction on continued trading) but means the trader carries the responsibility for reset discipline.

A practical heuristic: if reset count exceeds 3 on the same plan-size combination, consider switching plans (different drawdown model may match better) or pausing to reassess strategy before continuing to pay reset fees.

Reset implications for funded accounts

The reset workflow above applies to evaluation accounts. Funded accounts cannot be reset. A breached funded account is closed — the trader needs to purchase a new evaluation to start over.

This is structurally aligned with the difference between sim-funded (where breaches are real-stakes for FFF's ledger) and eval (where breaches are recoverable for the trader at the cost of a reset fee).

Reset versus expiring a plan

For Prime, Velocity (and likely S2F), letting a subscription expire and not renewing has the same functional effect as a paid reset on Classic or Premier — the account closes at the end of the billing cycle, and the trader can purchase a new evaluation cleanly.

The trade-off: letting a subscription expire means waiting until cycle end before restarting; paying a reset fee on Classic or Premier means restarting immediately.

For traders with active edges who breached mid-cycle: pay the reset fee to resume immediately. For traders who breached and want to re-evaluate strategy before continuing: let the cycle expire and use the time to plan.

The bottom line

FFF's reset rules are structurally generous — unlimited resets, modest fees on Classic and Premier, likely no fees on subscription-based Prime and Velocity. The trade-off is a meaningful 4-figure annual cost for traders who reset frequently across multiple resets per month.

For traders disciplined about plan-rule compliance, resets should be infrequent — 1-3 per year per active account. For traders breaching repeatedly, the cumulative reset cost can exceed the original subscription cost, at which point the structural question becomes whether the plan choice (drawdown model, consistency rule, daily loss limit) is right for the trading style.

For full plan rules, see the FFF [Trading Rules pillar](/blog/funded-futures-family-rules-overview). For drawdown mechanics that drive most resets, see the FFF Drawdown article. For the consistency rule that doesn't end accounts but pauses payouts, see the [FFF Consistency Rule article](/blog/funded-futures-family-consistency-rule).