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Base price: $68With code CRITIC: $34

50% off with CRITIC · saves $34

Base price: $265

Base price · no live code

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Cost

Base price
$68
$265
Price with code
$34
50% off with CRITIC
No live code
Account size
$100K
$100K
Profit split
Per withdrawal: GM50 50% under $2,250 / 80% at $2,250+; GM100 50% under $3,000 / 80% at $3,000+; GM200 50% under $5,000 / 80% at $5,000+
90%

Evaluation rules

Profit target
50K: $3,000; 100K: $6,000; 200K: $11,000
25K $1,500; 50K $3,000; 100K $6,000; 150K $9,000
Max drawdown
50K: $2,000 EOD; 100K: $3,500 EOD; 200K: $6,000 EOD
25K $1,000; 50K $2,000; 100K $3,000; 150K $4,500 — EOD trailing
Daily loss limit
50K: $1,100; 100K: $2,200; 200K: $4,400
None in evaluation
Min trading days
No minimum trading days
3

Funded rules

Funded drawdown
Starting tier: LiveSim® EOD / Live trailing; 50K $2,000, 100K $3,500, 200K $6,000
EOD trailing; locks at starting balance + $100
Consistency rule
30% consistency rule during evaluation
40%
Consistency rule (funded)
None on LiveSim® or Live accounts
None
News trading (challenge)
Not recorded
Allowed · no rules against or guidelines around trading news eventsfirm-level
News trading (funded)
Not recorded
Allowed · no rules against or guidelines around trading news eventsfirm-level
Max live balance
Maximum 3 funded trading accounts active concurrently (3 LiveSim, or 2 LiveSim + 1 Live)
Up to 5 Simulated Funded Accounts at any time, per user and per household, any combination of Growth, Select Flex/Daily and Lightning
Scaling plan
Not recorded
Progressive funded contract scaling, updated EOD

Options & add-ons

Customizable at checkout
Not recorded
Payout policy is chosen at funded activation and cannot later be changed

Payouts

Payout frequency
Weekly (Wednesdays)
Permanent post-pass choice: Daily or Flex 5-day
First payout
After accumulating $239 in profitsfirm-level
Daily has no day minimum; Flex requires 5 winning days
Min days to payout
Not recorded
0 Daily / 5 Flex
Processing time
Wednesday batch; request by 2:00 PM CT the previous Friday
Daily eligibilityfirm-level
Refund policy
No refunds, including automated subscription renewals
Not recorded
Payout methods
RiseDeelBayzatDirect Crypto (select cases)
Not recorded

Trading rules

Weekend holding
Not allowed
Not recorded
Overnight holding
Not allowed
Not recorded
Hedging
Not recorded
Prohibited
Copy trading
Not allowed
Not recorded
Other restrictions
All positions and working orders flat by 3:50 PM CT; earlier/special flat periods apply to specified contracts
Allowed if you own the strategy exclusively · not shared with other traders/firms · not high-frequency trading · Hedging not allowed · No swing trading or holding positions overni…firm-level
Commission / lot
Varies by asset; micro contracts $0.82–$1.08 per contract per side
No activation fees · Growth Evaluations, Select Evaluations: No activation feefirm-level

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Winner: $34
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