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Base price: $229/mo
Base price · no live code
Base price: $375With code CRITIC: $220.50
41% off with CRITIC · saves $154.50 · all challenges · DLL on
Cost
Base price
$229/mo
$375
Price with code
No live code
$220.50
41% off with
CRITIC — all challenges — DLL onAccount size
$150K
$150K
Profit split
90% trader / 10% firm
90% trader / 10% firm
Evaluation rules
Profit target
Evaluation only — 50K $3,000; 100K $6,000; 150K $9,000. No profit target on Sim-Funded.
Evaluation — 25K $1,250; 50K $3,000; 100K $6,000; 150K $9,000
Max drawdown
EOD trailing, locks at Initial Simulated Capital — 50K $2,000; 100K $3,500; 150K $5,000. Equity cannot hit the limit. The limit only rises. After a breach, pay a Reset Fee or wait for the next monthly subscription.
Max loss limit — 25K $1,000; 50K $2,000; 100K $3,000; 150K $4,500. The evaluation runs EOD or Intraday depending on the checkout choice; locks at starting balance + $100 once the account closes above the initial trail balance (25K $26,100; 50K $52,100; 100K $103,100; 150K $154,600).
Daily loss limit
Evaluation none. Sim-Funded soft (auto-flat for the rest of the day; account stays open) — 50K $1,000; 100K $2,000; 150K $3,000.
Optional at checkout — $600 (25K) · $1,200 (50K) · $1,800 (100K) · $2,700 (150K) when enabled, none when off. Turning it on does not change the list price.
Min trading days
None on Evaluation — accounts are assessed after the trading day ends. Payout eligibility is separate.
None — no time limit on the evaluation
Funded rules
Funded drawdown
Same EOD trailing max drawdown as Evaluation, locked at Initial Simulated Capital. Soft daily loss on Sim-Funded only.
Intraday trailing on every funded account regardless of the evaluation choice; locks at starting balance + $100 above the initial trail balance
Consistency rule
40% Best Day during Evaluation — not a hard breach; keep trading until Best Day is ≤ 40% of total profit.
50% during the evaluation — largest single day divided by total profit, with a small cushion built in. Drops away at live status.
Consistency rule (funded)
None — no Consistency Rule on the Sim-Funded Account
None — LucidDaily funded accounts carry no consistency requirement
News trading (challenge)
Allowed, provided the trade is not a Forbidden Trading Practice. News-event concentration that is inconsistent with broader trading can still fail the risk-management standard.
Not recorded
News trading (funded)
Allowed, provided the trade is not a Forbidden Trading Practice. News-event concentration that is inconsistent with broader trading can still fail the risk-management standard.
Not recorded
Max live balance
Max 3 concurrent Sim-Funded accounts; up to $450,000 simulated capital. Live Funded is invite-only.
Up to 5 active funded accounts per household or family, combined across all funded account types
Scaling plan
Sim-Funded only; scales with EOD profit above Initial Simulated Capital and scales back down if that profit falls. 50K starts at 2 contracts (up to 5): $0–999 → 2; $1,000–1,999 → 3; $2,000+ → 5. 100K starts at 4 (up to 10): $0–999 → 4; $1,000–1,999 → 5; $2,000–2,999 → 8; $3,000+ → 10. 150K starts at 6 (up to 15): $0–999 → 6; $1,000–1,999 → 8; $2,000–2,999 → 10; $3,000–4,499 → 12; $4,500+ → 15. Evaluation uses the full size cap (5 / 10 / 15) with no scaling.
Not recorded
Options & add-ons
Choices at this size
Not recorded
Model type
- EOD$375(+$62)
- Intraday$313
Customizable at checkout
Monthly subscription. Reset is a paid restart, not a checkout add-on. Live Funded is invite-only and is not a purchasable product.
drawdown in eval (EOD or Intraday) + daily loss limit (on or off)
Payouts
Payout frequency
Every 4 days
Daily — requests may be made any day once eligibility is met
First payout
4 separate days at or above the daily minimum (50K $150; 100K $250; 150K $300). Withdraw up to 50% of profit above Initial Simulated Capital. Minimum request $20; at least 50% of the request must be new-cycle profit.
Profit above the buffer balance of initial max loss limit + $100 (25K $26,100; 50K $52,100; 100K $103,100; 150K $154,600) plus positive net profit since the last payout; $500 minimum request. The buffer itself cannot be withdrawn.
Min days to payout
4 qualifying days
None — daily requests once eligible
Processing time
After FTMO approval in the Client Area; paid in USD. No published processing-time SLA.
No fixed payout window; once approved funds leave the account within minutes and are disbursed within 2 business days via Plaid, WorkMarket by ADP or crypto
Refund policy
Monthly subscription; no activation fee. A Reset Fee is a paid restart of the same size (Growth $109 / $159 / $219; Pro $129 / $189 / $259). No pass-fee refund is documented.
Not recorded
Payout methods
WiseRevolut bank wireVisa DirectMastercard Send
Not recorded
Trading rules
Weekend holding
Not allowed. Flat and cancel resting orders before 4:10 p.m. ET or session close, whichever is sooner. The platform auto-liquidates leftovers; relying on that is a Forbidden Trading Practice.
No — the session closes 4:45 PM EST Friday and trading resumes 6:00 PM EST Sunday
Overnight holding
Not allowed. A trading day runs 6:00 p.m. ET to 4:10 p.m. ET the next calendar day. No hold past market close.
No — all positions are auto-closed at 4:45 PM EST Monday to Friday. Holding past the cutoff does not fail the account.
Hedging
Opposite positions are allowed on a single account only. Offsetting across FTMO accounts, other firms, or other people is prohibited.
Prohibited in every form — long and short the same contract in one or separate accounts, between different users, and across firms. Flagged accounts are reset to the prior day's balance; repeat offences breach all accounts involved.
Copy trading
Copying another trader (signals, master accounts, or copiers) is prohibited. Copying across your own accounts is permitted if each account independently complies with every rule.
Permitted — trade copiers are allowed, subject to the HFT and microscalping policies
Expert advisors (EAs)
Automated trading is permitted except high-frequency, latency-arbitrage, or other abusive systems. The trader is responsible for bot errors. Third-party access to the account is prohibited.
Permitted — automated trading systems are allowed; the trader carries responsibility for software errors, and HFT remains prohibited
Other restrictions
No trading within 2% of a CME daily price limit; no hold past session close; no exploiting sim/feed errors; no third-party account access. News-event concentration that is inconsistent with broader trading can fail the risk-management standard. Sim-Funded inactivity: warning after 30 days, closed after a further 30. See Forbidden Trading Practices.
US high-impact (red folder) news trading is a HARD BREACH on funded accounts — be flat from 1 minute before to 1 minute after any release where impact is High and currency is USD. Microscalping flagged when more than 50% of profits come from trades held 5 seconds or less; HFT prohibited; hedging prohibited across accounts, users and firms; martingaling discouraged. DCA, genuine scalping, flipping and trade copiers are allowed. 30 calendar days without at least $1 of net profit or loss permanently deletes the account; breached evaluations are deleted after 30 days unless reset.
Commission / lot
Not recorded
One-time fee · no subscription or automatic rebilling · no activation fee · resets not automatic or freefirm-level
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Recent rule changes
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- When balance resets to prior day after a hedge warning, the drawdown in the account doesn't reset if any.Lucid Trading · 9 days ago
- Reset Fee option was added: non-refundable reset fee during Evaluation.FTMO Futures · 9 days ago
- Trade with up to 3 funded changed with up to 3 sim-funded accountsFTMO Futures · 23 days ago
- LucidMaxx evaluation rules explained further: $25K-$150K accounts, 40% consistency, 5 trading day minimumLucid Trading · Aug 27, 2026
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