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Base price: $836With code CRITIC: $585.20

30% off with CRITIC · saves $250.80 · all challenges

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Base price: $339

Base price · no live code

Cost

Base price
$836
$339
Price with code
$585.20
30% off with CRITIC — all challenges
No live code
Account size
$150K
$150K
Profit split
90% trader / 10% firm
100% of the first $300 of each payout, 90% above that

Evaluation rules

Profit target
None — straight-to-funded, there is no evaluation phase
5% in one step, all positions closed; no time limit
Max drawdown
EOD trailing max loss limit — 25K $1,000; 50K $2,000; 100K $3,500; 150K $5,000. Locks at starting balance + $100 once the account closes above the initial trail balance (25K $26,100; 50K $52,100; 100K $103,600; 150K $155,100).
3% end-of-day trailing: the floor rises at 17:00 ET with the highest end-of-day equity or balance, never falls, and locks at the starting balance
Daily loss limit
Fixed DLL — none (25K); $1,200 (50K); $2,100 (100K); $3,000 (150K). Soft breach: trading is locked until the next session. Once the account closes above the initial trail balance the fixed DLL is replaced by the LucidScale DLL — 60% of the highest end-of-day profit, which rises with the account and never falls back.
None
Min trading days
None — there is no evaluation phase
None in Step 1; funded Standard: 5 profitable days of 0.4%+ per payout cycle; funded Premium: nonefirm-level

Funded rules

Funded drawdown
EOD trailing — 25K $1,000; 50K $2,000; 100K $3,500; 150K $5,000; locks at starting balance + $100 above the initial trail balance
Same 3% end-of-day trailing floor; after a payout it moves to the starting balance and stays there
Consistency rule
No evaluation phase
40% in Step 1: best day under 40% of total closed profit; not a breach, keep trading to dilute it
Consistency rule (funded)
20% of total cycle profit on the largest single day, reset after every payout. Drops away at live status.
None
News trading (challenge)
Not recorded
Not allowed: no positions opened or closed, and no stop loss or take profit fills, from 10 minutes before to 5 minutes after high-impact news; no add-on offered
News trading (funded)
Not recorded
Not allowed: no positions opened or closed, and no stop loss or take profit fills, from 10 minutes before to 5 minutes after high-impact news; no add-on offered
Max live balance
Up to 5 active funded accounts per household or family, combined across all funded account types
Up to 5 funded accounts at once, at most 2 Premium ($750,000 at $150K each); $100,000 combined for traders in Malaysia, Pakistan, Indonesia and India. Unlimited evaluations.
Scaling plan
None — full contract size available immediately
No scaling plan. After 10 payouts in total, 3 from one account or $20,000 in rewards, the risk team reviews the trader for a live account (90% split, daily payouts); if not selected, a 30-day cooldown before trading resumes.

Options & add-ons

Customizable at checkout
Not recorded
No add-ons. Standard costs about half of Premium, with half the contract limits and lower reward caps.

Payouts

Payout frequency
No fixed window — request any day once eligibility is met
First after 10 days, then every 10 days, with 1% profit in the cycle
First payout
Profit goal 1 (25K $1,500; 50K $3,000; 100K $6,000; 150K $9,000) plus the 20% consistency test; $500 minimum request. The goal resets to $0 after each approved payout and drops to goal 2+ (25K $1,250; 50K $2,500; 100K $3,500; 150K $4,500).
10 days, 1% profit, 5 profitable days
Min days to payout
None
5 profitable days per cycle, each closing 0.4%+ of the starting balance
Processing time
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
1–2 business days after KYC, most within 4–6 business hours; past 48 business hours a 1% bonus (max $500)
Refund policy
Not recorded
Full refund within 14 days of purchase if no trade has been placed; none after a trade. No resets: a failed challenge gets a 10% discount code for a new one.
Payout methods
Not recorded
Rise (fiat or crypto)Crypto

Trading rules

Weekend holding
No — the session closes 4:45 PM EST Friday and trading resumes 6:00 PM EST Sunday
Not allowed: positions close before 17:00 ET every day
Overnight holding
No — all positions are auto-closed at 4:45 PM EST Monday to Friday. Holding past the cutoff does not fail the account.
Not allowed: close every position before the 17:00 ET daily reset
Hedging
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.
Hedging between accounts is prohibited and a hard breach
Copy trading
Permitted — trade copiers are allowed, subject to the HFT and microscalping policies
Prohibited: copying external accounts, group copy trading across linked accounts, or third-party EAs replicating trades without owning the source code
Expert advisors (EAs)
Permitted — automated trading systems are allowed; the trader carries responsibility for software errors, and HFT remains prohibited
Third-party EAs that replicate trades without owning the source code are prohibited; nothing else on automation is stated for futures
Other restrictions
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.
Prohibited: arbitrage and latency exploitation, hedging between accounts, copy trading from external accounts or across linked accounts, third-party account management, gambling-style account churning, system exploits, bracket orders around news, and VPN or VPS use. Cross-account hedging, arbitrage, copy trading and account management are hard breaches. No more than 30% of total closed profit may come from trades held under 10 seconds; the excess is deducted. One trade every 30 days or the account closes for good.
Commission / lot
One-time fee · no subscription or automatic rebilling · no activation fee · resets not automatic or freefirm-level
$1.50 per side ($3 round trip) on standard and mini contracts, $0.50 per side ($1 round trip) on micros. No swaps, no monthly fee, no activation fee.

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Base price
$836
Winner: $339
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$585.20
Winner: $339

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