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Base price: $407With code CRITIC: $250.40
38% off with CRITIC · saves $156.60 · all challenges · DLL on
Base price: $339
Base price · no live code
Cost
Base price
$407
$339
Price with code
$250.40
38% off with
CRITIC — all challenges — DLL onNo 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
Evaluation — 25K $1,250; 50K $3,000; 100K $6,000; 150K $9,000
5% in one step, all positions closed; no time limit
Max drawdown
EOD trailing max loss limit — 25K $1,000; 50K $2,000; 100K $3,000; 150K $4,500. 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); a payout drops the limit straight to the locked figure.
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
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.
None
Min trading days
Evaluation none — no time limit; payout eligibility needs 5 profitable days per cycle
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
Same 3% end-of-day trailing floor; after a payout it moves to the starting balance and stays there
Consistency rule
50% during the evaluation — largest single day divided by total profit. A small cushion is built in, so passing in two days is possible. Drops away at live status.
40% in Step 1: best day under 40% of total closed profit; not a breach, keep trading to dilute it
Consistency rule (funded)
None — LucidFlex funded accounts carry no consistency requirement
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
Funded accounts only, updated at the end of each session as simulated profit moves. 25K: 1 mini at $0–999, 2 minis at $1,000+. 50K: 2 minis at $0–999, 3 at $1,000–1,999, 4 at $2,000+. 100K: 3 minis at $0–999, 4 at $1,000–1,999, 5 at $2,000–2,999, 6 at $3,000+. 150K: 4 minis at $0–999, 5 at $1,000–1,999, 6 at $2,000–2,999, 8 at $3,000–4,499, 10 at $4,500+. No scaling plan during the evaluation.
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
daily loss limit (on or off)
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
Five separate days at or above the minimum daily profit (25K $100; 50K $150; 100K $200; 150K $250) plus positive net profit for the cycle; $500 minimum request. No buffer balance to maintain.
10 days, 1% profit, 5 profitable days
Min days to payout
5 profitable days per payout cycle
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
$407
Winner: $339
Price with code
Winner: $250.40
$339
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