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Base price: $369
Base price · no live code
Cheaper
Base price: $799With code CRITIC: $319.60
60% off with CRITIC · saves $479.40 · new users only
Cost
Base price
$369
$799
Price with code
No live code
$319.60
60% off with
CRITIC — new users onlyAccount size
$150K
$150K
Profit split
90%
90% trader / 10% firm
Evaluation rules
Profit target
25K $1,500; 50K $3,000; 100K $6,000; 150K $9,000
No evaluation; each payout requires 5% — 25K $1,250; 50K $2,500; 100K $5,000; 150K $7,500
Max drawdown
25K $1,000; 50K $2,000; 100K $3,500; 150K $5,000 — EOD trailing
Funded EOD trailing — 25K $1,000; 50K $2,000; 100K $4,000; 150K $6,000
Daily loss limit
25K $600; 50K $1,250; 100K $2,500; 150K $3,750 — soft breach
25K $500; 50K $1,000; 100K $2,000; 150K $3,000; breach pauses trading until next session
Min trading days
1
None
Funded rules
Funded drawdown
EOD trailing
EOD trailing; locks at starting balance + $100 after drawdown + $100 profit or first payout
Consistency rule
None
25% on Elite Sim Funded accounts · no single trading day's profit can be more than 25% of total profitsfirm-level
Consistency rule (funded)
35%
15%; best day ≤15% of payout-cycle profit
News trading (challenge)
Allowed · no rules against or guidelines around trading news eventsfirm-level
Evaluation: allowed · Funded: 2-minute restricted window (2 minutes before and 2 minutes after a major news event)firm-level
News trading (funded)
Allowed · no rules against or guidelines around trading news eventsfirm-level
Evaluation: allowed · Funded: 2-minute restricted window (2 minutes before and 2 minutes after a major news event)firm-level
Max live balance
Up to 5 Simulated Funded Accounts at any time, per user and per household, any combination of Growth, Select Flex/Daily and Lightning
Ignite Funded: maximum 10 active accounts, all the exact same size
Payouts
Payout frequency
Each 5-profitable-day cycle
On demand after the 5% target and 15% consistency requirement
First payout
After 5 qualifying profitable days plus balance and consistency requirements
5% target plus 15% consistency; no minimum trading days; $250 minimum request
Min days to payout
5 qualifying profitable days
No minimum
Processing time
24–48 business hours
Less than 12 hours on average
Refund policy
Not recorded
All purchases final; no refunds
Payout methods
Not recorded
Rise/RiseWorks (verified account required)Bank transfer through RiseCryptocurrency through Rise/support
Trading rules
Weekend holding
Not allowed
Not allowed
Overnight holding
Not allowed; positions must close by session end
Not allowed; positions automatically close by 4:10 PM ET
Hedging
Prohibited
Cross-account hedging prohibited; same-account hedging is not expressly documented
Copy trading
Not recorded
Up to 10 IGNITE accounts of identical size; no cross-model or cross-size copying
Expert advisors (EAs)
Not recorded
Not allowed; bots, scripts and automated systems are prohibited
Other restrictions
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
Trades >10 seconds; no overnight/weekend holding; no automation; no cross-model/size copying; general prohibited-practice rules apply
Commission / lot
No activation fees · Growth Evaluations, Select Evaluations: No activation feefirm-level
Tradovate instrument-specific round-turn cost, $1.68–$7.20 per contract; ES/NQ $5.76, MES/MNQ $1.90
Platforms
Platforms
NinjaTraderQuantowerRithmicSierra ChartTradesea TradingViewTradingViewTradovateWealthCharts
firm-levelTradovateNinjaTrader 8TradingView
Copies code CRITIC
Where they differ
2 differences, split evenly
Tradeify
Growth
Top One Futures
IGNITE
Base price
Winner: $369
$799
Price with code
$369
Winner: $319.60
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- Get funded discount changed from 50% OFF to 40% OFFTradeify · 16 days ago
- Activation fees discount added: Get 20% off activation feesTop One Futures · 22 days ago
- Reset fee changed from $75 to $93Top One Futures · 27 days ago
- Consistency add-on option added to Select Evaluation (40% to optional 50%).Tradeify · 29 days ago
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