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Base price: $265
Base price · no live code
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Base price: $249.99With code CRITIC: $125
50% off with CRITIC · saves $124.99
Cost
Base price
$265
$249.99
Price with code
No live code
$125
50% off with
CRITICAccount size
$100K
$100K
Profit split
90%
95%
Evaluation rules
Profit target
25K $1,500; 50K $3,000; 100K $6,000; 150K $9,000
50K $2,500; 100K $5,000; 150K $8,000
Max drawdown
25K $1,000; 50K $2,000; 100K $3,000; 150K $4,500 — EOD trailing
50K $1,500; 100K $2,500; 150K $4,000 — EOD trailing
Daily loss limit
None in evaluation
None
Min trading days
3
5 benchmark days before a payout (no minimum to pass)
Funded rules
Funded drawdown
EOD trailing; locks at starting balance + $100
Same EOD trailing amounts; locks at starting balance + $100
Consistency rule
40%
40% in evaluation
Consistency rule (funded)
None
None
News trading (challenge)
Allowed · no rules against or guidelines around trading news eventsfirm-level
Allowed on Challenge and FundedNext Account · no news trading rulesfirm-level
News trading (funded)
Allowed · no rules against or guidelines around trading news eventsfirm-level
Allowed on Challenge and FundedNext Account · no news trading rulesfirm-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
Up to 5 active FundedNext (funded) Accounts per user/household at any time, any sizes and models; Challenge allocation capped at $750,000
Scaling plan
Progressive funded contract scaling, updated EOD
Not recorded
Options & add-ons
Customizable at checkout
Payout policy is chosen at funded activation and cannot later be changed
Not recorded
Payouts
Payout frequency
Permanent post-pass choice: Daily or Flex 5-day
Every 5 benchmark days
First payout
Daily has no day minimum; Flex requires 5 winning days
After 5 benchmark days and $500 cycle profit
Min days to payout
0 Daily / 5 Flex
5 benchmark days
Processing time
Daily eligibilityfirm-level
Not recorded
Trading rules
Hedging
Prohibited
Not recorded
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
Not recorded
Commission / lot
No activation fees · Growth Evaluations, Select Evaluations: No activation feefirm-level
Not recorded
Platforms
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Where they differ
FundedNext Futures leads 3 of 3
Tradeify
Select
FundedNext Futures
Flex
Base price
$265
Winner: $249.99
Price with code
$265
Winner: $125.00
Profit split
90%
Winner: 95%
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- Start Bolt from $79.99 changed to $99.99FundedNext Futures · today
- The terms now prohibit negative risk to reward ratio trading.FundedNext Futures · 2 days ago
- Get funded discount changed from 50% OFF to 40% OFFTradeify · 16 days ago
- Consistency add-on option added to Select Evaluation (40% to optional 50%).Tradeify · 29 days ago
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