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Base price: $369

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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 only
Account 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 $3,000; 150K $4,500 — EOD trailing
Funded EOD trailing — 25K $1,000; 50K $2,000; 100K $4,000; 150K $6,000
Daily loss limit
None in evaluation
25K $500; 50K $1,000; 100K $2,000; 150K $3,000; breach pauses trading until next session
Min trading days
3
None

Funded rules

Funded drawdown
EOD trailing; locks at starting balance + $100
EOD trailing; locks at starting balance + $100 after drawdown + $100 profit or first payout
Consistency rule
40%
25% on Elite Sim Funded accounts · no single trading day's profit can be more than 25% of total profitsfirm-level
Consistency rule (funded)
None
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
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
On demand after the 5% target and 15% consistency requirement
First payout
Daily has no day minimum; Flex requires 5 winning days
5% target plus 15% consistency; no minimum trading days; $250 minimum request
Min days to payout
0 Daily / 5 Flex
No minimum
Processing time
Daily eligibilityfirm-level
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 recorded
Not allowed
Overnight holding
Not recorded
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

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Winner: $369
$799
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$369
Winner: $319.60

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