In July 2026 Tradeify made passing its evaluation easier for scalpers. The catch is that the rule it removed from the evaluation still decides whether you get paid. Then, in August, it added a firm-wide hedging ban. Together the two changes show where the real rulebook of a futures prop firm lives: at the payout desk, not the challenge.
What changed
July 2026: microscalping rule removed from the evaluation. According to El Trader Financiado, Tradeify removed its microscalping rule from the evaluation stage. Previously, to pass, more than 50% of your trades and more than 50% of your profit had to come from positions held longer than 10 seconds. After the change, you can complete the challenge without worrying about how long you hold each trade.
But the rule stays on funded accounts. The same report, and rule guides such as PropDataLab, say the microscalping rule still applies on funded accounts. To request a payout, a trader must meet both tests: more than 50% of trades held longer than 10 seconds, and more than 50% of profit from trades held longer than 10 seconds.
August 2026: hedging banned across accounts. According to PropDataLab and TradeTanto, as of August 2026 Tradeify forbids hedging both within one account and across all Tradeify accounts controlled by the same trader. The ban covers the same instrument and instruments grouped as correlated products, which in practice means you cannot be long NQ in one account and short MNQ, or a correlated index product, in another.
Why it matters for futures traders
For MNQ and NQ scalpers, 10 seconds is not a long time, but it is long enough to matter during a fast open or a data release. Traders who pass by clipping quick ticks may discover that the same style, repeated on the funded account, leaves them ineligible for a payout. The evaluation now tests less of what the payout desk will actually check.
The hedging ban targets a different behavior: running opposite positions in multiple funded accounts so that one account is likely to pass or pay while the other absorbs the loss. For the firm, that strategy converts evaluation fees into near-guaranteed payouts. For traders using copy-trading tools across many accounts, the ban means checking that no two accounts ever hold offsetting or correlated opposite exposure.
Both sides
Tradeify's logic: microscalping and cross-account hedging are the two classic ways to exploit simulated execution and multi-account programs. Fills in a sim environment can be kinder than live fills for ultra-short trades, and cross-account hedging is a bet on the firm's rules rather than on the market. Firms that want to stay solvent have to police both, and Tradeify's trader guidelines and funded trader agreement set out its prohibited practices.
The traders' complaint: removing the rule from the evaluation while keeping it at payout time means more people will buy and pass accounts with a style that cannot get paid. Reviewers covering the change, including El Trader Financiado, stress that the rule still applies on funded accounts, which is exactly where traders get paid. Competitor education pages such as Phidias frame the gap between "what fails your account" and "how to payout" at Tradeify as the key thing to understand.
What traders can do (general, not advice)
- Measure your hold times now. Export your trade log and check what share of trades and profit comes from positions held over 10 seconds.
- Trade the evaluation like the funded account. If your evaluation style would fail the payout test, passing is not the finish line.
- Audit your copier. If you run several Tradeify accounts, make sure no two can be on opposite sides of the same or correlated products.
- Read the agreement, not just the marketing page. Prohibited-practice sections are where payout denials come from.
Key takeaways
- In July 2026 Tradeify removed its 10-second microscalping rule from the evaluation stage.
- The rule still applies at payout on funded accounts: more than 50% of trades and profit must come from trades held over 10 seconds.
- Since August 2026, Tradeify bans hedging within an account and across all of a trader's Tradeify accounts, including correlated products.
- The gap between evaluation and funded rules is where many payout disputes begin.
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FAQ
What is Tradeify's microscalping rule?
On funded accounts, to request a payout more than 50% of your trades and more than 50% of your profit must come from trades held longer than 10 seconds. Since July 2026 it no longer applies to the evaluation stage.
Does Tradeify allow hedging across accounts?
No. As of August 2026, rule guides report that Tradeify forbids hedging within one account and across all Tradeify accounts controlled by the same trader, including correlated products.
Can I still scalp on Tradeify?
You can pass the evaluation with any hold time, but on a funded account, trades under 10 seconds must stay a minority of both trade count and profit for payout eligibility.
Loomi.Ai provides educational market research, not financial advice. Trading futures and options involves substantial risk of loss, and backtested results are historical and do not guarantee future returns.
Sources
- Tradeify removes the micro scalping rule from its evaluation, El Trader Financiado
- Tradeify Rules 2026: Growth, Select & Lightning Accounts, PropDataLab
- Tradeify Rules 2026: Growth, Select & Lightning Accounts, TradeTanto
- Guidelines for Traders, Tradeify Help Center
- Tradeify Funded Trader Agreement, Tradeify
- Tradeify Rules 2026: What Fails Your Account vs How To Payout, Phidias