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25KQuick Pay Intraday $45/mo (list $100), Quick Pay End of Day $54/mo (list $120), Fast Pass End of Day $59/mo (list $130). $99 reset fee to restart a failed evaluation. All are recurring monthly subscriptions, not one-time challenge fees.+
Evaluation phase
- Profit target
- $1,500 (6% of the $25,000 starting balance) — same figure on all three plan variants.
- Max drawdown
- $1,000 (4% of starting balance) — same figure on all three plan variants.
- Drawdown type
- Quick Pay Intraday = Intraday Trailing Drawdown (marks unrealized/floating P&L in real time). Quick Pay End of Day = End-of-Day Trailing Drawdown (recalculated only off end-of-day balance). Fast Pass End of Day = End-of-Day Trailing only (no intraday Fast Pass variant exists). All three trail upward with account growth until balance reaches the $25,000 starting balance, at which point the floor freezes permanently at $25,000 and stops trailing further.
- Daily loss limit
- None on any variant — TradeDay's own evaluation-objectives article lists only profit target, minimum days, consistency, and max drawdown; no separate daily loss limit exists.
- Consistency rule
- Quick Pay: 30% (no single day's profit may exceed 30% of total profit-to-date). Fast Pass: 45%. Breaching it does not fail the evaluation — the profit target effectively rises until the oversized day is diluted back under the threshold by further trading.
- Minimum trading days
- Quick Pay: 5 trading days minimum. Fast Pass: 3 trading days minimum.
- Max contracts
- 2 standard/mini futures contracts (per TradeDay's own evaluation-rules article, position limits 'are the same' for Quick Pay and Fast Pass). Micros allowed at a 10:1 ratio, capped at 50 micro contracts regardless of tier. Note: several third-party review sites describe Fast Pass starting lower (e.g. 1 contract) and scaling up with profit — this contradicts TradeDay's own article and could not be confirmed on the current site; treat that scaling claim as unverified/possibly outdated.
- Other pass rules
- Exit all positions at least 10 minutes before that product's close (no holding into settlement). Prohibited: >200 trades/day, third-party bots/ATS, spoofing/layering, splitting size across simultaneous same-price orders, exploiting gapped/illiquid fills or sim slippage, hedging long vs. short across a trader's own accounts, multiple sign-ups, VPN/VPS location masking. Only CME-listed futures/micros are tradable — no stocks, options, forex, crypto, or CFDs.
Funded phase
- Account type
- Funded Sim is the default/near-universal outcome of passing (simulated capital). Funded Live (real money, trading TradeDay's live master account) is rare and generally reached only after demonstrated Funded Sim performance, though TradeDay states it may occasionally award Funded Live directly. A trader who loses a Funded Live account is placed back into Funded Sim.
- Activation / monthly fee
- $0 activation fee and $0 monthly subscription while funded (billing pauses) for both Funded Sim and Funded Live. Funded Live additionally pays pass-through costs: CME professional market-data fee of $156/month per exchange, real trading commissions debited from the account, and a $2/month Tradovate card-processing fee. Funded Sim pays no data fee and simulated commissions only.
- Drawdown
- $1,000, unchanged from the evaluation tier.
- Drawdown type
- Per TradeDay's own funded-trader support article, funded accounts that originated from Quick Pay run on Intraday trailing drawdown regardless of which evaluation variant (Intraday or EOD) was actually used; accounts that originated from Fast Pass run on End-of-Day trailing drawdown. The floor trails up with growth and freezes permanently once balance reaches the $25,000 starting balance.
- Daily loss limit
- None. TradeDay states funded trading is governed by essentially two rules: don't breach the trailing max drawdown, and don't trade within 2% of an exchange price limit.
- Consistency / payout rule
- No distinct payout-consistency percentage found in TradeDay's own funded/payout articles (only the 30%/45% evaluation-phase rule is documented). Several third-party guides state no consistency rule applies once funded — plausible but unconfirmed on the official site; treat as medium-confidence/unknown.
- Payout schedule
- On-demand withdrawal requests (dashboard 'Request Withdrawal' button for Funded Sim; email fundedtrader@tradeday.com for Funded Live). Minimum payout $250. Requests submitted before 5:30pm are processed by the next business day (TradeDay's own help articles state this cutoff inconsistently as '5:30pm ET' in one place and '5:30pm CT' in another — the discrepancy could not be resolved from official text). Only one active request at a time; a new request overrides a pending one. Withdrawal fees: US bank wire free, international wire $15, Level-1 crypto $2.50 + gas, Level-2 crypto free.
- Profit split
- Funded Sim: 50/50 on net profit up to $4,000, then 80/20 (trader keeps 80%) on the portion above $4,000, calculated per account. Funded Live: 90/10 in the trader's favor. These figures come directly from TradeDay's own funded-rules and payout-policy articles. Some third-party sites instead describe a lifetime-withdrawal ladder (80% up to $50k, 90% $50k-$100k, 95% over $100k) that conflicts with the official figures above and could not be confirmed on tradeday.com — treat that ladder as unverified.
- Scaling / contract limits
- Contract limits carry over unchanged from the evaluation tier (2 minis for the 25K tier; micros at 10:1, capped at 50). TradeDay's 2026 'TradeDay 2.0' relaunch reportedly removed a formerly-existing scaling plan (per third-party coverage; not independently found restated on the official site — medium confidence).
- Other funded rules
- 'Buffer Zone' = starting balance plus the max-drawdown amount (e.g. $25,000 + $1,000 = $26,000 for this tier); the trailing floor only rises with growth up to the original starting balance, then freezes there for good. Funded traders may not hold within 2% of an exchange price limit (loses the funded account on violation; accidental brief breaches are tolerated, deliberate/repeated abuse is not). Account caps: up to 6 total accounts of any evaluation type at once, up to 3 active Funded Sim accounts (extra passed evaluations queue until a slot frees), up to 5 Funded Live accounts; all accounts must sit on one trading platform; one email/username per trader. 30 days to complete funded onboarding (Riseworks payment/KYC + rules course) after passing, or the offer is withdrawn.
50KQuick Pay Intraday $59/mo (list $131), Quick Pay End of Day $79/mo (list $175), Fast Pass End of Day $85/mo (list $189). $99 reset fee to restart a failed evaluation.+
Evaluation phase
- Profit target
- $3,000 (6% of the $50,000 starting balance) — same across all three plan variants.
- Max drawdown
- $2,000 (4% of starting balance) — same across all three plan variants.
- Drawdown type
- Quick Pay Intraday = Intraday Trailing Drawdown; Quick Pay End of Day = End-of-Day Trailing Drawdown; Fast Pass End of Day = End-of-Day Trailing only. All trail until balance reaches the $50,000 starting balance, then the floor freezes at $50,000 permanently.
- Daily loss limit
- None on any variant.
- Consistency rule
- Quick Pay: 30% max single-day share of total profit. Fast Pass: 45%. Breach raises the effective target rather than failing the evaluation.
- Minimum trading days
- Quick Pay: 5 days minimum. Fast Pass: 3 days minimum.
- Max contracts
- 5 standard/mini futures contracts (same for Quick Pay and Fast Pass per TradeDay's own rules article); micros at 10:1, capped at 50. (See 25K entry for the caveat about third-party Fast-Pass-scaling claims.)
- Other pass rules
- Same conduct rules as all tiers: exit 10 minutes before close, no >200 trades/day, no third-party bots/ATS, no spoofing/layering/order-splitting, no hedging across own accounts, CME futures/micros only.
Funded phase
- Account type
- Funded Sim by default; Funded Live rare/by invitation, same policy as other tiers.
- Activation / monthly fee
- $0 activation, $0 monthly while funded. Funded Live pays $156/mo/exchange data fee + commissions + $2/mo Tradovate fee; Funded Sim pays neither data fee nor real commissions.
- Drawdown
- $2,000, unchanged from evaluation.
- Drawdown type
- Quick-Pay-origin funded accounts run Intraday trailing; Fast-Pass-origin funded accounts run End-of-Day trailing. Freezes at the $50,000 starting balance once reached.
- Daily loss limit
- None.
- Consistency / payout rule
- No official payout-consistency percentage found; third-party sources say none applies post-funding (medium confidence).
- Payout schedule
- On-demand, $250 minimum, processed next business day if requested before the 5:30pm cutoff (timezone stated inconsistently as ET/CT across TradeDay's own articles).
- Profit split
- Funded Sim: 50/50 up to $4,000 net profit, 80/20 above $4,000. Funded Live: 90/10. (See 25K entry for the conflicting third-party lifetime-ladder claim.)
- Scaling / contract limits
- 5 minis carried over from evaluation; micros at 10:1 capped at 50. No confirmed official scaling plan.
- Other funded rules
- Buffer Zone = $50,000 + $2,000 = $52,000; floor freezes at $50,000 once reached. Same 2%-price-limit rule and multi-account caps (6 total / 3 Funded Sim / 5 Funded Live) as all tiers.
100KQuick Pay Intraday $108/mo (list $240), Quick Pay End of Day $129/mo (list $285), Fast Pass End of Day $149/mo (list $330). $99 reset fee.+
Evaluation phase
- Profit target
- $6,000 (6% of the $100,000 starting balance) — same across all three plan variants.
- Max drawdown
- $3,000 (3% of starting balance) — same across all three plan variants.
- Drawdown type
- Quick Pay Intraday = Intraday Trailing; Quick Pay End of Day = End-of-Day Trailing; Fast Pass End of Day = End-of-Day Trailing only. Trails until balance reaches $100,000, then freezes there.
- Daily loss limit
- None on any variant.
- Consistency rule
- Quick Pay 30% / Fast Pass 45% single-day profit cap; breach raises effective target rather than failing.
- Minimum trading days
- Quick Pay 5 days / Fast Pass 3 days minimum.
- Max contracts
- 10 standard/mini futures contracts (same for both programs per official rules article); micros at 10:1 capped at 50.
- Other pass rules
- Same universal conduct rules as all tiers (10-minute pre-close flat, no >200 trades/day, no bots/spoofing/hedging-across-accounts, CME futures/micros only).
Funded phase
- Account type
- Funded Sim default; Funded Live rare/by invitation.
- Activation / monthly fee
- $0 activation, $0 monthly while funded. Funded Live: $156/mo/exchange data + commissions + $2/mo Tradovate fee.
- Drawdown
- $3,000, unchanged from evaluation.
- Drawdown type
- Quick-Pay-origin = Intraday trailing; Fast-Pass-origin = End-of-Day trailing. Freezes at $100,000 once reached.
- Daily loss limit
- None.
- Consistency / payout rule
- No official payout-consistency percentage found; unconfirmed third-party claim it's waived post-funding.
- Payout schedule
- On-demand, $250 minimum, next-business-day processing before the 5:30pm cutoff.
- Profit split
- Funded Sim 50/50 to $4,000 then 80/20; Funded Live 90/10. (Conflicting third-party ladder claim noted in 25K entry.)
- Scaling / contract limits
- 10 minis carried over; micros 10:1 capped at 50. No confirmed official scaling plan.
- Other funded rules
- Buffer Zone = $100,000 + $3,000 = $103,000; floor freezes at $100,000. Same 2%-price-limit rule and account caps (6 total / 3 Funded Sim / 5 Funded Live) as all tiers.
150KQuick Pay Intraday $162/mo (list $360), Quick Pay End of Day $180/mo (list $400), Fast Pass End of Day $225/mo (list $500). $99 reset fee.+
Evaluation phase
- Profit target
- $9,000 (6% of the $150,000 starting balance) — same across all three plan variants.
- Max drawdown
- $4,500 (3% of starting balance) — same across all three plan variants.
- Drawdown type
- Quick Pay Intraday = Intraday Trailing; Quick Pay End of Day = End-of-Day Trailing; Fast Pass End of Day = End-of-Day Trailing only. Trails until balance reaches $150,000, then freezes there.
- Daily loss limit
- None on any variant.
- Consistency rule
- Quick Pay 30% / Fast Pass 45% single-day profit cap; breach raises effective target rather than failing.
- Minimum trading days
- Quick Pay 5 days / Fast Pass 3 days minimum.
- Max contracts
- 15 standard/mini futures contracts (same for both programs per official rules article); micros at 10:1 capped at 50.
- Other pass rules
- Same universal conduct rules as all tiers (10-minute pre-close flat, no >200 trades/day, no bots/spoofing/hedging-across-accounts, CME futures/micros only).
Funded phase
- Account type
- Funded Sim default; Funded Live rare/by invitation.
- Activation / monthly fee
- $0 activation, $0 monthly while funded. Funded Live: $156/mo/exchange data + commissions + $2/mo Tradovate fee.
- Drawdown
- $4,500, unchanged from evaluation.
- Drawdown type
- Quick-Pay-origin = Intraday trailing; Fast-Pass-origin = End-of-Day trailing. Freezes at $150,000 once reached.
- Daily loss limit
- None.
- Consistency / payout rule
- No official payout-consistency percentage found; unconfirmed third-party claim it's waived post-funding.
- Payout schedule
- On-demand, $250 minimum, next-business-day processing before the 5:30pm cutoff.
- Profit split
- Funded Sim 50/50 to $4,000 then 80/20; Funded Live 90/10. (Conflicting third-party ladder claim noted in 25K entry.)
- Scaling / contract limits
- 15 minis carried over; micros 10:1 capped at 50. No confirmed official scaling plan.
- Other funded rules
- Buffer Zone = $150,000 + $4,500 = $154,500; floor freezes at $150,000. Same 2%-price-limit rule and account caps (6 total / 3 Funded Sim / 5 Funded Live) as all tiers.
250K (unconfirmed on current official site)unknown — a third-party aggregator (PropFirmMatch) lists a 'TradeDay 250K Tier' 1-step challenge at $750 (or $600 discounted), but TradeDay's own current homepage and pricing table (fetched 2026-09-05) show only 25K/50K/100K/150K under the Quick Pay / Fast Pass structure. This 250K listing may be stale/pre-'TradeDay 2.0' data. Do not treat as confirmed.+
Evaluation phase
- Other pass rules
- unknown / unconfirmed — see cost field note.
Funded phase
- Other funded rules
- unknown / unconfirmed — see cost field note.
Corrections from our verification pass
Checked claim: $99 reset fee to restart a failed evaluation (stated as one flat figure covering all three 25K plan variants: Quick Pay Intraday, Quick Pay EOD, Fast Pass EOD).
Correction: TradeDay's own reset-fee schedule is NOT a flat $99 for the 25K tier. Per TradeDay's Help Center, the reset fee for a 25K account equals that plan's own monthly subscription price: $45 for Quick Pay Intraday, $54 for Quick Pay End of Day, and $59 for Fast Pass. (A ~$99 figure does show up for other tiers/variants, e.g. third-party trackers cite it for a 50K End-of-Day/Static reset, but not for any 25K variant.) The ruleset should replace the single $99 figure with the plan-matched $45 / $54 / $59 figures for the 25K tier.
Source: TradeDay Help Center, "Do you give free resets?": https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008878-do-you-give-free-resets- (fetched directly 2026-09-05; table confirms $45/$54/$59 at 25K, scaling to $60/$85/$89 at 50K, $110/$135/$140 at 100K, $165/$195/$225 at 150K).
Checked claim: "Funded Sim: 50/50 on net profit up to $4,000, then 80/20 (trader keeps 80%) on the portion above $4,000, calculated per account" presented as the single Funded Sim profit-split rule.
Correction: That 50/50-then-80/20-at-$4,000 tiered structure is specific to Funded Sim accounts that originated from a Quick Pay evaluation (confirmed verbatim in TradeDay's own "Quick Pay Funded Sim Payout Policy" article: 50% below $4,000 profit, 80% above). Funded Sim accounts that originated from Fast Pass instead run a flat 80/20 split with no $4,000 tier at all, per TradeDay's own "Fast Pass Funded Sim Payout Policy" article ("There will be an 80/20 profit split"). The ruleset should split this line into Quick-Pay-originated Funded Sim (50/50 -> 80/20 at $4,000) versus Fast-Pass-originated Funded Sim (flat 80/20), rather than quoting one figure as THE Funded Sim rule.
Source: TradeDay Help Center: "Quick Pay Funded Sim Payout Policy" (https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000335937-quick-pay-funded-sim-payout-policy) and "Fast Pass Funded Sim Payout Policy" (https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000404096-fast-pass-funded-sim-payout-policy), both fetched directly 2026-09-05.
Sources (32)
- https://www.tradeday.com/ (homepage — Quick Pay / Fast Pass pricing table, all tiers)
- https://www.tradeday.com/terms-and-conditions
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions (Help Center home / folder index)
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008847-what-are-the-objectives-and-rules-of-the-quick-pay-and-fast-pass-evaluation-
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008855-what-is-the-maximum-drawdown-rule-
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008848-what-is-the-profit-target-objective-
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008849-what-is-the-consistency-objective-
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008850-what-is-the-trade-for-a-minimum-number-of-days-objective-
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008891-what-are-the-position-limits-guidelines-and-contracts-vs-micros-
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000018874-what-is-the-permitted-trading-times-guideline-
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- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000121031-prohibited-trade-practices
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008889-what-are-the-rules-for-funded-funded-sim-and-funded-live-traders-
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000180686-what-is-a-funded-sim-account-and-what-is-a-funded-live-account-
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008887-what-is-the-process-after-completing-the-evaluation-
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008894-are-there-any-fees-when-i-am-funded-
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000250682-funded-accounts-withdrawals-and-tmds
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000335937-quick-pay-funded-sim-payout-policy
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000262630-how-do-i-request-a-payout-withdrawal-and-how-long-does-it-take-
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/folders/103000102832 (platforms folder)
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008875-if-i-pass-the-evaluation-challenge-am-i-guaranteed-funding-
- https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008876-what-happens-if-i-fail-any-of-the-evaluation-challenge-
- THIRD-PARTY (medium confidence, used only where noted): https://lunefi.com/blog/tradeday-complete-guide-to-rules-and-payouts
- THIRD-PARTY: https://lunefi.com/blog/tradeday-evaluation
- THIRD-PARTY: https://damnpropfirms.com/futures-prop-firms/tradeday/
- THIRD-PARTY: https://www.proptradingvibes.com/blog/tradeday-evaluation-rules
- THIRD-PARTY: https://www.proptradingvibes.com/blog/tradeday-activation-fee
- THIRD-PARTY: https://blog.traderspost.io/article/tradeday-review
- THIRD-PARTY: https://blog.traderspost.io/article/how-to-get-funded-with-tradeday
- THIRD-PARTY: https://blog.traderspost.io/article/tradeday-pricing-evaluation-guide
- THIRD-PARTY (250K tier claim, unconfirmed/likely stale): https://www.propfirmmatch.com/challenges/tradeday-250k-tier-1-step-250k
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