Flexible CFD and futures funding models
Reasonable commission schedule on micro NQ at 50 cents per side meant I could actually scalp the 10 point moves profitably. Objective targets on both phases, no mystery metrics, no sudden consistency checks after I had already passed. Spent a week reading the trailing drawdown explanation and once it clicked, risk management actually became simpler.
Scaling to 200k came with a letter from the risk team outlining what to avoid in the next cycle. Hit three months of consecutive payouts and the firm sent a 5 percent bump on my split as promised.
Payout invoice generated automatically for my LLC with the right business address pulled from KYC. Reasonable 10 percent profit target on the swing version made the lower drawdown feel like a tradeoff worth taking.
Portal has decent trade statistics but misses commission costs, so you have to export to CSV to see your real net.
Allowed overnight gold holds through CPI week provided I kept size below the news-trading cap, which was clear. Pro trader discount of 20 percent on the 200k evaluation was honored after I sent two prior payout statements. Trailing drawdown stopped at my initial balance plus 10 percent, exactly as the contract described, so I knew where I stood.
Daily drawdown resets at exactly 5pm NY time and does not sneak forward on daylight savings weekends.
Instant funding tier at 10k let me skip the two-phase evaluation and start trading futures the same evening. Reinstated an account that was flagged for a late news trade after I sent timestamps and the risk team agreed.
Payout number four arrived two hours after I requested it, and the 90 percent split showed clearly on the statement.
Scaled across three accounts of 50k, 100k, and 200k simultaneously with a single consolidated payout statement each month.
Firm respects their own posted rules which sounds trivial until you have been burned by one that did not. Reset of the evaluation after a bad day was processed in under three hours with the same account and the same promo code.
Phase one was clean, phase two was clean, and the funded account was live before the end of that same week.
Reset refund never arrived after I canceled within the 7-day window; three support tickets later it is still unresolved. Dashboard goes down for maintenance during random overnight sessions, usually right when the Tokyo open volatility picks up.
Payout denominated in USDC meant I did not lose four days to a wire bouncing through a correspondent bank. Challenge was passable with a conservative swing approach on indices, not just high-frequency scalping.
Weekly payouts land every Thursday and I have not had to chase a single one for status updates. Journal export from their portal to CSV meant I could run my own stats without rebuilding anything.
Journal integration syncs trades to a Notion template they publish, which saved me a weekend of plumbing.
Scaling from a 25k account to a 100k allocation after three green months felt earned, not promotional.
Payout cycles can be requested every 14 days, which fit my strategy of swing holding through macro events rather than overnight scalping.
Honest execution on the proprietary platform with time and sales matching what my charts showed.
Three month payout streak intact and the firm added a new 500k tier that I actually qualify for. Reliable fills on futures contracts even in the first minute of the cash open, which is where I live or die.
Simulated feed on the evaluation account matched my broker's live feed close enough that my setups still worked.
Trader portal shows pending payouts, cleared payouts, and the exact scaling trigger I need to hit next.
Low commissions on NQ at $1.80 round-trip meant my scalping edge survived onto the funded account.
Running a copy trading mirror between my personal and funded accounts was approved after a short compliance call. Scaled from 50k to 200k over four payout cycles and the scaling criteria were spelled out before I started.
Found a firm where the daily loss limit is calculated on closed equity only, which fits a trend-following swing style perfectly. Weekend holds on EURUSD swings were honored every single Friday without a surprise closeout email on Monday.
Found a firm that calculates trailing drawdown on closed equity instead of floating equity, which fits my style.
Weekly consistency reports from the risk team actually helped me tighten my position sizing on NQ.
Objective targets on both phases, no mystery metrics, no sudden consistency checks after I had already passed.
Reasonable 10 percent profit target on the swing version made the lower drawdown feel like a tradeoff worth taking. Risk team gave me a 10 minute call to explain why a weekend hold was risky even though technically allowed.
Pro trader discount of 20 percent on the 200k evaluation was honored after I sent two prior payout statements. After reading six prop firm comparisons I picked this one for the swing rules and have not regretted it. Phase one was clean, phase two was clean, and the funded account was live before the end of that same week.
Reinstated an account that was flagged for a late news trade after I sent timestamps and the risk team agreed.
A workable platform with one odd quirk: pending orders are not displayed on the trailing drawdown preview. Consistency rule bit me when a single news day did 42 percent of my total profit and reduced my first payout accordingly.
After two years with another firm I switched over and the first payout here landed quicker than any of their last six. KYC turnaround was under four hours on a weekday morning, which beat two competitors I had used before.
Challenge was passable with a conservative swing approach on indices, not just high-frequency scalping. Scaled to a 400k allocation after six months, and the fee rebate for consistent payouts was quietly applied.
Risk desk explained that my breach was a stop placed inside the news window and showed me the server timestamp. Added a 50k account on top of my existing 100k with no requirement to pass another evaluation first.
Finally a prop firm where the risk team explains what you did wrong instead of just closing the account. Honest spreads during London open with EURUSD staying under 0.4 pips most of the window.
Reliable fills on futures contracts even in the first minute of the cash open, which is where I live or die. Dashboard shows every tick of my drawdown live, which killed the anxiety of logging in each morning. Honest execution on the proprietary platform with time and sales matching what my charts showed.
Smooth evaluation, smooth funding, smooth payouts across three cycles with the same account manager replying.
Scaled from 50k to 200k over four payout cycles and the scaling criteria were spelled out before I started. Trailing drawdown stopped at my initial balance plus 10 percent, exactly as the contract described, so I knew where I stood.
After five payouts the firm bumped my base split to 85 percent and extended the maximum trading days by 30. My phase one target of eight percent took nine trading days and I never came within half of the daily loss limit. Payout number four arrived two hours after I requested it, and the 90 percent split showed clearly on the statement.
Finally hit a payout cycle where the processing time matched the time quoted in the contract.
After reading six prop firm comparisons I picked this one for the swing rules and have not regretted it. Allowed hedging between correlated futures contracts after a short call explaining what my mean reversion book looks like.
Challenge discount from a legitimate affiliate was applied cleanly without me having to argue in support chat.
Scaled to a 400k allocation after six months, and the fee rebate for consistent payouts was quietly applied. Payout structure of 80 percent base and 90 percent after six requests actually incentivizes staying with them.
Honest spreads during London open with EURUSD staying under 0.4 pips most of the window. Payout invoice generated automatically for my LLC with the right business address pulled from KYC.
Verification call was 12 minutes with a human who actually understood what a prop account is. Allowed EA use after a short review of my backtest, with a clear list of which parameters they cared about. Journal export from their portal to CSV meant I could run my own stats without rebuilding anything.
My phase one target of eight percent took nine trading days and I never came within half of the daily loss limit. Second attempt finally funded after I slowed down and treated the phase one target as a soft number.
Allowed hedging between correlated futures contracts after a short call explaining what my mean reversion book looks like.
Payout structure of 80 percent base and 90 percent after six requests actually incentivizes staying with them. Allowed overnight gold holds through CPI week provided I kept size below the news-trading cap, which was clear. Risk desk emailed me a chart showing exactly where my trailing drawdown stood, which I have not seen anywhere else.
Allowed EA use after a short review of my backtest, with a clear list of which parameters they cared about.
After two failed attempts elsewhere, their 25k evaluation finally felt winnable without stunt-sized risk.