Phase one took four days on their 100k challenge using ES contracts and I kept risk at 0.5 percent per trade. Smooth evaluation, smooth funding, smooth payouts across three cycles with the same account manager replying. Reliable fills on futures contracts even in the first minute of the cash open, which is where I live or die.
Three payouts of between $2k and $7k processed without a single clarifying email on my end.
Three month payout streak intact and the firm added a new 500k tier that I actually qualify for. Reasonable 10 percent profit target on the swing version made the lower drawdown feel like a tradeoff worth taking.
Platform latency during the first minute of the cash open cost me my funded account on a trade that would have been profitable at my broker. Live feed is off from TradingView by one tick at random, which is enough to trigger a stop that should not have been hit.
Reset of the evaluation after a bad day was processed in under three hours with the same account and the same promo code. Three month payout streak intact and the firm added a new 500k tier that I actually qualify for. Hedging between gold and the dollar index on their platform was allowed, which fit my macro-driven approach.
Journal integration syncs trades to a Notion template they publish, which saved me a weekend of plumbing. Add-on balance of 25k was credited the day after I requested it with the scaling fee I expected.
Honest spreads during London open with EURUSD staying under 0.4 pips most of the window. Firm respects their own posted rules which sounds trivial until you have been burned by one that did not.
Hit three months of consecutive payouts and the firm sent a 5 percent bump on my split as promised. Risk desk sent me a short loom video on why my hedge was flagged and how to structure it next time. After two failed attempts elsewhere, their 25k evaluation finally felt winnable without stunt-sized risk.
Soft breach notice arrived in my inbox after a drawdown touch that my own broker and TradingView never registered on their feeds. Fills were missing on my evaluation account for an entire session and the firm said the dropped orders were my local connectivity.
Finally hit a payout cycle where the processing time matched the time quoted in the contract. Challenge discount from a legitimate affiliate was applied cleanly without me having to argue in support chat. Reasonable 10 percent profit target on the swing version made the lower drawdown feel like a tradeoff worth taking.
Risk desk emailed me a chart showing exactly where my trailing drawdown stood, which I have not seen anywhere else. Hedging between gold and the dollar index on their platform was allowed, which fit my macro-driven approach. Payout cycles can be requested every 14 days, which fit my strategy of swing holding through macro events rather than overnight scalping.
Instant funding tier at 10k let me skip the two-phase evaluation and start trading futures the same evening.
Reliable fills on futures contracts even in the first minute of the cash open, which is where I live or die. Spent a week reading the trailing drawdown explanation and once it clicked, risk management actually became simpler. Risk team gave me a 10 minute call to explain why a weekend hold was risky even though technically allowed.
TradingView plug-in syncs orders without the usual two-second delay I had with another firm's bridge. Found a firm where the daily loss limit is calculated on closed equity only, which fits a trend-following swing style perfectly.
Payout invoice generated automatically for my LLC with the right business address pulled from KYC. TradingView plug-in syncs orders without the usual two-second delay I had with another firm's bridge. Reliable execution during Fed days which is honestly the only test that matters for a futures scalper.
After two years with another firm I switched over and the first payout here landed quicker than any of their last six.
News trading rules are written in a single paragraph on their site, not scattered across six FAQ pages like elsewhere. Allowed news trading on majors as long as I was already in the position before the release window. Challenge discount from a legitimate affiliate was applied cleanly without me having to argue in support chat.
Payout queue slowed noticeably in the second week of the month, which suggests they are matching payouts to their cash cycle. KYC took five days instead of the advertised 24 hours because they wanted a utility bill I did not have in my own name.
Reasonable 10 percent profit target on the swing version made the lower drawdown feel like a tradeoff worth taking.
Profit target was hit comfortably with a mean reversion strategy on EURUSD during the New York session.
Risk team gave me a 10 minute call to explain why a weekend hold was risky even though technically allowed.
Found a firm where the daily loss limit is calculated on closed equity only, which fits a trend-following swing style perfectly. Journal export from their portal to CSV meant I could run my own stats without rebuilding anything.
My EA was approved within one business day after I sent the backtest and the strategy description. Pro trader discount of 20 percent on the 200k evaluation was honored after I sent two prior payout statements.
Challenge reset was still charged to my card after I had been told via chat that it would be waived for a verified payment issue. Payout denied on a technicality about not having two trading days with at least one trade each inside the payout window.
Simulated feed on the evaluation account matched my broker's live feed close enough that my setups still worked. Hit three months of consecutive payouts and the firm sent a 5 percent bump on my split as promised. 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. News trading rules are written in a single paragraph on their site, not scattered across six FAQ pages like elsewhere.
After pushing through three failed challenges elsewhere I finally cleared this one on the first try. Phase one was clean, phase two was clean, and the funded account was live before the end of that same week.
Scaling from a 25k account to a 100k allocation after three green months felt earned, not promotional. Phase one took four days on their 100k challenge using ES contracts and I kept risk at 0.5 percent per trade.
Verification call was 12 minutes with a human who actually understood what a prop account is. Scaling to 200k came with a letter from the risk team outlining what to avoid in the next cycle. Reasonable commission schedule on micro NQ at 50 cents per side meant I could actually scalp the 10 point moves profitably.
Spent a week reading the trailing drawdown explanation and once it clicked, risk management actually became simpler.
Lot sizing cap was tied to a percent of balance, not a fixed number, which actually scales with the account. Weekend holds on EURUSD swings were honored every single Friday without a surprise closeout email on Monday.
After reading six prop firm comparisons I picked this one for the swing rules and have not regretted it. Risk desk explained that my breach was a stop placed inside the news window and showed me the server timestamp.
Daily loss was calculated using floating equity down to the tick, including spreads at the exact moment of a news release. Platform latency during the first minute of the cash open cost me my funded account on a trade that would have been profitable at my broker.
Risk desk ignored my three appeals on a weekend hold that was explicitly allowed in the version of the rules I signed up under.
Smooth evaluation, smooth funding, smooth payouts across three cycles with the same account manager replying.
Account mirror feature lets me run my funded trades alongside a personal account one-to-one without a plug-in. Scaling from a 25k account to a 100k allocation after three green months felt earned, not promotional. Journal integration syncs trades to a Notion template they publish, which saved me a weekend of plumbing.
Second attempt finally funded after I slowed down and treated the phase one target as a soft number.
Challenge was passable with a conservative swing approach on indices, not just high-frequency scalping.
Challenge support of 24 hour live chat actually answered a question about trailing drawdown math at 2am before the Tokyo open.
Trailing drawdown stopped at my initial balance plus 10 percent, exactly as the contract described, so I knew where I stood. Added a 50k account on top of my existing 100k with no requirement to pass another evaluation first.
Pro trader discount of 20 percent on the 200k evaluation was honored after I sent two prior payout statements. After five payouts the firm bumped my base split to 85 percent and extended the maximum trading days by 30.
News trading violation was never explained beyond a one-line notice; I was in the position 20 minutes before the release.
Scaling plan triggered automatically after my third payout request, so I did not have to open a ticket. Reinstated an account that was flagged for a late news trade after I sent timestamps and the risk team agreed.
Found a firm that calculates trailing drawdown on closed equity instead of floating equity, which fits my style. Daily loss limit at 4 percent is tight but it kept me from revenge trading after a bad Monday.
Passed the 50k evaluation in six trading days using NQ scalps and the payout landed in my wallet within 48 hours. Trader portal shows pending payouts, cleared payouts, and the exact scaling trigger I need to hit next.
Hedging between gold and the dollar index on their platform was allowed, which fit my macro-driven approach. Challenge support of 24 hour live chat actually answered a question about trailing drawdown math at 2am before the Tokyo open.
Trader portal shows pending payouts, cleared payouts, and the exact scaling trigger I need to hit next.
After two failed attempts elsewhere, their 25k evaluation finally felt winnable without stunt-sized risk. My EA was approved within one business day after I sent the backtest and the strategy description.
Journal export from their portal to CSV meant I could run my own stats without rebuilding anything.
Payout cycles can be requested every 14 days, which fit my strategy of swing holding through macro events rather than overnight scalping.