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Samantha StevensVerified
Oct 15, 2026
Trailing drawdown finally made sense
Portal is actually usable on mobile, which matters when a daily loss alert pings during lunch.
Portal is actually usable on mobile, which matters when a daily loss alert pings during lunch.
Reliable fills on futures contracts even in the first minute of the cash open, which is where I live or die.
Scaled across three accounts of 50k, 100k, and 200k simultaneously with a single consolidated payout statement each month. Challenge discount from a legitimate affiliate was applied cleanly without me having to argue in support chat.
Hit three months of consecutive payouts and the firm sent a 5 percent bump on my split as promised. Firm respects their own posted rules which sounds trivial until you have been burned by one that did not. Weekly consistency reports from the risk team actually helped me tighten my position sizing on NQ.
My phase one target of eight percent took nine trading days and I never came within half of the daily loss limit.
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.
Allowed news trading on majors as long as I was already in the position before the release window.
Pro trader discount of 20 percent on the 200k evaluation was honored after I sent two prior payout statements.
Scaling to 200k came with a letter from the risk team outlining what to avoid in the next cycle. Trailing drawdown stopped at my initial balance plus 10 percent, exactly as the contract described, so I knew where I stood.
Account mirror feature lets me run my funded trades alongside a personal account one-to-one without a plug-in. Challenge pricing at $179 for the 50k felt fair when I compared it against three competitors I had already failed.
Rules are reasonable and the risk team is responsive, but the firm itself is small enough that you worry about payouts in a bad month. Mediocre futures routing meant my NQ fills were a tick worse than my personal account during Fed days, which added up.
Lot sizing cap was tied to a percent of balance, not a fixed number, which actually scales with the account.
Consistency rule capped my best day at 35 percent of total profit and honestly it kept me from blowing up twice.
Phase two targets were inflated by a hidden consistency check that calculates on daily P&L rather than cumulative P&L. Account was breached by a stale quote on a weekend gap that the risk team acknowledged was abnormal but refused to reverse. After passing the challenge in six days they held my funded account for a 14 day review period that was not disclosed up front.
Low commissions on NQ at $1.80 round-trip meant my scalping edge survived onto the funded account.
Risk team gave me a 10 minute call to explain why a weekend hold was risky even though technically allowed. Allowed EA use after a short review of my backtest, with a clear list of which parameters they cared about.
Challenge pricing at $179 for the 50k felt fair when I compared it against three competitors I had already failed. Payout cycles can be requested every 14 days, which fit my strategy of swing holding through macro events rather than overnight scalping. Challenge was passable with a conservative swing approach on indices, not just high-frequency scalping.
After two years with another firm I switched over and the first payout here landed quicker than any of their last six. Consistency rule capped my best day at 35 percent of total profit and honestly it kept me from blowing up twice.
Allowed overnight gold holds through CPI week provided I kept size below the news-trading cap, which was clear. Honest spreads during London open with EURUSD staying under 0.4 pips most of the window.
Risk desk emailed me a chart showing exactly where my trailing drawdown stood, which I have not seen anywhere else. Lot sizing cap was tied to a percent of balance, not a fixed number, which actually scales with the account. Dashboard flagged my daily loss at 65 percent of the limit, which is a feature not a lecture.
Challenge discount from a legitimate affiliate was applied cleanly without me having to argue in support chat.
Journal integration syncs trades to a Notion template they publish, which saved me a weekend of plumbing. After five payouts the firm bumped my base split to 85 percent and extended the maximum trading days by 30.
Journal export from their portal to CSV meant I could run my own stats without rebuilding anything.
Phase one took four days on their 100k challenge using ES contracts and I kept risk at 0.5 percent per trade. Account mirror feature lets me run my funded trades alongside a personal account one-to-one without a plug-in. Second phase blew by in three sessions once I accepted their lot sizing rule as a sanity check.
Payout processor rejected my bank with no explanation and they offered no alternative beyond trying the same bank again next cycle.
Added a 50k account on top of my existing 100k with no requirement to pass another evaluation first.
Challenge support of 24 hour live chat actually answered a question about trailing drawdown math at 2am before the Tokyo open. News trading rules are written in a single paragraph on their site, not scattered across six FAQ pages like elsewhere.
Finally a prop firm where the risk team explains what you did wrong instead of just closing the account. Pro trader discount of 20 percent on the 200k evaluation was honored after I sent two prior payout statements.
Payout number four arrived two hours after I requested it, and the 90 percent split showed clearly on the statement. KYC turnaround was under four hours on a weekday morning, which beat two competitors I had used before.
Fast challenge turnaround with phase two unlocked within an hour of hitting the phase one target.
Verification call was 12 minutes with a human who actually understood what a prop account is.
Honest execution on the proprietary platform with time and sales matching what my charts showed. Hedging between gold and the dollar index on their platform was allowed, which fit my macro-driven approach.
Second phase blew by in three sessions once I accepted their lot sizing rule as a sanity check. Risk desk sent me a short loom video on why my hedge was flagged and how to structure it next time. After reading six prop firm comparisons I picked this one for the swing rules and have not regretted it.
Honest about leverage limits of 1:30 on majors on the funded, which is actually sensible for the drawdown they offer. Three month payout streak intact and the firm added a new 500k tier that I actually qualify for. Scaling plan triggered automatically after my third payout request, so I did not have to open a ticket.
Reasonable 10 percent profit target on the swing version made the lower drawdown feel like a tradeoff worth taking.
Reasonable commission schedule on micro NQ at 50 cents per side meant I could actually scalp the 10 point moves profitably. My phase one target of eight percent took nine trading days and I never came within half of the daily loss limit.
TradingView plug-in syncs orders without the usual two-second delay I had with another firm's bridge.
Scaled from 50k to 200k over four payout cycles and the scaling criteria were spelled out before I started. Hit three months of consecutive payouts and the firm sent a 5 percent bump on my split as promised. Added a 50k account on top of my existing 100k with no requirement to pass another evaluation first.
Phase one was clean, phase two was clean, and the funded account was live before the end of that same week. After reading six prop firm comparisons I picked this one for the swing rules and have not regretted it.
Rules documentation is a 14-page PDF, not a vibe, and every edge case I asked about was already in there.
Payout structure of 80 percent base and 90 percent after six requests actually incentivizes staying with them. Reasonable minimum trading days of three let me take payouts on actual market weeks instead of forcing filler trades.
Trader portal shows pending payouts, cleared payouts, and the exact scaling trigger I need to hit next.
Risk team let me reinstate after a FOMC breach because the simulator had misquoted the lockout window by 90 seconds.
Clear escalation path on their support page meant my rule breach appeal reached a senior reviewer the same day. Portal is actually usable on mobile, which matters when a daily loss alert pings during lunch.
After blowing one challenge on an EA I did not fully test, their 30 percent reset discount got me funded on attempt two. Weekend holds on EURUSD swings were honored every single Friday without a surprise closeout email on Monday.
Second attempt finally funded after I slowed down and treated the phase one target as a soft number. Dashboard shows every tick of my drawdown live, which killed the anxiety of logging in each morning. Scaling to 200k came with a letter from the risk team outlining what to avoid in the next cycle.
Reasonable minimum trading days of three let me take payouts on actual market weeks instead of forcing filler trades. Clear escalation path on their support page meant my rule breach appeal reached a senior reviewer the same day.
After reading six prop firm comparisons I picked this one for the swing rules and have not regretted it. Weekly consistency reports from the risk team actually helped me tighten my position sizing on NQ. Payout invoice generated automatically for my LLC with the right business address pulled from KYC.
Weekly payouts land every Thursday and I have not had to chase a single one for status updates. Risk team let me reinstate after a FOMC breach because the simulator had misquoted the lockout window by 90 seconds.