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Ava Baker
Oct 16, 2026
Rules documentation is thorough
Verification call was 12 minutes with a human who actually understood what a prop account is.
Flexible funded accounts with high scaling
Verification call was 12 minutes with a human who actually understood what a prop account is.
Allowed overnight gold holds through CPI week provided I kept size below the news-trading cap, which was clear. My phase one target of eight percent took nine trading days and I never came within half of the daily loss limit.
Allowed news trading on majors as long as I was already in the position before the release window.
Scaling from a 25k account to a 100k allocation after three green months felt earned, not promotional. Second phase blew by in three sessions once I accepted their lot sizing rule as a sanity check.
Finally found a firm where the swing account allows overnight holds on indices without a stealth closeout. Scaled across three accounts of 50k, 100k, and 200k simultaneously with a single consolidated payout statement each month.
Objective targets on both phases, no mystery metrics, no sudden consistency checks after I had already passed.
After pushing through three failed challenges elsewhere I finally cleared this one on the first try. Verification call was 12 minutes with a human who actually understood what a prop account is. Instant funding tier at 10k let me skip the two-phase evaluation and start trading futures the same evening.
Scaled from 50k to 200k over four payout cycles and the scaling criteria were spelled out before I started.
Added a 50k account on top of my existing 100k with no requirement to pass another evaluation first. Three payouts of between $2k and $7k processed without a single clarifying email on my end.
Allowed EA use after a short review of my backtest, with a clear list of which parameters they cared about. Payout number four arrived two hours after I requested it, and the 90 percent split showed clearly on the statement. Honest about leverage limits of 1:30 on majors on the funded, which is actually sensible for the drawdown they offer.
Scaled across three accounts of 50k, 100k, and 200k simultaneously with a single consolidated payout statement each month. Weekly consistency reports from the risk team actually helped me tighten my position sizing on NQ.
Add-on balance of 25k was credited the day after I requested it with the scaling fee I expected.
Simulated feed on the evaluation account matched my broker's live feed close enough that my setups still worked. Challenge support of 24 hour live chat actually answered a question about trailing drawdown math at 2am before the Tokyo open. Lot sizing cap was tied to a percent of balance, not a fixed number, which actually scales with the account.
Daily loss limit at 4 percent is tight but it kept me from revenge trading after a bad Monday. Dashboard flagged my daily loss at 65 percent of the limit, which is a feature not a lecture.
Spreads differ noticeably from the simulator version used during the evaluation; my scalping edge did not survive onto the funded. Platform froze at FOMC for seven minutes and my stop never triggered, which pushed me past the daily loss limit by a hair.
Second phase blew by in three sessions once I accepted their lot sizing rule as a sanity check. Found a firm that calculates trailing drawdown on closed equity instead of floating equity, which fits my style.
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.
Scaling to 200k came with a letter from the risk team outlining what to avoid in the next cycle.
My EA was approved within one business day after I sent the backtest and the strategy description.
Payout denominated in USDC meant I did not lose four days to a wire bouncing through a correspondent bank. Daily drawdown resets at exactly 5pm NY time and does not sneak forward on daylight savings weekends.
Scaling targets are moving goalposts in the sense that the next tier requirements change based on your current size, not posted up front. Reasonable firm overall but their marketing suggests a much better experience than you actually get at the funded account stage.
Found a firm where the daily loss limit is calculated on closed equity only, which fits a trend-following swing style perfectly.
Rules documentation is a 14-page PDF, not a vibe, and every edge case I asked about was already in there. Add-on balance of 25k was credited the day after I requested it with the scaling fee I expected.
Finally a prop firm where the risk team explains what you did wrong instead of just closing the account. After pushing through three failed challenges elsewhere I finally cleared this one on the first try.
Risk team gave me a 10 minute call to explain why a weekend hold was risky even though technically allowed.
My phase one target of eight percent took nine trading days and I never came within half of the daily loss limit.
Daily drawdown resets at exactly 5pm NY time and does not sneak forward on daylight savings weekends. After reading six prop firm comparisons I picked this one for the swing rules and have not regretted it.
Profit target was hit comfortably with a mean reversion strategy on EURUSD during the New York session.
Payout cycles can be requested every 14 days, which fit my strategy of swing holding through macro events rather than overnight scalping. Reset of the evaluation after a bad day was processed in under three hours with the same account and the same promo code. Risk team gave me a 10 minute call to explain why a weekend hold was risky even though technically allowed.
Reasonable minimum trading days of three let me take payouts on actual market weeks instead of forcing filler trades. Second attempt finally funded after I slowed down and treated the phase one target as a soft number.
Reasonable 10 percent profit target on the swing version made the lower drawdown feel like a tradeoff worth taking.
Journal export from their portal to CSV meant I could run my own stats without rebuilding anything. Finally hit a payout cycle where the processing time matched the time quoted in the contract.
After five payouts the firm bumped my base split to 85 percent and extended the maximum trading days by 30.
Dashboard shows every tick of my drawdown live, which killed the anxiety of logging in each morning.
Rules are buried in footnotes and a separate operations manual you can only find linked inside the funded account dashboard.
Firm respects their own posted rules which sounds trivial until you have been burned by one that did not. Trader portal shows pending payouts, cleared payouts, and the exact scaling trigger I need to hit next.
News trading rules are written in a single paragraph on their site, not scattered across six FAQ pages like elsewhere.
Trader portal shows pending payouts, cleared payouts, and the exact scaling trigger I need to hit next.
Fast challenge turnaround with phase two unlocked within an hour of hitting the phase one target.
Fills were missing on my evaluation account for an entire session and the firm said the dropped orders were my local connectivity.
Hedging between gold and the dollar index on their platform was allowed, which fit my macro-driven approach.
Scaled to a 400k allocation after six months, and the fee rebate for consistent payouts was quietly applied. Scaled from 50k to 200k over four payout cycles and the scaling criteria were spelled out before I started. Trader portal shows pending payouts, cleared payouts, and the exact scaling trigger I need to hit next.
Payout invoice generated automatically for my LLC with the right business address pulled from KYC. Allowed news trading on majors as long as I was already in the position before the release window.
Passed the 50k evaluation in six trading days using NQ scalps and the payout landed in my wallet within 48 hours. Spent a week reading the trailing drawdown explanation and once it clicked, risk management actually became simpler.
Weekly payouts land every Thursday and I have not had to chase a single one for status updates. Reasonable commission schedule on micro NQ at 50 cents per side meant I could actually scalp the 10 point moves profitably. Risk desk emailed me a chart showing exactly where my trailing drawdown stood, which I have not seen anywhere else.
TradingView plug-in syncs orders without the usual two-second delay I had with another firm's bridge. Three month payout streak intact and the firm added a new 500k tier that I actually qualify for.
Found a firm that calculates trailing drawdown on closed equity instead of floating equity, which fits my style. Smooth evaluation, smooth funding, smooth payouts across three cycles with the same account manager replying.
Consistency rule capped my best day at 35 percent of total profit and honestly it kept me from blowing up twice. Honest about leverage limits of 1:30 on majors on the funded, which is actually sensible for the drawdown they offer. Weekly consistency reports from the risk team actually helped me tighten my position sizing on NQ.
Reliable fills on futures contracts even in the first minute of the cash open, which is where I live or die. Hit three months of consecutive payouts and the firm sent a 5 percent bump on my split as promised.
Scaling plan triggered automatically after my third payout request, so I did not have to open a ticket.