Three month payout streak intact and the firm added a new 500k tier that I actually qualify for. Rules documentation is a 14-page PDF, not a vibe, and every edge case I asked about was already in there. Scaled across three accounts of 50k, 100k, and 200k simultaneously with a single consolidated payout statement each month.
Fine firm, nothing special, and after three months I probably could not tell you one thing it does better than competitors.
After pushing through three failed challenges elsewhere I finally cleared this one on the first try.
Challenge support of 24 hour live chat actually answered a question about trailing drawdown math at 2am before the Tokyo open.
My phase one target of eight percent took nine trading days and I never came within half of the daily loss limit.
Reinstated an account that was flagged for a late news trade after I sent timestamps and the risk team agreed. Pro trader discount of 20 percent on the 200k evaluation was honored after I sent two prior payout statements. Trader portal shows pending payouts, cleared payouts, and the exact scaling trigger I need to hit next.
Weekly payouts land every Thursday and I have not had to chase a single one for status updates. 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. Allowed hedging between correlated futures contracts after a short call explaining what my mean reversion book looks like.
Hit three months of consecutive payouts and the firm sent a 5 percent bump on my split as promised.
Profit target was hit comfortably with a mean reversion strategy on EURUSD during the New York session. TradingView plug-in syncs orders without the usual two-second delay I had with another firm's bridge.
After reading six prop firm comparisons I picked this one for the swing rules and have not regretted it. Spent a week reading the trailing drawdown explanation and once it clicked, risk management actually became simpler.
Found a firm that calculates trailing drawdown on closed equity instead of floating equity, which fits my style. Hedging between gold and the dollar index on their platform was allowed, which fit my macro-driven approach.
Scaled across three accounts of 50k, 100k, and 200k simultaneously with a single consolidated payout statement each month.
Payout was cut by 25 percent without explanation beyond a vague reference to a consistency metric that is not disclosed to traders.
Reasonable minimum trading days of three let me take payouts on actual market weeks instead of forcing filler trades. Three month payout streak intact and the firm added a new 500k tier that I actually qualify for.
Phase one took four days on their 100k challenge using ES contracts and I kept risk at 0.5 percent per trade. Reasonable 10 percent profit target on the swing version made the lower drawdown feel like a tradeoff worth taking.
Reliable fills on futures contracts even in the first minute of the cash open, which is where I live or die. Smooth evaluation, smooth funding, smooth payouts across three cycles with the same account manager replying.
Simulated feed on the evaluation account matched my broker's live feed close enough that my setups still worked.
Second attempt finally funded after I slowed down and treated the phase one target as a soft number. Honest about leverage limits of 1:30 on majors on the funded, which is actually sensible for the drawdown they offer.
Journal export from their portal to CSV meant I could run my own stats without rebuilding anything.
Portal is actually usable on mobile, which matters when a daily loss alert pings during lunch.
Allowed hedging between correlated futures contracts after a short call explaining what my mean reversion book looks like. Second phase blew by in three sessions once I accepted their lot sizing rule as a sanity check.
After blowing one challenge on an EA I did not fully test, their 30 percent reset discount got me funded on attempt two.
Journal integration syncs trades to a Notion template they publish, which saved me a weekend of plumbing. Scaled across three accounts of 50k, 100k, and 200k simultaneously with a single consolidated payout statement each month. My phase one target of eight percent took nine trading days and I never came within half of the daily loss limit.
Dashboard shows every tick of my drawdown live, which killed the anxiety of logging in each morning.
Spent a week reading the trailing drawdown explanation and once it clicked, risk management actually became simpler. Objective targets on both phases, no mystery metrics, no sudden consistency checks after I had already passed.
Payout cleared in two days, which is fine, but the dashboard still showed it as pending for 36 hours after the funds arrived.
Challenge discount from a legitimate affiliate was applied cleanly without me having to argue in support chat.
Weekly consistency reports from the risk team actually helped me tighten my position sizing on NQ. Passed the 50k evaluation in six trading days using NQ scalps and the payout landed in my wallet within 48 hours.
Firm respects their own posted rules which sounds trivial until you have been burned by one that did not. Portal is actually usable on mobile, which matters when a daily loss alert pings during lunch.
Risk team let me reinstate after a FOMC breach because the simulator had misquoted the lockout window by 90 seconds. Fast challenge turnaround with phase two unlocked within an hour of hitting the phase one target.
Daily loss was calculated using floating equity down to the tick, including spreads at the exact moment of a news release. Slippage ate my profit target on NQ during a CPI release when their simulator showed a fill at 15 and the actual fill was at 23.
My EA was approved within one business day after I sent the backtest and the strategy description.
Smooth evaluation, smooth funding, smooth payouts across three cycles with the same account manager replying.
Trader portal shows pending payouts, cleared payouts, and the exact scaling trigger I need to hit next.
Allowed overnight gold holds through CPI week provided I kept size below the news-trading cap, which was clear. Weekly consistency reports from the risk team actually helped me tighten my position sizing on NQ. Scaling to 200k came with a letter from the risk team outlining what to avoid in the next cycle.
Dashboard flagged my daily loss at 65 percent of the limit, which is a feature not a lecture. Finally a prop firm where the risk team explains what you did wrong instead of just closing the account.
Reliable execution during Fed days which is honestly the only test that matters for a futures scalper. Honest spreads during London open with EURUSD staying under 0.4 pips most of the window.
Payout structure of 80 percent base and 90 percent after six requests actually incentivizes staying with them. My EA was approved within one business day after I sent the backtest and the strategy description.
After two years with another firm I switched over and the first payout here landed quicker than any of their last six.
Scaling from a 25k account to a 100k allocation after three green months felt earned, not promotional. Daily loss limit at 4 percent is tight but it kept me from revenge trading after a bad Monday.
Trailing drawdown stopped at my initial balance plus 10 percent, exactly as the contract described, so I knew where I stood. Dashboard flagged my daily loss at 65 percent of the limit, which is a feature not a lecture.
Rules documentation is a 14-page PDF, not a vibe, and every edge case I asked about was already in there.
Phase one went smoothly on NQ scalps, but phase two targets felt tuned to force a few extra trading days of commissions. Portal shows pending payouts clearly but gives no estimated delivery window, so you refresh the page a lot.
Scaled to a 400k allocation after six months, and the fee rebate for consistent payouts was quietly applied.
Objective targets on both phases, no mystery metrics, no sudden consistency checks after I had already passed.
Phase one was clean, phase two was clean, and the funded account was live before the end of that same week.
Risk team gave me a 10 minute call to explain why a weekend hold was risky even though technically allowed.
Scaling trigger at 10 percent profit plus two payouts was clearly posted on the dashboard the day I signed up.
Passed the 50k evaluation in six trading days using NQ scalps and the payout landed in my wallet within 48 hours.