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Anil VarshneyVerified
Oct 16, 2026
Daily drawdown reset at midnight
Trailing drawdown stopped at my initial balance plus 10 percent, exactly as the contract described, so I knew where I stood.
Trailing drawdown stopped at my initial balance plus 10 percent, exactly as the contract described, so I knew where I stood.
Challenge was reasonable at the 50k tier but the reset fee of $89 after a near miss felt steep for a one-percent overshoot.
Scaling to 200k came with a letter from the risk team outlining what to avoid in the next cycle.
Phase two targets were inflated by a hidden consistency check that calculates on daily P&L rather than cumulative P&L.
Second attempt finally funded after I slowed down and treated the phase one target as a soft number.
Allowed overnight gold holds through CPI week provided I kept size below the news-trading cap, which was clear. 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.
Spreads doubled at every scheduled release, turning what should have been a 2 pip trade into a 5 pip trade with no recourse. Account was breached by a stale quote on a weekend gap that the risk team acknowledged was abnormal but refused to reverse.
Instant funding tier at 10k let me skip the two-phase evaluation and start trading futures the same evening. Found a firm where the daily loss limit is calculated on closed equity only, which fits a trend-following swing style perfectly.
Payout number four arrived two hours after I requested it, and the 90 percent split showed clearly on the statement. Daily loss limit at 4 percent is tight but it kept me from revenge trading after a bad Monday.
Scaled across three accounts of 50k, 100k, and 200k simultaneously with a single consolidated payout statement each month.
Portal supports two-factor auth but the backup codes system is clunky and I locked myself out for a day during a payout. Instant funding tier at 10k feels thin once you realize the trailing drawdown is 4 percent and the profit target is 8 percent. Weekend holds are allowed on the swing version but blocked on the standard account with no obvious way to upgrade mid-cycle.
Account was disabled during an active payout request and the only notice I got was a cryptic email about risk review.
Lot sizing cap was tied to a percent of balance, not a fixed number, which actually scales with the account.
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. Dashboard flagged my daily loss at 65 percent of the limit, which is a feature not a lecture.
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. Hedging between gold and the dollar index on their platform was allowed, which fit my macro-driven approach. Reasonable minimum trading days of three let me take payouts on actual market weeks instead of forcing filler trades.
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. Risk team gave me a 10 minute call to explain why a weekend hold was risky even though technically allowed. Finally a prop firm where the risk team explains what you did wrong instead of just closing the account.
Minimum trading days moved up from three to five after I had already structured my strategy around the posted number. Soft breach notice arrived in my inbox after a drawdown touch that my own broker and TradingView never registered on their feeds.
Portal shows pending payouts clearly but gives no estimated delivery window, so you refresh the page a lot.
Trader portal shows pending payouts, cleared payouts, and the exact scaling trigger I need to hit next. Verification call was 12 minutes with a human who actually understood what a prop account is. After blowing one challenge on an EA I did not fully test, their 30 percent reset discount got me funded on attempt two.
Low commissions on NQ at $1.80 round-trip meant my scalping edge survived onto the funded account. Reasonable commission schedule on micro NQ at 50 cents per side meant I could actually scalp the 10 point moves profitably. Add-on balance of 25k was credited the day after I requested it with the scaling fee I expected.
Running a copy trading mirror between my personal and funded accounts was approved after a short compliance call. Payout structure of 80 percent base and 90 percent after six requests actually incentivizes staying with them.
Found a firm where the daily loss limit is calculated on closed equity only, which fits a trend-following swing style perfectly. Second attempt finally funded after I slowed down and treated the phase one target as a soft number. Objective targets on both phases, no mystery metrics, no sudden consistency checks after I had already passed.
Dashboard showed me at 2 percent daily loss when the risk team said I was at 4.9 percent, and they went with their number. 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.
Weekly consistency reports from the risk team actually helped me tighten my position sizing on NQ. Instant funding tier at 10k let me skip the two-phase evaluation and start trading futures the same evening.
Risk team was openly hostile over a gold trade on the day of a central bank meeting, even though gold news was not on their calendar. Suspended for a copy trading disclosure after I truthfully answered a question about whether I run a signal service on the side.
Reasonable firm for day trading NQ but the overnight margin on ES futures is punitive compared to my broker.
Daily loss was calculated using floating equity down to the tick, including spreads at the exact moment of a news release. After requesting a payout of just over $5000 they sent an additional KYC request for a notarized document that cost me $85 to obtain. Phase one is practically unreachable with their spreads on majors, which are 1.3 pips at the London open versus the 0.6 their marketing shows.
Reinstated an account that was flagged for a late news trade after I sent timestamps and the risk team agreed. Payout denominated in USDC meant I did not lose four days to a wire bouncing through a correspondent bank.
After blowing one challenge on an EA I did not fully test, their 30 percent reset discount got me funded on attempt two. Add-on balance of 25k was credited the day after I requested it with the scaling fee I expected.
After two years with another firm I switched over and the first payout here landed quicker than any of their last six.
Risk desk closed my account over a swap charge on a Thursday swing position that pushed drawdown by $12 for 20 seconds overnight.
Risk desk explained that my breach was a stop placed inside the news window and showed me the server timestamp.
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. Weekend hold rule was enforced retroactively on a Friday EURUSD position that I had held open since Tuesday without warning.
A reasonable instant funding option at the 25k tier, except the profit target is 10 percent instead of the standard 8 percent on evaluation accounts. Mediocre fills during CPI week where my NQ orders paid an extra three ticks of slippage versus my broker.
Smooth evaluation, smooth funding, smooth payouts across three cycles with the same account manager replying. Risk desk emailed me a chart showing exactly where my trailing drawdown stood, which I have not seen anywhere else.
Scaled from 50k to 200k over four payout cycles and the scaling criteria were spelled out before I started.
After five payouts the firm bumped my base split to 85 percent and extended the maximum trading days by 30. Fast challenge turnaround with phase two unlocked within an hour of hitting the phase one target.
Payout denied on a technicality about not having two trading days with at least one trade each inside the payout window. Challenge was priced attractively at a holiday sale but the reset fee is permanent at $179, so a single bad day cost more than the entry.
After reading six prop firm comparisons I picked this one for the swing rules and have not regretted it.
Challenge discount from a legitimate affiliate was applied cleanly without me having to argue in support chat. After blowing one challenge on an EA I did not fully test, their 30 percent reset discount got me funded on attempt two.
Scaled to a 400k allocation after six months, and the fee rebate for consistent payouts was quietly applied.
Payout cleared in two days, which is fine, but the dashboard still showed it as pending for 36 hours after the funds arrived. Challenge was reasonable until I realized the 10 percent target in phase two includes commissions, not just gross P&L.
Verification call was 12 minutes with a human who actually understood what a prop account is. Three payouts of between $2k and $7k processed without a single clarifying email on my end. Dashboard shows every tick of my drawdown live, which killed the anxiety of logging in each morning.
My phase one target of eight percent took nine trading days and I never came within half of the daily loss limit.
Instant funding tier at 10k feels thin once you realize the trailing drawdown is 4 percent and the profit target is 8 percent.
Payout structure of 80 percent base and 90 percent after six requests actually incentivizes staying with them. Finally hit a payout cycle where the processing time matched the time quoted in the contract.
Rules clear enough but the execution lagged during a volatile ECB week where my orders filled a full pip off TradingView.