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TradeDay rules explained

Checked October 16, 2026 against 23 official and public pages. How we check

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50K price
$131per month
Profit target
$3,000on 50K
Max loss
$2,000depends on plan
Consistency
Eval onlyrule applies to
Profit split
50% under $4K, then 80%to the trader
Payouts
From the first funded day
Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5

Drawdown depends on the plan

This firm sells plans with different drawdown types. The picture shows end-of-day trailing; check the plan table below for each plan's rule.

Account balance Loss limit
Illustration with a $2,000 limit, not this firm's exact numbers.

TradeDay plans compared (50K)

50K accountQuick PayFast Pass
Steps1-step1-step
Price (50K, list)$131 per month$189 per month
Activation fee$0$0
Reset fee$59$95
Profit target$3,000$3,000
Max loss$2,000$2,000
Drawdown typeEvaluation: intraday trailing or EOD trailing (buyer chooses; EOD costs more). Funded Sim: intraday trailing on all Quick Pay accounts, based on gross profit. Trails up to the starting balance, then stopsEOD trailing (evaluation and Funded Sim). On the first payout request the drawdown moves up to the starting balance and stays fixed there
Daily loss limitNoneNone
Consistency rule30% in evaluation (no single day above 30% of total profit; exceeding it raises the target instead of failing). Homepage lists none on Funded45% in evaluation; 45% of gross profit on Funded Sim for accounts opened on or after 2026-07-26
Minimum trading days53
Max contracts / size5 contracts (50 micros)5 contracts (50 micros) in evaluation; funded starts at 2 contracts and scales +1 per $2,000 profit
Profit splitPer account: 50/50 on profit below $4,000, 80/20 above $4,000; 90/10 in Funded Live80/20 in Funded Sim; 90/10 in Funded Live
PayoutsFrom day one of the funded account, whenever the balance is in profit (minimum 1 day)Each request needs net profit plus 5 profitable days (not necessarily consecutive) of at least $150 (50K) since the last request
Payout rulesMin payout request $250. No payout buffer. Requests before 5:30 pm CT are processed within 24h on business days. Funded Sim accounts are reviewed for a move to Live at $10,000 gross profit; profit above $10,000 is removed and forfeited at the threshold. Up to 5 active Funded Sim accounts. Wire fees: international $15, US free; L1 crypto $2.50 + gas.Min request $250. Max per request on 50K: $1,500 for accounts opened on or after 2026-07-26 ($2,000 for older accounts), and never more than 50% of the account balance. No buffer. TradeDay 'may move the trader to funded Live before the 5th payout request'.

Account sizes offered: 25K, 50K, 100K, 150K.

Drawdown

Quick Pay evaluation: choose intraday or end-of-day trailing (end-of-day costs more). Quick Pay funded: intraday trailing for everyone. Fast Pass: end-of-day trailing, fixed at the starting balance after the first payout request.

Consistency

Quick Pay evaluation: no day above 30% of profit; going over raises the target. Fast Pass: 45% in the evaluation and on funded accounts opened from July 26, 2026.

Payouts

Quick Pay: from day one, minimum $250, no buffer; 50/50 below $4,000 of profit, 80/20 above. Profit above $10,000 on a Quick Pay sim account is removed at the live review. Fast Pass: after five profitable days of $150+, capped at $1,500 per request on 50K.

Not allowed

  • Holding into the daily close (auto-liquidation at 3:50 PM CT).
  • Trading through Tier 1 data releases (auto-flattened 2 minutes before).
  • Third-party bots; more than 200 trades a day.

Other rules

News tradingRestricted: positions are auto-liquidated 2 minutes before Tier 1 economic data releases and trading reopens 2 minutes after. Accidental trades are not a fail, but repeated abuse loses the account
Bots and EAsRestricted: algos/bots bought from a third party are forbidden; no platform API access; more than 200 trades a day is prohibited; if multiple users make the same trades, all accounts are shut down
Copy tradingRestricted: a copier from your own personal account elsewhere is allowed. Copying trades between users is banned. Opposite-direction copying across your own accounts counts as banned hedging
Overnight and weekendOvernight within a session is allowed, but all positions must be closed 10 minutes before the daily market close (auto-liquidation at 3:50 pm CT). No holding through the close, so no weekend holding
PlatformsTradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView, Jigsaw, Rithmic (R|Trader Pro), Quantower, ATAS, MotiveWave, Bookmap, Sierra Chart, EdgeProX, Finamark, Volfix, WealthCharts, MultiCharts, Overcharts
InstrumentsCME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX futures only (equity index, FX, metals, bonds, energy, ags); no high-margin or very illiquid products
US tradersAccepted
Restricted countriesHelp-center list of about 80 prohibited countries, including Serbia, Balkans, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine (no new users), Nigeria, Pakistan and Vietnam, plus US territories Guam, Puerto Rico and USVI. https://tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000123294-prohibited-countries
Payout methodsRiseworks: bank wire, Riseworks: crypto
Path to a live accountQuick Pay: each Funded Sim account is reviewed for Funded Live at $10,000 gross profit (transfer can take up to 10 business days); TradeDay may occasionally move traders straight to Live. Fast Pass: may move to Live before the 5th payout request. Up to 5 Funded Live accounts at a 90/10 split. Live traders pay CME pro data fees of $156/month per exchange plus commissions.
CompanyTradeDay LLC, 2nd Floor, 412 S. Wells, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA (states it is not registered with the SEC or CFTC)
Founded2020

Rule and price changes in 2026

WhenWhat changed
2026-08Rithmic platforms added source
2026-07-26Fast Pass Funded Sim: 50K payout cap cut from $2,000 to $1,500 and 45% funded consistency rule added for accounts opened on or after this date source
2026-05-29TradeDay 2.0: Quick Pay replaces the old evaluation (day-one payouts, milestones removed); new Fast Pass program; defined route to Funded Live (up to 5 Live accounts, 90% split); old programs no longer sold source

Sources

Checked October 16, 2026. We link the firm's own pages wherever we can. If something changed, tell us.

  1. tradeday.com/ — pricing (list/discounted, per month), targets, drawdowns, contracts, consistency, resets, funded terms, promo TDNEW
  2. tradeday.com/about — entity, HQ, founding year, founders, milestones, platforms
  3. tradeday.com/blog-posts/tradeday-2-0---the-next-evolution-of-prop-trading — TradeDay 2.0 changes
  4. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008847-what-are-the-objectives-and-rules-of-the-quick-pay-and-fast-pass-evaluation- — evaluation objectives
  5. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008850-what-is-the-trade-for-a-minimum-number-of-days-objective- — min trading days 5 / 3
  6. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008849-what-is-the-consistency-objective- — consistency rule mechanics
  7. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008855-what-is-the-maximum-drawdown-rule- — drawdown mechanics
  8. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008889-what-are-the-rules-for-funded-funded-sim-and-funded-live-traders- — funded drawdown types
  9. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000335937-quick-pay-funded-sim-payout-policy — Quick Pay split tiers, min payout, fees
  10. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000404096-fast-pass-funded-sim-payout-policy — Fast Pass payout rules and caps
  11. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000353468-quick-pay-funded-sim-path-to-live-trading — path to live
  12. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008902-how-does-monthly-billing-work- — monthly billing
  13. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008894-are-there-any-fees-when-i-am-funded- — no activation fee, live data fees
  14. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000018874-what-is-the-permitted-trading-times-guideline- — close-out times, overnight
  15. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000081072-can-i-trade-news-or-data-releases- — news rule
  16. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000085101-automated-algo-and-bot-trading — bots
  17. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000121031-prohibited-trade-practices — prohibited practices, 200 trades/day
  18. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000354796-multiple-accounts — account limits, copy trading
  19. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000123294-prohibited-countries — restricted countries
  20. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008898-what-are-the-payment-methods-for-my-trading-profits- — payout methods
  21. tradeday.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000008813-which-trading-platforms-does-tradeday-use- — platforms
  22. tradeday.com/affiliate-program — affiliate tiers
  23. trustpilot.com/review/tradeday.com — Trustpilot score and count

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