TradeDay Rules
Every trading rule for TradeDay, per program and stage — drawdown, daily loss, consistency, and what you’re allowed to trade. Pulled from the Proplysis firm database, the same data that powers our breach alerts.
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Restricted Countries
Whether TradeDay restricts residents of certain countries from signing up for a challenge - this is about who the firm will onboard, not where you may trade from or receive payouts.
Restricted countries listedThis firm names countries whose residents it will not onboard.
“Due to the restrictions put on us by our US FCM (our Clearing firm), and broker, we cannot accept traders who are citizens or residents of the countries listed below. Or traders who are visiting these countries for an extended period of time and are predominantly trading from these countries. Please note, this applies if you are a citizen or resident of any country on the list. If you were resident in a permitted country, but a citizen of a prohibited country, you would not be able to open an account with TradeDay. Similarly, if you were a citizen of a permitted country, but a resident of a prohibited country, you would also not be able to open an account with TradeDay. Finally, if you are visiting these countries for an extended period of time and are predominantly trading from these countries, you would also not be able to open an account with TradeDay. We would suggest traders do not trade if they are visiting these countries. Please note this is NOT TradeDay's decision and is beyond our control, so please don't ask us to make exceptions. Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Balkans Barbados Belarus British Virgin Islands Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cayman Islands Central African Republic Cote d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast Crimea Region of Ukraine Croatia Cuba Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“DPRK”) Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecuador Ethiopia Ghana Gibraltar Guam Guyana Haiti Iceland Indonesia Iran Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kosovo Lao PDR Lebanon Liberia Libya Macedonia Magnitsky Mali Malta Mauritius Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Nigeria Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Palestine Philippines Puerto Rico Romania Russia Senegal Serbia Slovenia Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan/Darfur Syria Tanzania Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine* US Virgin Islands Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zimbabwe *We are currently unable to onboard new users from Ukraine, as Riseworks are not supporting new users or businesses from Ukraine. Our existing Ukrainian users that have already onboarded with Riseworks may still use their Riseworks accounts, but may only withdraw in crypto. We are actively working on a solution to allow new users from Ukraine to onboard.”
Source · Verified 10 Sep 2026
Quick Pay Intraday
| Payout Policy | Evaluation | Funded |
|---|---|---|
| Profit split | — | 50% of first $4,000, then 80% |
| Max per request | — | None ✓ |
| Minimum withdrawal | — | $250 per request |
| Cadence | — | on demand — any day, no waiting period |
| Balance must stay above | — | $25,000 (25K) · $50,000 (50K) · $100,000 (100K) · $150,000 (150K) |
| Drawdown floors | — | $1,000 (25K) · $2,000 (50K) · $3,000 (100K) · $4,500 (150K) |
| Method | — | Crypto · crypto · Within 24 hours on business days when requested before the daily cut-off · fee $0 |
| Fee refund | — | no fee refund |
| Notes | — | The first $4,000 of profit is split 50/50. Profit above $4,000 is split 80/20 in your favour, and a payout straddling the line is split across both rates - so the rate returns to 50/50 whenever a payout would leave less than $4,000 in the account. The trailing drawdown keeps trailing through payouts, because it is measured on gross profits: current profit plus everything already withdrawn. At $10,000 gross profit the account is reviewed for a move to Funded Live, and any profit above that threshold is removed. Payouts are processed through Riseworks - US bank wire free, international bank wire $15, L2 crypto free, L1 crypto $2.50 plus gas fees. TradeDay's own articles disagree on the daily cut-off for next-business-day processing: the Quick Pay payout policy says 5:30 pm ET, the withdrawal article says 5:30 pm CT. 5:30 pm ET is the earlier of the two, so treat it as the safe deadline. |
| Trading Rules | Evaluation | Funded |
|---|---|---|
| Drawdown type | Trailing Intraday | Trailing Intraday |
| Consistency rule | No day greater than 30% of your total profits. A day above that does not fail the evaluation; it raises the profit target required to pass (best day / 30% = total profit needed). | No day greater than 30% of your total profits. A day above that does not fail the evaluation; it raises the profit target required to pass (best day / 30% = total profit needed). |
| Min trading days | 5 days | 0 days |
| Min profitable days | 0 days | 0 days |
| CME price-limit band | 2% | 2% |
| Permissions | Evaluation | Funded |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight holding | Yes | Yes |
| News trading | No | No |
| EAs / Algos | No | No |
| Scalping | Yes | Yes |
| Weekend holding | No | No |
| Copy trading | Yes | Yes |
| Additional Rules | Evaluation | Funded |
|---|---|---|
| A big day raises the target instead of failing you | A profitable day above the consistency percentage does not fail the evaluation; it increases the profit target required to pass. | A profitable day above the consistency percentage does not fail the evaluation; it increases the profit target required to pass. |
| Automatic liquidation before the close and around tier 1 data | All open positions are liquidated 10 minutes before the daily market close and 2 minutes before tier 1 economic data releases; markets reopen 2 minutes after the release. | All open positions are liquidated 10 minutes before the daily market close and 2 minutes before tier 1 economic data releases; markets reopen 2 minutes after the release. |
| Accidental breaches of permitted times are not failed | An accidental breach of the permitted trading times is not a fail; ignoring or abusing the policy loses the account. | An accidental breach of the permitted trading times is not a fail; ignoring or abusing the policy loses the account. |
| CME Group products only | Only CME Group futures listed on the CME, CBOT, COMEX and NYMEX exchanges may be traded. | Only CME Group futures listed on the CME, CBOT, COMEX and NYMEX exchanges may be traded. |
| No platform API for traders | TradeDay does not expose a platform API, so automated systems cannot be connected directly. | TradeDay does not expose a platform API, so automated systems cannot be connected directly. |
| Subscription stops the day you are funded | The monthly membership payment is cancelled on the day the trader is funded. | The monthly membership payment is cancelled on the day the trader is funded. |
| Funded Live carries exchange data and card fees | Funded Live traders pay CME professional market data fees of $156 per month per exchange plus a $2 monthly card processing fee. | Funded Live traders pay CME professional market data fees of $156 per month per exchange plus a $2 monthly card processing fee. |
| Tradovate archives an account unused for a month | TradeDay charges no inactivity fee, but Tradovate archives an account that is not logged into for more than one calendar month and it cannot be recovered. | TradeDay charges no inactivity fee, but Tradovate archives an account that is not logged into for more than one calendar month and it cannot be recovered. |
| VPS banned outright, VPN must come off for verification | Virtual private servers are not allowed at all, and a VPN or IP-masking tool must be disabled so trading can be verified from the registered address. Compliance is checked at the Funded Live transition, on payout requests and at $10,000 gross profit; failing the check shuts down the account and suspends platform access. | Virtual private servers are not allowed at all, and a VPN or IP-masking tool must be disabled so trading can be verified from the registered address. Compliance is checked at the Funded Live transition, on payout requests and at $10,000 gross profit; failing the check shuts down the account and suspends platform access. |
| Standing 55% discount code | TradeDay advertises a permanent 55% discount with the code TDNEW on its evaluation plans. The Copilot membership is listed at $24/month with no discounted price shown. | TradeDay advertises a permanent 55% discount with the code TDNEW on its evaluation plans. The Copilot membership is listed at $24/month with no discounted price shown. |
Fast Pass End of Day
| Payout Policy | Evaluation | Funded |
|---|---|---|
| Profit split | — | 80% flat |
| Max per request | — | lowest of: per-size table · 50% of balance · $750 (25K) · $1,500 (50K) · $1,850 (100K) · $2,250 (150K) |
| Minimum withdrawal | — | $250 per request |
| Cadence | — | 5 winning days between payouts · $100 (25K) · $150 (50K) · $200 (100K) · $250 (150K) |
| Payout limit | — | max 5 payouts, then converts to live |
| Winning days | — | 5 winning days · $100 (25K) · $150 (50K) · $200 (100K) · $250 (150K) |
| Consistency rule | — | best day ≤ 45% of total · violation → blocked until compliant |
| Drawdown floors | — | $1,000 (25K) · $2,000 (50K) · $3,000 (100K) · $4,500 (150K) |
| Method | — | Crypto · crypto · Within 24 hours on business days when requested before the daily cut-off · fee $0 |
| Fee refund | — | no fee refund |
| Notes | — | A payout request is capped two ways and the lower one applies: a per-size dollar ceiling - $750 on a 25K, $1,500 on a 50K, $1,850 on a 100K, $2,250 on a 150K - and TradeDay's limit of 50% of the account balance, which protects the account from being drained rather than capping routine payouts. Those dollar ceilings apply to accounts opened on or after 26 July 2026. Accounts opened before that date carry higher ones - $2,000 on a 50K, $2,500 on a 100K, $3,000 on a 150K - and no consistency objective at all. The consistency percentage is measured against gross profits: current profit plus payouts already taken. Payouts are processed through Riseworks - US bank wire free, international bank wire $15, L2 crypto free, L1 crypto $2.50 plus gas fees. TradeDay's own articles disagree on the daily cut-off for next-business-day processing: the Quick Pay payout policy says 5:30 pm ET, the withdrawal article says 5:30 pm CT. 5:30 pm ET is the earlier of the two, so treat it as the safe deadline. |
| Trading Rules | Evaluation | Funded |
|---|---|---|
| Drawdown type | Trailing EOD | Trailing EOD |
| Consistency rule | No day greater than 45% of your total profits during the evaluation. For Funded Sim accounts opened on or after 26 July 2026 the same 45% ceiling applies at payout, measured against gross profits, meaning current profits plus payouts already taken. | No day greater than 45% of your total profits during the evaluation. For Funded Sim accounts opened on or after 26 July 2026 the same 45% ceiling applies at payout, measured against gross profits, meaning current profits plus payouts already taken. |
| Min trading days | 3 days | 0 days |
| Min profitable days | 0 days | 5 days |
| CME price-limit band | 2% | 2% |
| Permissions | Evaluation | Funded |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight holding | Yes | Yes |
| News trading | No | No |
| EAs / Algos | No | No |
| Scalping | Yes | Yes |
| Weekend holding | No | No |
| Copy trading | Yes | Yes |
| Additional Rules | Evaluation | Funded |
|---|---|---|
| A big day raises the target instead of failing you | A profitable day above the consistency percentage does not fail the evaluation; it increases the profit target required to pass. | A profitable day above the consistency percentage does not fail the evaluation; it increases the profit target required to pass. |
| Automatic liquidation before the close and around tier 1 data | All open positions are liquidated 10 minutes before the daily market close and 2 minutes before tier 1 economic data releases; markets reopen 2 minutes after the release. | All open positions are liquidated 10 minutes before the daily market close and 2 minutes before tier 1 economic data releases; markets reopen 2 minutes after the release. |
| Accidental breaches of permitted times are not failed | An accidental breach of the permitted trading times is not a fail; ignoring or abusing the policy loses the account. | An accidental breach of the permitted trading times is not a fail; ignoring or abusing the policy loses the account. |
| CME Group products only | Only CME Group futures listed on the CME, CBOT, COMEX and NYMEX exchanges may be traded. | Only CME Group futures listed on the CME, CBOT, COMEX and NYMEX exchanges may be traded. |
| No platform API for traders | TradeDay does not expose a platform API, so automated systems cannot be connected directly. | TradeDay does not expose a platform API, so automated systems cannot be connected directly. |
| Subscription stops the day you are funded | The monthly membership payment is cancelled on the day the trader is funded. | The monthly membership payment is cancelled on the day the trader is funded. |
| Funded Live carries exchange data and card fees | Funded Live traders pay CME professional market data fees of $156 per month per exchange plus a $2 monthly card processing fee. | Funded Live traders pay CME professional market data fees of $156 per month per exchange plus a $2 monthly card processing fee. |
| Tradovate archives an account unused for a month | TradeDay charges no inactivity fee, but Tradovate archives an account that is not logged into for more than one calendar month and it cannot be recovered. | TradeDay charges no inactivity fee, but Tradovate archives an account that is not logged into for more than one calendar month and it cannot be recovered. |
| VPS banned outright, VPN must come off for verification | Virtual private servers are not allowed at all, and a VPN or IP-masking tool must be disabled so trading can be verified from the registered address. Compliance is checked at the Funded Live transition, on payout requests and at $10,000 gross profit; failing the check shuts down the account and suspends platform access. | Virtual private servers are not allowed at all, and a VPN or IP-masking tool must be disabled so trading can be verified from the registered address. Compliance is checked at the Funded Live transition, on payout requests and at $10,000 gross profit; failing the check shuts down the account and suspends platform access. |
| Standing 55% discount code | TradeDay advertises a permanent 55% discount with the code TDNEW on its evaluation plans. The Copilot membership is listed at $24/month with no discounted price shown. | TradeDay advertises a permanent 55% discount with the code TDNEW on its evaluation plans. The Copilot membership is listed at $24/month with no discounted price shown. |
| Accounts opened before 26 July 2026 use the older terms | Fast Pass accounts opened before 26 July 2026 carry higher per-request caps ($2,000 on a 50K, $2,500 on a 100K, $3,000 on a 150K) and no funded-stage consistency objective. | Fast Pass accounts opened before 26 July 2026 carry higher per-request caps ($2,000 on a 50K, $2,500 on a 100K, $3,000 on a 150K) and no funded-stage consistency objective. |
Quick Pay End of Day
| Payout Policy | Evaluation | Funded |
|---|---|---|
| Profit split | — | 50% of first $4,000, then 80% |
| Max per request | — | None ✓ |
| Minimum withdrawal | — | $250 per request |
| Cadence | — | on demand — any day, no waiting period |
| Balance must stay above | — | $25,000 (25K) · $50,000 (50K) · $100,000 (100K) · $150,000 (150K) |
| Drawdown floors | — | $1,000 (25K) · $2,000 (50K) · $3,000 (100K) · $4,500 (150K) |
| Method | — | Crypto · crypto · Within 24 hours on business days when requested before the daily cut-off · fee $0 |
| Fee refund | — | no fee refund |
| Notes | — | The first $4,000 of profit is split 50/50. Profit above $4,000 is split 80/20 in your favour, and a payout straddling the line is split across both rates - so the rate returns to 50/50 whenever a payout would leave less than $4,000 in the account. The trailing drawdown keeps trailing through payouts, because it is measured on gross profits: current profit plus everything already withdrawn. At $10,000 gross profit the account is reviewed for a move to Funded Live, and any profit above that threshold is removed. Payouts are processed through Riseworks - US bank wire free, international bank wire $15, L2 crypto free, L1 crypto $2.50 plus gas fees. TradeDay's own articles disagree on the daily cut-off for next-business-day processing: the Quick Pay payout policy says 5:30 pm ET, the withdrawal article says 5:30 pm CT. 5:30 pm ET is the earlier of the two, so treat it as the safe deadline. |
| Trading Rules | Evaluation | Funded |
|---|---|---|
| Drawdown type | Trailing EOD | Trailing Intraday |
| Consistency rule | No day greater than 30% of your total profits. A day above that does not fail the evaluation; it raises the profit target required to pass (best day / 30% = total profit needed). | No day greater than 30% of your total profits. A day above that does not fail the evaluation; it raises the profit target required to pass (best day / 30% = total profit needed). |
| Min trading days | 5 days | 0 days |
| Min profitable days | 0 days | 0 days |
| CME price-limit band | 2% | 2% |
| Permissions | Evaluation | Funded |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight holding | Yes | Yes |
| News trading | No | No |
| EAs / Algos | No | No |
| Scalping | Yes | Yes |
| Weekend holding | No | No |
| Copy trading | Yes | Yes |
| Additional Rules | Evaluation | Funded |
|---|---|---|
| A big day raises the target instead of failing you | A profitable day above the consistency percentage does not fail the evaluation; it increases the profit target required to pass. | A profitable day above the consistency percentage does not fail the evaluation; it increases the profit target required to pass. |
| Automatic liquidation before the close and around tier 1 data | All open positions are liquidated 10 minutes before the daily market close and 2 minutes before tier 1 economic data releases; markets reopen 2 minutes after the release. | All open positions are liquidated 10 minutes before the daily market close and 2 minutes before tier 1 economic data releases; markets reopen 2 minutes after the release. |
| Accidental breaches of permitted times are not failed | An accidental breach of the permitted trading times is not a fail; ignoring or abusing the policy loses the account. | An accidental breach of the permitted trading times is not a fail; ignoring or abusing the policy loses the account. |
| CME Group products only | Only CME Group futures listed on the CME, CBOT, COMEX and NYMEX exchanges may be traded. | Only CME Group futures listed on the CME, CBOT, COMEX and NYMEX exchanges may be traded. |
| No platform API for traders | TradeDay does not expose a platform API, so automated systems cannot be connected directly. | TradeDay does not expose a platform API, so automated systems cannot be connected directly. |
| Subscription stops the day you are funded | The monthly membership payment is cancelled on the day the trader is funded. | The monthly membership payment is cancelled on the day the trader is funded. |
| Funded Live carries exchange data and card fees | Funded Live traders pay CME professional market data fees of $156 per month per exchange plus a $2 monthly card processing fee. | Funded Live traders pay CME professional market data fees of $156 per month per exchange plus a $2 monthly card processing fee. |
| Tradovate archives an account unused for a month | TradeDay charges no inactivity fee, but Tradovate archives an account that is not logged into for more than one calendar month and it cannot be recovered. | TradeDay charges no inactivity fee, but Tradovate archives an account that is not logged into for more than one calendar month and it cannot be recovered. |
| VPS banned outright, VPN must come off for verification | Virtual private servers are not allowed at all, and a VPN or IP-masking tool must be disabled so trading can be verified from the registered address. Compliance is checked at the Funded Live transition, on payout requests and at $10,000 gross profit; failing the check shuts down the account and suspends platform access. | Virtual private servers are not allowed at all, and a VPN or IP-masking tool must be disabled so trading can be verified from the registered address. Compliance is checked at the Funded Live transition, on payout requests and at $10,000 gross profit; failing the check shuts down the account and suspends platform access. |
| Standing 55% discount code | TradeDay advertises a permanent 55% discount with the code TDNEW on its evaluation plans. The Copilot membership is listed at $24/month with no discounted price shown. | TradeDay advertises a permanent 55% discount with the code TDNEW on its evaluation plans. The Copilot membership is listed at $24/month with no discounted price shown. |
Exotic & Special Rules
Payout
A Funded Live account opens at $0 with the floor set at minus the trailing max drawdown. The floor trails up dollar for dollar, and clearing the buffer locks a protected slippage buffer that the balance may never drop below.
Source ↗Withdrawals from a Funded Live account are split 90/10 in the trader's favour. A separate article describes the Quick Pay Funded Live split as tiered instead: 50% on the buffer amount and 90% on profits above it.
Source ↗At $10,000 gross profit the account is reviewed for a move to Funded Live and any profit above that threshold is removed from the balance.
Source ↗At $10,000 gross profit the account is reviewed for a move to Funded Live and any profit above that threshold is removed from the balance.
Source ↗On conversion the existing Funded Sim account is closed and a new Funded Live account opens at a $0 starting balance, carrying the end-of-day drawdown of the original evaluation tier. A trader showing consistency may be moved across before the fifth payout, at TradeDay discretion.
Source ↗After submitting a payout request a Fast Pass trader must stop trading until the payout is received, and the next day 1 begins with the following session.
Source ↗Risk
A Funded Live account opens with 1 contract on a 25K, 2 on a 50K, 3 on a 100K and 4 on a 150K; increases are discretionary.
Source ↗Gold (GC), Silver (SI), Copper (HG) and Platinum (PL) are restricted on all account types, and Micro Gold (MGC) and Micro Silver (SIL) are capped at 4 lots across every tier.
Source ↗The trailing max drawdown is measured against gross profits, meaning current profits plus everything already withdrawn, so taking payouts does not stop it trailing.
Source ↗The trailing max drawdown is measured against gross profits, meaning current profits plus everything already withdrawn, so taking payouts does not stop it trailing.
Source ↗A Quick Pay Funded Sim account uses an intraday drawdown even when the evaluation was bought with end-of-day drawdown.
Source ↗On the first payout request the trailing max drawdown jumps to the starting account balance if it has not reached it already, and stays fixed from then on.
Source ↗Conduct
A trader who loses a Funded Live account cannot take a new evaluation for three months.
Source ↗A trader may hold up to 6 accounts at once, of which at most 3 active Funded Sim and 5 Funded Live; no new accounts may be purchased once in Funded Live.
Source ↗A first offence is a reset and formal warning, a second may mean profit deduction, reset or suspension, and a severe violation is immediate suspension.
Source ↗Platform
A trader may copy trades from their own personal account elsewhere into their TradeDay evaluation and funded accounts.
Source ↗Frequently asked
What is TradeDay's drawdown type?
Trailing Intraday
Does TradeDay allow news trading?
No
Does TradeDay allow weekend holding?
No
What is TradeDay's minimum trading days requirement?
0 days
Does TradeDay restrict traders from certain countries?
This firm names countries whose residents it will not onboard. In TradeDay's own words: "Due to the restrictions put on us by our US FCM (our Clearing firm), and broker, we cannot accept traders who are citizens or residents of the countries listed below. Or traders who are visiting these countries for an extended period of time and are predominantly trading from these countries. Please note, this applies if you are a citizen or resident of any country on the list. If you were resident in a permitted country, but a citizen of a prohibited country, you would not be able to open an account with TradeDay. Similarly, if you were a citizen of a permitted country, but a resident of a prohibited country, you would also not be able to open an account with TradeDay. Finally, if you are visiting these countries for an extended period of time and are predominantly trading from these countries, you would also not be able to open an account with TradeDay. We would suggest traders do not trade if they are visiting these countries. Please note this is NOT TradeDay's decision and is beyond our control, so please don't ask us to make exceptions. Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Balkans Barbados Belarus British Virgin Islands Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cayman Islands Central African Republic Cote d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast Crimea Region of Ukraine Croatia Cuba Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“DPRK”) Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecuador Ethiopia Ghana Gibraltar Guam Guyana Haiti Iceland Indonesia Iran Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kosovo Lao PDR Lebanon Liberia Libya Macedonia Magnitsky Mali Malta Mauritius Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Nigeria Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Palestine Philippines Puerto Rico Romania Russia Senegal Serbia Slovenia Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan/Darfur Syria Tanzania Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine* US Virgin Islands Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zimbabwe *We are currently unable to onboard new users from Ukraine, as Riseworks are not supporting new users or businesses from Ukraine. Our existing Ukrainian users that have already onboarded with Riseworks may still use their Riseworks accounts, but may only withdraw in crypto. We are actively working on a solution to allow new users from Ukraine to onboard."
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