Buyer-first futures comparison · checked October 13, 2026
Lucid Trading vs Tradeify Buyer’s Scorecard
Lucid Trading and Tradeify sell almost the same shape of product: one-time-fee futures evaluations with no activation fee, a 90/10 split in the funded stage, a daily-payout plan, a five-winning-day plan, an instant-funding option and a path to live capital. The differences sit in the details: how the funded drawdown moves, how much each payout can be, which platforms you can use, what happens on news days and how the live account is paid.
| Decision point | Lucid Trading | Tradeify |
|---|---|---|
| Plan lineup | LucidPro, LucidFlex and LucidDaily evaluations, plus LucidDirect (straight to funded). 25K–150K on every plan. | Growth and Select evaluations, plus Lightning Funded (instant). 25K–150K, plus a limited-release Select 300K. |
| Cheapest 50K entry | $75.60 (LucidDaily, intraday evaluation, DLL on, VAULT code); $108 list | $101.50 (Growth, GEMS code; the site rounds it to $102); $145 list |
| Activation / renewal | $0 activation; one-time fee; no monthly billing | $0 activation; one-time fee; no monthly billing |
| Evaluation target, 50K | $3,000 on every evaluation plan ($1,250 at 25K) | $3,000 on Growth and Select ($1,500 at 25K) |
| Fastest pass | 1 day (LucidPro); 2 days on LucidFlex and LucidDaily | 1 day (Growth); 3 days on Select, or 2 with the 50% add-on |
| Funded drawdown | End of day on Pro, Flex and Direct; intraday on LucidDaily | End of day on every plan, enforced in real time |
| Daily-payout plan, 50K | LucidDaily: request everything above a $52,100 buffer, $500 minimum, no per-request cap; red-folder news is a hard breach | Select Daily: up to 2× profit since the last payout, capped at $1,250 per request, $250 minimum, $1,000 daily loss limit; news allowed |
| Five-day plan cap, 50K | LucidFlex: 50% of profit, up to $2,000 per payout | Select Flex: 50% of profit, up to $2,500 per payout (accounts bought after September 1, 2026) |
| Instant funding, 50K | LucidDirect $515 list, $2,000 drawdown, 20% consistency | Lightning $492 list, $2,000 drawdown, 20% → 25% → 30% consistency |
| Sim profit split | 90/10 on every plan | 90/10 on every plan |
| Live path | Review pool after payout 5 (Flex, Pro, Direct) or the LucidDaily maximum daily profit; live Bonus is 90/10 | Considered after 3 payouts on one account or 10 in total; Elite Live pays 80/20 plus reward pools |
| Best fit | Traders who want the lowest coded entry price, 2 minis on a 25K account, Rithmic platforms such as Bookmap, Jigsaw, ATAS or MotiveWave, and a 30-day inactivity window. | Traders who want end-of-day drawdown on every funded plan including daily payouts, news trading on every plan, crypto checkout, WealthCharts, and higher Select Flex caps. |
Advanced checks before paying
- Check the funded drawdown, not the evaluation one. LucidDaily switches to an intraday trail once funded; every Tradeify funded account stays end of day.
- Add the reset price and round-trip commissions to the evaluation price. Promo codes at both firms are time-limited; Tradeify’s current code shows an October 15 end date.
- Check the buffer, the minimum request, the per-payout cap and, for Tradeify Select, the purchase date: caps changed for accounts bought after September 1, 2026.
- Confirm your country, your platform’s data route and the inactivity rule (one trade a week at Tradeify, one $1 net result every 30 days at Lucid).
Figures are tied to the products named in each row and were read from each firm’s public pages and help centre on October 13, 2026. Coupon prices are calculated from published list prices and codes, not verified by purchase. Recheck checkout before paying.
Short answer:Lucid Trading vs Tradeify is one of the closest matchups in futures prop trading. Both firms sell one-time-fee evaluations with no activation fee, both pay 90/10 in the funded stage, and both run a daily-payout plan (LucidDaily and Select Daily), a five-winning-day plan (LucidFlex and Select Flex) and an instant-funding account (LucidDirect and Lightning Funded). Lucid is cheaper at most sizes once each firm’s own code is applied, gives a 25K account 2 minis instead of 1, supports more Rithmic platforms and only deletes idle accounts after 30 days. Tradeify keeps an end-of-day drawdown on every funded account, allows news trading on every plan, takes crypto at checkout, pays larger Select Flex payouts and has no limit on how many sim payouts you take, but its Select Daily caps each request at $600–$2,500 and its Elite Live accounts pay 80/20. Neither firm is better for everyone; match the plan to how you trade.
This page compares Lucid Trading and Tradeify plan by plan. People search it both ways, as Tradeify vs Lucid and Lucid vs Tradeify; the answer is the same. Every number below comes from each firm’s own website and help centre, read on October 13, 2026, and each section links to its source. Where a firm’s own pages disagree, we say so.
Checked October 13, 2026: lucidtrading.com, support.lucidtrading.com, tradeify.co and help.tradeify.co. Prices with codes are calculated from the published list price and the firm’s own published code; they were not verified by purchase.
Both firms run simulated evaluation and funded accounts. Payouts from the funded stage are paid from simulated profits under each firm’s rules, and only a small share of traders reach live capital. This is educational research, not financial advice.
Lucid Trading vs Tradeify at a glance
| Factor | Lucid Trading | Tradeify |
|---|---|---|
| Public plans | LucidPro, LucidFlex, LucidDaily (evaluations) and LucidDirect (straight to funded) | Growth and Select (evaluations; Select splits into Select Flex or Select Daily after you pass) and Lightning Funded (instant) |
| Account sizes | 25K, 50K, 100K, 150K on every plan | 25K, 50K, 100K, 150K; Select also has a limited-release 300K |
| Fee model | One-time fee, no subscription, $0 activation | One-time fee, no subscription, $0 activation |
| Sim profit split | 90/10 | 90/10 |
| Live profit split | Not stated in the live article we read; the cashout and Live Bonus are 90/10 | 80/20 on Elite Live |
| Fastest payout cadence | Daily (LucidDaily) | Daily (Select Daily) |
| Funded drawdown | End of day on Pro, Flex and Direct; intraday on LucidDaily | End of day on every plan |
| Straight to funded | Yes, LucidDirect | Yes, Lightning Funded |
| Data routes and platforms | CQG: NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView. Rithmic: Quantower, Tradesea, MotiveWave, Sierra Chart, Jigsaw, Bookmap, ATAS, R|Trader Pro, MultiCharts | Tradovate: Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView. Rithmic: Tradesea, Quantower, Sierra Chart, R|Trader. WealthCharts |
| News trading | Allowed on Pro, Flex and Direct; a hard breach on LucidDaily | Allowed on every plan |
| Checkout payment | Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, Diners Club, Maestro | Card, or crypto through Confirmo (crypto purchases are non-refundable) |
| Payout delivery | Plaid (US), WorkMarket by ADP (bank or PayPal), crypto for international traders | Rise (bank transfer, crypto or local currency) and Plane |
| Inactivity rule | Deleted after 30 calendar days without a $1 net profit or loss | At least one trade per week (Monday–Friday); accounts are deleted after an email warning |
| Funded accounts at once | 5 per household (10 evaluation and funded combined) | 5 per household (V2 Select 300K accounts sit on top, up to 8) |
| Trustpilot (read October 13, 2026) | 4.4 from 6,869 reviews | 4.4 from 5,199 reviews |
Plan lineups and how they pair up
The two lineups mirror each other closely, which makes this one of the few prop-firm comparisons where every plan has a direct counterpart. This is how they pair up.
| If you are looking at… | Lucid plan | Tradeify plan | Main difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily payouts, 90/10 | LucidDaily | Select Daily | LucidDaily lets you withdraw everything above the buffer, but its funded drawdown is intraday and red-folder news is a breach. Select Daily keeps an EOD drawdown and allows news, but caps each request at 2× profit since the last payout, up to $600 / $1,250 / $1,750 / $2,500. |
| Payout every five winning days, 50% of profit | LucidFlex | Select Flex | Same idea. Select Flex caps are higher above 25K ($2,500 vs $2,000 at 50K) and its minimum request is $250 instead of $500. LucidFlex passes in 2 days; Select needs 3 (2 with the 50% add-on). |
| One-day pass | LucidPro | Growth | Both have no evaluation consistency rule. In the funded stage LucidPro uses a 40% rule and a buffer; Growth uses 35%, five profit days and a minimum balance, with smaller first-payout caps. |
| Skip the evaluation | LucidDirect | Lightning Funded | Almost identical payout caps and first profit goals. Lightning is cheaper from 50K up, has more drawdown at 100K and 150K and no minimum days; LucidDirect is cheaper at 25K and keeps a flat 20% consistency rule. |
| Large single account | None above 150K | Select 300K (limited release) | Tradeify’s 300K is KYC-before-purchase, no resets and capped at 3 per person. |
Lucid also has legacy products (LucidBlack and older Live and LucidMaxx structures) and an invite-only LucidMaxx plan. Tradeify has legacy accounts bought before September 12, 2025 and a Legacy Live program for accounts bought before December 3, 2025. Neither firm’s legacy terms are part of this comparison. For every Lucid plan side by side, see our Lucid Trading accounts compared guide; for Tradeify’s, see the Tradeify rules page.
Prices at 25K, 50K, 100K and 150K
Both firms publish list prices and then advertise their own discount codes. Lucid’s homepage reads “FOR THE BEST DEAL USE CODE: VAULT”, which takes 30% off all four plans, plus a limited-time $5 or $10 discount when you keep the daily loss limit on for LucidPro and LucidFlex. Tradeify’s banner reads “GET 30% OFF WITH CODE ‘GEMS’”, ending October 15, 11:59 PM EST, and its plan cards show the coded price. Tradeify also gives 5% off a bundle of five identical Growth or Select 25K/50K evaluations bought in one checkout. BestProps has no codes of its own; our Lucid Trading deals page tracks Lucid’s current offers.
| Lucid plan | 25K | 50K | 100K | 150K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LucidFlex list | $79 | $136 | $258 | $372 |
| LucidFlex with VAULT, DLL on | $50.30 | $90.20 | $170.60 | $250.40 |
| LucidFlex with VAULT, DLL off | $65.30 | $105.20 | $215.60 | $295.40 |
| LucidPro list | $108 | $172 | $272 | $365 |
| LucidPro with VAULT, DLL on | $70.60 | $115.40 | $180.40 | $245.50 |
| LucidPro with VAULT, DLL off | $90.60 | $140.40 | $225.40 | $300.50 |
| LucidDaily list (EOD / intraday evaluation) | $93 / $79 | $136 / $108 | $222 / $179 | $315 / $258 |
| LucidDaily with VAULT, DLL on (EOD / intraday) | $65.10 / $55.30 | $95.20 / $75.60 | $155.40 / $125.30 | $220.50 / $180.60 |
| LucidDirect list (straight to funded) | $329 | $515 | $700 | $836 |
| LucidDirect with VAULT | $230.30 | $360.50 | $490.00 | $585.20 |
| Tradeify plan | 25K | 50K | 100K | 150K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth evaluation list | $99 | $145 | $255 | $369 |
| Growth with GEMS (30%) | $69.30 | $101.50 | $178.50 | $258.30 |
| Select evaluation list (40% consistency) | $109 | $165 | $265 | $369 |
| Select with GEMS (30%) | $76.30 | $115.50 | $185.50 | $258.30 |
| Select with 50% consistency add-on, list | $135 | $205 | $329 | $459 |
| Select with 50% add-on and GEMS | $94.50 | $143.50 | $230.30 | $321.30 |
| Lightning Funded list (instant) | $345 | $492 | $660 | $796 |
| Lightning Funded with GEMS (30%) | $241.50 | $344.40 | $462.00 | $557.20 |
Resets and other costs
- Lucid resets are bought from the dashboard and restore the evaluation. List reset prices: LucidPro $75 / $120 / $190 / $255, LucidFlex $55 / $95 / $180 / $260, LucidDaily EOD $65 / $95 / $155 / $220 and intraday $55 / $75 / $125 / $180 (25K / 50K / 100K / 150K). The VAULT code does not reduce resets; the DLL-on discount does, so the 50K LucidPro card shows a $115 reset. LucidDirect has no reset, and a breached evaluation is deleted after 30 days unless you reset it.
- Tradeify resets: Growth $60 / $95 / $169 / $229, Select $75 / $109 / $169 / $239, Select with the 50% add-on $90 / $135 / $209 / $299. Each Select evaluation can be reset up to 10 times in 30 days. Lightning Funded, the Select 300K and every sim funded account cannot be reset; you buy a new one. Whether the GEMS code applies to resets is not stated.
- Daily loss limit choice: at Lucid, turning the daily loss limit off costs $10 to $60 more depending on plan and size, and the choice is permanent for that account. Tradeify does not sell that option; each plan has a fixed rule (no limit on Select evaluations and Select Flex, a soft limit on Growth, Lightning 50K–150K and Select Daily).
- Market data: both firms include Level 1 CME data for non-professional traders. At Tradeify you must sign the non-professional agreement on your first Tradovate login or you may be charged a $300 professional data fee; Lucid’s setup guide says a professional trader pays $112 per exchange per month, so sign as non-professional there too.
- Refunds: Lucid has a “strict no refund policy for accounts that have been traded” and may consider an untraded account at its discretion. Tradeify says all sales are final, traded or not, and crypto purchases are non-refundable.
Profit targets, minimum days and time to get funded
Targets match from 50K up: $3,000 at 50K, $6,000 at 100K and $9,000 at 150K. At 25K Lucid asks for $1,250 and Tradeify for $1,500. The real difference is how many days the evaluation consistency rule forces you to trade.
| Plan (50K) | Target | Max loss limit | Minimum days | Evaluation consistency | Evaluation daily loss limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LucidPro | $3,000 | $2,000 EOD | 1 | None | $1,200 if you keep it on |
| LucidFlex | $3,000 | $2,000 EOD | 2 in practice (50% rule with a small cushion) | 50% | $1,200 if you keep it on |
| LucidDaily | $3,000 | $2,000 EOD or intraday (your choice) | 2 in practice | 50% | $1,200 if you keep it on |
| LucidDirect | No evaluation | $2,000 EOD (funded) | Trade from purchase; 5 days before a payout | 20% in the funded stage | $1,200 (funded) |
| Tradeify Growth | $3,000 | $2,000 EOD | 1 | None | $1,250 (soft) |
| Tradeify Select | $3,000 | $2,000 EOD | 3 (2 with the 50% add-on) | 40% (50% with the add-on) | None |
| Tradeify Lightning | No evaluation | $2,000 EOD (funded) | None before a payout | 20% for payout 1 in the funded stage | $1,250 (funded) |
Max loss limits at the other sizes: Lucid evaluations use $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500 on every plan. Tradeify Select uses the same, while Growth uses $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $5,000, so Growth gives $500 more room at 100K and the same extra at 150K.
Upgrade timing. Lucid says its evaluations upgrade to funded in real time, 5–30 minutes after you hit the target, and there is no time limit to pass. Tradeify says you can activate the funded account from the dashboard once all conditions are met; its FAQ adds that you may need to wait for the dashboard update between 5 PM and 8 PM EST, and there is no time limit either. Tradeify caps Growth activations at 5 funded accounts per day.
Contract size during the evaluation. Lucid allows 2 / 4 / 6 / 10 minis (or ten times as many micros). Tradeify allows 1 / 4 / 8 / 12. A 25K Lucid account therefore trades twice the size of a 25K Tradeify account, while Tradeify’s 100K and 150K accounts allow more contracts than Lucid’s.
Drawdown rules: EOD, intraday and when they lock
Both firms trail the maximum loss limit from the highest balance until you build a small cushion, then lock it $100 above the starting balance. The differences are which funded accounts trail intraday and how big the loss limit is on the instant accounts.
| Plan | Evaluation drawdown | Funded drawdown | Funded loss limit (25K / 50K / 100K / 150K) | Where it locks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LucidPro / LucidFlex | EOD | EOD | $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500 | Start + $100 once the balance closes above $26,100 / $52,100 / $103,100 / $154,600. On Flex it also locks there as soon as you request a payout. |
| LucidDaily | EOD or intraday | Intraday | $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500 | Start + $100 after the same trail balances |
| LucidDirect | No evaluation | EOD | $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $5,000 | Start + $100 after $26,100 / $52,100 / $103,600 / $155,100 |
| Tradeify Growth | EOD | EOD | $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $5,000 | Start + $100 once the EOD balance exceeds the drawdown by $100 (e.g. $52,100 on 50K) |
| Tradeify Select Flex | EOD | EOD | $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500 | Start + $100 after $26,100 / $52,100 / $103,100 / $154,600, or immediately when you request a payout |
| Tradeify Select Daily | EOD | EOD | $1,000 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,500 | Start + $100 after $26,100 / $52,100 / $102,600 / $153,600 |
| Tradeify Lightning | No evaluation | EOD | $1,000 / $2,000 / $4,000 / $5,250 | Start + $100 once the EOD balance exceeds the drawdown by $100 |
EOD does not mean you can ignore intraday losses. Tradeify states plainly that its end-of-day drawdown only moves at the close but is enforced in real time against your net liquidation value, so touching it intraday fails the account. Lucid’s EOD accounts work the same way.
Intraday versus EOD in practice. An intraday trail moves with open profit. If a 50K LucidDaily funded trade runs $1,200 in your favour and you give it all back, the floor has already risen $1,200 and your remaining room is $800, not $2,000. On Tradeify Select Daily the same round trip leaves the floor where it was, because it only moves on closing balances. If you trade a daily-payout plan and let winners run, that is the single biggest difference between these two firms. Our EOD drawdown prop firm list compares more firms on this.
Smaller funded drawdown on Select Daily. At 100K and 150K, Tradeify’s Select Daily funded account has a smaller loss limit ($2,500 and $3,500) than the evaluation you passed ($3,000 and $4,500). LucidDaily keeps the evaluation-size loss limit in the funded stage.
Daily loss limits
- Lucid: every daily loss limit is a soft breach that stops trading until the next session. On LucidPro, LucidFlex and LucidDaily you choose at checkout whether to have one ($600 / $1,200 / $1,800 / $2,700; LucidPro’s help article lists none at 25K, while the 25K homepage card shows $600). On LucidPro and LucidDirect, once the funded balance closes above the trail balance the fixed limit is replaced by the LucidScale limit: 60% of your highest end-of-day profit, which never decreases. LucidDirect 25K has no daily limit.
- Tradeify: also a soft breach that pauses trading until 6:00 PM ET. Growth: $600 / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,750. Lightning: none / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,000. Select Daily funded: $500 / $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750. Select evaluations and Select Flex have none. On Growth and Lightning the limit rises to the drawdown amount from the next session once the account is 6% in profit (for example $2,000 on 50K).
- Both firms warn that the daily limit is not a stop loss: slippage can carry you past it, and if the drawdown floor is closer than the daily limit you fail the account first.
Consistency rules and minimum trading days
Both firms use the same formula: your largest single-day profit divided by total profit must be at or under the plan’s percentage. Missing it never fails the account at either firm; you keep trading until the ratio is back in line.
| Plan | Evaluation | Funded (per payout cycle) | Other payout-day rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| LucidPro | None | 40% (35% for accounts bought or reset before November 28, 2025, 3 PM EST) | Minimum profit goal $250 / $500 / $750 / $1,000 per cycle |
| LucidFlex | 50% | None | 5 days each with at least $100 / $150 / $200 / $250 profit |
| LucidDaily | 50% | None | Positive net profit since the last payout |
| LucidDirect | No evaluation | 20% | Profit goal $1,500 / $3,000 / $6,000 / $9,000 for payout 1, then $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,500 / $4,500 |
| Tradeify Growth | None | 35% | 5 days each above $100 / $150 / $200 / $250 profit, plus a minimum balance |
| Tradeify Select (Flex or Daily) | 40% (50% with the add-on) | None | Flex: 5 winning days of $100 / $150 / $200 / $250. Daily: positive profit since the last payout |
| Tradeify Lightning | No evaluation | 20% for payout 1, 25% for payout 2, 30% after (accounts bought after September 12, 2025) | Profit goal $1,500 / $3,000 / $6,000 / $9,000 for payout 1, then $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $4,500 |
Worked example, 50K evaluation. Say your best day is $1,400. LucidFlex and LucidDaily (50% with a cushion that allows a $1,560 day at the exact target) pass at $3,000. Tradeify Select with the 50% add-on also passes at $3,000. Standard Select (40%) needs $3,500 of total profit before it passes, because $1,400 ÷ 0.40 = $3,500. Growth and LucidPro have no evaluation consistency, so $3,000 is enough on any number of days.
Worked example, funded. A $1,000 best day needs $2,500 of cycle profit on LucidPro (40%) and $2,857 on Tradeify Growth (35%). On the instant accounts a $700 best day needs $3,500 on LucidDirect (20%) and on Lightning’s first payout (20%). From Lightning’s second payout the rule loosens to 25%, so the same $700 day needs $2,800; LucidDirect stays at 20%. Select Flex, Select Daily, LucidFlex and LucidDaily have no funded consistency rule at all. Our Lucid Trading consistency rule guide works through more examples.
Payouts: split, cadence, minimums and caps
| Plan | How often | Buffer or balance gate | Minimum | Maximum per payout (25K / 50K / 100K / 150K) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LucidPro | Any day once all gates are met | Balance above $26,100 / $52,100 / $103,100 / $154,600 | $500 | Payout 1: $1,000 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,000. Payouts 2+: $1,500 / $2,500 / $3,000 / $3,500 |
| LucidFlex | After every 5 profitable days | None | $500 | 50% of profit, up to $1,000 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,000 |
| LucidDaily | Daily | Balance above $26,100 / $52,100 / $103,100 / $154,600 | $500 | All profit above the buffer; a day at $6,000 / $8,000 / $10,000 / $12,000 profit sends you to live review |
| LucidDirect | Any day once goals are met; 5-day minimum | Profit goal (see above) | $500 | Payouts 1–3: $1,000 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,000. Payouts 4–5: $1,000 / $2,500 / $3,000 / $3,500 |
| Tradeify Growth | After every 5 profit days | Minimum balance $26,500 / $53,000 / $104,500 / $156,500 | $250 / $500 / $1,000 / $1,500 | Payout 1: $1,000 / $1,500 / $2,000 / $2,500. Rising to $1,000 / $3,000 / $4,000 / $5,000 from payout 4 |
| Tradeify Select Flex | After every 5 winning days | None | $250 | 50% of total profit, up to $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,500 / $4,500 (bought after September 1, 2026; earlier accounts $1,250 / $3,000 / $4,000 / $5,000) |
| Tradeify Select Daily | Daily | Balance above $26,100 / $52,100 / $102,600 / $153,600 | $250 | 2× profit since the last payout, up to $600 / $1,250 / $1,750 / $2,500 (bought after September 1, 2026; earlier $600 / $1,000 / $1,500 / $2,500) |
| Tradeify Lightning | Whenever the profit goal and consistency are met; no minimum days | Profit goal (see above) | $1,000 (25K is fixed at $1,000) | Payouts 1–3: $1,000 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,000. Payout 4+: $1,000 / $2,500 / $3,000 / $3,500 |
Both firms split 90/10 on every sim funded plan. Lucid caps sim payouts at five on Flex, Pro and Direct, after which you enter its live review pool. Tradeify sets no number of sim payouts per account; its live review starts at three payouts on one account.
Source conflicts worth knowing. Lucid’s LucidPro and LucidDirect funded-account pages say “No simulated payout caps”, while their payout articles publish the per-request maximums shown above; we use the payout articles. Lucid’s LucidFlex article says “50% of their account balance” in one sentence and “50% of Profit” in its table; the table matches the rest of Lucid’s material. Tradeify’s homepage shows Lightning with “Payout Frequency: 5 Days”, while its Lightning payout policy says there is no minimum number of trading days; we follow the policy article. Tradeify’s “Which plan is right for you?” article still quotes older price ranges ($95–$215 for Select, $99–$349 for Growth, $349–$729 for Lightning) that do not match its October 12 pricing reference or the live cards.
Worked first-payout examples at 50K
These examples assume every day-count, profit-goal and consistency rule is already met and the account was bought after September 1, 2026.
| Plan (50K) | Profit $3,500: request | You receive (90%) | Profit $6,000: request | You receive (90%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LucidFlex | $1,750 (50% of profit) | $1,575 | $2,000 (cap) | $1,800 |
| Tradeify Select Flex | $1,750 (50% of profit) | $1,575 | $2,500 (cap) | $2,250 |
| LucidPro | $1,400 (above $52,100) | $1,260 | $2,000 (payout 1 cap) | $1,800 |
| Tradeify Growth | $1,500 (payout 1 cap; $53,000 balance gate met) | $1,350 | $1,500 (payout 1 cap) | $1,350 |
| LucidDaily | $1,400 (above $52,100) | $1,260 | $3,900 | $3,510 |
| Tradeify Select Daily | $1,250 (cap) | $1,125 | $1,250 (cap) | $1,125 |
| LucidDirect | $2,000 (payout 1 cap) | $1,800 | $2,000 (payout 1 cap) | $1,800 |
| Tradeify Lightning | $2,000 (payout 1 cap) | $1,800 | $2,000 (payout 1 cap) | $1,800 |
What this shows: on the five-day plans, the two firms pay the same until profit reaches about $4,000 at 50K; above that, Select Flex’s higher cap pays more per request. On the one-day-pass plans LucidPro’s first payout cap is higher, but Growth’s cap rises to $3,000 from payout 4, above LucidPro’s $2,500. On the daily plans, LucidDaily lets a big cycle come out in one request, while Select Daily releases it over several requests. The instant accounts pay the same first payout.
For how payout caps work across the industry, see how prop firm payout caps work, and for every Lucid plan’s payout maths, our Lucid Trading payouts guide.
LucidDaily vs Tradeify Select Daily
These are the two plans people usually mean when they compare the firms on daily payouts. They take opposite approaches.
| 50K | LucidDaily | Tradeify Select Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $136 list (EOD evaluation) or $108 (intraday); $95.20 / $75.60 with VAULT, DLL on | $165 list; $115.50 with GEMS (shown as $116); payout path chosen after you pass |
| Evaluation | $3,000 target, 50% consistency, EOD or intraday drawdown | $3,000 target, 40% consistency (50% add-on), EOD drawdown, no daily loss limit |
| Funded drawdown | $2,000 intraday | $2,000 EOD |
| Funded daily loss limit | $1,200 if chosen at checkout, or none | $1,000, always |
| Buffer | $52,100 | $52,100 |
| Per-request maximum | Everything above the buffer | 2× profit since the last payout, up to $1,250 |
| Minimum request | $500 | $250 |
| Contracts once funded | 4 minis from day one | Starts at 2 minis; 3 at $1,500 and 4 at $2,000 of EOD profit |
| News | Flat from 1 minute before to 1 minute after high-impact USD news, or the account is breached | No news restriction |
| Big-day rule | A $8,000 day sends you to live review | None published |
| Live move | Sim profit above the buffer paid on the move, capped at $15,000 across all accounts | No sim profit carries over to Elite Live |
Who each suits. LucidDaily suits a trader who has occasional large days and wants to withdraw them at once, accepts an intraday trail and can stay flat around red-folder releases. Select Daily suits a trader with steady daily profits who wants an end-of-day floor and freedom to trade news, and who is happy to take money out in smaller pieces. Our LucidDaily rules and payouts page covers Lucid’s plan in full.
LucidDirect vs Tradeify Lightning Funded
Both instant accounts skip the evaluation, and their payout tables are close to identical. The differences are price, drawdown at the larger sizes and how the consistency rule moves.
| LucidDirect | Tradeify Lightning Funded | |
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| List price (25K / 50K / 100K / 150K) | <