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Every Tradeify rule that can pause your day, fail your account, or block a payout — filtered by account type, phase, and size. Every row links to the official Tradeify help-center article it came from.
Rows to inspect first
Flagged by rule friction visible in the checked sources. Use these as fast scan targets, not a recommendation to pick or avoid any account.
Select Evaluation, Select Flex funded, and the 25K Lightning funded account have no daily loss limit at all — the trailing drawdown is the only thing between you and a failed account.
Tradeify’s two rule articles disagree on the 150K funded daily loss limit: $3,000 vs $3,750. Until Tradeify reconciles them, plan around the stricter $3,000.
Every position must be flat by 4:59 PM ET (12:59 PM on early-close days). No overnight or swing holds, on any account, ever. Auto-flatten closes you out without penalty.
The 10-second microscalping rule blocks funded activation and payouts even if you never breach a loss limit: over 50% of trades and over 50% of profits must come from trades held longer than 10 seconds.
The trailing drawdown updates end-of-day but is enforced in real time. An EOD label does not mean intraday safety.
Trading micros and minis in the same instrument at the same time counts as hedging, which is prohibited.
Around 60 countries are fully restricted, and about 27 more (including Canada outside Ontario, China, South Korea) can trade and get paid but can never move to a live account.
Tradeify Account Rules to Check First
Pick your account to cut the noise. Rows tagged Conflicting official sources show both figures on purpose — we show disagreements between Tradeify’s own articles instead of guessing.
What can trip you up
Showing 65 of 65 checked rows.
$2,500 (soft breach)
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Growth Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
$2,500 (soft breach)
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
$3,750 (soft breach)
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Growth Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
$3,000 per DLL article; $3,750 per Essential Rules Overview
Tradeify’s own help articles disagree on this value. Both figures are shown; plan around the stricter one until Tradeify reconciles them.
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
$600 (soft breach)
What trips you up: Hitting DLL pauses the day but slippage past it can still breach drawdown
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Growth Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
$600 (soft breach)
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
$1,250 (soft breach)
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Growth Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
$1,250 (soft breach)
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
DLL increases at 6% profit (next session): Growth to $1,000/$2,000/$3,500/$5,000; Lightning to N/A/$2,000/$4,000/$5,250 (25K-150K); legacy pre-2025-09-12 accounts have DLL removed entirely at 6%
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
$2,500 (soft breach)
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
$3,000 per DLL article; $3,750 per Essential Rules Overview
Tradeify’s own help articles disagree on this value. Both figures are shown; plan around the stricter one until Tradeify reconciles them.
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
None (no DLL protection on 25K Lightning)
What trips you up: 25K Lightning has NO daily-loss cushion — drawdown is the only limit
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
$1,250 (soft breach)
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
None
What trips you up: No DLL during Select evaluation — only the EOD trailing drawdown protects you
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Select Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
$1,250 (soft breach)
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
$1,750 (soft breach)
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
$500 (soft breach)
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
$1,000 (soft breach)
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
None
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
DLL is a soft breach: pauses trading for the day; resume next session after 6:00 PM ET; never use as a stop loss
What trips you up: DLL is not a hard stop — slippage past it can breach the drawdown and fail the account
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Rules: Daily Loss Limit · checked 2026-07-02
$3,500
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Growth Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
$5,000
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Growth Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
$1,000
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Growth Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
$2,000
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Growth Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
$1,000 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $5,000 (25K-150K) derived from lock-trigger table (trigger = start + drawdown + $100)
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Rules: Trailing Max Drawdowns · checked 2026-07-02
$1,000 / $2,000 / $4,000 / $6,000 (25K–150K) derived from lock-trigger table (trigger = start + drawdown + $100)
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Rules: Trailing Max Drawdowns · checked 2026-07-02
$3,000 (EOD)
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Select Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
$4,500 (EOD)
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Select Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
$1,000 (EOD)
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Select Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
$2,000 (EOD)
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Select Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
$1,000 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,500 (25K–150K, EOD)
What trips you up: Daily path trades a tighter drawdown for daily payouts
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Select Flex and Select Daily Payout Policies · checked 2026-07-02
Lock trigger: $26,100 per drawdown article; $26,600 per Select payout policies FAQ
Tradeify’s own help articles disagree on this value. Both figures are shown; plan around the stricter one until Tradeify reconciles them.
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Rules: Trailing Max Drawdowns · checked 2026-07-02
$1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500 (25K–150K, EOD)
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Select Flex and Select Daily Payout Policies · checked 2026-07-02
EOD trailing drawdown on every account type; updates only at end of day; trails highest EOD balance; moves up only
What trips you up: EOD update does NOT mean intraday safety — the limit is enforced in real time
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Rules: Trailing Max Drawdowns · checked 2026-07-02
Drawdown locks at $100 above starting balance once EOD profit exceeds drawdown by $100 ($25,100/$50,100/$100,100/$150,100); evaluations never lock
What trips you up: After lock the floor is static – the drawdown stops trailing
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Rules: Trailing Max Drawdowns · checked 2026-07-02
All positions closed before market close daily; no swing/overnight holding; 4:59 PM ET regular days; 12:59 PM ET holiday early-close; auto-closure without penalty
What trips you up: Overnight holds are simply not possible — plan exits before 4:59 PM ET
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Essential Trading Rules Overview · checked 2026-07-02
Trading day = 6:00 PM ET to 5:00 PM ET next day; trading two market sessions in one calendar day counts as two trading days
What trips you up: Two sessions on one calendar day = two trading days for rule compliance
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Essential Trading Rules Overview · checked 2026-07-02
Progressive contract scaling on funded Select: start 1/2/3/3 minis (25K–150K); limits rise at $1,500/$2,000/$3,000/$4,500 EOD equity up to 2/4/8/12 minis; EOD-calibrated; cumulative
What trips you up: Funded Select starts with FEWER contracts than evaluation
Tradeify’s own help articles disagree on this value. Both figures are shown; plan around the stricter one until Tradeify reconciles them.
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Select Flex and Select Daily Payout Policies · checked 2026-07-02
Max contracts by size: 25K 1 mini/10 micro; 50K 4/40; 100K 8/80; 150K 12/120; 10 micros = 1 mini; cannot trade micros and minis simultaneously (counts as hedging)
What trips you up: Mixing minis and micros at once counts as hedging
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Essential Trading Rules Overview · checked 2026-07-02
None
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Growth Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
35% (biggest day / total profits at payout request)
What trips you up: Payout gate only — never restricts trading
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Rules: Consistency Rule · checked 2026-07-02
Graduated for purchases after 2025-09-12 08:00 ET: 20% payout 1 / 25% payout 2 / 30% payout 3+; flat 20% for earlier purchases
What trips you up: First payout has the strictest consistency bar
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Rules: Consistency Rule · checked 2026-07-02
40% (evaluation phase only; forces minimum 3 trading days)
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Rules: Consistency Rule · checked 2026-07-02
None
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Rules: Consistency Rule · checked 2026-07-02
5+ trading days each with profit > $100/$150/$200/$250 (25K–150K); 35% consistency; min balance $26,500/$53,000/$104,500/$156,500 (legacy pre-2025-09-12: $52,100/$103,600/$155,100); day count resets after each payout
What trips you up: Min balance is a qualification bar not a withdrawal amount
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Growth Funded: Account Payout Policy · checked 2026-07-02
Min payout $250/$500/$1,000/$1,500; max per request by payout number: 25K $1,000 flat; 50K $1,500→$3,000; 100K $2,000→$4,000; 150K $2,500→$5,000 (payouts 1→4+); legacy table differs, 7th+ up to $25,000
What trips you up: Withdrawal caps apply even if balance is higher
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Growth Funded: Account Payout Policy · checked 2026-07-02
No minimum trading days; profit goals (post-2025-09-12): P1 $1,500/$3,000/$6,000/$9,000, P2+ $1,000/$2,000/$3,500/$4,500; goals reset each payout, leftover profit does not carry over
What trips you up: Profit goal unlocks the request — the withdrawal cap is much lower
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Lightning Funded: Account Payout Policy · checked 2026-07-02
Min payout $1,000; max per request: 25K fixed $1,000; 50K $2,000 (P1-3) / $2,500 (P4+); 100K $2,500 / $3,000; 150K $3,000 / $3,500; payments within 24h after processing
What trips you up: 25K Lightning payouts are fixed at exactly $1,000
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Lightning Funded: Account Payout Policy · checked 2026-07-02
Daily eligibility; buffer $1,100/$2,100/$2,600/$3,600 cannot be withdrawn into; Daily Continuity Rule: up to 2× profit since last payout, capped $600/$1,000/$1,500/$2,500; min payout $250; cycle must be net-positive; 24-hour processing guarantee
What trips you up: You can never withdraw the buffer amount
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Select Flex and Select Daily Payout Policies · checked 2026-07-02
Payout every 5 winning days (winning day = profit ≥ $100/$150/$200/$250 by size); up to 50% of total profits (balance − start), capped $1,250/$3,000/$4,000/$5,000; no minimum balance requirement; cycle must be net-positive after first payout
What trips you up: 50% is computed on total profit position not cycle profit
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Select Flex and Select Daily Payout Policies · checked 2026-07-02
Minimum activity: at least 1 trade per week (Mon–Fri); trade can be as brief as 5 seconds; idle-time warning before action
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Essential Trading Rules Overview · checked 2026-07-02
90% of requested payout amount to trader; maximum 5 simulated funded accounts across Growth/Select/Lightning
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Growth Funded: Account Payout Policy · checked 2026-07-02
Payout methods: Rise (primary; instant processing) and Plane (alternative)
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Select Flex and Select Daily Payout Policies · checked 2026-07-02
Prohibited: hedging; exploiting platform errors; HFT bots. Algorithmic trading allowed only if exclusively owned, not shared, not HFT, ownership provable
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Essential Trading Rules Overview · checked 2026-07-02
Microscalping rule: over 50% of trades AND over 50% of profits must come from trades held longer than 10 seconds; failing this blocks evaluation activation and payouts
What trips you up: The 10-second rule blocks payouts even if you never breach a loss limit
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Essential Trading Rules Overview · checked 2026-07-02
Allowed with no restrictions ('We do not have any rules against or guidelines around trading news events'); at trader's own risk; DLL protection may be ineffective in extreme volatility
What trips you up: News trading is allowed but slippage risk is entirely yours
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Rules: News Trading · checked 2026-07-02
~60 fully restricted countries by residency (incl. Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Pakistan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Cuba, N. Korea); restriction follows permanent residency, not travel location
What trips you up: Residency decides eligibility — travel does not
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Rules: Restricted Countries · checked 2026-07-02
~27 countries eligible for evaluation but Sim-Funded-only (no Elite Live): incl. Canada (Ontario only), China & Hong Kong (AML exception possible), South Korea (citizenship AND residency), UAE, Philippines, Nigeria, South Africa; sim-funded still gets real payouts at 90/10
What trips you up: Some countries can trade and get payouts but can never go live
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Rules: Restricted Countries · checked 2026-07-02
Broker chosen at checkout, same price: Tradovate (→ Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView), Rithmic (→ Tradesea, Quantower, Sierra Chart [paid sub], R|Trader), WealthCharts (only itself); cannot switch brokers without a new account
What trips you up: Broker choice is locked at checkout — platform flexibility exists only within your broker
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Supported Platforms · checked 2026-07-02
Growth Sim Funded: no activation fee; funded account cannot be reset; max 5 Growth Funded activations per day (24h UTC reset)
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Growth Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
Purchase limits: max 15 evaluations per 30 days; each evaluation resettable up to 10 times per 30 days; max 5 funded accounts held simultaneously
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Select Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
No activation fees; no ongoing fees for funded accounts; Growth is one-time purchase with no subscription; homepage: 'No activation fee – the price you see is what you pay'
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Select Evaluation Accounts · checked 2026-07-02
Per-size evaluation prices are not listed here: Tradeify renders pricing dynamically and our latest check could not verify the numbers from the official page. Confirm current pricing at checkout.
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Tradeify homepage · checked 2026-07-02
Tradeify Elite consideration after 3 payouts on one account OR 10 total payouts since last transition; minimums for consideration, not automatic; Tradeify evaluates holistically and reaches out
What trips you up: Hitting the threshold does not guarantee a live account
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Select Flex and Select Daily Payout Policies · checked 2026-07-02
Legacy program (purchases before 2025-12-03): assessment after 4 payouts; auto-move at $80,000 total payouts; carry-forward lesser of remaining balance or 10% of size ($2,500/$5,000/$10,000/$15,000); combined cap $100,000
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Legacy: Transition from Sim Funded to Live Funded · checked 2026-07-02
Account paths at a glance
Growth
One-time purchase, no subscription. Evaluation has per-size daily loss limits and no consistency rule; funded adds the 35% consistency payout gate, 5 qualifying profit days, minimum-balance bars, and per-request payout caps.
Lightning
Monthly evaluation, no minimum trading days at payout. Funded consistency is graduated 20/25/30% for purchases after Sep 12, 2025 (flat 20% earlier). The 25K Lightning funded account has no daily loss limit protection.
Select Daily
Daily payout eligibility in exchange for the tightest daily loss limits and drawdowns. A buffer above the starting balance can never be withdrawn, and the continuity rule caps each payout at 2× profit since the last one.
Select Flex
No daily loss limit; payouts unlock every 5 winning days, capped at 50% of total profits. The 25K lock trigger is one of the flagged source conflicts ($26,100 vs $26,600).
Common questions
Does Tradeify have a daily loss limit?
It depends on the account. Growth (evaluation and funded), Lightning funded 50K–150K, and Select Daily funded all have per-size daily loss limits, enforced as a soft breach that pauses trading until the next session. Select Evaluation, Select Flex, and 25K Lightning funded have none. Source: Rules: Daily Loss Limit, checked 2026-07-02.
What is the Tradeify 10-second rule?
Over 50% of your trades and over 50% of your profits must come from trades held longer than 10 seconds. Failing it blocks evaluation activation and funded payouts. Source: Essential Trading Rules Overview, checked 2026-07-02.
What is the consistency rule at payout?
Growth funded: your biggest day can be at most 35% of total profits at the payout request. Lightning funded: 20% for payout 1, 25% for payout 2, 30% from payout 3 on (purchases after Sep 12, 2025; flat 20% before). Select funded accounts have no consistency rule; Select Evaluation applies 40% during the evaluation only. Source: Rules: Consistency Rule, checked 2026-07-02.
How this page works
Every row above comes from a named Tradeify help-center article, captured and checked on the date shown on the row.
Where Tradeify’s own articles disagree, we show both figures and tag the row Conflicting official sources rather than pick one.
Where a fact could not be verified from an official capture — currently per-size evaluation pricing, which Tradeify’s site renders dynamically — we leave it out and tag the row Source gap instead of quoting a stale number; confirm pricing at checkout.
Tradeify accounts are simulated funding accounts, not live brokerage accounts, unless you are invited to the live program. Nothing here is trading or financial advice. Rule rows describe Tradeify’s published terms, not BestProps’ judgment of them. Spot an error, or represent Tradeify and want a correction? Contact BestProps.
Source freshness: All 65 rows were checked July 2, 2026 against Tradeify’s official help center. Rules change — confirm the linked article before acting.
More Tradeify coverage on BestProps: the published Tradeify profile, plus Pulse: Tradeify (rolling official-source signal board) and Tradeify Payouts (payout eligibility math) in the Pulse and Payout Ledger sections.
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