Rule check, September 28: the funded LucidDaily restriction is limited to high-impact USD events. You must be flat from one minute before until one minute after the event. A violation is a hard breach. LucidPro, LucidFlex and LucidDirect do not carry this Daily-specific ban.
Current answer: choose LucidPro for EOD funded drawdown and a three-day payout cycle. Choose LucidDaily for daily payout eligibility only if you can trade an intraday funded drawdown and stay flat around High Impact USD news.
Evidence boundary: I have completed payout cycles on LucidPro. My LucidDaily assessment is based on the current Help Center rules, not a personal Daily payout history.
Current price and rule comparison
| Decision | LucidPro | LucidDaily |
|---|
| 25K list price | $123 | $115 intraday / $137 EOD eval |
| 50K | $192 | $156 / $185 |
| 100K | $307 | $264 / $314 |
| 150K | $410 | $367 / $436 |
| Funded drawdown | EOD trailing | Intraday trailing |
| DLL | ON/OFF at checkout | ON/OFF at checkout |
| Funded consistency | 40% | None |
| Payout access | Three qualifying days | Any eligible day above the buffer |
List prices checked September 16, 2026. Code VIBES may change the final total, but the rate is product-specific and the checkout is binding.
The decision is drawdown before payout speed
Daily's headline benefit is faster access. The cost is structural: its funded maximum loss trails intraday, so unrealized gains can raise the floor before the session closes. Pro waits for end-of-day balance before moving the drawdown. For many traders that difference matters more than whether the payout button can unlock two days earlier.
DLL and news rules
Both products now offer DLL ON or OFF at checkout. ON is cheaper and creates a soft-breach daily cap in evaluation and funded stages. OFF costs more and removes that cap. The choice cannot be changed on an active account.
Funded LucidDaily also restricts events marked both High Impact and USD. You must be flat from one minute before until one minute after the release; a violation is a hard breach. Lucid does not publish the same ban for the Daily evaluation. Pro does not carry this Daily-specific rule.
My verdict
Pro is the calmer fit when you hold open profit or want EOD drawdown. Daily makes sense for traders who close quickly, understand intraday trailing mechanics and value payout frequency enough to accept the news window. Do not choose Daily for the label alone.
Checked September 28, 2026 against LucidPro and LucidDaily evaluation, funded, DLL, drawdown and payout documentation.
Frequently asked questions
Is LucidPro or LucidDaily cheaper?
In its cheapest configuration, intraday eval drawdown with the daily loss limit on, LucidDaily undercuts LucidPro DLL ON at every size: $100 vs $123 at $25K, $146 vs $192 at $50K, $229 vs $307 at $100K, and $367 vs $410 at $150K. Choose EOD drawdown and switch the DLL off, and LucidDaily can cost more than Pro. code VIBES takes the current checkout discount at checkout on both.
Does LucidDaily really pay out daily?
Funded LucidDaily traders can submit a payout request any day they are eligible. Eligibility requires the balance to sit above the buffer (initial maximum loss limit plus $100 above the starting balance) and positive net profit since the last payout, with a $500 minimum per request. Approved funds are deducted within minutes, and Lucid's headline for disbursement is 2 business days, with international bank transfers running 2 to 4 business days and the PayPal route longer.
How fast can I pass each evaluation?
LucidPro has no consistency rule in its evaluation, so a pass in a single trading day is possible. LucidDaily applies a 50% consistency rule with a built-in cushion, which makes 2 days the realistic minimum. Both evaluations are one-time fees with no monthly rebilling, and LucidDaily explicitly has no time limit.
Which account has a consistency rule once funded?
LucidPro applies a 40% consistency rule in the funded stage, and that rule also sets a day floor: no single day may carry more than two fifths of the cycle profit, so a Pro payout needs at least three contributing days even though Lucid documents no minimum day count. Accounts purchased or reset before November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM ET keep the older 35% threshold instead; Lucid's help center documents both numbers side by side. LucidDaily has no consistency rule at all in funded or live accounts; its 50% consistency rule exists only during the evaluation. If your profits arrive in occasional large days, funded LucidDaily is structurally friendlier on this specific rule.
What drawdown type does each account use?
LucidPro uses EOD trailing drawdown in both the evaluation and the funded stage. LucidDaily lets you choose EOD or intraday trailing for the evaluation at checkout, but every funded LucidDaily account runs intraday trailing, with the maximum loss limit following real-time P&L until it locks at the initial balance plus $100.
Is news trading allowed on LucidDaily?
Documented as a hard breach in funded accounts, and undocumented for the evaluation. On funded LucidDaily you must be flat from 1 minute before until 1 minute after the event and cannot open or hold positions through that window. Lucid's general rules article names the plan rather than the stage, so treat the Daily eval the same way. On funded LucidPro, Lucid permits entering and exiting positions around scheduled and unscheduled news events.
What is the minimum payout on each account?
Both accounts share the same $500 minimum payout request. On LucidDaily there is no per-request cap; the maximum is your full sim profit above the buffer. LucidPro's 3-day cycles, a cadence from Lucid's pricing page, unlock once the cycle's minimum profit goal ($250, $500, $750, or $1,000 by size, the figure the help center actually documents) is met; those targets are cycle goals, not minimums.
What is the profit split on LucidPro vs LucidDaily?
Both accounts pay a 90/10 split in the trader's favor. The 100% on the first $10K arrangement on LucidPro applies only to grandfathered accounts opened before 11/28/2025; any Pro account opened since then is 90/10 from the first dollar, exactly like LucidDaily.
Do both accounts have a daily loss limit?
LucidPro makes the DLL optional at checkout; with DLL ON, the fixed limits are $600, $1,200, $1,800, and $2,700 from 25K through 150K. The funded stage starts with the same fixed limits and switches to the LucidScale DLL, 60% of your highest end-of-day profit, once the account closes above its Initial Trail Balance. LucidDaily makes the DLL optional at checkout: switched on, fixed amounts of $600 to $2,700 apply in both eval and funded as a soft breach.
How do I reach a live account on each?
LucidPro reaches payout 5 as its maximum payout level, which puts the account into Lucid's live review pool where the risk team decides the move; the live path qualifies for a one-time live bonus between $1,000 and $4,500 by size, released once live profits reach the Live Target for the size, $1,100 to $4,600. LucidDaily uses trigger-based review, for example hitting the maximum daily profit or accumulating significant lifetime payouts, caps pre-live sim profit disbursement at $15,000 total, and pays no live bonus.
What happens if you hit the maximum daily profit on LucidDaily?
Nothing bad. The maximum daily profit ($6,000, $8,000, $10,000, or $12,000 by size) is not a violation. Reaching it triggers the live transition and puts the account into Lucid's live review, where the risk team makes the final call, with moves processed in the evenings after the 6 PM ET session report.
Does code VIBES work on both LucidPro and LucidDaily?
Yes. code VIBES takes the current checkout discount at checkout across Lucid's purchasable account types, including both LucidPro and LucidDaily. The tables show both list and 40% VIBES prices for every LucidDaily configuration.
