This guide covers Tradeify Futures: Growth and Select evaluations, Growth, Select Flex, Select Daily and Lightning Sim Funded accounts, and Elite Live. Evaluation and Sim Funded accounts use an end-of-day trailing drawdown with real-time floor enforcement. Elite Live has a separate end-of-day drawdown and lock schedule. Daily loss limits, consistency, contract caps and inactivity rules change by product and phase.
The phase distinction matters. A rule that is harmless in Select Flex can stop a Growth account for the day. A consistency percentage that does not exist in Growth Evaluation appears after funding. Treating Tradeify as one flat rule set is the fastest way to size a trade against the wrong limit.
This guide was rechecked on September 14, 2026. Core risk and conduct claims use Tradeify’s drawdown rule, DLL rule, consistency rule and trader guidelines.
Select consistency claims use Tradeify’s Select Evaluation page for the 25K–150K 50% add-on and pricing reference for the 300K add-on exclusion. Versioned 300K limits use the 300K Select page; standard account caps use the account-limit page; Elite limits and inactivity use the Elite Program; and the 4:45 PM ET close uses the permitted-times rule. Payout schedules and full account-limit explanations remain with their existing PTV owners.
How does Tradeify’s EOD trailing drawdown work?
Checked September 14, 2026: Tradeify updates the trailing drawdown from the highest balance recorded at the end of a session, then enforces that floor in real time during the next session. Touching the floor is enough to fail. The balance does not need to close below it.
Suppose a 50K account has a $2,000 drawdown and finishes the day at $51,000. The next floor is $49,000. During the following session, an open loss that takes equity to $49,000 breaches the account even if the trade later recovers. Intraday peaks do not move the floor higher on their own; the next end-of-day balance does.
Evaluation floors keep trailing and do not lock. Sim Funded floors lock when an end-of-day balance reaches the product-specific trigger or when a payout is requested, whichever happens first. Tradeify’s current table lists the Select Flex 25K trigger at $26,100. Elite Live uses a separate start-from-zero table and its own lock triggers.
Which Tradeify accounts have a daily loss limit?
Checked September 14, 2026: Tradeify uses daily loss limits on Growth, most Lightning sizes and Select Daily. Select Evaluation and Select Flex have no DLL on 25K–150K accounts, and Elite Live has no DLL. The 300K V2 exception uses a $4,000 DLL in evaluation and Flex and a $3,000 DLL on Daily. A DLL is a soft stop, not the hard account floor.
| Phase | Product | Daily loss rule |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation | Growth 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K | $600 / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,750 |
| Evaluation | Select 25K–150K | No DLL |
| Evaluation | Select 300K | V2: $4,000; V1 legacy: none |
| Direct Sim Funded | Lightning 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K | None / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,000 |
| Sim Funded | Select Flex 25K–150K | No DLL |
| Sim Funded | Select Flex 300K | V2: $4,000; V1 legacy: none |
| Sim Funded | Select Daily 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K | $500 / $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750 |
| Sim Funded | Select Daily 300K | V2: $3,000; V1 legacy: $2,500 |
| Elite Live | All published sizes | No DLL |
A DLL breach pauses trading until the next session opens at 6:00 PM ET. If equity also touches the trailing drawdown, the account fails. The current initial 150K values are $3,750 for Growth and $3,000 for Lightning. For Growth and Lightning accounts purchased before September 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM EST, the legacy rule removes the DLL after the 6% threshold; later accounts receive a larger DLL from the next session.
How do Tradeify consistency rules change by phase?
Checked September 14, 2026: Tradeify has no universal consistency percentage. The formula is the largest positive day divided by total net profit. The applicable percentage depends on the product, phase, purchase date and payout number.
| Tradeify phase | Consistency rule |
|---|---|
| Growth Evaluation | None |
| Select Evaluation 25K–150K | 40% standard; optional 50% add-on |
| Select Evaluation 300K V1/V2 | 40%; no 50% add-on published |
| Growth Sim Funded | 35% |
| Lightning purchased after September 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM EST | 20% payout 1; 25% payout 2; 30% payout 3+ |
| Lightning purchased before that cutoff | 20% for every payout |
| Select Flex and Select Daily | None |
| Elite Live | No numeric payout-consistency threshold published in the Elite Program |
Only positive days can be the numerator. Losing days reduce total net profit in the denominator, which can raise the percentage even when the best day does not change. Commissions are not included in Tradeify’s profit calculation for this test. After an approved payout, the cycle calculation resets.
What position limits apply to current Tradeify products?
Checked September 14, 2026: The table below covers the standard 25K–150K Growth, Select Evaluation, Lightning and Elite limits. Select Flex begins with reduced size and scales toward its maximum. The limited 300K Select uses a separate versioned table: V2 evaluation allows 16 minis or 160 micros, while funded Flex and Daily begin at 3 minis or 30 micros and scale to 16 or 160.
| Account | 25K | 50K | 100K | 150K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth Evaluation | 1 mini / 10 micros | 4 / 40 | 8 / 80 | 12 / 120 |
| Select Evaluation | 1 / 10 | 4 / 40 | 8 / 80 | 12 / 120 |
| Lightning | 1 / 10 | 4 / 40 | 8 / 80 | 12 / 120 |
| Elite maximum | 2 / 20 | 4 / 40 | 8 / 80 | 12 / 120 |
Tradeify converts ten micros to one mini when both are open in the same direction. One mini plus ten micros therefore counts as two minis. Opposite-direction exposure is hedging and remains prohibited. The Elite 150K starting row is officially published as six minis and 40 micros, even though that does not match the 10:1 convention. The 40-micro value must not be silently changed to 60.
Can Tradeify traders hedge or hold correlated positions?
Checked September 14, 2026: Tradeify forbids hedging within one account and across all Tradeify accounts controlled by the trader. The rule covers the same instrument and instruments grouped as correlated products.
Long NQ in one account and short MNQ in another is not a workaround. The mini and micro are the same exposure family. A copier may send same-direction trades across the trader’s own accounts, but opposite directions create the prohibited hedge. Before placing a second market, check Tradeify’s current product-group table rather than assuming a different ticker makes the position independent.
Does Tradeify allow news trading?
Checked September 14, 2026: Tradeify allows news trading without a blackout window. FOMC, CPI, payrolls and other scheduled releases do not create a separate breach merely because a trade is open.
The ordinary risk rules remain live during the spike. A fast move can touch the hard drawdown before an order fills, and a Growth or Select Daily account can hit its DLL. News permission is not slippage protection and does not suspend the real-time equity check.
Which bots and trade copiers can be used at Tradeify?
Checked September 14, 2026: Tradeify permits a trader-owned algorithm only when the trader owns it exclusively, uses it only inside Tradeify, does not share it and does not deploy it at another prop firm. High-frequency trading is excluded, and Tradeify may request proof of ownership.
Copy trading is narrower than the word suggests. A trader may copy same-direction orders between accounts that the same person owns and manages at Tradeify. Copying signals from another trader, sharing a strategy, or running the same bot at a second firm falls outside the published permission. Third-party copier software is used at the trader’s own operational risk.
What does Tradeify’s microscalping rule require?
Checked September 14, 2026: The microscalping test applies to funded accounts only. More than 50% of trades and more than 50% of profit must come from trades held longer than ten seconds.
If either condition is missed, the trader cannot request a payout. Tradeify says the account does not fail for that reason, and the test does not apply during an evaluation.
What other conduct can threaten a Tradeify account?
Checked September 14, 2026: Evaluation and Sim Funded accounts require at least one trade per account during each Monday-to-Friday week. Elite Live instead requires one filled trade every 30 days. Tradeify’s common FAQ says traders cannot log in through a VPN or VPS; after a normal login, VPS trading is at the trader’s own risk.
DCA, flipping, scaling and martingale are allowed only while every other limit is respected. That permission does not override the position cap, DLL, hard floor or hedging rule. Tradeify also requires positions to be flat by 4:45 PM ET and does not allow a hold through the maintenance break or weekend.
How many Tradeify accounts can one trader hold?
Checked September 14, 2026: Tradeify permits up to 15 Select evaluation purchases in a 30-day period and allows any number of Growth Evaluation accounts. The standard Sim Funded cap is five active accounts per individual and per household, across Growth, Select and Lightning.
Select 300K uses a separate version boundary. Up to three V2 300K funded accounts may sit above the standard five, allowing eight active Sim Funded accounts in total; V1 300K accounts count inside the five. Elite allows up to five live accounts, and a household cannot hold Sim Funded and Live accounts at the same time. See the Tradeify multiple-accounts guide for the full owner task.
Who Tradeify rules suit
Tradeify fits traders who can track rules by phase and want EOD-based trailing floors with news permission. The best match is a trader who can stop well before the real-time hard floor and can keep copied accounts aligned in one direction.
Skip Tradeify if you need one identical rule set from evaluation through live trading or want to deploy the same bot across several firms. Look for a program with fixed phase rules and explicit cross-firm automation permission instead.
What are the most common questions about Tradeify rules?
Does Tradeify use an EOD trailing drawdown?
Yes for Evaluation and Sim Funded. Their trailing floor updates from the highest end-of-day balance and is enforced against net liquidation value in real time. Elite Live has a separate start-from-zero EOD drawdown and lock table; its dedicated page should govern the live stage.
Is a Tradeify daily loss limit breach a failed account?
No, not by itself. A Tradeify daily loss limit is a soft breach that pauses trading until the next session at 6:00 PM ET. The account fails only if equity also touches or falls below the hard trailing drawdown floor.
Does every Tradeify account have a daily loss limit?
No. Select Evaluation and Select Flex have no DLL on standard 25K–150K accounts, while Growth, most Lightning sizes and Select Daily do. Elite Live has none. Select 300K is versioned: V2 uses a $4,000 DLL in evaluation and Flex and $3,000 on Daily; V1 uses no DLL in evaluation or Flex and $2,500 on Daily.
What is the Tradeify consistency rule?
Tradeify calculates consistency as the largest positive trading day divided by total net profit. Growth Evaluation has none. Select Evaluation uses 40% by default, with a 50% add-on for 25K–150K; 300K stays at 40%. Growth Sim Funded uses 35%. Lightning purchased after September 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM EST uses 20%, 25% and 30% by payout number; accounts purchased before that timestamp stay at 20%.
Can Tradeify traders hedge?
No. Tradeify forbids opposite positions in the same instrument or product group within one account or across a trader’s Tradeify accounts. The restriction applies even when the symbols are closely correlated rather than identical.
Can Tradeify traders use minis and micros together?
Yes. Tradeify permits minis and micros in the same direction at a 10-to-1 conversion, provided the combined exposure stays inside the account cap. Opposing mini and micro positions remain prohibited.
Does Tradeify allow news trading?
Yes. Tradeify allows trading through scheduled news on current futures accounts. The normal drawdown, daily loss and position rules continue to apply during the release.
Can a bot be used at Tradeify and another prop firm?
No. Tradeify permits a trader-owned algorithm only when it is used exclusively inside Tradeify, is not shared and is not deployed at another firm. Tradeify may ask for proof of ownership.
Is copy trading allowed at Tradeify?
Yes, but only between accounts owned and managed by the same Tradeify trader and only in the same direction. Copying another person or copying across firms is not allowed.
What is Tradeify’s microscalping rule?
On funded accounts, more than 50% of trades and more than 50% of profit must come from trades held longer than ten seconds. Missing either condition blocks payout eligibility but does not fail the account. The rule does not apply during an evaluation.
When must Tradeify positions be closed?
Tradeify requires all positions to be flat by 4:45 PM ET. A position may be held from the evening into the next afternoon within the same session, but it may not be held through the daily maintenance break or over the weekend.
Can a Tradeify drawdown lock?
Yes, in Sim Funded and Elite Live accounts. The Sim Funded floor locks after the end-of-day balance reaches starting balance plus the original drawdown plus $100. Evaluation drawdown does not lock.