Last checked September 10, 2026.
Every rule below was read from the firm's own published pages. Each stage names its source and the date it was read. Firms change their rules. Missing and uncomputed values are marked plainly, never guessed.
The plan itself was read from the firm's page.
Lightning Funded · Legacy Sizing
Lifecycle: grandfathered. Evaluation steps: Not applicable.
Cohort: Purchased before 12 September 2025 at 08:00 EST
Legacy position limits. Checked September 10, 2026.
Package quantity: 1
Legacy position limits. Checked September 10, 2026.
Platforms: NinjaTrader, TradingView, Tradesea, Quantower, Sierra Chart, R|Trader, WealthCharts
Supported platforms. Checked September 10, 2026.
Official base price: Unknown
Lightning Sim Funded · Funded.
Legacy position limits. Checked September 10, 2026.
| Profit target | Not computed; see published policies |
|---|---|
| Max drawdown | Not computed; see published policies |
| Drawdown style | Not computed; see published policies |
| Drawdown computation | Unknown — the source does not establish every required condition. |
| Trail stops | Not computed; see published policies |
| Daily loss | Not computed; see published policies |
| Consistency | 20% |
| Minimum trading days | Not computed; see published policies |
| Winning day threshold | Not computed; see published policies |
| Winning days for payout | Not computed; see published policies |
| Contract cap | Not computed; see published policies |
| Scaling | Not computed; see published policies |
| Payout | Further published conditions:Some payout conditions cannot be checked automatically. |
| News windows | Not computed; see published policies |
| Flat by | Not computed; see published policies |
Source: the firm's page. Last checked September 10, 2026.
Only supported, officially verified values enter the computed rules above. Other conditions cannot be checked automatically.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: warning. Not computed here.
A trader may hold at most 5 sim funded accounts in any combination of Growth, Select and Lightning, and Select evaluations are limited to 15 purchases and 10 resets in any 30-day window.
Account limits. Checked September 10, 2026.
Account limits. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
Bots and algorithms are allowed only when the trader is their sole owner, uses them on their own Tradeify accounts and not across firms, and they are not high-frequency systems.
Bots and algorithmic trading. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
A trader must be able to prove sole ownership of any bot or strategy used on a Tradeify account, and sharing it with other traders or firms is prohibited.
Bots and algorithmic trading. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
A trader may run the same strategy across their own Tradeify accounts, but sharing a strategy or bot with another trader or firm is prohibited.
Exclusive use. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: profit removal. Not computed here.
Correlated products are grouped into Equity Index, Energy, Metals and Currencies Product Groups, and opposing positions across a group count as hedging.
Product groups. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
Section 6.5 of the Funded Trader Agreement requires a consistent trading plan that avoids dollar-cost averaging.
6.5 Consistency in Trading. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
The trader guidelines state that Tradeify has no rule against dollar cost averaging and that DCA is allowed as part of a structured strategy, discouraging only continuous adding to a losing position.
News Trading, Dollar Cost Averaging, Flipping, and Scaling. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
Holding opposing positions on the same instrument or on two products from the same Product Group is prohibited, whether in one account or spread across several of the trader's accounts, and the mini or micro size of the contract makes no difference.
Hedging and correlated products. Checked September 10, 2026.
Hedging. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: breach. Not computed here.
High-frequency trading bots are not allowed on any Tradeify account.
Bots and algorithmic trading. Checked September 10, 2026.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: closure. Not computed here.
Evaluation and funded accounts must place at least one trade each Monday-to-Friday week or the account may be marked inactive.
Minimum activity. Checked September 10, 2026.
Inactivity. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
Trading is limited to CME, COMEX, NYMEX and CBOT futures, and EUREX index futures require additional data subscriptions.
Supported products. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: closure. Not computed here.
Residents of the countries named in the restricted-countries policy cannot hold a Tradeify account.
Restricted countries. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: manual review. Not computed here.
On a funded account, and not during an evaluation, a payout requires that more than half of all trades and more than half of total profit come from positions held longer than 10 seconds.
Microscalping. Checked September 10, 2026.
Microscalping. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
Tradeify publishes no news-trading restriction on any account type.
News trading. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: closure. Not computed here.
Strategies that seek to exploit or create errors in the trading platform are prohibited.
Good faith. Checked September 10, 2026.
Prohibited activities. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
Contract scaling on funded accounts is calibrated on the end-of-day closing balance.
Contract scaling plan. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Consequence: session lock. Not computed here.
Trading runs from 6:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET with a daily maintenance break between 5:00 and 6:00 PM, positions must be closed by 4:45 PM ET and by 12:59 PM ET on shortened holiday sessions, and anything left open is closed automatically without penalty.
Permitted times to trade. Checked September 10, 2026.
Automatic Position Closure. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The trader guidelines allow dollar cost averaging as part of a structured strategy while section 6.5 of the Funded Trader Agreement requires avoiding it, and both surfaces are live on the same read date.
policy.dca.averaging. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.dca.averaging. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one api outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.api. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.api. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one bracket outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.bracket. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.bracket. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one cme_price_limit outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.cme_price_limit. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.cme_price_limit. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one daily_loss outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.daily_loss. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.daily_loss. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one ea outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.ea. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.ea. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one grid outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.grid. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.grid. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one identity outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.identity. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.identity. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one martingale outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.martingale. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.martingale. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one maximum_drawdown outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.maximum_drawdown. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.maximum_drawdown. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one minimum_trading_days outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.minimum_trading_days. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.minimum_trading_days. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one profit_target outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.profit_target. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.profit_target. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one stop_loss outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.stop_loss. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.stop_loss. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one vpn outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.vpn. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.vpn. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one vps outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.vps. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.vps. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Firm-wide. Open question recorded for: Funded. Consequence: unknown. Not computed here.
The reviewed official surfaces do not establish one winning_days outcome for every inventoried plan and stage.
policy.winning_days. Checked September 10, 2026.
policy.winning_days. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Lightning Funded / Legacy Sizing / Funded. Consequence: informational. Values shown above.
Legacy Lightning accounts keep a flat 20 percent consistency rule for every payout.
Legacy profit goals. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Lightning Funded / Legacy Sizing / Funded. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
Legacy Lightning accounts of this size keep a 15 mini or 150 micro position limit.
Legacy position limits. Checked September 10, 2026.
Scope: Lightning Funded / Legacy Sizing / Funded. Consequence: informational. Not computed here.
Legacy Lightning accounts keep the three-tier profit goal table published for purchases before 12 September 2025.
Legacy profit goals. Checked September 10, 2026.