Our rules

1) You must trade at least 2 days.

2) You must avoid hitting or dropping below the end-of-day minimum account balance.

3) You must trade intra-day only. Therefore, you must close all positions (and orders) one minute before a particular instrument closes. Having open positions one minute before the closing time will not disqualify your account since your positions will automatically be flattened, but we recommend monitoring and flattening all open positions on your own. Instruments’ closing times vary. Click here to see each instrument’s closing time.

4) For end-of-day drawdown plans, achieve a daily consistency rate of 50% or better.

5) For end-of-day drawdown plans, you must avoid hitting or dropping below the daily loss limit. Note, hitting the daily loss limit will not disqualify your account; it will merely prevent you from entering new trades for the remainder of that trading day.

Once you meet your profit goal and followed rules 1-3 (rules 1-5 for end-of-day plans), the funded account activation fee is a one-time payment of $149, payable after passing the evaluation, regardless of the evaluation chosen.

Internal Funding Test is seeking traders who strive to be consistently profitable in the paper trading environment. This means you must trade with a sound trading plan with reasonable money management. Internal Funding Test reserves the right to deny you any services or compensations if you do not follow these general criteria or if you attempt to abuse Internal Funding Test’s services. This includes, but is not limited to, achieving a few large windfalls with max available contract sizes and then trading 1 micro contract for the rest of the qualification or funded account payout period.

Other features that set us apart

1) No limitations on what type of strategy you use. However, if you are not already consistently profitable with your own strategy, we highly encourage you to refine your trading plan before testing with us.

2) No limitations on scaling. You can trade your max contract limit from the start. We want you to use your own discretion.

3) No limitations on trading during the news. Once again, we want you to use your own discretion.

4) No weekly loss limits.

5) If you attempt to trade over your max contract limit, your order will merely be rejected rather than your account be disqualified

The daily consistency rate is a measure of how consistent you are over the total number of trading days in which you participated. It is calculated by taking your highest daily profit and dividing that by the total profit on your account. The lower the number, the better your daily consistency rate is. Your daily consistency rate can be found under your active accounts in the user dashboard (https://www.tradentry.org/member/member). Note if your account balance is less than the starting value, your daily consistency rate will not be calculated.

The Rule: 50% Threshold

To qualify for funding, your Daily Consistency Rate must be 50% or lower.

1) Lower is better: A low percentage indicates that your success is spread out over many days.

2) The Requirement: If your Best Day accounts for more than 50% of your Total Profit, you must continue trading additional days until the ratio drops to 50% or less. You are not disqualified; you simply haven’t met the consistency criteria yet.

Calculation Examples

Here are a few examples of how the daily consistency rate is calculated:

Example 1: The Consistent Trader Your total profit over 5 days is $1,000. Your highest daily profit was $300.

Calculation:

* DCR = 30%

Result: This is well below the 50% limit. Excellent consistency.

Example 2: The “Lucky” Trader (Needs Improvement) Your total profit over 5 days is $1,000. You lost a total of $500 over 4 of the days but made $1,500 on Day 5 by risking too much.

Calculation:

* DCR = 150%

Result: This is far above the 50% limit. This indicates risky behavior. The trader must continue trading to lower this percentage.

How to Improve Your Daily Consistency Rate

If you reach your profit target but your DCR is still above 50%, you do not need to reset. You can continue to trade additional days until your largest profit day becomes a smaller percentage of your overall profit.

Here is how trading additional days affects your score:

Scenario A: Trading a “Normal” Day (Lowers DCR)

• Current status: Total profit $1,000. Highest daily profit $300. DCR = 30%.
• Action: You trade an additional day and make $200.
• New Status: Total profit is now $1,200. Largest daily profit is still $300.
• New DCR: $300 / $1,200 = 25%.
• Outcome: Your consistency has improved.

Scenario B: Trading a New “Best Day” (Can Raise DCR)

• Current status: Total profit $1,000. Highest daily profit $300. DCR = 30%.
• Action: You trade an additional day and make $500.
• New Status: Total profit is now $1,500. Largest daily profit is now $500.
• New DCR: $500 / $1,500 = 33.3%.
• Outcome: Your rate increased, but you are still safe if under 50%. Be careful not to make your best day too dominant.

Scenario C: Trading a Losing Day (Raises DCR)

• Current status: Total profit $1,000. Highest daily profit $300. DCR = 30%.
• Action: You trade an additional day and lose $100.
• New Status: Total profit is now $900. Largest daily profit is still $300.
• New DCR: $300 / $900 = 33.3%.
• Outcome: Your rate increased because your total profit shrank while your best day stayed the same. Trading losing days makes it harder to pass the consistency check.

Why Do We Enforce This?

The daily consistency rate encourages traders to spread their risks and profits over many days and to not rely on one or two highly profitable trades.

1) Proves Risk Management A lower (better) daily consistency rate proves to us—and to you—that you have a sound risk management plan. It shows you can be profitable over many days and in many different market environments.

2) Psychological Discipline Psychologically, it helps develop a framework and discipline for the trader to have daily attainable goals and to focus on the ‘NOW’. As many aspiring traders have realized, regretting past mistakes can cause a desire to quickly make up losses. This often leads to abandoning the trading plan by scaling up, increasing risks (widening stop losses), and going for higher targets outside of their plan.

3) Long-Term Success Keep in mind, our goal as a company is to help eliminate the ‘get-rich-quick’ mentality and instead replace that with a foundation of long-term, consistent success.

Once you have successfully met your Profit Target and maintained a Daily Consistency Rate (DCR) of 50% or lower, your account is eligible for funding.

The Process:

1) Verification: Once you pass, your account status will update in your User Dashboard. You will receive an email notification confirming that you have met the qualification requirements.

2) Activation: Upon receiving your confirmation email, you must pay the one-time Activation Fee of $149 to generate your Funded Account.

3) Account Setup: After the payment is processed, we will create your Funded Account. This process typically takes 1 business day.

Example: If you pass your evaluation and pay the activation fee on Tuesday, your Funded Account will generally be ready and accessible by Wednesday.

Note: If you pass and pay on a Friday after market close, your new Funded Account will be available to trade when the markets reopen on the following Monday.

1) During the Evaluation Process You pay a monthly fee based on the specific plan you select. For example, the $50k plan is priced at $59.

Validity: This fee covers your account for a one-month period.

Renewal: If you do not reach your profit objective by the end of the month but your account is still active, the plan will automatically renew on the same date the following month for the same price ($59). There are no additional surcharges; you simply continue paying the monthly plan price until you pass.

2) Activating Your Funded Account As soon as you reach your profit goal and pass the evaluation, the monthly billing stops.

One-Time Activation Fee: You will only have a one-time payment of $149 to activate your Simulated Funded Account. This $149 fee is a one-time payment required for any plan you pass, regardless of the account size or monthly price you started with. After this payment, you begin your funded career.

What is a Funded Account?
A Tradentry Sim Funded Account is the stage where you trade our capital without risking your own funds. Once you successfully pass the evaluation and pay the one-time activation fee, you are granted access to this account. Here, you can trade to generate profits and receive a payout based on our profit share agreement. You retain the freedom to trade your strategy without restrictions on holding times or news events, provided you follow our risk management rules.

What are the Rules?
To maintain your Funded Account and remain eligible for payouts, you must adhere to the following trading guidelines:

Drawdown: We utilize an End-of-Day Drawdown only. There is no trailing drawdown.

Daily Loss Limit: You must not hit or exceed the Daily Loss Limit. If you hit this limit, trading is halted for the day, but the account remains active.

Trading Consistency: You must demonstrate sound risk management. We recommend avoiding erratic “get-rich-quick” strategies.

Intraday Trading: You must close all positions and orders before the market closes.

Contract Limits: You can trade up to your maximum contract limit from Day 1. Attempting to exceed this limit will result in a rejection and a pause until the next day (no account disqualification).

How and when do I become eligible to receive payouts?
When: After 5 profitable days (min. $200/day, non‑consecutive) and at least $125 in profit.

How: You can request up to 50% of your profits via the dashboard.

Splits:

Sim Funded Account : 80% trader / 20% prop.

Live Funded Account : 90% trader / 10% prop.