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DayTraders.com

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Opens daytraders.com, the domain we read this firm’s rules on.

5
account models
$150
cheapest challenge
16
official sources

73% of this sheet is answered

90 with a value, 54 the firm does not publish, 44 not verified, 9 we cannot read

108 captures from 16 official sources, the oldest read 74 days ago

Firm data

Jurisdiction
not verified neither the help centre nor the Terms downloaded declare a jurisdiction or a company. It would have to be looked up in their full privacy policy
Years operating
the firm does not publish it
Account models
5
Platforms
  • R Trader Pro (Rithmic)
  • Quantower
  • ArcTrader (in-house, browser)
  • Onyx

their in-house platform is ArcTrader, browser-based and connected to Rithmic

no source link
Max allocation
$300,000

$300,000 per account and up to 15 funded accounts at a time

no source link
Daily forced close
17:00 CST (18:00 ET), with automatic flattening ~10 seconds before
sourceAug 17, 2026
Simulated capital
yes, it says so
no source link
Broker behind it
Rithmic
no source link
Not verified
○ 6 fields
  • Maximum trades per day
  • Server request cap
  • Mandatory stop loss
  • Inactivity
  • Minimum time in market
  • Consistency (firm-wide)
The firm may publish these on its own site. We show them apart because they are not verified at the source.

These links go to each firm’s own site, and no firm pays us for its position. The order comes from measured columns only. How we make money

On-chain payouts

Paid to traders, measured on-chain

This firm does not appear in the on-chain payout aggregator.

Only 39 of the 102 firms in the census appear in the on-chain aggregator. A firm that pays by bank transfer does not show up here, and that does not mean it does not pay. It means this figure cannot be checked on a blockchain.

Expressly prohibited8

Recorded in Spanish. We store a reading of these practices rather than the firm’s literal wording, so this is a paraphrase and not a quote. The source link beside each block is the firm’s own page.

  • hedging in the same account, between accounts and on correlated instruments
  • automated HFT
  • martingale
  • gap trading
  • freezing the platform or the feed, and trading on delayed charts
  • sharing the account, trading someone else's or managing other people's accounts
  • VPN and VPS (according to the Terms)
  • taking advantage of the simulator's inefficiencies
no source link

Firm-wide rules

RuleWhat the firm saysSource
News tradingallowedsourceOct 15, 2026
Holding over the weekendnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026
Holding overnightnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026
Hedging in the same accountnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026
Hedging across accountsnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026
Hedging against outsidenot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026
Trading via VPNnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026
Not verified○ 7 rules
  • Robots and expert advisors
  • Using a VPS
  • Copying across your accounts
  • Copying someone else
  • HFT
  • Several accounts at once
  • Risk cap per trade
The firm may publish these on its own site. We show them apart because they are not verified at the source.

These are the rules the firm publishes for all its accounts. Where a specific model says otherwise, the model wins, and it appears below with its own source.

Leverage, commissions and instruments

Not comparable between firms, so not a sortable column. 6 firms publish commissions in three units: per side, per round trip, and prose per model. Per side versus round trip is a factor of two. Each figure keeps the name and unit the firm gives it.

Commissions

ES_round_turn_usd
3.98
divisas_round_turn_usd
4.72
agricolas_round_turn_usd
5.58
  • “E-mini S&P 500 (ES)”
  • “1.99”
  • Is the Profit Goal net of commissions after all costs (Profits and Losses)?

The lines without quotation marks are ours, not the firm’s: notes the census took while reading their page. Only what sits inside quotation marks is the firm’s own wording.

sourceAug 17, 2026

Instruments and assets

  • “DayTraders.com is for Futures Trading only.”
  • “We currently do not offer Forex, Crypto or Options Trading.”
sourceAug 17, 2026

Where DayTraders.com contradicts itself

Two pages of this firm say different things about the same rule. We do not pick one: both readings are below, as the census recorded them. 46 of the 102 firms have at least one.

  • rules_firmwide.vpn_y_vps

    Using any VPN or VPS on Accounts is strictly prohibited and may result in account termination and forfeiture of profits.

    You can still trade with two companies by setting up a Virtual Machine (VM) or using a Virtual Private Server (VPS) . This solution lets you manage trading on two platforms at once, without needing a multi-broker key.

    article 'Trading with Multiple Funding Companies: A How-To Guide', in the firm's help centre

    an automated system is deployed on a VPS. Here one of the two sentences costs you the account and the profit

    there are two primary sources from the same firm pointing in opposite directions. Choosing one would be assuming

  • challenges[]

    Only in this model: Full / TRAIL

    Contracts: 24 [240 Micros]

    20 / 200

    the one on /products, which is where you buy

  • challenges[].daily_loss

    Only in this model: EOD

    results in immediate account termination

    the account will hit a Hard Breach and will be auto-liquidated for the remainder of the then current trading session

    your account will be prevented from placing any new trades until the start of the next trading day

    one version kills the account and the other blocks it until the next day. It is not a nuance: it changes the product's whole EV

  • challenges[].max_loss

    Only in this model: EOD

    Total Drawdown $1,000 $2,000 $4,000 $6,500

    Total Drawdown $1,000 $2,000 $4,500 $6,500

    $500 on the 150K EOD, between two tables from the same firm

    $4,000, which is what the product rules and the checkout page say. The table in the sizes article is the odd one out

  • challenges[].max_contracts

    Only in this model: EOD

    Contracts: 24 [240 Micros]

    Contracts 6 (60 Micros) 10 (100 Micros) 12 (120 Micros) 40 (400 Micros)

    24 against 12 on the 150K

  • challenges[].max_loss

    Only in this model: S2F - Straight to Funded

    Total Drawdown: $1,000

    S2F EOD ACCOUNTS:

    $25,000 2 / 20 $2,500 $750

    the article publishes $750, $1,000 and $1,750 for 25K, 50K and 150K; the checkout page, $1,000, $2,500 and $6,000. All three sizes

    the one on /products, which is where you buy

The 5 account models

Full / TRAIL

1 step

Before you buy

Only what can close your account, taken from the census. Every line with its source. There is no severity ranking and no recommendation. What fits you depends on how you trade.

Prices

Account sizePrice
$25,000$249
$50,000$379
$150,000$699
$300,000$879
no source link

Fee refundnot returned«we do not offer refunds for Evaluation fees, Pro Account fees, data fees, or additional login session fees»sourceAug 17, 2026

Activation$99

no source link

Contract limit

$25,000
6 (60 micros)
$50,000
10 (100 micros)
$150,000
24 (240 micros)
$300,000
40 (400 micros)
  • “Contracts: 6 [60 Micros]”
sourceAug 17, 2026

What disqualifies you

Drawdown type
Trailing on the equity peak
sourceAug 17, 2026
Unrealised loss
Counts toward the limit, so an open trade can breach it
sourceAug 17, 2026
Maximum total loss
$1,500 on the $25,000$2,500 on the $50,000$4,500 on the $150,000$7,000 on the $300,000sourceAug 17, 2026
Maximum daily loss
the firm does not publish it
Phase 1 target
$1,500 on the $25,000$3,000 on the $50,000$8,500 on the $150,000$15,000 on the $300,000sourceAug 17, 2026
Minimum trading days
2
sourceAug 17, 2026
Consistency rule
50%
sourceAug 17, 2026
When it applies
the source has a value we cannot classify evaluation (50%) and Pro funded (30%, between payouts)
Profit split
100%
sourceAug 17, 2026

Your odds of passing Full / TRAIL

If you break it it does not remove it: you keep trading until it is diluted sourceAug 17, 2026

Rules

News trading

In evaluationallowedsourceOct 15, 2026
In a funded accountallowedsourceOct 15, 2026

Holding over the weekend

In evaluationnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026
In a funded accountnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026

Robots and expert advisors

In evaluationnot verified
In a funded accountnot verified
EOD

EOD

1 step

Before you buy

Prices

Account sizePrice
$25,000$309
$50,000$469
$150,000$899
$300,000$1,599
no source link

Fee refundnot returned«we do not offer refunds for Evaluation fees, Pro Account fees, data fees, or additional login session fees»sourceAug 17, 2026

Activation$99

no source link

Contract limit

$25,000
6 (60 micros)
$50,000
10 (100 micros)
$150,000
24 (240 micros)
$300,000
40 (400 micros)
sourceAug 17, 2026

What disqualifies you

Drawdown type
Trailing on the end-of-day balance
sourceAug 17, 2026
Unrealised loss
Does not count, only closed losses do
sourceAug 17, 2026
Maximum total loss
$1,000 on the $25,000$2,000 on the $50,000$4,000 on the $150,000$6,500 on the $300,000sourceAug 17, 2026
Maximum daily loss
$800 on the $25,000$1,250 on the $50,000$2,000 on the $150,000$3,250 on the $300,000sourceAug 17, 2026
Phase 1 target
$1,500 on the $25,000$3,000 on the $50,000$8,500 on the $150,000$15,000 on the $300,000sourceAug 17, 2026
Minimum trading days
2
sourceAug 17, 2026
Consistency rule
50%
sourceAug 17, 2026
When it applies
the source has a value we cannot classify evaluation (50%) and Pro funded (30%, between payouts)
Profit split
100%
sourceAug 17, 2026

Your odds of passing EOD

If you break it no elimina sourceAug 17, 2026

Rules

News trading

In evaluationallowedsourceOct 15, 2026
In a funded accountallowedsourceOct 15, 2026

Holding over the weekend

In evaluationnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026
In a funded accountnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026

Robots and expert advisors

In evaluationnot verified
In a funded accountnot verified
Static

Static

1 step

Before you buy

Prices

Account sizePrice
$25,000$150
$50,000$200
$100,000$325
$150,000$400
no source link

Fee refundnot returned«we do not offer refunds for Evaluation fees, Pro Account fees, data fees, or additional login session fees»sourceAug 17, 2026

Activation$99

no source link

Contract limit

$25,000
4 (40 micros)
$50,000
6 (60 micros)
$100,000
8 (80 micros)
$150,000
8 (80 micros)
  • the 150K carries the same contracts as the 100K

The lines without quotation marks are ours, not the firm’s: notes the census took while reading their page. Only what sits inside quotation marks is the firm’s own wording.

sourceAug 17, 2026

What disqualifies you

Drawdown type
Static, from the starting balance
sourceAug 17, 2026
Maximum total loss
$750 on the $25,000$1,000 on the $50,000$1,500 on the $100,000$1,750 on the $150,000sourceAug 17, 2026
Maximum daily loss
the firm does not publish it
Phase 1 target
$2,500 on the $25,000$3,750 on the $50,000$5,750 on the $100,000$6,750 on the $150,000sourceAug 17, 2026
Minimum trading days
2
sourceAug 17, 2026
Consistency rule
50%
sourceAug 17, 2026
When it applies
the source has a value we cannot classify evaluation (50%) and Pro funded (30%, between payouts)
Profit split
100%
sourceAug 17, 2026

Your odds of passing Static

If you break it no elimina sourceAug 17, 2026

Rules

News trading

In evaluationallowedsourceOct 15, 2026
In a funded accountallowedsourceOct 15, 2026

Holding over the weekend

In evaluationnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026
In a funded accountnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026

Robots and expert advisors

In evaluationnot verified
In a funded accountnot verified
S2F - Straight to Funded

S2F - Straight to Funded

Instant

Before you buy

Prices

Account sizePrice
$25,000$370
$50,000$570
$150,000$825
no source link

Fee refundnot returned«As all purchases are final, we kindly ask that you review your selected plan thoroughly before completing your purchase, as we do not offer refunds.»sourceAug 17, 2026

Activation$0

no source link

Contract limit

$25,000
2 (20 micros)
$50,000
10 (100 micros)
$150,000
24 (240 micros)
sourceAug 17, 2026

What disqualifies you

Drawdown type
Trailing on the end-of-day balance
sourceAug 17, 2026
Unrealised loss
Does not count, only closed losses do
sourceAug 17, 2026
Maximum total loss
$1,000 on the $25,000$2,500 on the $50,000$6,000 on the $150,000sourceAug 17, 2026
Maximum daily loss
$1,250 on the $50,000$3,750 on the $150,000sourceAug 17, 2026
Phase 1 target
not verified
Minimum trading days
not verified
Consistency rule
20%
sourceAug 17, 2026
When it applies
Only when you request a payout
sourceAug 17, 2026
Profit split
100%
sourceAug 17, 2026

Profit needed for each payout

cobro_1, $25,000
$2,000
cobro_1, $50,000
$3,500
cobro_1, $150,000
$10,000
cobro_2, $25,000
$1,500
cobro_2, $50,000
$3,000
cobro_2, $150,000
$5,000
cobro_3_en_adelante, $25,000
$1,000
cobro_3_en_adelante, $50,000
$2,500
cobro_3_en_adelante, $150,000
$3,500
  • “Payout targets must be achieved between payouts:”
  • they are the targets to reach between payouts, and they go down from the third one
  • Future targets are calculated based on the updated balance

The lines without quotation marks are ours, not the firm’s: notes the census took while reading their page. Only what sits inside quotation marks is the firm’s own wording.

sourceAug 17, 2026

If you break it it blocks the payout sourceAug 17, 2026

Rules

This model has no evaluation phase: it is funded from day one. What the firm publishes for that phase is shown here unchanged.

News trading

In evaluationthe source has a value we cannot classify(checked Oct 15, 2026)
In a funded accountallowedsourceOct 15, 2026

Holding over the weekend

In evaluationnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026
In a funded accountnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026

Robots and expert advisors

In evaluationnot verified
In a funded accountnot verified
S2L - Straight to Live (Core / Edge / Ultra)

S2L - Straight to Live (Core / Edge / Ultra)

1 step

Before you buy

Prices

Account sizePrice
$50,000$329
$150,000$469
$300,000$599
no source link

Fee refundnot returned«we do not offer refunds for Evaluation fees, Pro Account fees, data fees, or additional login session fees»sourceAug 17, 2026

Activation$0

no source link

Contract limit

$50,000
2 (20 micros) in the evaluation, 1 (10) on the live account
$150,000
3 (30) and 2 (20)
$300,000
4 (40) and 3 (30)
  • the live account carries fewer contracts than the evaluation that earned it

The lines without quotation marks are ours, not the firm’s: notes the census took while reading their page. Only what sits inside quotation marks is the firm’s own wording.

sourceAug 17, 2026

What disqualifies you

Drawdown type
Trailing until it locks
sourceAug 17, 2026
Unrealised loss
Counts toward the limit, so an open trade can breach it
sourceAug 17, 2026
Where it locks
the live account's starting balance
sourceAug 17, 2026
Maximum total loss
$2,000 on the $50,000$4,500 on the $150,000$7,000 on the $300,000sourceAug 17, 2026
Maximum daily loss
$1,000 on the $50,000$1,750 on the $150,000$3,250 on the $300,000sourceAug 17, 2026
Phase 1 target
$3,000 on the $50,000$8,500 on the $150,000$15,000 on the $300,000sourceAug 17, 2026
Minimum trading days
2
sourceAug 17, 2026
Consistency rule
25%
sourceAug 17, 2026
When it applies
During the evaluation
sourceAug 17, 2026
Profit split
80%
sourceAug 17, 2026

Your odds of passing S2L - Straight to Live (Core / Edge / Ultra)

Getting paid

You can request every
1 days

sourceAug 17, 2026

If you break it the source has a value we cannot classify no publicado(checked Aug 17, 2026)

Rules

News trading

In evaluationnot verified
In a funded accountallowedsourceOct 15, 2026

Holding over the weekend

In evaluationnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026
In a funded accountnot allowedsourceAug 17, 2026

Robots and expert advisors

In evaluationnot verified
In a funded accountnot verified

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Questions about DayTraders.com

Is DayTraders.com worth checking, and where do these numbers come from?

We do not rate firms. What we can tell you is what it publishes and where we read it: 5 account models on this page, 16 official pages of theirs cited, and 108 dated readings behind the figures. Anything they do not publish is shown as a gap, not filled in.

How much does a DayTraders.com challenge cost?

From $150 for a $25,000 account up to $1,599 for a $300,000 one, across their 5 models. A cheap fee on a small account is not a cheap account, so the table on this page keeps size and price together, and every figure links to the page it was read on. The fee buys the attempt, not the account.

Can you trade the news at DayTraders.com?

Yes. DayTraders.com allows trading around news releases on a funded account, with no window published against it. Most firms restrict exactly this, and it is the rule traders break most often without noticing.

Can you hold positions over the weekend at DayTraders.com?

No. DayTraders.com requires positions to be flat before the weekend close. If your strategy holds for days, this rule alone rules the firm out, and it is easier to check now than on a Friday evening.

What profit split does DayTraders.com pay?

Up to 100% on their best model, not on all of them, so check the model you are buying in the table above. A split only pays out if you also clear their payout conditions.

What does DayTraders.com forbid outright?

8 practices that they name themselves. They are listed on this page with their own wording, because the wording is the rule: “high-frequency” and “latency arbitrage” are not the same thing.

The 16 sources

#Page and date readWhat it backs
1sourceAug 17, 2026forbidden conduct, VPN/VPS, automatic flattening and the clause on results that cannot be reproduced
2sourceAug 17, 2026commissions per instrument
3sourceAug 17, 2026size tables: the source that contradicts the checkout page
4sourceAug 17, 2026live account parameters and the 80/20 split
5sourceAug 17, 2026payouts: $500 minimum, qualifying days, balance thresholds and caps
6sourceAug 17, 202615 accounts, 5 per family
7sourceAug 17, 2026Pro and S2F rules: hedging, HFT, 30/20% consistency and the move to live
8sourceAug 17, 2026evaluation rules: DCA, news, consistency with tolerance, and activity
9sourceAug 17, 2026rules and the full table of the EOD family, and the daily limit as a hard breach
10sourceAug 17, 2026no refunds
11sourceAug 17, 2026one-off or monthly payment, and the minimum activity that changes between the two
12sourceAug 17, 2026no time limit and no resets
13sourceAug 17, 2026the three drawdown models and where the trailing stops in each phase
14sourceAug 17, 2026the article that recommends a VPS their Terms forbid
15sourceAug 17, 2026futures only
16sourceAug 17, 2026the 15 product cards: prices, targets, drawdowns, contracts and caps

Each one is an official page of this firm that we opened, dated. Figures shown above as “no source link” come from a field our census records without one.