Most paths move through two stages: an evaluation where you prove your trading, and a Simulated Funded account where your profit produces real payouts. Instant-funding options skip the evaluation entirely.

The evaluation is where you reach a profit target while respecting the risk rules. Targets vary by challenge, for example CFDs One Trade (10%), 2-Step (8% then 5%) and Flash (6%), or Futures/Stocks The Thunder (6%). Instant-funding options (CFDs Instant, The Bee) have no evaluation, you start funded from day one and simply respect the risk rules.

A Simulated Funded account replicates real market conditions (real prices, real spreads, real fills) without deploying real capital. The profit you generate produces real payouts under your program's profit split. It acts as a strategic and psychological bridge: our risk team monitors rule compliance, risk management and consistency before considering any invitation to NYS Live Scale, our invitation-only scaling stage.

The account remains simulated and owned by the Company, and the core risk rules still apply. Some numbers change by stage, for example Futures/Stocks The Thunder targets 6% in evaluation and 3% once funded, and some consistency targets apply only in the funded stage. Once funded, you can request payouts after meeting your profitable-days requirement.