What is a payout buffer?
A buffer is profit that stays in the account. It's not a target you hit and withdraw — it's the floor your balance has to stay above.
Not every plan has one. DAILY EOD, DAILY Intraday, STATIC and 1-DAY PASS use a buffer. INSTANT PRIME and ORIGIN do not.
DAILY EOD Accounts
Your buffer = your drawdown + $100
Account | Buffer (stays in the account) |
$25,000 | $1,350 |
$50,000 | $2,600 |
$100,000 | $3,100 |
$150,000 | $4,100 |
150K accounts are temporarily unavailable until further notice.
What you can withdraw: any profit above your buffer, with a $250 minimum. So your first payout becomes possible once you're $250 past it. From your second payout on, the continuity rule also applies: you can take out at most double what you made since your last payout, up to the cap on your account.
Example — $50,000 account
$2,600 profit — buffer cleared, but nothing sits above it yet. Nothing to withdraw.
$2,850 profit — $250 above the buffer. That's your first payout.
$3,600 profit — $1,000 above the buffer, which is your cap. Request all of it.
No minimum trading days — once you're $250 above the buffer, you can request the same day.
Why that number? Clearing your buffer is the exact moment your drawdown floor locks permanently at $100 above your starting balance. The buffer is what keeps you above that locked floor.
DAILY Intraday Accounts
Account | Buffer (stays in the account) | Balance at Buffer |
$25,000 | $1,100 | $26,100 |
$50,000 | $2,100 | $52,100 |
What you can withdraw: any profit above your buffer, with a $500 minimum. You can't withdraw into the buffer. So your first payout becomes possible once you're $500 past it.
Example — $50,000 account
$2,100 profit — buffer reached, drawdown locks at $50,100. Nothing above it yet.
$2,600 profit — $500 above the buffer, which is your minimum. That's your first payout (available 24 hours after your first trade).
$3,100 profit — $1,000 above the buffer, which is your cap. Request all of it.
1-DAY PASS Accounts
Your buffer = your drawdown + $100
Account | Buffer | Minimum payout | Maximum payout |
$25,000 | $1,350 | $500 | $1,000 |
$50,000 | $2,600 | $500 | $2,000 |
$100,000 | $3,100 | $1,000 | $2,500 |
$150,000 | $4,600 | $1,500 | $3,000 |
Clearing the buffer is one of three requirements, not the only one. You also need five qualifying days and to pass your consistency percentage. See 10FOUR ONE-DAY PASS Payout Objectives for both.
What you can withdraw: any profit above your buffer, up to your maximum, once all three requirements are met.
Example — $50,000 account
$2,600 profit — buffer cleared, floor locks at $50,100. Nothing above it yet.
$3,100 profit — $500 above the buffer, which is your minimum. With five qualifying days and consistency passed, that's your first payout.
$4,600 profit — $2,000 above the buffer, which is your cap. Request all of it.
⚠️ Note the 150K. 1-DAY PASS and DAILY EOD share the same buffer at 25K, 50K and 100K, but not at 150K — $4,600 on 1-DAY PASS, $4,100 on DAILY EOD. Make sure you're reading the right table.
STATIC Accounts
Account Size | Buffer |
$10K | $600 |
$25K | $1,100 |
$50K | $2,100 |
Clearing the buffer is not the only requirement. You also need 8 trading days since your last request (each one meeting the minimum daily profit for your account size), and the 35% consistency rule still applies once you're funded. See 10FOUR STATIC Payout Objectives for details.
What you can withdraw: any profit above your buffer, with a $500 minimum. So your first payout becomes possible once you're $500 past it.
Note that STATIC works differently from the trailing plans: your drawdown is fixed from day one and never trails upward, so there is no floor to lock. The buffer here is purely a withdrawal floor — profit that stays in the account.
INSTANT PRIME Accounts
No payout buffer. You must meet the profit target defined in the INSTANT PRIME Payout Objectives.
INSTANT CORE Accounts
No payout buffer. You must meet the 5% profit target defined in the INSTANT CORE Payout Objectives.
ORIGIN Accounts (discontinued August 2026)
No payout buffer. Existing funded ORIGIN accounts continue under their original payout objectives.