At a glance
Minimum trading days:
Product | In evaluation | In each funded payout cycle |
2-Step | 3 in each phase | 3 |
1-Step | 3 | 3 |
Flash | None | 7 |
Instant | Not applicable: no evaluation | 5 |
Only a qualifying day counts. In evaluation, a server-time day qualifies only when its profit reaches the required threshold against original account balance: at least 0.5% of it. In a funded payout cycle, the threshold is 0.5% of the balance that cycle started with. Opening a trade alone is insufficient.
Key rule: Days and target are separate. On 2-Step and 1-Step you need both the profit target and at least 3 trading days per phase. Reaching the target sooner does not remove the days.
How the days are counted
The minimum days are a floor. They set the fewest qualifying days before an evaluation can pass, or before a funded payout can be requested. They are not a schedule and not a deadline. The days do not have to be in a row, and a losing day does not cancel days already counted.
How a day's profit is measured. On every account, Flash included, take the account's balance at the end of each server day, then subtract the balance the day began with. Only your realized balance counts: profit or loss on a position still open at the end of the day does not count toward that day. Commissions and swaps count, and open profit alone does not make a qualifying day. Profit later removed under the news rule does not count.
Weekend days can qualify. Crypto symbols that trade 24/7 can be traded at weekends. A weekend day can count toward the minimum only if it also satisfies the qualifying profit condition.
Flash has no minimum days in evaluation. A Flash evaluation can pass as soon as its 2% target is reached, with all positions closed and no breach. A funded Flash account needs 7 qualifying days in each payout cycle.
Funded accounts have qualifying days too. Every funded payout cycle needs its own qualifying days before you can request a payout: 3 on 2-Step and 1-Step, 7 on Flash and 5 on Instant. The count starts again after each completed payout. The cycle also needs at least 3% net profit. Without Payout On Demand, it needs at least 14 days as well: the first cycle starts at your first trade on the funded account, and each later cycle when the previous payout is completed and paid. Payout On Demand, bought with a 2-Step, 1-Step or Instant account, or on Flash with the payment due on passing, removes that 14-day wait and nothing else. You choose when to request, and the minimum payout is $100 after your reward share. Before you request, close all positions and cancel pending orders.
Worked examples
Example: On 2-Step, a trader reaches the 8% phase 1 target after 2 qualifying days. Phase 1 has not passed yet, because a third qualifying day is needed. Phase 2 then needs its own 3 qualifying days.
Flash evaluation: a trader reaches the 2% target on the first day, with all positions closed and no breach. The number of days does not hold the pass back.
Funded 1-Step $100K, first cycle: each qualifying day needs at least $500 of profit, which is 0.5% of the $100,000 the cycle started with, and the cycle needs 3 of them. Three days of $500 meet the days, but the cycle also needs 3% net profit, which is $3,000, so the trader keeps trading until net profit for the cycle reaches it.
Time limits and exceptions
No time limit. There is no time limit to reach the target on 2-Step, 1-Step or Flash. Opening or closing a trade counts as activity, and so does a change in the profit or loss of a position you hold open. Signing in to your Dashboard or your platform does not. An account with no activity may be closed for inactivity, and we e-mail you first (Terms §5.7). See Is there a time limit to pass an EverFunded evaluation? and What happens if I stop trading for a while?.
Instant needs no evaluation days. Instant has no evaluation. Its funded payout cycles need 5 qualifying days each and the 3% net profit condition. See The Instant payout gate: why every payout cycle needs 3% net profit.
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Next step
If your platform shows a day count or a deadline that does not match this article, take a screenshot and send it with your account number: message us in the chat and ask for a person, who checks your specific account. Every way to reach us is in How to contact EverFunded support.